Piedmont Surgery Center

What Piedmont Surgery Center does

Piedmont Surgery Center is a single-facility ambulatory surgery center (ASC) established in 2008 in Greenville, South Carolina, providing outpatient surgical services across two specialties: ophthalmology (cataract, LASIK, cornea, glaucoma, eyelid, and pediatric procedures) and otolaryngology/ENT (tonsillectomy, sinus surgery, septoplasty, tympanostomy, and related head and neck procedures). The facility is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), co-branded as 'An ASCOA Center,' and operates from a single location at 5 Memorial Medical Court in Greenville's medical district. It is owned by a group of nine physician partners and managed by Eye Health America, which holds an equity stake and provides operational oversight.

The center's revenue model is built on per-procedure facility fees billed directly to patients or their insurance carriers, with professional services (surgeon, anesthesiology through Under Anesthesia, and laboratory/pathology) billed separately by the respective providers. Patients are expected to pay co-pays and co-insurance at time of service; the facility accepts cash, credit cards, personal checks, and Care Credit financing. As a referral-driven practice, the center depends on affiliated physician practices — including Clemson Eye, Holland Eye Center, Montgomery & Riddle Eyecare, and Easley Head and Neck Surgery — several of whose physicians are themselves equity owners in the surgery center, structurally aligning referral volume with ownership. Its go-to-market relies on these practice partnerships supplemented by a public informational website.

The competitive positioning is anchored on AAAHC accreditation, the convenience and lower-acuity setting of a dedicated outpatient facility relative to hospital-based surgery, and the subspecialty credentials of its physician partners (trained at institutions including Duke, Penn State, MUSC, and Case Western). The center serves the Upstate South Carolina market, with some affiliated physicians holding privileges at The Surgery Center at Pelham. No multi-facility expansion, technology platform, or AI-driven capability is documented in the available data.

Name

Piedmont Surgery Center

Legal name

Piedmont Surgery Center

Website

https://piedmontsurgerycenter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Piedmont Surgery Center is a single-site, AAAHC-accredited ambulatory surgery center in Greenville, SC, founded in 2008, providing outpatient ophthalmology and ENT surgical procedures to patients referred by affiliated physician practices and managed by Eye Health America.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Ambulatory Surgical Services

NAICS

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493)

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), ENT / Otolaryngology Surgery Centers (HLAFAIAJ)

Keywords

• Outpatient surgical services
• Ophthalmology surgery
• ENT procedures
• Ambulatory surgery center
• Cataract surgery

Headquarters

HQ city

Greenville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Facility Fees: The primary revenue stream comes from facility fees charged for outpatient surgical procedures. These fees cover the use of the facility only and do not include laboratory, pathology, surgeon, or anesthesiologist fees which are billed separately.
2. Ancillary Professional Services: Separate billing for anesthesiology services provided by Under Anesthesia (a private practice group), surgeon fees, and laboratory/pathology services which are billed independently from the facility charges.
3. Insurance Billing: As a courtesy, the facility bills primary and secondary insurance carriers directly for facility charges. Payment is expected at time of service including co-pays and co-insurance amounts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Piedmont Surgery Center operates a single ambulatory surgery center in Greenville, South Carolina, delivering same-day outpatient surgical procedures in two specialties: ophthalmology (cataract, LASIK, cornea, glaucoma, eyelid, and pediatric eye surgery) and otolaryngology (tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, myringoplasty, septoplasty, tympanostomy, and sinus surgery). The center is AAAHC-accredited and staffed for scheduled outpatient procedures with separate billing for anesthesia, surgeon, lab, and pathology services.

Product overview

Piedmont Surgery Center is an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) providing outpatient surgical services in two specialties: Otolaryngology (ENT) and Ophthalmology. The center is accredited by AAAHC and operates as part of the ASCOA network, with ownership by affiliated physicians. The two service lines work together to serve patients requiring outpatient surgical procedures, with credentialed specialists in each field.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ophthalmology Surgery Services Medical and surgical eye care services addressing diseases and surgery of the visual pathways, including the eye, lacrimal system, and eyelids. Procedures include cataract surgery, LASIK, corneal transplants, glaucoma treatment, eyelid surgery, and pediatric ophthalmology, provided to patients referred by affiliated ophthalmology practices.
• ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) Surgery Services Otolaryngology services specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, throat, and head and neck disorders, delivered through surgical procedures including tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy, myringoplasty, septoplasty, tympanostomy, and sinus surgery, provided to patients referred by affiliated ENT specialists.

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ASCOA (Ambulatory Surgery Center of America)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASCOA is affiliated with Piedmont Surgery Center as indicated by 'An ASCOA Center' branding on the website. ASCOA provides support and resources for ambulatory surgery center operations.
• Under AnesthesiacoreTechnology or IntegrationUnder Anesthesia is a group of physicians specializing in anesthesiology who provide anesthesia services at Piedmont Surgery Center. They are in private practice and bill separately for professional anesthesia services.
• Care CreditminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCare Credit is a healthcare financing credit card that patients can use to pay for out-of-pocket expenses. Piedmont Surgery Center accepts Care Credit as a payment option for patients requiring financing.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Surgery Partners: NASDAQ-listed operator of short-stay surgical facilities including multi-specialty and single-specialty ASCs across the U.S. Directly comparable business model (facility-fee revenue from outpatient surgery) with Piedmont's two-specialty ophthalmology/ENT focus.
• Ambulatory Surgery Center of America (ASCOA): ASC management and development firm affiliated with Piedmont Surgery Center ('An ASCOA Center'). Operates and develops multi-specialty ASCs across the U.S., making it a near-direct peer in operating model and physician-partner structure.
• Regent Surgical Health: ASC management and development company partnering with physicians and health systems to operate outpatient surgery centers. Closely comparable developer/partner model to how ASCOA and Eye Health America support Piedmont.
• Constitution Surgery Alliance: ASC development and management company that partners with physicians and hospitals to develop multi-specialty outpatient surgery centers. Comparable developer/operator/partner structure and physician ownership model to Piedmont's ASCOA relationship.

Broad incumbents

• HCA Healthcare: Large for-profit hospital system with a growing outpatient/ASC strategy that competes directly with independent ASCs like Piedmont for ophthalmology and ENT cases in markets where HCA operates facilities.
• Eye Health America: Management services organization and equity partner in Piedmont Surgery Center that owns/operates affiliated ophthalmology and optometry practices in the Southeast. Provides the closest read on Piedmont's roll-up and partnership economics.
• United Surgical Partners International (USPI): Largest U.S. ASC operator, owned by Tenet Healthcare, with broad multi-specialty ASC portfolio. Comparable facility-fee revenue model and physician-partner structure, though USPI operates at much greater scale and geographic breadth than Piedmont.
• AMSURG (Envision): Formerly public ASC operator now part of Envision Healthcare, with a large portfolio of multi-specialty and single-specialty ASCs. Comparable outpatient surgery business model with much broader geographic and specialty footprint.
• Surgical Care Affiliates (Optum): Optum-owned ASC platform operating hundreds of outpatient surgical facilities nationwide. Comparable multi-specialty ASC operating model and physician partnership economics, with significantly broader service line and geographic coverage.
• Tenet Healthcare: Multi-state hospital system whose USPI subsidiary is the largest ASC operator. Competes with Piedmont for outpatient ophthalmology and ENT cases via both hospitals and freestanding ASCs in overlapping Southeastern markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/piedmont-surgery-center

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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