What Valley Perinatal Services does

Valley Perinatal Services is a physician-owned maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) specialist practice headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, operating across four Phoenix-metro office locations (Phoenix, Chandler, Estrella, and Glendale). Founded by Dr. John Elliott — a high-order multiples specialist with a career tally of 2,600+ deliveries including quadruplets and quintuplets — the practice delivers specialized care for high-risk pregnancies. Its clinical services include MFM consultations, obstetric ultrasound, prenatal screening (NIPT, CVS, amniocentesis), genetic counseling, diabetes-in-pregnancy management, multiple pregnancy care, gynecological imaging, obstetric nutrition, and telemedicine consultations. The practice is led by Medical Director Dr. Ravi Gunatilake following Dr. Elliott's transition to Emeritus Medical Director.

Operationally, Valley Perinatal Services, LLC is an Arizona-domiciled private LLC with 11-50 employees and a clinical team of roughly 20 board-certified MFM physicians, OB hospitalists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse midwives. Patient acquisition runs through OB/GYN referrals and direct appointments via phone, SMS, and an athenahealth-powered patient portal; delivery of high-risk pregnancies is performed at affiliated Banner University Medical Center. The technology stack is conventional — athenahealth for patient portal and billing, standard obstetric ultrasound, and a video/phone telemedicine layer — with HIPAA-compliant operations and ABOG board-certified physicians.

The business model is fee-for-service clinical billing through accepted health insurance plans, with patients responsible for standard copays, deductibles, and coinsurance. The practice carries no institutional or private equity investment and operates as an independent physician-owned entity, reinvesting operating cash flow into multi-site expansion, the OB Hospitalist Division, telemedicine, and a dedicated patient education platform (learn.valleyperinatal.com).

Name

Valley Perinatal Services

Legal name

Valley Perinatal Services, LLC

Website

https://valleyperinatal.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Valley Perinatal Services is a Phoenix-metro, physician-owned maternal-fetal medicine practice serving high-risk pregnant women across four offices with a team of 20+ specialists. Services include obstetric ultrasound, genetic counseling, prenatal screening, diabetes management, multiple pregnancy care, and telemedicine.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maternal-Fetal Medicine Services

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Outpatient Care Centers (6214), Diagnostic Imaging Centers (621512)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

General Obstetrics (Prenatal/Antepartum Care) (HLAKAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Prenatal & Maternal-Fetal Diagnostic Imaging Centers (HLAFAKAL)

Keywords

• Maternal-fetal medicine
• High-risk pregnancy care
• Prenatal screening services
• Obstetric ultrasound imaging
• Genetic counseling services

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Clinical Healthcare Services: Revenue generated from providing maternal-fetal medicine consultations, obstetric ultrasound imaging, prenatal screening tests, genetic counseling, diabetes management, and other clinical services. Services are billed through insurance plans and patients may have copays, deductibles, or coinsurance based on their coverage.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Valley Perinatal Services is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist practice providing specialized medical care for high-risk pregnancies in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The practice offers comprehensive prenatal services including maternal-fetal medicine consultations, obstetric ultrasound imaging, prenatal screening, genetic counseling, diabetes and pregnancy management, multiple pregnancy care, obstetric nutrition, gynecological imaging, and telemedicine consultations. Services are delivered across four office locations by a team of board-certified maternal-fetal medicine specialists.

Product overview

Valley Perinatal Services operates as a maternal-fetal medicine practice offering a unified suite of perinatal healthcare services. The core offering is Maternal Fetal Medicine specializing in high-risk pregnancies, supported by specialized services including Diabetes & Pregnancy Management, Genetic Counseling, Obstetric Ultrasound, Gynecological Imaging, Multiple Pregnancy Care, Obstetric Nutrition, and Prenatal Screening. The practice also provides Telemedicine for remote consultations. The services are delivered through a team of maternal-fetal specialists, with facilities in Phoenix, Chandler, Glendale, and Estrella locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Maternal Fetal Medicine

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Innovation Care PartnersminorOthersInnovation Care Partners is shown as a partner/logo on the Valley Perinatal Services website footer, suggesting a contractual or network relationship for healthcare services coordination.
• Banner University Medical CentercoreOthersBanner University Medical Center in Phoenix is the hospital where Valley Perinatal Services delivers high-risk pregnancies and high-order multiples. Dr. John Elliott delivered quadruplets for Marco and Rachel Vargas at this facility. This represents the primary hospital affiliation for deliveries.
• American Board of Obstetrics and GynecologyminorOthersThe American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology logo appears on the website footer, indicating that the physicians are board-certified by this governing body.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Pediatrix Medical Group (Obstetrix): Pediatrix (which houses the Obstetrix MFM physician group) is the largest national physician group focused on maternal-fetal, neonatal, and pediatric specialty care, operating across hundreds of hospitals. It is a direct comparable to Valley Perinatal's MFM service line and OB hospitalist model, but at vastly greater scale and with national reach rather than Phoenix-metro focus.
• CommonSpirit / Dignity Health MFM: CommonSpirit Health (parent of Dignity Health) operates employed MFM physician programs across Arizona, including in the Phoenix metro. It is a broader incumbent comparable that uses the same employed-physician + hospital-affiliation model to capture MFM referrals, posing direct competitive pressure on Valley Perinatal's referral base.

Others

• Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM): SMFM is the professional society that certifies and represents MFM subspecialists, including the Valley Perinatal physician team. It is included as an ecosystem reference point rather than a competitor, since membership signals credentialing depth that is core to the practice's brand and quality narrative.

Direct peers

• High Risk Pregnancy Center: High Risk Pregnancy Center is a multi-location Las Vegas-based MFM specialist practice with a similar model: high-risk pregnancy consultation, detailed ultrasound, genetic counseling, and multiple pregnancy care. It is a strong operational comparable to Valley Perinatal given its similar specialty focus, multi-site regional footprint, and emphasis on complex pregnancies.
• Phoenix Perinatal Associates: Phoenix Perinatal Associates is a Phoenix-metro MFM specialist practice explicitly referenced in Valley Perinatal's own team bios (Director of Nursing Suzanne Halt previously worked there). It is a direct local competitor offering the same high-risk pregnancy, ultrasound, and consultative MFM services to the same referring OB/GYN base.
• Banner Health MFM: Banner Health operates its own maternal-fetal medicine program in the Phoenix metro and is simultaneously Valley Perinatal's primary delivery hospital partner. It is the most direct local competitor for MFM referrals in the same geography and represents the dominant health-system-employed MFM option that Valley Perinatal must compete against for physician referrals.

Regional players

• HonorHealth MFM: HonorHealth is a major Phoenix-metro health system operating an employed MFM program. It competes for the same patient population and referring physicians as Valley Perinatal but is anchored in Scottsdale/Northeast Valley rather than the West Valley and Phoenix-Chandler corridors where Valley Perinatal has density.
• Northwest Perinatal Center: Northwest Perinatal Center is a Portland, Oregon-based MFM specialist practice offering high-risk pregnancy care, ultrasound, genetic counseling, and multiple pregnancy services. It is a strong operational and service-mix peer for a private MFM group practice, though operating in a different regional market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/valleyperinatal
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@valleyperinatal
• Facebookfacebook.com/valleyperinatal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/valley-perinatal-services
• Instagraminstagram.com/valleyperinatal

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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