Four costliest outpatient procedures.
As same-day surgeries rise, four common procedures account for the greatest share of costs nationally. Here are breakdowns of the financials, procedure settings, costs by ownership, and other details, excerpted from the recently released Outpatient Procedure Resource Book.
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