Provider Data Catalog

Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Measures - National

This file contains the national averages for all measures reported through the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program.

Freshness

Last posted
Period covered
Update frequency

Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog. CMS last changed the data itself on Dec 16, 2025.

Columns 37

The Provider Data Catalog lists only column headers in machine-readable form. Full definitions are in the data dictionary.

ColumnWhat it meansType
Yearyeartext
Avg ASC-1 Nat Rate*avg_asc1_nat_ratetext
Median ASC-1 Nat Rate*median_asc1_nat_ratetext
Avg ASC-2 Nat Rate*avg_asc2_nat_ratetext
Median ASC-2 Nat Rate*median_asc2_nat_ratetext
Avg ASC-3 Nat Rate*avg_asc3_nat_ratetext
Median ASC-3 Nat Rate*median_asc3_nat_ratetext
Avg ASC-4 Nat Rate*avg_asc4_nat_ratetext
Median ASC-4 Nat Rate*median_asc4_nat_ratetext
Avg ASC-9 Nat Rate*avg_asc9_nat_ratetext
Median ASC-9 Nat Rate*median_asc9_nat_ratetext
Avg ASC-11 Nat Rate*avg_asc11_nat_ratetext
Median ASC-11 Nat Rate*median_asc11_nat_ratetext
ASC-12 Nat Rateasc12_nat_ratetext
ASC-12 Betterasc12_bettertext
ASC-12 No Differentasc12_no_differenttext
ASC-12 Worseasc12_worsetext
ASC-12 Too Smallasc12_too_smalltext
Avg ASC-13 Nat Rate*avg_asc13_nat_ratetext
Median ASC-13 Nat Rate*median_asc13_nat_ratetext
Avg ASC-14 Nat Rate*avg_asc14_nat_ratetext
Median ASC-14 Nat Rate*median_asc14_nat_ratetext
ASC-17 Nat Rateasc17_nat_ratetext
ASC-17 Betterasc17_bettertext
ASC-17 No Differentasc17_no_differenttext
ASC-17 Worseasc17_worsetext
ASC-17 Too Smallasc17_too_smalltext
ASC-18 Nat Rateasc18_nat_ratetext
ASC-18 Betterasc18_bettertext
ASC-18 No Differentasc18_no_differenttext
ASC-18 Worseasc18_worsetext
ASC-18 Too Smallasc18_too_smalltext
ASC-19 Nat Rateasc19_nat_ratetext
ASC-19 Betterasc19_bettertext
ASC-19 No Differentasc19_no_differenttext
ASC-19 Worseasc19_worsetext
ASC-19 Too Smallasc19_too_smalltext

At a glance

Catalog
Provider Data Catalog
Publisher
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Rows
1
Columns
37
State column
None found
Topics
Quality and ratings, Other facilities and suppliers, Hospitals

API

Free, no key needed. This request returns the first 10 rows as JSON:

https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/api/1/datastore/query/wue8-3vwe/0?limit=10

CMS's description

This file contains the national averages for all measures reported through the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program.

The summary at the top is the first sentence of this description. Record id pdc:wue8-3vwe. This record as JSON.

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