Hospital Ambulatory Surgery Market Continues Growth

The hospital-owned ambulatory surgery center market continues to grow, according to Grand View Horizon Research, with a projection of a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.3% from 2024 to 2030.

Industry experts are not surprised by trends in the U.S.-dominated ambulatory market as new ambulatory departments are added to existing hospitals across the country to accommodate the changing surgery marketplace.

The revenue generated by this segment was recorded at USD 30,820.3 million and it is expected to reach USD 47,158.1 million by 2030.

New surgical procedures in the outpatient environment are driving this market shift from in-patient hospital procedures to ambulatory settings as the aging population seeks cost efficient care amid rising insurance costs.

The addition of more minimally invasive procedures as well as more complex surgeries, such as spine surgery, has impacted the environment in which these surgeries take place. These procedures and others have moved to the ambulatory departments located in both free-standing facilities and the renovated or new hospital outpatient departments as a result of the pandemic and post-pandemic years.

Hospital leadership nationwide will also keep a watchful eye on the changes for 2026 enacted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in late July in the 2026 Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System.

Among the provisions, a 2.6% increase for Medicare patients in the acute-care environment will serve to increase hospital payments by $5 billion. Long-term care hospitals will see a 2.7% payment rate increase in 2026, but experts predict these hospitals will still have difficulty balancing costs for Medicare patients with long-term diseases.

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