Greater Sacramento Surgery Center

What Greater Sacramento Surgery Center does

Greater Sacramento Surgery Center (GSSC) is a privately held, freestanding outpatient ambulatory surgery center founded in 2003 and located at 2288 Auburn Boulevard, Suite 201, in Sacramento, California. The company operates a single licensed facility compliant with State and Federal regulatory requirements, delivering same-day surgical procedures across multiple specialties (including general surgery and colonoscopy) plus an extended-observation 23 Hour Stay Program for cases requiring additional recovery time. Services span pre-operative evaluation, operating room access, recovery room nursing care, medication administration, and routine lab work, with patients recovering at home rather than being admitted overnight.

The business operates on a fee-for-service, transaction-based revenue model. The center charges global facility fees per surgical procedure and bills insurance as a courtesy with a 60-day payment expectation, accepts Medicare assignment (collecting the 20% co-payment at time of service), accepts MediCal, and supports cash-paying patients who settle the facility fee and anesthesiologist fee separately via cash, checks, money order, or credit card. Go-to-market is sales-led via a physician-referral network, with the publicly disclosed Physician Ownership Disclosure indicating that referring physicians may hold a financial interest in the center, aligning referral economics with facility utilization. The center employs 51-100 staff across clinical and administrative functions, is led by Administrator Susan Brunone with Gavin Ripp as Chief Operating Officer, and operates Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with no evening, weekend, or on-call coverage.

Name

Greater Sacramento Surgery Center

Legal name

Greater Sacramento Surgery Center

Website

https://gssc-asc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Greater Sacramento Surgery Center is a privately held, freestanding outpatient surgery center in Sacramento, California, founded in 2003, providing same-day multi-specialty surgical procedures plus a 23-hour observation program to patients referred by physicians, some of whom hold ownership in the center.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ambulatory Surgery Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Ambulatory surgery center
• Outpatient surgical procedures
• Same-day surgery services
• Preoperative evaluation services
• Surgical facility care

Headquarters

HQ city

Sacramento

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Surgical Facility Fees: Fee-for-service revenue model. The center charges global fees for surgical procedures covering pre-operative evaluation, operating room use, medications during stay, nursing care including recovery room, and routine lab work. Additional charges may apply for cosmetics surgery (extra time), X-rays, implants, and outside provider services (surgeon, anesthesiologist, laboratory, radiology, pathology).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Greater Sacramento Surgery Center is a freestanding outpatient ambulatory surgery center in Sacramento, California, providing same-day surgical procedures across multiple specialties. The core offering bundles pre-operative evaluation, operating room use, medications during stay, nursing care including recovery room, and routine lab work under a global fee. A separate 23 Hour Stay Program enables extended observation for procedures requiring additional recovery time, allowing patients to safely return home for further recovery the same day.

Product overview

Greater Sacramento Surgery Center operates as a freestanding outpatient surgery center offering same-day surgical procedures. The core offering is the surgery center facility itself, which encompasses pre-operative evaluation, operating room access, recovery room nursing care, and medication administration. Supporting services include the 23 Hour Stay Program for extended observation, along with patient documentation products including the Pre-Registration Form, Patient Medical History Form, and Advance Health Care Directive. The facility accepts Medicare and various insurance plans, with global fees covering pre-operative evaluation, operating room use, medications, nursing care, recovery room, and routine lab work.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Greater Sacramento Surgery Center - Outpatient Surgical Services A freestanding outpatient surgery center in Sacramento, California, delivering same-day surgical procedures across multiple specialties including colonoscopy and general surgery. The offering bundles pre-operative evaluation, operating room access, recovery room nursing care, medications, and routine lab work under a global facility fee for individual patients and physician-referred patients.
• 23 Hour Stay Program Extended observation program for outpatient surgery patients who require additional recovery time beyond immediate post-anesthesia recovery, enabling discharge within 23 hours from time of admission rather than same-day discharge.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• UC Davis Health: Sacramento-based academic health system with hospital outpatient and ambulatory surgical services. Regional competitor in the same Greater Sacramento market, though operating a broader inpatient and academic mission.
• Sutter Health: Integrated Northern California health system headquartered in Sacramento with outpatient surgery offerings across its network. Competes for outpatient surgical referrals in the same Sacramento geography as GSSC, primarily through hospital outpatient departments.

Direct peers

• Surgery Partners: Public operator of a national network of short-stay surgical facilities, including multi-specialty ASCs. Directly comparable to GSSC in core service (outpatient surgery) and physician-partner model, but at vastly greater scale.
• AMSURG (Envision): National operator of ambulatory surgery centers historically focused on multi-specialty and single-specialty sites such as GI and ophthalmology. Directly comparable in service model and physician-partner model to GSSC.
• Regent Surgical Health: Private ASC management and development company that partners with physicians and hospitals to operate outpatient surgery centers. Closely comparable to GSSC in physician-ownership/governance structure and multi-specialty case mix.

Broad incumbents

• Tenet Healthcare / USPI: Tenet's United Surgical Partners International segment is one of the largest ASC operators in the U.S. with hundreds of facilities. Overlaps with GSSC in multi-specialty outpatient surgery and physician-joint-venture ownership, but as part of a much broader portfolio.
• HCA Healthcare: Large for-profit hospital operator that runs a substantial network of freestanding ASCs alongside its inpatient facilities. Competes with GSSC for outpatient surgical volume in many markets including California, though not as a dedicated ASC specialist.
• Optum / Surgical Care Affiliates: Optum's Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA) is a national ASC platform acquired from OptumCare. Provides the same multi-specialty outpatient surgery services as GSSC at significant scale, often partnering with hospital systems and physician investors.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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