Lestonnac Free Clinic, a nonprofit in Orange, Calif., is opening a free outpatient surgery center for patients with a low income and no health insurance, ABC affiliate KABC reported June 21.

Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital will open the Geisinger Surgery Center-Highland Park in Mifflin County, Pa., according to a June 23 report by The Lewistown Sentinel. 

Here are three ASCs opening in the Midwest that Becker's has reported on since June 5:

Western Wisconsin is gaining its first multispecialty ASC, the Valley Surgery Center, which had a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 12, according to a June 22 report from the Star-Observer.

The Joint Replacement Center of Louisiana opened in Lake Charles on June 20, according to ASC management company Compass Surgical Partners. 

The Urbandale (Iowa) City Council approved a plan to build a 12,000-square-foot medical office building, according to a June 21 report from BusinessRecord.

The Southern ASC market has been a hotspot for years — ASCs in that region earn the most revenue and perform the most cases of any region in the country. 

Inspired Spine SurgCenter has opened an ASC with an AI program in Burnsville, Minn., according to a June 20 report from the Observer. 

Several healthcare organizations have expressed interest in investing time and money into ASCs, but Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health is turning those ideas into action.

Here are three health systems and organizations opening new ASCs in Utah that Becker's has reported on since April 19:

A certificate-of-need has been submitted to the Mississippi State Department of Health for the establishment of a new ASC in Madison, Miss., according to a June 19 report from the Magee News. 

Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital and Yale New Haven (Conn.) Children's Hospital held a ribbon-cutting for their new pediatric ASC, according to a June 17 report from the Greenwich Free Press. 

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health opened its seventh ASC in the state with a location in Murray, Utah.

VHC Health in Arlington has opened an outpatient pavilion on the health system's main campus.

Here are eight states where ASC are being developed that Becker's has reported on since May 19: 

Florida is an ASC hotspot, the state with the second largest number of centers. 

In May, St. Louis-based SSM Health announced plans to build an ASC that will replace a standalone emergency room in Sun Prairie, Wis. EMS leaders are concerned about the effects the closure will have on emergency services, according to a June 13 report from Channel 3000.

Ground has been broken on a 7,764-square-foot hybrid ASC near HCA Florida's Osceola Hospital campus in Kissimmee, Fla.

Statesville, N.C.-based Iredell Health System and Iredell Physician Network have opened two Iredell Pain Management offices in Statesville and Mooresville, N.C., according to a June 12 press release.

CARTI opened a 57,000-square-foot surgery center in Little Rock, Ark., June 9.