Cost of the 25 most common ASC procedures

Variations of colonoscopies make up three of the 10 most common procedures performed at an ASC, according to data company Definitive Healthcare.

Definitive Healthcare gathered data from January to November 2021. Commercial claims data was sourced from multiple medical claims clearinghouses and is updated monthly.

Here are the 25 most common procedures, followed by the average charge per procedure:

1. Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis: $4,017  
2. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy: $2,471 
3. Colonoscopy, flexible, with biopsy; $2,692
4. Colonoscopy, flexible, with removal of tumors, polyps or other lesions by snare technique: $2,534 
5. Colonoscopy, flexible, diagnostic, including collection of specimens by brushing or washing: $2,562
6. Injection, anesthetic agent and/or steroid, transforaminal epidural, with imaging guidance: $2,636   
7. Arthrocentesis, aspiration and/or injection, major joint or bursa: $551
8. Injection, diagnostic or therapeutic agent, paravertebral facet joint with image guidance:  $2,668 
9. Discission of secondary membranous cataract, laser surgery: $1,157  
10. Intravitreal injection of a pharmacologic agent: $576  
11. Injection of diagnostic or therapeutic substance, not including neurolytic substances, including needle or catheter placement, interlaminar epidural or subarachnoid, lumbar or sacral: $2,288 
12. Injection, diagnostic or therapeutic agent, paravertebral facet joint with image guidance: $2,012 
13. Collection of venous blood by venipuncture: $14  
14. Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve with imaging guidance: $2,598 
15. Destruction by neurolytic agent, paravertebral facet joint nerve with imaging guidance, lumbar or sacral, single facet joint: $3,826 
16. Injection, anesthetic agent and/or steroid, transforaminal epidural, with imaging guidance, lumbar or sacral, each additional level: $1,997  
17. Injection, anesthetic agent and/or steroid, brachial plexus: $1,807  
18. Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis, manual or mechanical technique, complex, requiring devices or techniques not generally used in routine cataract surgery or performed on patients in the amblyogenic developmental stage, without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation: $4,088
19. Injection, of diagnostic or therapeutic substance, not including neurolytic substances, including needle or catheter placement, interlaminar epidural or subarachnoid, cervical or thoracic, with imaging guidance: $2,363
20. Arthroscopy, knee, surgical, with meniscectomy including debridement/shaving of articular cartilage: $7,613 
21. Neuroplasty and/or transposition, median nerve at carpal tunnel: $4,669 
22. Arthroscopy shoulder, surgical decompression of subacromial space with partial acromioplasty, with procedure: $7,456 
23. Injection, diagnostic or therapeutic agent, paravertebral facet joint with image guidance, cervical or thoracic, single level: $2,721 
24. Tendon sheath incision: $4,325 
25. Arthroscopy, shoulder, surgical, with rotator cuff repair: $11,014