Glasgow Surgery Center

What Glasgow Surgery Center does

Glasgow Surgery Center (legal entity: Glasgow Medical Center, L.L.C.) is a physician-owned, multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center located at 2600 Glasgow Avenue in Newark, Delaware. The 15,000-square-foot facility operates four operating rooms and two procedure rooms and executes over 3,000 outpatient surgical procedures annually, serving patients across the Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania border region. Services are delivered under general, monitored, and local anesthesia across six specialties: gastroenterology, gynecology, orthopaedic surgery, interventional spine and pain management, podiatric surgery, and ophthalmology. The center holds Delaware state licensure, Medicare approval, and AAAHC accreditation, and is staffed by board-certified anesthesiologists and credentialed surgeons with privileges across the affiliated practices.

The business is structured as a joint venture — First State Surgery Center / ChristianaCare — with physician shareholders holding ownership interests alongside First State Surgery Center and Christiana Care Health Initiatives as non-physician owners. This physician-ownership model gives referring clinicians a governance voice and aligns clinical and financial incentives. Patient acquisition is driven primarily by physician referrals from 20+ affiliated specialists and by insurance network participation with 10+ payors including Aetna, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cigna, Humana, Medicare, Tricare, and United Healthcare.

Revenue is generated predominantly through facility fees billed for operating room usage, pre- and post-procedural care, medications, supplies, and equipment, collected from insurance payors and patient cost-share (co-pays, deductibles, coinsurance). Surgeons, anesthesiologists, and labs bill patients separately, so the center's revenue capture is confined to the facility-fee component. Patient convenience features — private pre- and post-op rooms allowing family accompaniment, transportation assistance to appointments, and weekday operating hours — are positioned as differentiators relative to hospital-based outpatient surgery.

Name

Glasgow Surgery Center

Legal name

Glasgow Medical Center, L.L.C.

Website

https://glasgowsurgerycenter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1900

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Glasgow Surgery Center is a physician-owned multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center in Newark, Delaware, performing 3,000+ outpatient procedures annually across six specialties for patients in the Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ambulatory Surgical Services

NAICS

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493), Offices of Physicians (62111), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Ophthalmology Surgery Centers (HLAFAIAF), Orthopedic & Spine Surgery Centers (HLAFAIAG), Pain Management & Interventional Procedure Centers (HLAFAIAH), Podiatry & Foot/Ankle Surgery Centers (HLAFAIAL)

Keywords

• Outpatient surgical services
• Ambulatory surgery center
• Multi-specialty surgery
• Same-day surgical care
• Anesthesia services

Headquarters

HQ city

Newark

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Surgical Facility Fees: The center generates revenue through facility fees billed for operating room usage, pre- and post-procedural care, medications, supplies, and equipment. Revenue is collected from insurance providers (including Medicare, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare, and others) and patients through co-pays, coinsurance, and deductibles. Additional separate billing comes from surgeons, anesthesia providers, and labs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Glasgow Surgery Center (Glasgow Medical Center) is a 15,000-square-foot multi-specialty ambulatory surgery center in Newark, Delaware, performing over 3,000 outpatient surgical procedures annually across four operating rooms and two procedure rooms. It delivers surgical care under general, monitored, and local anesthesia in specialties including gastroenterology, gynecology, orthopaedic surgery, interventional spine and pain management, podiatric surgery, and ophthalmology, supported by Board Certified anesthesiologists and credentialed nursing staff.

Product overview

Glasgow Surgery Center (also known as Glasgow Medical Center) is a multi-specialty outpatient surgical facility offering a unified portfolio of surgical services across six specialties: Gastroenterology, Gynecology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Interventional Spine and Pain Management, Podiatric Surgery, and Ophthalmology. The 15,000 square foot center operates four operating rooms and two procedure rooms, providing procedures under general, monitored, and local anesthesia. Supporting services include Board Certified anesthesiologists and highly qualified nursing staff. The facility performs over 3,000 outpatient surgical procedures annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gastroenterology Procedures

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• First State Surgery Center / ChristianaCarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlasgow Medical Center is operated as a joint venture known as First State Surgery Center / ChristianaCare, also referred to as Glasgow Medical Center, LLC. The shareholders include physician partners who have ownership interest enabling them to have voice in administration and medical policy. Non-physician owners include First State Surgery Center and Christiana Care Health Initiatives.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Tenet Healthcare: Parent company of USPI; a major hospital system with a significant ambulatory and surgical footprint that competes in the same Delaware/Mid-Atlantic service area for outpatient surgical volume.
• HCA Healthcare: One of the largest U.S. for-profit hospital operators with extensive outpatient surgery offerings; competes for ambulatory surgical volume in broader Mid-Atlantic markets where Glasgow operates.
• ChristianaCare: Glasgow's joint-venture partner and dominant regional health system in Delaware with both hospital and outpatient surgical assets; directly relevant as a partner and as a broader incumbent in the same market.

Direct peers

• ASD Management: Specialized ASC management and consulting firm that develops and operates multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers with physician partners, comparable to Glasgow's operating model.
• Surgery Partners: Public multi-specialty ASC operator with a portfolio of surgical facilities across the U.S. Most directly comparable given shared multi-specialty model, physician partnership structure, and outpatient surgical focus.
• Regent Surgical Health: Mid-sized ASC management and development company partnering with hospitals and physicians to operate multi-specialty outpatient surgery centers, similar in scale and structure to Glasgow.
• Practice Partners in Healthcare: ASC management company focused on developing and operating multi-specialty outpatient surgery centers, often in partnership with hospitals and physicians — a model closely aligned with Glasgow's structure.
• Surgical Care Affiliates (SCA): Multi-specialty ASC operator (now part of Optum) with hundreds of facilities, offering a similar model of physician-aligned outpatient surgical care across multiple specialties.
• AMSURG: Operates a national network of ambulatory surgery centers, many in partnership with physicians and health systems. Directly comparable multi-specialty ASC platform with a similar physician-partnership go-to-market motion.
• United Surgical Partners International (USPI): Largest U.S. ASC operator, majority-owned by Tenet Healthcare. Operates hundreds of multi-specialty ambulatory surgery centers, the closest direct comparator to Glasgow's outpatient surgical model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 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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