What Drives ASC Administrator Compensation? 20 Statistics

Here are 20 statistics on factors that impact ASC administrator compensation, according to ASCA and VMG Health reports.

Impact of CASC credential
According to ASCA's 2010 ASC Employee Salary & Benefits Survey, administrators with the CASC credential earned higher salaries. Administrators with the CASC credential and no clinical background had a median salary of $110,000. The median salary of an administrator with the CASC credential and a clinical background is $105,000.

Twenty percent of administrators were CASC certified in 2010, an increase of 3 percent from 2009, the biggest jump since these data reports started being collected.

The following statistics are taken from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

Mean administrator salary: $109,184
Administrator salary in orthopedic-driven ASCs: $112,517

Based on location

West: $114,109
Southwest: $100,779
Midwest: $104,372
Southeast: $110,311
Northeast: $109,268

Based on size

1-2 ORs: $95,750
3-4 ORs: $106,271
>4 ORs: $109,286

Based on case volume

< 3,000: $101,850
3,000-5,999: $104,998
> 5,999: $109,448

Based on net revenue

< $4.5 million: $100,942
$4.5 - $6.99 million: $105,040
> $6.99 million: $113,100

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