Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City

What Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City does

Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City (AAKC) is a privately held, physician-led anesthesiology practice headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, operating across the greater Kansas City metropolitan area on both sides of the Missouri/Kansas state line. Founded in the mid-1960s as a partnership of physicians at Research Medical Center and structured as a Kansas Professional Association, the practice has grown into the largest anesthesiology group in the Kansas City region and ranks among the largest in the United States, with more than 200 providers delivering services across more than 20 hospitals, surgery centers, and private clinics. The clinical portfolio spans general, regional, and local anesthesia, chronic pain management through KC Pain Centers (South and East) and the Midwest Pain Management Center operated with HCA, critical care and perioperative services, office-based anesthesia via the Mobile Anesthesia Care (MAC) team averaging more than 2,000 procedures per year, and administrative and medical consulting for healthcare facilities.

AAKC generates revenue primarily through professional services billing for anesthesia and pain management delivered under contracted agreements with healthcare facilities. Anesthesia services are billed separately from facility and surgeon fees, with Good Faith Estimates available for uninsured self-pay patients and dedicated compliance infrastructure for surprise-billing protections. The Mobile Anesthesia Care subsidiary extends the revenue base into dental offices, oral surgery practices, psychiatrists, and pharmaceutical research companies. Customer concentration is anchored by multi-year relationships with HCA Healthcare and other major regional health systems, while a democratic governance model — a nine-member physician-elected Board with an ex-officio CEO — preserves physician control over clinical and strategic decisions.

Growth has historically been driven by organic expansion into new facilities, tuck-in integrations of independent anesthesia teams, and the development of adjacent service lines such as MAC office-based anesthesia and chronic pain management. There is no evidence of outside private equity, venture capital, or institutional ownership, and the practice remains wholly physician-controlled.

Name

Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City

Legal name

Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City PA

Website

https://aakc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City is the largest physician-led anesthesiology practice in the greater Kansas City region, providing general, regional, and local anesthesia, chronic pain management, and office-based mobile anesthesia services to more than 20 hospitals, surgery centers, and clinics across Missouri and Kansas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anesthesiology Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (62111), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Perioperative Anesthesia Services & Management (HLAFAIAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pain Management Clinics (Interventional & Medical) (HLAFABAH), Pain Management & Interventional Procedure Centers (HLAFAIAH)

Keywords

• Anesthesiology services
• Pain management
• Perioperative care
• Mobile anesthesia
• Critical care medicine

Headquarters

HQ city

Overland Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Anesthesia Services: Provides anesthesia services at hospitals, surgery centers, and private clinics. Revenue generated through contracted services with healthcare facilities and billing for anesthesia care delivered to patients.
2. Pain Management Services: Chronic pain management services through KC Pain Centers locations and HCA's Midwest Pain Management Center. Pain management physicians utilize various treatment modalities to control chronic pain.
3. Mobile Anesthesia Care (MAC): Mobile anesthesia services provided to dentists, oral surgeons, surgeons, psychiatrists, pharmaceutical research companies and other entities. Averaging more than 2,000 anesthetics for adult and pediatric surgeries/procedures per year.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City (AAKC) provides contracted perioperative anesthesia, pain management, critical care, and administrative/medical consulting services to hospitals, surgery centers, and private clinics across Missouri and Kansas. The practice staffs general, regional, and local anesthesia through physician anesthesiologists, CRNAs, and Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants, and runs a Mobile Anesthesia Care (MAC) team delivering office-based anesthesia to dental, oral surgery, and other non-hospital settings. AAKC also operates KC Pain Centers and the Midwest Pain Management Center for chronic pain treatment.

Product overview

Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City (AAKC) is the largest anesthesiology practice in the greater Kansas City region, offering a comprehensive suite of anesthesia and pain management services. The core offerings include general, regional, and local anesthesia services; chronic pain management through KC Pain Centers locations; office-based anesthesia; and Mobile Anesthesia Care (MAC) for dental and non-traditional settings. AAKC also provides critical care, perioperative care, and administrative/medical consulting services to hospitals, surgery centers, and private clinics across Missouri and Kansas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Anesthesia Services

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 2,000 anesthetics delivered per year through MAC Team

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• HCA HealthcarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2011In 2011, AAKC entered into an agreement with HCA to provide services at Centerpoint Medical Center and Centerpoint Ambulatory Surgery Center. In 2016, AAKC opened Midwest Pain Management Center with HCA to provide comprehensive pain management services through ASC.
• Research Medical CentercoreOthersOriginal founding location in mid-1960s. AAKC opened the first multidisciplinary inpatient pain management center at Research Medical Center. Also provides services at Research Medical Center–Brookside.
• Children's Mercy HospitalcoreOthersIn 1980, AAKC began providing pediatric anesthesiology services at Children's Mercy Hospital. In 1985, AAKC recruited the first pediatric intensivist for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
• Belton Regional Medical CentercoreOthersAAKC was asked to provide anesthesia coverage when Belton Regional Medical Center was first built in 1984.
• Menorah Medical CentercoreOthersAAKC began providing services at Menorah Medical Center following 1994 merger with Anesthesiology Services, Inc.
• Lee's Summit Medical CentercoreOthersAAKC began providing services at Lee's Summit Medical Center following 1994 merger with Anesthesiology Services, Inc.
• Overland Park Regional Medical CentercoreOthersAAKC began covering Overland Park Regional Medical Center in the early 2000s.
• Surgicenter of Johnson CountycoreOthersIn 2012, AAKC began providing services at the Surgicenter of Johnson County.
• Heart of America Surgery CentercoreOthersIn 2014, the anesthesia teams at Heart of America Surgery Center joined AAKC.
• Kansas City Orthopaedic InstitutecoreOthersIn 2014, the anesthesia teams at Kansas City Orthopaedic Institute, a physician-owned hospital, joined AAKC.
• South Kansas City Surgery CentercoreOthersAAKC began covering South Kansas City Surgery Center in the early 2000s.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA): Largest privately held anesthesia and perioperative services group in the US, providing hospital-based anesthesia, pain management, and office-based anesthesia across multiple states. Direct competitor to AAKC with a similar physician-led service model and contracted hospital footprint.
• US Anesthesia Partners (USAP): PE-backed national anesthesiology practice serving hospitals, ASCs, and office-based settings with a model very similar to AAKC. Comparable in service breadth (general anesthesia, pain management, critical care) and in pursuing regional consolidation in markets like AAKC's Midwest territory.
• JLR Medical Group: Regional anesthesiology group providing hospital and ambulatory anesthesia services, including office-based and pain management offerings. Directly comparable to AAKC in business model, customer base, and service portfolio.
• Schwartz Anesthesiology / Allied Anesthesia Associates: Mid-sized physician anesthesiology practices delivering perioperative anesthesia, pain management, and office-based services to hospitals and ASCs in the Midwest. Comparable service mix and customer profile to AAKC, representing the type of regional group AAKC could partner with or acquire.

Broad incumbents

• Envision Healthcare: Large multi-specialty physician services platform offering anesthesiology along with emergency medicine, hospitalist, and surgical services to facilities nationwide. Overlaps with AAKC in anesthesia staffing but operates across a much broader portfolio of clinical services.
• TeamHealth: Nationally contracted physician services firm providing anesthesiology, emergency medicine, and hospital medicine to hospitals and healthcare systems. Comparable to AAKC for facility anesthesia contracts but operates as a much larger, multi-specialty incumbent.
• Sound Physicians: National physician services organization with growing anesthesiology and perioperative services practice in addition to its core hospitalist business. Overlaps with AAKC on facility-based anesthesia and perioperative care contracts.
• MEDNAX / American Anesthesiology (now part of Pediatrix): National physician services organization with a substantial anesthesiology division (American Anesthesiology) that historically delivered hospital-based anesthesia and perioperative services similar to AAKC, alongside a broader women's and children's specialty footprint.

Regional players

• Midwest Anesthesia Partners: Regional anesthesiology group serving the Midwest with hospital-based and ambulatory anesthesia contracts. Comparable to AAKC in service model and regional focus, though smaller in scale and operating in adjacent Midwestern geographies.
• Associated Anesthesiologists (various regional groups): Multi-physician regional anesthesiology practices offering comparable perioperative, pain management, and office-based anesthesia services to hospitals and surgery centers. Direct structural peers in size and service mix to AAKC, though serving different Midwestern markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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