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Cases with valid weights and complete charge, payer, region (defined as HCUP U.S. Census regions), and month data were retained. Facility charges were inflation-adjusted to 2022 USD and winsorized at the 1st and 99th percentiles. Survey-weighted models estimated differences in charges and temporal trends, with pairwise comparisons from estimated marginal means. Significance was set at the\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.05 level.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 3097 ESS procedures were analyzed. Most were performed in urban settings (93.5%) and among patients in the highest income quartile (34.6%). Private insurance was the most common payer (47.8%), though self-pay utilization rose from 0.8% in 2018 to 9.7% in 2022 (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). Costs varied significantly by payer and region, with self-pay patients incurring the highest charges ($70,000;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001) and the West recording the highest regional costs ($68,700;\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001). Procedure volume increased in the West \u2014 from 4.3% of national volume in 2018 to 31.0% in 2022 (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>ESS in ASCs exhibited rapid procedural growth, particularly in the Western U.S., alongside substantial payer and region-specific variation in cost. 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