How Does Case Volume Affect Surgery Center Operating Expenses? 24 Statistics

Here are 24 statistics on operating expenses as a percentage of total net revenue at surgery centers, according to VMG Health's ASC Intellimaker Survey 2011.

Less than 3,000 cases per year
•    Employee salary and wages: 25 percent
•    Taxes and benefits: 5.1 percent
•    Occupancy costs: 9.5 percent
•    Medical and surgical: 19.9 percent
•    Other medical costs: 0.6 percent
•    Insurance: 0.7 percent
•    General and administrative: 27.1 percent
•    Total operating expenses: 82.4 percent

3,000 to 5,999 cases per year
•    Employee salary and wages: 22.5 percent
•    Taxes and benefits: 4.8 percent
•    Occupancy costs: 7.8 percent
•    Medical and surgical: 23.1 percent
•    Other medical costs: 0.8 percent
•    Insurance: 0.7 percent
•    General and administrative: 20.6 percent
•    Total operating expenses: 80.1 percent

More than 5,999 cases per year
•    Employee salary and wages: 21.5 percent
•    Taxes and benefits: 5 percent
•    Occupancy costs: 6 percent
•    Medical and surgical: 20.1 percent
•    Other medical costs: 1.2 percent
•    Insurance: 0.6 percent
•    General and administrative: 14.4 percent
•    Total operating expenses: 64.8 percent

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