1. The average surgery center in the Northeast has four operating rooms and one procedure room.
2. The average annual net revenue for a surgery center in the Northeast is $6.9 million. Total operating expenses average $6.1 million, and EBITDA was $747,000 on average.
3. Surgery centers in the Northeast spend an average of $1.9 million on employee salary and wages, which represent 25.8 percent of net revenue.
4. The average number of full-time equivalent employees at surgery centers in the Northeast is 29.5 — 14.5 nurse FTEs, 5.6 technical FTEs, 11.8 administrative FTEs and one administrator FTE.
5. Here are the average hourly wages for staff and the average annual salary for the administrator at surgery centers in the Northeast:
- Nursing staff — $30.81
- Technical staff — $20.84
- Administrative staff — $20.63
- Administrator — $109,340
6. Here are the average staff hours per case for surgery centers in the Northeast:
- Nursing staff — 6.7
- Technical staff — 2.6
- Administrative staff — 4.0
- Administrator — 0.3
7. The average operating expenses per case for surgery centers in the Northeast is $1,062.51. The average operating expenses per operating room is $1.5 million.
8. The average center in the Northeast performs 5,401 cases annually, which translates to an average of 21.6 cases per day.
9. GI/endoscopy procedures account for the highest percentage (32 percent) of the case volume mix for surgery centers in the West. The average net revenue per case for GI procedures is $705.
10. The most profitable specified specialty was orthopedics, with an average net revenue of $1,813 per case. Orthopedics represents 19 percent of the case volume mix.
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