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Largest surgery physician group practices

Physician groups can improve a provider’s stability in the healthcare market by fostering collaboration with others who share a specialty. Physician groups also serve as high-value targets for the marketing efforts of organizations looking to sell into the healthcare space, as they facilitate access to multiple physicians and clinics at once.

Detailed below is a list of the largest surgery physician group practices. This information was compiled using PhysicianGroupView and the Atlas Dataset.

How many surgery physician group practices are there in the U.S.?

The Definitive Healthcare database has identified 9,168 active surgery physician group practices in the U.S. However, it’s common for physician groups, especially large ones, to have multiple clinics, so the number of places where patients may receive surgical services, whether a hospital or surgical center, should be expected to be higher.

Why target surgery physician groups?

Surgeons require specialized equipment and technology to diagnose, operate, and perform post-operative care. If your company offers a product or service that supports surgeons, it can be worthwhile to target surgery physician groups with your marketing.

Physician groups centralize their purchasing decisions, meaning just one connection can lead to bulk sales and long-term partnerships with all the physician and healthcare facilities that are a part of the physician group without having to expend your marketing efforts on targeting each one individually. Surgery physician groups will often also have connections with groups of other specialties, which can give vendors access to even broader networks.

Largest surgery physician group practices by number of physicians

RankSurgery physician groupStateDefinitive ID# of physiciansExplore dataset
1Kessler Rehabilitation CenterNJ10596252,915Explore
2CORA Physical TherapySC6104572,276Explore
3Northwest Physicians NetworkWA6432791,293Explore
4University of Texas Physicians (AKA UT Physicians)TX5508571,036Explore
5Shriners Hospitals for ChildrenFL1023014654Explore
6Hospital for Special Surgery PhysiciansNY1029903496Explore
7Advance RehabilitationGA659187475Explore
8Green Oaks Physical TherapyTX604325466Explore
9Tidewater Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Associates PAMD981395394Explore
10Baptist Medical Network Physicians (FKA BHS Physicians Network)TX716561373Explore
11Proliance SurgeonsWA550549325Explore
12Agape Physical TherapyMD761002320Explore
13Therapy Partners of North TexasTX618504315Explore
14The Physical Therapy InstitutePA616936284Explore
15Rothman Orthopaedic InstitutePA706720247Explore
16Memphis Physical Therapy (AKA Leader Physical Therapy Limited Partnership)TN771823196Explore
17Advanced Rehab & Sports Medicine ServicesIL684902192Explore
18Amber Hill Physical TherapyMD739393190Explore
19Blue Sky TherapyOH756629188Explore
20Peak Physical Therapy & WellnessCO1012191176Explore

Fig. 1 Data is from the Definitive HealthcarePhysicianGroupView product. The number of practices represents only those listed as “active” in our database as of September 2024. Data accessed September 2024.

What is the largest surgery physician group in the U.S.?

Kessler Rehabilitation Center is the largest surgery physician group in the country based on number of physicians, with 2,915 physicians. They have more than 2,000 outpatient physical therapy centers and also offer sports medicine, occupational therapy, workplace injury treatment, and rehabilitation services.

CORA Physical Therapy is the second-largest physician group, with 2,276 physicians in their network.

Finally, Northwest Physicians Network is the third-largest surgery physician group, with 1,293 physicians. While they are a surgery network, their physicians also hold specializations in primary care, cardiology, critical care, gastroenterology, geriatrics, neurosurgery, and OB/GYN, among many others.

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