27.
3. Id. at 27 (Noting that the cost of a surgical procedure outside the hospital is sixty to
seventy-five percent less than in the hospital). A freestanding surgical center has two or more
operating rooms, several physicians, surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nursing staff, and many states
require accreditation of these facilities. Id. at 27-28. Types of procedures performed in an office
setting include cancer screening, biopsies, colonoscopy, arthroscopy, cataract removal,
microlaparoscopy…
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