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Ambulatory Surgery Center

2750 Broadway Boulder, CO 80304    303-440-3220

The Ambulatory Surgery Unit (ASU) at the Boulder Medical Center is an outpatient surgical services department at the Broadway location. We perform patient procedures that allow for a discharge to home on the same day as the procedure. This includes procedures from most all specialty areas of medicine. We provide service for all Boulder Medical Center surgeons and gastroentestinal doctors. We also provide service for several outside doctors including plastics, hand specialty, podiatry and pain management. We offer all levels of anesthesia necessary for your procedure. We also offer IV therapy for infusion of medications and fluids.

Hours of operation

Monday through Friday from 6:30 AM to 5:30 PM performing procedures every day.

We are closed on all major holidays.

Directions

The ASU is located at the Broadway facility at the corner of Broadway & Balsam. Our parking lot can be accessed just east of Broadway on Balsam. The department is located on the second floor just to the right of the elevators. If you arrive before the Front Desk is open you should proceed down the tiled hall and continue to the elevator and stairs on the left side of the hall and on to the 2nd floor.

Fees

We contract with most major insurances and offer competitive pricing for procedures in the Boulder County and surrounding areas. If you would like to have a cost estimate of your planned procedure you can request the Ambulatory Surgery Unit cost by calling 303-440-3220 and the physician charges from your physicians office. Please keep in mind that the estimated price is our best estimate at the time of the procedure being scheduled. Events during the course of care can sometimes change the cost of the procedure.

Instructions for Ambulatory Surgery Unit procedures

There are a few instructions about our center that pertain to most of our patients and the procedures that they will have performed.

  • After your procedure has been scheduled with us we will call you if we have not met with you in person to talk about your upcoming procedure and your overall health and to answer any questions that you may have.
  • A pre-op nurse will discuss the events that will occur during your visit in the ASU and prepare you for what to expect during the procedure.
  • If there are further lab draws or tests that need to be completed before your procedure occurs we will facilitate them being completed.
  • This will be the perfect opportunity for you to have all of your questions answered and for you to tell us about yourself.

Day of Procedure

  • On the day of your procedure we ask that you bring your current inssurance card. We will copy the card to determine your copay amount and for any specimens that must be sent to the laboratory.
  • We ask that you have the means of providing payment for your copay on the day of your procedure.
  • Please bring the surgical packets that you received from your doctor's office containing the surgical paperwork that will need to be filled out by you .
  • Please check in at both the Front Desk in the main lobby and at the ASU reception desk. If your procedure is scheduled before 7:30 AM and there is no one at the front desk please proceed to the ASU reception desk on the 2nd floor.
  • If you are having any kind of sedation during your procedure you will need to have made arrangements for a ride home. This responsible person must be at least 18 years old and can drive. You will not be able to drive yourself home. The person driving you home will need to come directly to the ASU department during your recovery stage to talk to the doctor and nursing staff about your home care following your procedure.
  • The person driving you home must present at the ASU department for instructions and to meet with the physician.
  • Specifics about the ride home include the following: taxis, walking and bike riding are not acceptable transportation home. Special transit and public bus systems are acceptable if you have a responsible adult ( 18 years or older) with you.
  • You need to make arrangements to have an adult with you for 24 hours following your procedure. The medication we give you for sedation can have longer term effects and we want you to be safe at all times.
  • Getting up to eat and go to the bathroom may be somewhat difficult and cumbersome for a time and you may need assistance. Having someone to help you for 24 hours after the procedure is necessary.
  • If you have not made arrangements for an adult to drive or take you home and stay with you for 24 hours your procedure will be canceled and rescheduled after the proper arrangements have been made.
  • If you are to receive any type sedation or think that you may want sedation during your procedure you may not have any food or drink of any kind by mouth since midnight before the day of your procedure, unless you have been instructed otherwise by your physician.
  • Nothing by mouth means just that, no water, no food, no gum, no cigarettes, no tic taks, etc. A quick rinse with moutwash is acceptable as long as you do not swallow any of the mouthwash.

Upon arrival

After you have checked in, the ASU nursing staff will take care of you. There may be paper work to complete, a prep and shave to perform, at stop at the toilet, a gown to put on, an IV to insert, but all of this will be taken care of by the ASU nurse. Parents and designated support people are welcome to be with you during your wait in the pre-op holding area if time allows. Parents are allowed in the Operating Room until the child is asleep for children under 10 years of age if they wish to be there. Parents may join their children in the recovery room following the procedure.

During your operative procedure

Your support person/s will be kept informed as to the progress of the procedure as considered appropriate. A support person is also allowed to be with you in the recovery room when appropriate. The recovery room is where your physician and nursing staff will speak with you and your support person about the procedure and your home care and follow up appointments. Don't be surprised if you do not remember much of this part of your procedure as you will still have sedative in your system that tends to have some amnesic effects.

The Boulder Medical Center Ambulatory Surgery Center staff is committed to providing you with the highest level of patient care. Let us help you to attain and maintain your maximum level of well being. If you would like to have additional information not included on this web over view please let us know.