Here are 30 statistics on surgery centers that perform more than 50 percent orthopedics, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty Intellimarker 2011.
Gross charges: $25,258,000
Adjustments: $5,018,000
Net revenue: $7,885,000
Operating expenses
Employee salary and wages: $1,487,000
Taxes and benefits: $310,000
Occupancy costs: $497,000
Medical and surgical: $1,627,000
Other medical costs: $58,000
Insurance: $38,000
Depreciation and amortization: $292,000
Total general and administrative: $950,000
Total operating expenses: $4,930,000
Operating income: $2,674,000
Earnings before taxes: $2,462,000
EBITDA: $2,956,000
Case volume
Total cases per center: 3,161
Cases per day: 12.6
Surgical cases per operating room annually: 735
Non-surgical cases per procedure room annually: 521
Percent of cases performed by top 2 physicians: 41 percent
Staffing summary
Nurse FTE: 12.0
Tech FTE: 5.6
Administrative FTE: 8.9
Administrator FTE: 1.0
Total FTE: 27.0
Salaries and compensation
Nurse staff: $33.64 hourly
Tech staff: $22.41 hourly
Administrative staff: $24.38 hourly
Total hourly: $28.18
Administrator salary: $112,517
Gross charges: $25,258,000
Adjustments: $5,018,000
Net revenue: $7,885,000
Operating expenses
Employee salary and wages: $1,487,000
Taxes and benefits: $310,000
Occupancy costs: $497,000
Medical and surgical: $1,627,000
Other medical costs: $58,000
Insurance: $38,000
Depreciation and amortization: $292,000
Total general and administrative: $950,000
Total operating expenses: $4,930,000
Operating income: $2,674,000
Earnings before taxes: $2,462,000
EBITDA: $2,956,000
Case volume
Total cases per center: 3,161
Cases per day: 12.6
Surgical cases per operating room annually: 735
Non-surgical cases per procedure room annually: 521
Percent of cases performed by top 2 physicians: 41 percent
Staffing summary
Nurse FTE: 12.0
Tech FTE: 5.6
Administrative FTE: 8.9
Administrator FTE: 1.0
Total FTE: 27.0
Salaries and compensation
Nurse staff: $33.64 hourly
Tech staff: $22.41 hourly
Administrative staff: $24.38 hourly
Total hourly: $28.18
Administrator salary: $112,517