ASC vs HOPD Price Look-Up Tool

[drusso]

Very useful information for discussing issues related to physician enterprise value (PEV), contract negotiations, and value...the difference between the revenue you're generating and money in your paycheck is the money that Big Hospital and their financial vampires are sucking out of the system.

Procedure Price Lookup


Implantation of spinal neurostimulator electrodes, accessed through the skin
Code: 63650

Patient pays (average)

$919

Ambulatory surgical centers
Average Medicare pays
$3,676
Average total cost
$4,595
Patient pays (average)

$1,211

Hospital outpatient departments
Average Medicare pays
$4,845
Average total cost
$6,056

Next Steps: Use this checklist
Outpatient procedure checklist link
to talk to your doctor about your costs and options, or find ambulatory surgical centers
Ambulatory surgical centers lookup link
andhospitals
Hospital lookup link
in your area.

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[BobBarker]

In the HOPD the hospital only gets 63650x1. In the ASC they get 63650x2. The ASC gets thousands of dollars more for stim trials and implants than the HOPD.

 

[lobelsteve]

How are we doing for our patients in the office setting? Some of us do not care for the inefficiencies of the HOPD or ASC.