Surgery Center of Athens

What Surgery Center of Athens does

Surgery Center of Athens is a physician-owned ambulatory surgery center (ASC) operating as Surgery Center of Athens, LLC from a single facility at 2142 W. Broad Street, Building 100 Suite 100, Athens, Georgia. Founded in 2011 and structured as a Georgia LLC, the center provides same-day surgical procedures that require more care than a doctor's office visit but do not require overnight hospital admission, delivered by certified professional surgeons and specialty-trained nursing staff. It is owned by 17 local physicians across multiple specialties and is administered by Kemberly Mixon, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC. The facility holds AAAHC accreditation and is licensed and regulated by the State of Georgia Department of Community Health.

The center's core product is the delivery of outpatient surgical services, supported by pre-surgery preparation (medical history review, arrival confirmation, payment briefing), free language assistance in 15 languages, integration with the Georgia Health Information Network (GaHIN), and a comprehensive patient rights and grievance framework. Technology infrastructure is limited to standard ASC tooling: a One Medical Passport patient intake portal, EHR-linked clinical workflows, and HIE connectivity — no proprietary platform, no digital consumer-facing product, and no disclosed AI/ML capabilities.

Revenue is generated through facility fees for surgical procedures plus separate billings for physician services, anesthesia, and pathology, collected from a diversified payer mix including Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield, Cigna, Humana, United Healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage, as well as self-pay patients receiving Good Faith Estimates under the No Surprises Act. Go-to-market is exclusively physician-referral based, with patient acquisition driven by referring physicians in the Athens, GA metro and communities along the GA-316 corridor including Statham and Bogart. The center maintains a referenced relationship with Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center.

Name

Surgery Center of Athens

Legal name

Surgery Center of Athens, LLC

Website

https://surgerycenterofathens.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Surgery Center of Athens is a physician-owned ambulatory surgery center in Athens, Georgia, delivering same-day outpatient surgical procedures through a referral-based model with 17 physician owners and AAAHC accreditation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ambulatory Surgical Services

NAICS

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Multi-Specialty Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) (HLAFAIAA)

Keywords

• Ambulatory surgery services
• Outpatient surgical procedures
• Same-day surgery center
• Ambulatory care services
• Physician-owned surgery

Headquarters

HQ city

Athens

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Surgical Facility Services: The center generates revenue through facility fees charged for same-day surgical procedures. Separate billings are generated for Physician services, Facility charges, Anesthesia, and Pathology services. Revenue is derived from insurance reimbursements and patient co-pays/deductibles for in-network and out-of-network providers as mandated by No Surprises Act protections.
2. Insurance Reimbursement: Revenue collected from multiple insurance providers including commercial insurers, Medicare, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage plans. The center participates as an in-network provider with major carriers including Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield, Cigna, Humana, United Healthcare, and various state Medicaid programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Surgery Center of Athens operates an ambulatory surgery center specifically designed to perform same-day surgical procedures — those requiring more care than a doctor's office but not requiring an overnight hospital stay. Care is delivered by certified professional surgeons and specialty-trained nursing staff using accredited outpatient surgical equipment, with pre-surgery preparation, language assistance, and patient rights protections integrated into the patient experience.

Product overview

Surgery Center of Athens is an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) specifically designed to perform same-day procedures. The facility operates as a single core service offering—outpatient surgical procedures that require more care than a doctor's office but do not require overnight hospital stays. Supporting services include pre-surgery preparation (with staff calling patients to review medical history and confirm procedures), language assistance in 15 languages, health information exchange via Georgia Health Information Network (GaHIN), and comprehensive patient rights and safety protections compliant with AAAHC standards and HIPAA regulations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Same-Day Outpatient Surgical Procedures Ambulatory surgery center providing same-day surgical procedures that require more care than a doctor's office but do not require overnight hospital stays, delivered by certified professional surgeons and specialty-trained nursing staff with quality care and safety comparable to larger hospital-based facilities.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterminorOthersPiedmont Athens Regional Medical Center is referenced as a related healthcare facility. The Surgery Center of Athens provides services to all persons regardless of affiliation. No formal partnership, integration, or referral agreement is explicitly described.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Surgery Partners: Multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center operator with a network of short-stay surgical facilities across the U.S. Directly comparable business model—owning and operating ASCs performing same-day procedures across multiple specialties with both physician-partner and corporate-owned facilities.
• Regent Surgical Health: ASC management and development company partnering with physician owners to operate multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers. Closely mirrors the physician-owned, single-market ASC model that Surgery Center of Athens operates.
• ASD Management: Physician-owned ASC management organization focused on developing and operating multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers. Directly comparable in physician-ownership alignment and ASC operational model.

Broad incumbents

• United Surgical Partners International (USPI): Largest ambulatory surgery facility provider in the U.S., majority-owned by Tenet Healthcare. Operates a broad network of ASCs and short-stay surgical hospitals, overlapping with the Surgery Center of Athens on multi-specialty outpatient surgery.
• AmSurg: National operator of ambulatory surgery centers, historically focused on multi-specialty ASCs and endoscopy centers. Now part of Envision Healthcare, it represents a scaled incumbent with a similar service-line focus on same-day surgical care.
• Surgical Care Affiliates: Major ASC operator now part of Optum (UnitedHealth Group), managing hundreds of ambulatory surgery centers. Comparable as a multi-specialty ASC platform with physician-partner ownership structures similar to the Surgery Center of Athens model.

Others

• Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center: Regional hospital system referenced as an affiliated facility and competitor for outpatient surgical cases in the Athens, GA market. Relevant as a local competitive and referral-relationship counterparty rather than a same-model peer.

Emerging players

• Physicians Endoscopy: ASC developer and operator specializing in gastroenterology-focused endoscopy centers with physician-partner ownership. Comparable as a physician-partner ASC platform though narrower in specialty scope.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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