Surgery Center Benchmarks

Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL

7 Medicare-certified surgical centers. 5 report quality measures, 4 have patient-survey scores.

7 centers
Center City Specialties Ownership ORs Hospital visits after surgery
NORTHWEST FLORIDA GASTROENTEROLOGY CENTER PANAMA CITY Endoscopy Proprietary 1 As expected Colonoscopy
PANAMA CITY SURGERY CENTER PANAMA CITY Dental surgeryFoot surgeryOB/GYN surgery +3 Proprietary 4 As expected Colonoscopy
NORTHWEST FLORIDA SURGERY CENTER PANAMA CITY EndoscopyOphthalmologyOrthopedic surgery +3 Proprietary 3 As expected Orthopedic
LASER & SURGERY CENTER, THE PANAMA CITY Ophthalmology Proprietary 2 no case volume reported
SURGICAL CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE PANAMA CITY Dental surgeryOtolaryngologyPlastic surgery Proprietary 2 As expected General surgery
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF NW FLORIDA, LLC PANAMA CITY not filed — — no case volume reported
COASTAL TIDES SURGICAL CENTER PANAMA CITY BEACH not filed — — no case volume reported

One measure shown per center — the one with reportable case volume. Every center reports on a different mix, which is why the full grid below is worth reading.

Center Colonoscopy
nat 9.9
Orthopedic
nat 2.4
Urology
nat 5.4
General surgery
nat 1
Transfer
rate
Rating Recommend Surveys
NORTHWEST FLORIDA GASTROENTEROLOGY CENTER 9.9 As expected — — — 0.134 94 94 426
PANAMA CITY SURGERY CENTER 11.2 As expected 2.7 As expected 5.8 As expected 1.6 As expected 0.218 96 96 275
NORTHWEST FLORIDA SURGERY CENTER — 2.2 As expected — 1.2 As expected 0.019 95 95 130
LASER & SURGERY CENTER, THE — — — — 0.075 95 95 123
SURGICAL CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE — — — 0.8 As expected — — — —
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF NW FLORIDA, LLC — — — — — — — —
COASTAL TIDES SURGICAL CENTER — — — — — — — —

Rates are per-100 risk-standardized 7-day hospital visits; "nat" is the national rate for that measure. Rating and Recommend are OAS CAHPS linear mean scores (0–100). A dash means CMS did not report a value — usually too few cases, which is not a bad score.

Sources: CMS Provider of Services file (iQIES, 2026 Q2) for the facility list, specialties and room counts; CMS ASCQR facility-level quality measures; CMS OAS CAHPS patient survey. Metro grouping is by CBSA code 37460; the area name is the U.S. Census Bureau's own title for it, not one we invented.