10 Statistics About Surgery Centers With More Than 50% Orthopedics

Here are 10 interesting statistics about surgery centers with greater than 50 percent of their case volume in orthopedics, from the VMG Health 2008 Intellimarker.

1. The average net revenue for facilities with more than 50 percent orthopedics is $5.5 million. The median net revenue is $4.3 million.

2. The average total operating expenses for centers with more than 50 percent orthopedics is $4.1 million. The average EBIDTA is $1.6 million.

3. The average center with more than 50 percent orthopedics performed an average of 2,800 cases annually, which averages to 11.2 cases daily.

4. The average center with more than 50 percent orthopedics has 11,547 square-feet, 3.24 operating rooms and two procedure rooms.

5. The average net revenue per orthopedics case for centers with more than 50 percent orthopedics was $2,328.

6. The operating expenses per case in centers with more than 50 percent orthopedics is $1,621 on average. The average operating expenses per OR is $1.2 million.

7. Centers with more than 50 percent orthopedics spend an average of $1.1 million on employee salary and wages.

8. The average number of full-time equivalent employees at surgery centers with more than 50 percent orthopedics is 20.1 — 10.4 nurse FTEs, 4.5 technical FTEs, 6.4 administrative FTEs and 1.1 administrator FTEs.

9. Here are the average hourly salary and wages and administrator's salary for surgery centers with more than 50 percent orthopedics:

• Nursing staff — $30.46
• Technical staff — $19.36
• Administrative staff — $19.16
• Administrator — $82,020

10. Here are the average staff hours per case for surgery centers with more than 50 percent orthopedics:

• Nursing staff — 7.8
• Technical staff — 4.1
• Administrative staff — 5.5
• Administrator — 1.2

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