Here are 77 statistics for an ASC's balance sheet, outlining the average percentage of operating expenses for each category by region of the country, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker.
All facilities
1. Employee salaries and wages: 21.6 percent
2. Taxes and benefits: 4.8 percent
3. Occupancy costs: 6.1 percent
4. Drugs and medical supplies: 23 percent
5. Other medical costs: 0.3 percent
6. Insurance: 0.6 percent
7. General and administrative: 16.4 percent
8. Management fees: 5 percent
9. Billing fees: 2.8 percent
10. Total operating expenses: 76.2 percent
11. EBITDA: 23.8 percent
Atlantic
12. Employee salaries and wages: 24 percent
13. Taxes and benefits: 5.2 percent
14. Occupancy costs: 6.9 percent
15. Drugs and medical supplies: 24.8 percent
16. Other medical costs: 0.3 percent
17. Insurance: 0.8 percent
18. General and administrative: 17 percent
19. Management fees: 5 percent
20. Billing fees: 3.2 percent
21. Total operating expenses: 81.9 percent
22. EBITDA: 18.1 percent
Midwest
23. Employee salaries and wages: 18.1 percent
24. Taxes and benefits: 3.9 percent
25. Occupancy costs: 5.8 percent
26. Drugs and medical supplies: 21.7 percent
27. Other medical costs: 0.4 percent
28. Insurance: 0.8 percent
29. General and administrative: 16.7 percent
30. Management fees: 6.2 percent
31. Billing fees: 3.2 percent
32. Total operating expenses: 71.7 percent
33. EBITDA: 28.3 percent
Mountain
34. Employee salaries and wages: 23.3 percent
35. Taxes and benefits: 5.2 percent
36. Occupancy costs: 7.3 percent
37. Drugs and medical supplies: 26.3 percent
38. Other medical costs: 0.4 percent
39. Insurance: 0.5 percent
40. General and administrative: 15.4 percent
41. Management fees: 5 percent
42. Billing fees: 3.5 percent
43. Total operating expenses: 83.6 percent
44. EBITDA: 16.4 percent
Northeast
45. Employee salaries and wages: 23.5 percent
46. Taxes and benefits: 4.5 percent
47. Occupancy costs: 6.1 percent
48. Drugs and medical supplies: 22.2 percent
49. Other medical costs: 1 percent
50. Insurance: 0.6 percent
51. General and administrative: 17 percent
52. Management fees: 4 percent
53. Billing fees: 3 percent
54. Total operating expenses: 78.9 percent
55. EBITDA: 21.1 percent
Pacific
56. Employee salaries and wages: 24.6 percent
57. Taxes and benefits: 5.5 percent
58. Occupancy costs: 7.2 percent
59. Drugs and medical supplies: 22.5 percent
60. Other medical costs: 0.4 percent
61. Insurance: 0.5 percent
62. General and administrative: 13.9 percent
63. Management fees: 5 percent
64. Billing fees: 4 percent
65. Total operating expenses: 77.8 percent
66. EBITDA: 21.6 percent
South
67. Employee salaries and wages: 19.1 percent
68. Taxes and benefits: 4.6 percent
69. Occupancy costs: 5.7 percent
70. Drugs and medical supplies: 22.5 percent
71. Other medical costs: 0.2 percent
72. Insurance: 0.5 percent
73. General and administrative: 16.6 percent
74. Management fees: 5.4 percent
75. Billing fees: 2 percent
76. Total operating expenses: 71.1 percent
77. EBITDA: 28.9 percent