100 Surgery Center Benchmarks

With the advent of mandatory quality reporting and increasing pressure on ASCs to cut costs, benchmarking is becoming all the more important. Here are 100 surgery center benchmarks, provided by VMG Health's Multi-Specialty Intellimarker 2011. All numbers are averages.

Income statement

Patient revenues
Gross charges: $29,979,000
Adjustments: $10,288,000
Net revenue: $7,736,000

Operating expenses
Employee salary and wages: $1,552,000
Taxes and benefits: $359,000
Occupancy costs: $477,000
Medical and surgical: $1,530,000
Other medical costs: $111,000
Insurance: $53,000
Depreciation and amortization: $349,000
Total general & administrative expenses: $1,123,000

Total operating expenses:
$5,222,000

Operating income: $2,165,000
Other income: $86,000
Net interest expense: $110,000

Earnings before taxes: $2,052,000
EBITDA: $2,513,000

Balance sheet

Assets
Cash and equivalents: $744,000
Net accounts receivable: $781,000
Other current assets: $224,000

Total current assets: $1,686,000

Gross PP&E: $4,100,000
Accumulated depreciation: $2,435,000

Net PP&E: $1,724,000

Other assets: $1,216

Total assets: $4,071

Liabilities

Current liabilities: $457,000
Current portion of LTD: $276,000

Total current liabilities: $599,000

Total long-term debt: $1,303,000
Other LT liabilities: $302,000

Total liabilities: $1,846,000

Equity

Shareholders' equity: $2,264,000

Total liabilities & equity: $4,071,000

Accounts receivable analysis


Accounts receivable – gross: $1,446,000
Accounts receivable – net: $781,000

A/R turnover – net: 11.36
A/R days outstanding – net: 36

A/R aging
0-30 days: 53.4 percent
31-60 days: 17.2 percent
61-90 days: 8.2 percent

Case volume mix as percent of total cases

ENT: 8 percent
GI/endoscopy: 29 percent
General surgery: 7 percent
OB/GYN: 4 percent
Ophthalmology: 17 percent
Oral surgery: 1 percent
Orthopedics: 17 percent
Pain management: 14 percent
Plastic: 4 percent
Podiatry: 3 percent
Urology: 3 percent
Other: 1 percent

Case volume & staffing summary

Total cases per center: 4,714
Cases per day: 18.9

Nurse FTE: 13.3
Tech FTE: 5.4
Administrative FTE: 8.5
Administrator FTE: 1.0

Total FTE:
27.6

Nurse hours per case: 6.3
Tech hours per case: 2.6
Administrative hours per case: 4.3
Administrator hours per case: 0.6

Total hours per case: 10.0

Salary & wages

Nurse staff: $32.12
Tech staff: $20.92
Administrative staff: $23.09
Total hourly: $27.03

Administrator salary: $109,184

Payor mix as percent of gross charges

Medicare: 25 percent
Medicaid: 5 percent
Commercial: 58 percent
Workers' comp: 5 percent
Self-pay: 4 percent
Other: 7 percent

Revenue per case by specialty

ENT
Gross charges: $7,433
Net revenue: $1,761

GI/Endoscopy
Gross charges: $3,517
Net revenue: $778

General surgery
Gross charges: $6,058
Net revenue: $1,689

OB/GYN

Gross charges: $6,788
Net revenue: $1,953

Ophthalmology

Gross charges: $5,708
Net revenue: $1,267

Oral surgery
Gross charges: $3,464
Net revenue: $1,078

Orthopedics
Gross charges: $9,398
Net revenue: $2,585

Pain management
Gross charges: $4,103
Net revenue: $955

Plastic
Gross charges: $6,738
Net revenue: $1,516

Podiatry
Gross charges: $7,574
Net revenue: $1,871

Urology
Gross charges: $6,484
Net revenue: $1,639

Other
Gross charges: $6,688
Net revenue: $1,718

Learn more about VMG Health's Intellimarker.

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