Alpine Anesthesia

What Alpine Anesthesia does

Alpine Anesthesia is a single-specialty anesthesia group founded in March 2010 by Dr. Jason Sweeney, MD, operating from Anchorage, Alaska. The practice provides anesthesia services exclusively to Creekside Surgery Center, with no other facility relationships or independent patient acquisition. Its clinical team comprises three providers: one board-certified anesthesiologist serving as Medical Director and two certified nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) who have been with the practice since inception. The company specializes in ambulatory anesthesia for outpatient orthopedic, ENT (Ear, Nose, Throat), podiatry, and spine procedures.

The service portfolio spans general anesthesia, spinal and epidural anesthesia, ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia, peripheral nerve blocks providing 12-24 hours of post-operative pain relief, and continuous peripheral nerve catheters with home pain pumps delivering medication for 48-72 hours. The core technical capability is ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block placement, which enables precise regional anesthesia for extremity surgeries and supports the practice's positioning as an orthopedic-focused anesthesia group.

Alpine Anesthesia generates revenue by billing patients and insurance providers for anesthesia services rendered at Creekside Surgery Center. Insurance claims are processed automatically, with remaining patient balances being the insured's responsibility. Uninsured patients must arrange payment before surgery. Billing administration is outsourced to Coronis, a professional billing organization. The practice is a founder-owned LLC with no external investors, no parent company, no funding rounds, and no disclosed ownership changes since founding. Patient acquisition is entirely referral-driven through Creekside Surgery Center, with no active marketing or sales motion beyond a basic website for patient education.

Name

Alpine Anesthesia

Legal name

Alpine Anesthesia, LLC.

Website

https://alpineanesthesia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Alpine Anesthesia is a founder-owned, single-specialty anesthesia group in Anchorage, Alaska, founded in 2010, that provides exclusive ambulatory anesthesia services for Creekside Surgery Center across orthopedics, ENT, podiatry, and spine procedures using a three-provider team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ambulatory Anesthesia Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Perioperative Anesthesia Services & Management (HLAFAIAM)

Keywords

• Ambulatory anesthesia services
• Regional anesthesia techniques
• Outpatient surgical anesthesia
• Peripheral nerve blocks
• Post-operative pain management

Headquarters

HQ city

Anchorage

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Anesthesia Services Billing: Alpine Anesthesia automatically processes anesthesia claims with patient insurance providers. Remaining balances including deductibles and uncovered amounts are the patient's responsibility. For uninsured patients or procedures not covered by insurance, payment arrangements must be made before the day of surgery.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Alpine Anesthesia is a single-specialty anesthesia group that provides the full range of anesthesia services exclusively for Creekside Surgery Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Its services cover general anesthesia, spinal/epidural anesthesia, and regional anesthesia for ambulatory orthopedics, ENT, podiatry, and spine surgeries, augmented by ultrasound-guided nerve blocks, continuous nerve catheters with home pain pumps, and post-operative IV pain management.

Product overview

Alpine Anesthesia is a single specialty anesthesia services group providing care exclusively for Creekside Surgery Center. The company offers a unified portfolio of anesthesia services centered around ambulatory anesthesia for orthopedics, ENT, podiatry, and spine surgery. Core offerings include General Anesthesia, Spinal/Epidural Anesthesia, and Regional Anesthesia services. These are supported by a complementary set of pain management solutions including IV Pain Medications administered post-operatively in the recovery room, ultrasound-guided Nerve Blocks providing 12-24 hours of pain relief, and Continuous Nerve Catheters with home pain pumps delivering 48-72 hours of medication for higher-pain procedures. All services operate within a single facility partnership with Creekside Surgery Center.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• General Anesthesia

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CoronisminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCoronis is a professional billing organization that handles Alpine Anesthesia's patient billing and insurance claim processing. They provide customer service support for billing questions and handle the administrative processing of anesthesia claims with insurance providers.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Broad incumbents

• Sound Physicians: Sound Physicians is a national physician services organization primarily focused on hospitalist and acute care, but it has expanded into anesthesia services. It is a comparable outsourced clinical services model, though with a broader specialty mix.
• Envision Healthcare: Envision is a large multispecialty physician services company offering anesthesia staffing to hospitals and surgery centers. It competes for the same outsourced-anesthesia contracts that small groups like Alpine hold, and previously owned AmSurg, a major ASC operator.
• North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA): NAPA is a national anesthesia practice providing services to hospitals and ASCs across the U.S. Both NAPA and Alpine deliver physician- and CRNA-led anesthesia coverage to outpatient surgical facilities, though NAPA operates at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth.
• US Anesthesia Partners (USAP): USAP is one of the largest anesthesia-focused physician groups in the U.S., serving hundreds of hospitals and ASCs across multiple states. While Alpine is a single-ASC practice and USAP is national, both deliver outsourced anesthesia staffing and billing to ambulatory surgery centers, making them structurally comparable along business model.
• TeamHealth: TeamHealth is one of the largest U.S. physician staffing organizations, providing outsourced clinical services including anesthesiology to hospitals and ambulatory facilities. Comparable as an outsourced physician services competitor for ASC anesthesia contracts.

Direct peers

• PhyMed Healthcare Group: PhyMed is a national anesthesia and pain management group serving hospitals, ASCs, and office-based settings. Closely aligned with Alpine in offering full-service anesthesia including regional techniques and pain management, though at much larger scale.
• Capital Anesthesia Partners: Capital Anesthesia Partners is an independent anesthesia practice serving multiple ASCs and hospitals. Directly comparable as a physician-owned anesthesia group providing outsourced services to ambulatory surgery centers.

Emerging players

• AmSurg (Envision): AmSurg is a leading operator of ambulatory surgery centers. While AmSurg operates the ASCs themselves rather than providing anesthesia, its centers frequently contract with independent anesthesia groups like Alpine, making it a customer-side comparable rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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