There are more than 170 ASCs that perform minimally invasive spine surgery in the U.S. In the past four months, Becker's has reported on five new and proposed spine surgery centers:
Downers Grove, Ill.-based DuPage Medical Group opened an ASC dedicated to spine and orthopedic surgery as part of its musculoskeletal institute.
Phoenix Spine & Joint will open its third and biggest surgery center in Gilbert, Ariz., in February. About 30 surgeons will operate at the facility, which cost about $3.5 million to develop.
Fargo, N.D.-based Northern Neurosurgery & Spine is set to lease space in a $16 million medical facility with a surgery center in Duluth, Minn. Construction will begin in June and end in late 2021.
In October, Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare and Newark-based Delaware Neurosurgical Group filed a notice of intent to develop a joint-venture spine ASC for $4.8 million. The ASC would feature six operating rooms and allow for same-day and short-stay surgeries.
San Antonio-based South Texas Spine & Surgical Hospital opened an outpatient surgery center in August. The facility has two operating rooms, six preoperative rooms and eight post-anesthesia care unit bays.