St. Joseph Center for Outpatient Surgery

What St. Joseph Center for Outpatient Surgery does

St. Joseph Center for Outpatient Surgery (SJCOS) is a private, multi-specialty ambulatory surgical center located at 4510 Frederick Blvd., St. Joseph, Missouri. The facility operates 3 fully-equipped operating rooms and 3 procedure rooms on a Monday–Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. schedule, and provides outpatient surgical services across gastroenterology, orthopedic and ortho-spine surgery, podiatry, otolaryngology (ENT), and neurosurgery. SJCOS holds both Medicare certification from CMS and AAAHC accreditation, satisfying the regulatory prerequisites required to bill CMS and commercial payers for outpatient procedures, and offers ancillary pediatric surgical services with family accommodation. The clinical footprint is anchored by the Zimmer Biomet ROSA Knee robotic system for personalized robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty, with patients receiving ancillary services such as digital pre-registration via SIS Exchange and online bill payment through PatientNotebook.

The business model is a fee-for-service ambulatory care delivery model: the center charges facility fees for use of operating and recovery rooms plus ancillary staff, while surgeon, anesthesiologist, pathologist, and laboratory fees are billed separately by the respective providers. SJCOS accepts Medicare and a range of commercial insurance plans, billing primary and secondary carriers directly, and offers CareCredit-based interest-free financing (6 or 12 months) and direct payment arrangements through collections staff. Patient acquisition is sales-led and referral-driven, primarily routed through affiliated specialty physician groups including Mosaic Life Care, Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center, Pivotal Foot & Ankle, and Digestive Health Specialists, supplemented by an informational website and direct patient contact via the business office.

Operationally, SJCOS is managed in partnership with NueHealth under an equity joint venture management arrangement announced on 2026-01-29, alongside four additional ASC partnerships NueHealth established across Missouri and New Jersey. Under this structure, NueHealth provides centralized operational expertise and analytics while local physicians retain governance — extending SJCOS's reach into a broader ASC management platform without an explicit multi-site roll-out of its own.

Name

St. Joseph Center for Outpatient Surgery

Legal name

St. Joseph Center for Outpatient Surgery

Website

https://sjcos.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

St. Joseph Center for Outpatient Surgery is a private, multi-specialty ambulatory surgical center in St. Joseph, MO, operating 3 ORs and 3 procedure rooms for gastroenterology, orthopedic and spine surgery, podiatry, ENT, and neurosurgery, managed in partnership with NueHealth and featuring the Zimmer Biomet ROSA Knee robotic system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ambulatory Surgery Center / Outpatient Surgical Services

NAICS

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493), Outpatient Care Centers (6214), Other Outpatient Care Centers (62149)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Orthopedic & Spine Surgery Centers (HLAFAIAG), ENT / Otolaryngology Surgery Centers (HLAFAIAJ)

Keywords

• Ambulatory surgery center
• Outpatient surgical services
• Orthopedic surgery
• Gastroenterology procedures
• Robotic-assisted knee replacement

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Joseph

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Surgical Facility Services: The facility charges fees for the use of the surgical center, including operating rooms, recovery areas, and facility-based nursing and technical staff. These fees do not include surgeon, anesthesiologist, pathologist, or laboratory fees which are billed separately by the respective providers. The center accepts Medicare and various insurance plans, billing primary and secondary carriers directly.
2. Payment Plans and Financial Services: The facility offers payment plan options through CareCredit (interest-free financing for 6 or 12 months) and accepts cash, cashier's checks, debit/credit cards, and personal checks. Collections specialists work with patients on payment arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

St. Joseph Center for Outpatient Surgery is a multi-specialty ambulatory surgical center (ASC) that provides outpatient surgical procedures across gastroenterology, orthopedic/ortho-spine surgery, podiatry, neurosurgery, ENT, and pediatric specialties. The facility features 3 operating rooms and 3 procedure rooms equipped with advanced instrumentation, including the ROSA Knee robotic system for personalized total knee replacement. Surgical services are delivered to patients referred by affiliated independent physician practices, with surgeon, anesthesiologist, and pathologist fees billed separately from facility fees.

Product overview

St. Joseph Center for Outpatient Surgery operates as a multi-specialty ambulatory surgical center serving St. Joseph, MO. The facility offers outpatient surgical services across gastroenterology, orthopedic/ortho-spine surgery, and podiatry specialties, featuring the ROSA Knee robotic technology for total joint replacement procedures. Supporting services include pediatric surgical care, digital patient registration via SIS Exchange, and online bill payment through PatientNotebook. The center is managed in partnership with NueHealth under both equity and non-equity management arrangements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Multi-Specialty Ambulatory Surgery Center Services Outpatient surgical procedures across multiple specialties (gastroenterology, orthopedic/ortho-spine surgery, podiatry, neurosurgery, ENT) delivered in 3 fully-equipped operating rooms and 3 procedure rooms with state-of-the-art instrumentation and AAAHC/Medicare accreditation. Patients are referred by affiliated physician practices and billed facility fees separate from provider fees.
• ROSA Knee Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Replacement Robotic-assisted total knee replacement service using the ROSA Knee System that uses pre-operative x-rays to create 3D models for surgical planning and intra-operative camera and optical trackers to provide real-time data for precise, personalized implant placement. Targeted at patients requiring total knee arthroplasty performed by affiliated orthopedic surgeons.
• Pediatric Outpatient Surgical Services Specialized outpatient surgical care for pediatric patients with pre-procedure preparation support, facility tours, and accommodations for parents or court-appointed custodians accompanying the child throughout the surgical process.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• NueHealthcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 January 2026NueHealth announced a management partnership with St. Joseph Center for Outpatient Surgery as part of four new ASC management partnerships across Missouri and New Jersey. The partnership is described as an equity joint venture arrangement. NueHealth provides operational expertise and analytics capabilities while maintaining local physician governance, representing a shift toward flexible, physician-aligned ASC models.
• Orthopedic & Sports Medicine CentercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOrthopedic & Sports Medicine Center is the primary orthopedic surgery provider at the center, with multiple physicians (Kyle Busch, Brett Miller, Blake Peterson, Christopher Schaefer, J. Mike Smith, Corey Trease, John Weitlich) and physician assistants providing orthopedic and spine surgery services at the facility.
• Mosaic Life CaremajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMosaic Life Care provides multiple physician specialties including gastroenterology (Abhiram Duvvuri, Vijay Kanakadandi, Thamer Kassim, Venkat Nutalapti), neurosurgery (Ravi Nunna), ENT (Dr. Kellee Neal), and anesthesia providers (Jason Bible, Deborah Blachar, Nancy Bruda, David Chou, Bradley Grier, Nicholas Kaup, Josh Matthias, William Rippe II, Kathryn Lang Smock, CRNAs).
• Digestive Health SpecialistsmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDigestive Health Specialists provides gastroenterology services at the center, with providers Francis McCormick and Scott McGuire performing colonoscopy and other GI procedures.
• Pivotal Foot & AnklemajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPivotal provides podiatry services at the center, with providers Ross Bartley and Tyler Sten performing foot and ankle surgical procedures.
• Zimmer BiometcoreTechnology or IntegrationZimmer Biomet provides the ROSA Knee robotic technology system used at the center for total knee replacement procedures. ROSA (Robotic Surgical Assistant) is designed to help surgeons personalize knee implant placement for individual patient anatomy.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ASD Management: Physician-owned ASC management company operating multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers. Comparable as a similarly-sized ASC management peer with physician partnership model.
• Regent Surgical Health: ASC management and development company partnering with hospitals and physicians to operate multi-specialty ASCs. Comparable in scale and partnership-based ASC management model serving similar multi-specialty outpatient procedures.
• Pinnacle III: ASC management and consulting firm that builds, acquires, and manages ambulatory surgery centers. Comparable as a smaller-scale ASC management peer serving physician-hospital joint ventures similar to SJCOS's structure.
• Blue Chip Surgical Center Partners: ASC development and management company focused on physician-owned multi-specialty ASCs. Directly comparable as a partner/manager of similar-sized multi-specialty outpatient surgery centers.

Broad incumbents

• NueHealth: Parent/management company of SJCOS and operator of a national portfolio of ASCs and surgical hospitals. Directly comparable as the management platform that provides operations, analytics, and payer contracting for ASCs like SJCOS.
• HCA Healthcare: Large for-profit hospital operator with an extensive ASC and outpatient surgery footprint. Comparable as a competing ambulatory provider for outpatient surgical cases in overlapping geographies.
• Surgery Partners: Large publicly-traded ASC operator with 180+ locations nationwide. Comparable business model of owning/managing multi-specialty ASCs serving outpatient surgical patients through physician partnerships.
• United Surgical Partners International (USPI): Tenet Healthcare-owned ASC operator and the largest ASC platform in the US. Directly comparable as a multi-specialty ASC owner leveraging physician joint ventures and ambulatory migration tailwinds.
• Optum (Surgical Care Affiliates): Optum-owned ASC management organization operating hundreds of ambulatory surgery centers. Comparable as a multi-specialty ASC platform integrating physician ownership, payer relationships, and analytics.
• AmSurg (now Envision): Former publicly-traded ASC operator (now part of Envision/Optum) historically managing hundreds of multi-specialty ASCs. Comparable as an established multi-specialty ASC operator with similar physician partnership structures.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SJCfOS1
• Facebookfacebook.com/SJCfOS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st-joseph-center-for-outpatient-surgery

Compliance2 records

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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