Surgery Center Benchmarks

SUSITNA SURGERY CENTER

2490 S WOODWORTH LOOP, PALMER, AK 99645 · (907) 861-6540

CMS Certification Number 02C0001018

Operating rooms
2
Procedure rooms
0
Ownership
Proprietary

Case types filed with CMS

Dental surgeryEndoscopyOB/GYN surgeryOrthopedic surgeryOtolaryngologyPain managementOther surgery

Hospital visits after surgery

CMS risk-standardized rate of a hospital visit within 7 days, per 100 cases. The pale band is the 95% interval — where it overlaps the national mark, this center is not meaningfully different from average.

This center National rate
Colonoscopy 680 cases
Colonoscopy: 10.4 · national 9.9 · 95% interval 7.6–14.3 · 680 cases · No Different Than the National Rate 10.4
No Different Than the National Rate
Urology 82 cases
Urology: 6.8 · national 5.4 · 95% interval 4.5–10.4 · 82 cases · No Different Than the National Rate 6.8
No Different Than the National Rate
General surgery 53 cases
General surgery: 1 · national 1 · 95% interval 0.5–1.9 · 53 cases · No Different than expected 1
No Different than expected

Also filed, without a publishable rate: Orthopedic.

Safety and process measures

MeasureRateNote
Patient burn 0
Patient fall 0.071
Wrong site / side / patient / procedure / implant 0
Hospital transfer or admission 0.071
Normothermia 100

What patients said

MeasureScore (0–100)
Overall rating of the facility94
Would recommend the facility94
Facilities and staff98
Communication about the procedure97

147 completed surveys · 18% response rate · Survey period 10/01/2024 – 09/30/2025

Sources: CMS Provider of Services file (iQIES, 2026 Q2) — address, case types, room counts; CMS ASCQR facility-level file (reporting year 2024) — quality measures; CMS OAS CAHPS facility file — patient experience. Rates are reproduced as CMS publishes them; nothing here is scored or weighted by us. Not medical advice.