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Outpatient surgery centers in Massachusetts

55 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)24
  • Endoscopy (for example colonoscopy)12
  • Orthopedic surgery (bones and joints)13
  • Pain management procedures8
  • Plastic surgery11
  • Foot surgery (podiatry)6
  • Ear, nose and throat surgery5
  • Gynecologic surgery (OB/GYN)7
  • Dental and oral surgery1
  • Other surgery14

By county

By city

All outpatient surgery centers in Massachusetts

Adams

Andover

Attleboro

Auburn

Boston

Braintree

Carver

Chelmsford

Dedham

Fall River

Framingham

Gardner

Haverhill

Hyannis

Lowell

Mashpee

Medford

Milford

Natick

North Dartmouth

North Easton

Norwood

Pittsfield

Plymouth

Raynham

Sandwich

Shrewsbury

Springfield

Stoneham

Swansea

Waltham

Wellesley

West Springfield

Weymouth

Worcester

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Common questions

How many outpatient surgery centers are in Massachusetts?

Medicare (CMS) lists 55 outpatient surgery centers in Massachusetts.

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

24 of the 55 outpatient surgery centers are certified by Medicare for it: Advanced Eye Surgery Center, LLC, Ambulatory Surgery and Laser Center of Cape Cod, Boston Eye Surgery & Laser Ctr-West, Boston Eye Surgery and Laser Center, Inc, Boston University Eye Associates, Inc, Cape Cod Eye Surgery and Laser Center, Cape Cod Surgery Center, Cataract & Laser Center Associates, PC, Cataract & Laser Center Central LLC, Cataract & Laser Center of the North Shore LLC, Cataract & Laser Center West LLC and Cataract & Laser Center, Inc, and 12 more listed below. Ask the center whether it does your specific procedure.

Which surgery centers in Massachusetts do endoscopy such as colonoscopy?

12 of the 55 outpatient surgery centers are certified by Medicare for it: Boston Endoscopy Center, Cape Cod Surgery Center, Central Massachusetts Ambulatory Endoscopy Center, Commonwealth Endoscopy Center, Inc, Dha Endoscopy LLC, Eastern Massachusetts Surgery Center, LLC, Merrimack Valley Endoscopy Center LLC, Middlesex Digestive Health & Endoscopy Ctr, Northeast Endoscopy Center LLC, South Shore Endoscopy Center, Valley Medical Group Amb Surg & Proc Ctr and Worcester Surgical Center, Inc. Ask the center whether it does your specific procedure.

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

13 of the 55 outpatient surgery centers are certified by Medicare for it: Ambulatory Surgery and Laser Center of Cape Cod, Baystate New England Orthopedic Surgery Center, Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites, LLC, Cape Cod Surgery Center, Eastern Massachusetts Surgery Center, LLC, New England Baptist Surgery Center, LLC, New England Surgical Suites, Northeast Ambulatory Center, Inc, Same Day Surgiclinic, Shields Surgery Center, Surgery Center of New England and The Surgery Center, and 1 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