Commercial payers account for the greatest share of payer mix in the South, according to VMG Health's 2018 Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study.
Here are 42 statistics on median payer mix as a percent of collections in each U.S. region:
All facilities
1. Medicare: 17
2. Medicaid: 4
3. Commercial: 62
4. Worker's comp: 7
5. Self-pay: 3
6. Other pay: 7
Atlantic
7. Medicare: 24
8. Medicaid: 3
9. Commercial: 57
10. Worker's comp: 7
11. Self-pay: 5
12. Other pay: 8
Midwest
13. Medicare: 12
14. Medicaid: 3
15. Commercial: 64
16. Worker's comp: 10
17. Self-pay: 3
18. Other pay: 6
Mountain
19. Medicare: 14
20. Medicaid: 7
21. Commercial: 57
22. Worker's comp: 8
23. Self-pay: 4
24. Other pay: 7
Northeast
25. Medicare: 16
26. Medicaid: 4
27. Commercial: 66
28. Worker's comp: 7
29. Self-pay: 7
30. Other pay: 6
Pacific
31. Medicare: 19
32. Medicaid: 5
33. Commercial: 63
34. Worker's comp: 4
35. Self-pay: 7
36. Other pay: 5
South
37. Medicare: 16
38. Medicaid: 5
39. Commercial: 69
40. Worker's comp: 4
41. Self-pay: 2
42. Other pay: 5