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Outpatient surgery centers in Kentucky

42 outpatient surgery centers certified by Medicare.

An outpatient surgery center (ambulatory surgical center, ASC) does surgery and procedures that do not need a hospital stay: patients usually go home the same day. Common examples are cataract surgery, colonoscopy and other endoscopy, joint and hand surgery, and pain injections. The centers listed here are certified by Medicare. They are not emergency rooms.

By kind of surgery

Number of centers here certified by Medicare for each kind of surgery (one center can do several).

  • Eye surgery (ophthalmology)21
  • Endoscopy (for example colonoscopy)17
  • Orthopedic surgery (bones and joints)15
  • Pain management procedures15
  • Plastic surgery13
  • Foot surgery (podiatry)12
  • Ear, nose and throat surgery10
  • Gynecologic surgery (OB/GYN)9
  • Dental and oral surgery10
  • Other surgery16

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All outpatient surgery centers in Kentucky

Bowling Green

Corbin

Crestview Hills

Edgewood

Elizabethtown

Florence

Frankfort

Glasgow

Lexington

Louisville

Maysville

Owensboro

Paducah

Somerset

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Common questions

How many outpatient surgery centers are in Kentucky?

Medicare (CMS) lists 42 outpatient surgery centers in Kentucky.

Which surgery centers in Kentucky do eye surgery such as cataract surgery?

21 of the 42 outpatient surgery centers are certified by Medicare for it: Ambulatory Surgery Center, Baptist Health Cumberland Valley Surgical Center, Baptist Health Surgery Center Hardin, Baptist Health Surgery Center LLC, Baptist-Physicians' Surgery Center, LLC, Bluegrass Surgery & Laser Center, Commonwealth Eye Surgicenter, Dupont Surgery Center, Eye Surgery Center of Elizabethtown, Eyecare Network, Ltd, Greenview Surgery Center and Innovative Eye Surgery Center, PLLC, and 9 more listed below. Ask the center whether it does your specific procedure.

Which surgery centers in Kentucky do endoscopy such as colonoscopy?

17 of the 42 outpatient surgery centers are certified by Medicare for it: Baptist Health Cumberland Valley Surgical Center, Baptist Health Surgery Center Breckenridge, Baptist Health Surgery Center Eastpoint, Baptist Health Surgery Center Hardin, Baptist Health Surgery Center LLC, Baptist-Physicians' Surgery Center, LLC, Csga Surgery Center, Endoscopy and Surgical Center of Lexington Clinic, Greenview Surgery Center, Lake Cumberland Surgery Center, Lexington Surgery Center, Ltd and Louisville Endoscopy Center, and 5 more listed below. Ask the center whether it does your specific procedure.

Which surgery centers in Kentucky do orthopedic (bone and joint) surgery?

15 of the 42 outpatient surgery centers are certified by Medicare for it: Baptist Health Cumberland Valley Surgical Center, Baptist Health Surgery Center Eastpoint, Baptist Health Surgery Center LLC, Baptist-Physicians' Surgery Center, LLC, Bluegrass Specialty Surgery Center, Endoscopy and Surgical Center of Lexington Clinic, Greenview Surgery Center, Heritage Development Partners, LLC, Lake Cumberland Surgery Center, Lexington Surgery Center, Ltd, Lourdes Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC and New Lexington Clinic, and 3 more listed below. Ask the center whether it does your specific procedure.

Do surgery centers have Medicare star ratings?

No. Medicare does not rate outpatient surgery centers with stars. Each center’s page shows the official Medicare quality measures and patient survey results instead, next to the national values.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), “Provider of Services File - Internet Quality Improvement and Evaluation System”, data updated 2026-10-16, retrieved 2026-11-11. In a medical emergency, call 911. About outpatient surgery centers and their quality measures