Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics

What Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics does

Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics, operating as Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance (TOA) and branded as TOA East Tennessee, is a private, physician-owned orthopedic practice founded in 1997 and headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee. The practice delivers comprehensive medical and surgical care for musculoskeletal conditions across more than nine clinic locations spanning East Tennessee (Knoxville — Fort Sanders Regional, The Tower at Parkwest, Fountain City, Bearden, and one additional Knoxville site — plus Oak Ridge with two sites, Sevierville, Lenoir City, and Alcoa) and a Middle Tennessee footprint. Its service portfolio covers orthopedic urgent care (walk-in and virtual), fracture care, sports medicine, spine surgery (surgical and interventional), total joint replacement, hand/wrist, foot/ankle, shoulder, hip and knee surgery, arthroscopic surgery, on-site X-ray, CT and MRI imaging, physical therapy, The Brace Place (durable medical equipment), the Spine Injection Suite, the Upper Extremity Surgical Suite, an Osteoporosis Clinic, sport-related concussion care, Work Link (occupational/workers' compensation), Saturday Sports Clinics, and Sports Physicals. The medical team is structured around physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, physical therapists, and athletic trainers.

The business operates on a professional services revenue model: payments are collected from third-party payers (commercial insurance, Medicare Advantage, and workers' compensation carriers) and from patients for consultations, imaging, surgical procedures, physical therapy sessions, and bracing/DME. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via walk-in urgent care, online-scheduled appointments, telephone, and a virtual orthopedic urgent care channel, supplemented by a physician referral network. Consumer awareness is generated through a multi-channel marketing mix — website/SEO, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, patient education content, and the TOA Orthocast podcast. Core operational technology is the on-site diagnostic infrastructure (X-ray, CT, MRI) and dedicated procedure suites that enable a same-day diagnosis-to-treatment workflow across the regional footprint. The practice is independently owned by its physician partners with no disclosed private equity or institutional ownership, and it has announced it will exit UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage network status effective May 1, 2026, a payer-contracting event with material revenue-mix implications.

Name

Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics

Legal name

Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance

Website

https://tocdocs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics (d/b/a Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance) is a private physician-owned orthopedic practice operating 9+ clinics across East and Middle Tennessee, delivering musculoskeletal care including urgent care, surgery, imaging, and rehabilitation services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Orthopedic Healthcare Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111), Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Offices of Other Health Practitioners (6213), Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Orthopedic Surgery (Operative Orthopedics) (HLAKALAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

General Orthopedics (HLAKALAA), Ambulatory Specialty Clinics (Multi-Specialty & Single-Specialty) (HLAFABAA), Orthopedic & Spine Surgery Centers (HLAFAIAG), Outpatient Physical Therapy (PT) Clinics (HLADAJAD), Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Telemedicine Platforms (HLALAGAO)

Keywords

• Orthopedic care services
• Musculoskeletal treatment
• Sports medicine
• Joint replacement surgery
• Physical therapy

Headquarters

HQ city

Knoxville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Patient Care Services: Revenue generated from orthopedic consultations, treatments, surgical procedures, and follow-up care billed through insurance or patient payments
2. Diagnostic Imaging Services: Revenue from X-ray, CT scan, and MRI diagnostic services performed on-site
3. Physical Therapy Services: Revenue from rehabilitation and physical therapy treatments at clinic locations and partner facilities

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics is a private orthopedic medical practice that provides comprehensive musculoskeletal care, including diagnosis, surgical and non-surgical treatment, sports medicine, joint replacement, physical therapy, and walk-in urgent orthopedic care. Founded in 1997, the practice operates multiple clinic locations across East Tennessee, serving patients in the Knoxville region with on-site imaging (X-ray, CT, MRI) and rehabilitation services.

Product overview

Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance (TOA) is a healthcare services provider offering a comprehensive range of orthopedic medical services through multiple locations in East Tennessee. The organization operates a network of orthopedic urgent care walk-in clinics alongside scheduled specialty services. The service portfolio includes emergency orthopedic care for fractures and injuries, surgical interventions (joint replacement, spine surgery, arthroscopic surgery, hand/wrist, foot/ankle, shoulder, hip, and knee surgery), rehabilitation services (physical therapy, sports medicine), diagnostic imaging (X-ray, CT scan, MRI), and specialized programs (The Brace Place for orthopedic devices, Spine Injection Suite, Work Link for occupational injuries, Saturday Sports Clinics, Osteoporosis Clinic, and concussion treatment). The organization serves patients across multiple East Tennessee locations including Knoxville, Oak Ridge, Sevierville, Lenoir City, Bearden, Fountain City, and Alcoa, with over 20 years of service to the community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Orthopedic Surgery
• Sports Medicine
• Walk-In Urgent Orthopedic Care
• Physical Therapy
• Joint Replacement
• Diagnostic Imaging

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• OrthoCarolina: Large independent physician-owned orthopedic practice in the Carolinas with multi-site clinics, on-site imaging, urgent care, and comprehensive surgical subspecialties — directly comparable in scale, service mix, and care delivery model.
• Orthopedic ONE: Ohio-based independent orthopedic super-group offering comprehensive subspecialty care, urgent care, imaging, and PT across multiple sites — comparable in scale and integrated service model.
• OrthoVirginia: Independent orthopedic specialty group with multiple clinic and surgery center locations across Virginia, offering general orthopedics, sports medicine, spine, joint replacement, PT, and on-site imaging — highly comparable in operating model.
• Illinois Bone & Joint Institute: Large independent orthopedic practice in the Chicago metro with multi-site clinics, on-site MRI and X-ray, orthopedic urgent care, PT, and ambulatory surgery centers — closely comparable specialty-care delivery platform.
• Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine: Cincinnati-area independent orthopedic group with multi-site clinics, walk-in sports medicine/urgent care, ASCs, on-site MRI, and PT — directly comparable in service breadth and urgent care model.
• The Centers for Advanced Orthopaedics: Mid-Atlantic orthopedic super-group combining independent orthopedic practices into a multi-site specialty platform with full surgical subspecialties, urgent care, PT, and imaging — directly comparable in structure and scale.
• Resurgens Orthopaedics: Independent orthopedic group with multiple Atlanta-area locations offering general orthopedics, sports medicine, spine, joint replacement, PT, and imaging — directly comparable regional multi-specialty orthopedic platform.
• Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance (Middle Tennessee / toa.com): The Middle Tennessee division of the same Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance brand referenced in TOA East Tennessee's site, offering the same comprehensive orthopedic services under a shared physician group — a directly comparable same-network peer.

Broad incumbents

• Rothman Orthopaedic Institute: Large multi-state orthopedic specialty platform with extensive site footprint, research affiliation, and subspecialty depth — a broader incumbent peer in the same specialty space with overlapping service offerings.
• Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Orthopedic Service Lines: HCA operates orthopedic service lines within its hospital network across Tennessee, including joint replacement and spine — a broader incumbent competitor drawing on hospital-based orthopedic surgical volume in the same geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC4r0AcJdw5bdLzN7bYAg59g
• Facebookfacebook.com/TennesseeOrthopaedicClinics
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tennessee-orthopaedic-clinics
• Instagraminstagram.com/tennesseeorthopaedicclinics
• Xx.com/TnOrthopedics

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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