1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Post-Surgical Injections as an Opioid Alternative Act . 2. Modification of payment for certain outpatient surgical services (a) Freeze of payment for certain services furnished in ambulatory surgical centers Section 1833(i)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(i)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F) (i) With respect to a targeted procedure (as defined in clause (ii)) furnished during 2020 or a subsequent year (before 2025) to an individual in an ambulatory surgical center, the payment amount for such procedure that would otherwise be determined under the revised payment system under subparagraph (D), without application of this subparagraph, shall be equal to the payment amount for such procedure furnished in 2016. (ii) For purposes of clause (i), the term targeted procedure means a procedure to which Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System 62310 (or, for years beginning after 2016, 62321), 62311 (or, for years beginning after 2016, 62323), 62264, 64490, 64493, or G0260 (or any successor code) applies. (iii) This subparagraph shall not be applied in a budget-neutral manner. . (b) Data collection (1) In general The Comptroller General shall collect data relating to the cost differential between targeted procedures (as defined in section 1833(i)(2)(F)(ii) of the Social Security Act, as added by subsection (a)) that are performed in a hospital operating room and such procedures that are performed in an office setting within a hospital in order to determine whether such procedures are being properly coded for claims, based on setting, for payment under section 1833(i)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(i)(2)(D) ) and to determine if further changes are needed in the classification system for covered outpatient department services (as described in section 1833(t)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(t)(2)(A) ). (2) Report Not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the