ASC procedure volume and length benchmarks (CDC data 2010)

Posted by on January 10, 2018 · Leave a Comment 

There are around 48.3 million surgeries performed in ASCs per year, and 70 percent were associated with the digestive system, musculoskeletal system, integumentary system and nervous system, according to a report from the CDC. 

The report, released in May 2017, focuses on data from 2010, which is the most recent year available. Here are key statistics from the report:

Number of procedures

  1. Digestive procedures including colonoscopies: 4 million
  2. Eye procedures including lens extraction: 2.9 million
  3. Nervous system procedures including spinal canal and pain relief injections: 2.9 million
  4. Lens insertion: 2.6 million procedures for cataracts
  5. Endoscopy of the small intestine: 2.2 million
  6. Musculoskeletal procedures: 1.3 million
  7. Integumetary system procedures: 1.2 million
  8. Endoscopic polypectomy of the large intestine: 1.1 million 
  9. Eyelid operations: 1 million 

Time benchmarks for procedures

  • Operating room time: 50 minute per procedure (compared to 63 minutes in HOPDs)
  • Time spent in surgery: 29 minutes (compared to 37 minutes in HOPDs)
  • Postoperative care: 51 minutes (compared to 89 minutes in HOPDs)
  • Endoscopies: 14 minutes to perform
  • Endoscopic polypectomy of the large intestine: 21 minutes
  • Cataract surgery, extraction or insertion of the lens: 10 minutes
  • Eyelid operations: 23 minutes
  • Knee arthroscopy: 32 minutes

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