Anthem compared U.S. annual commercial insurance spending for upper GI and colonoscopy procedures in ASCs versus HOPDs in 2019, and projected what spending would look like if 1 in 5 of these procedures shifted from HOPDs to ASCs:
2019
HOPDs: $13.4 billion
ASCs: $11.7 billion
Total spending: $25.1 billion
Post-shift:
HOPDs: $10.7 billion
ASCs: $13.2 billion
Total spending: $24 billion
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