Medicare payments to ASCs drop 6.4%: 12 MedPAC report stats 

Medicare payments to ASCs dropped 6.4 percent between 2019 and 2020, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s March report to Congress. 

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Here are 12 more stats to know:

Medicare payments to ASCs:

2015: $4.1 billion

2019: $5.2 billion

2020: $4.9 billion

Medicare payments to ASCs per fee-for-service:

2015: $122

2019: $158

2020: $152

Number of beneficiaries receiving services:

2015: 3.4 million

2019: 3.5 million

2020: 3 million

Spending per beneficiaries served:

2015: $1,177

2019: $1,489

2020: $1,640

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