U.S. News & World Report Recognizes Sutter Ambulatory Surgery Centers Among Nation’s Top Performers

May 15, 2024

Sutter Health

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. News & World Report has recognized 12 Sutter ambulatory surgery centers in its 2024-2025 Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers issue. The debut ratings of outpatient surgical centers offer consumers a data-informed resource for those seeking outpatient surgical care.

For the first edition of Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers, U.S. News – in collaboration with healthcare data analytics firm CareJourney – rated nearly 5,000 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.

ASCs were evaluated in four separate specialty areas: colonoscopy/endoscopy, ophthalmology, orthopedics/spine and urology.

Sutter’s top performing ASCs:

Briggsmore Endoscopy Center (Colonoscopy/Endoscopy)
Golden Gate Endoscopy Center (Colonoscopy/Endoscopy)
Fort Sutter Surgery Center (Orthopedics/Spine)
Peninsula Eye Surgery Center (Ophthalmology)
Sansum Clinic Foothill Surgery Center (Ophthalmology)
Sansum Clinic Pueblo GI Ambulatory Surgery Center (Colonoscopy/Endoscopy)
Santa Barbara Endoscopy Center (Colonoscopy/Endoscopy)
Stockton Surgery Center (Colonoscopy/Endoscopy and Orthopedics/Spine)
Surgery Center Fremont (Colonoscopy/Endoscopy)
Surgery Center Mountain View (Colonoscopy/Endoscopy)
Surgery Center Palo Alto (Colonoscopy/Endoscopy)
Sutter North Surgery & Endoscopy Center (Colonoscopy/Endoscopy)

“Every day, physicians, care teams and support staff at Sutter ASCs dedicate themselves to delivering safe, equitable, high-quality care to patients and their families across Northern California,” said Sutter Surgery Center Division Chief Medical Officer Peter Bravos, M.D. “Recognition like this speaks to their commitment to excellence.”

U.S. News awards the designation of “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” only to those surgical centers that satisfy U.S. News’ statistical assessment of performance. Only the highest-rated surgery centers earned a “Best” rating.

For more information on the U.S. News Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers ratings, visit https://health.usnews.com/best-ascs.

About Sutter Surgery Center Division

Sutter Health’s network of ambulatory surgery centers provide patients throughout California a safe, convenient option for many procedures, including pain and spine surgeries, hernia repairs, gallbladder removals and cataract surgeries.

For more information, please visit sutterhealth.org/surgery-center-division.

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