15 statistics on ASC characteristics: For-profit centers capture the majority

Most ASCs are urban and for-profit, according to a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission analysis of 2017 CMS data.

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Here are 15 statistics on the percent of urban, rural, for-profit, nonprofit or government-owned ASCs.

Urban
1. Open in 2010: 92 percent
2. Open in 2016: 92.9 percent
3. New in 2016: 94.4 percent

Rural
4. Open in 2010: 8
5. Open in 2016: 7
6. New in 2016: 5.6

For-profit
7. Open in 2010: 94
8. Open in 2016: 93.8
9. New in 2016: 92.3

Nonprofit
10. Open in 2010: 3.4
11. Open in 2016: 3.5
12. New in 2016: 6.3

Government
13. Open in 2010: 2.5
14. Open in 2016: 2.8
15. New in 2016: 1.4

Note: Totals may not equal 100 percent due to rounding.

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