This month, U.S. News & World Report named 10 Sutter ambulatory surgery centers to its 2025 list of Top Performing ASCs.
U.S. News—in collaboration with healthcare data analytics firm CareJourney—rated more than 4,300 surgery centers on several criteria, including how successfully they avoided complications, ER visits, unplanned hospitalizations and other undesirable outcomes, patient outcomes, risk-adjustment and more.
These award-winning surgery centers are in rare company: They are among the 16% of evaluated ASCs that achieved the highest possible rating, “High Performing,” in at least one of the four types of care that were evaluated, including colonoscopy/endoscopy, ophthalmology, orthopedics/spine and urology.
Sutter’s honorees are:
- Briggsmore Surgery Center (Best Colonoscopy & Endoscopy)
- East Bay Endoscopy Center (Best Colonoscopy & Endoscopy)
- Foothill Surgery Center at Sansum Clinic (Best Ophthalmology)
- Santa Barbara Endoscopy Center (Best Colonoscopy & Endoscopy)
- Santa Rosa Surgery and Endoscopy Center (Best Orthopedics & Spine)
- Surgery Center Fremont (Best Colonoscopy & Endoscopy, Best Ophthalmology)
- Surgery Center Mountain View (Best Colonoscopy & Endoscopy)
- Surgery Center Palo Alto (Best Colonoscopy & Endoscopy)
- Surgery Center San Carlos (Best Colonoscopy & Endoscopy)
- Sutter Sierra Surgery Center (Best Orthopedics & Spine)
ASCs are equipped and staffed to safely offer high-quality, same-day medical procedures—including knee replacement, cataract surgery, hernia repair and many more—without the need for an overnight hospital stay.
Since they first began operating in the U.S. more than 50 years ago, ASCs have become more commonplace; there are now more than 6,000 nationwide. Sutter Health’s system has grown its number of ASCs and surgical care offerings to keep pace.
Sutter operates 38 ASCs and one surgical hospital, with plans for continued growth.
“To meet the needs of our patients, we’re offering more procedures, opening new centers and expanding operating hours,” says Sutter Surgery Center Division CEO Bradley Heaton. “We’re meeting patients in their neighborhoods, offering safe and convenient care, where and when they need it.”
For the full list of ASCs that received recognition by U.S. News for 2025, click here.
