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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
     
(Mark One)    
þ
  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
    For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005
 
or
 
o
  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
    For the transition period from           to
Commission file number 000-32837
United Surgical Partners International, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware
  75-2749762
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (IRS Employer
Identification Number)
 
15305 Dallas Parkway, Suite 1600
Addison, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices)
  75001
(Zip Code)
(972) 713-3500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes þ          No o
      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     Yes þ          No o
      At April 25, 2005 there were 28,827,623 shares of Common Stock outstanding.
 
 


UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
INDEX
             
 PART I. Financial Information
   Financial Statements (unaudited)     3  
     Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004     3  
     Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004     4  
     Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004     5  
     Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004     6  
     Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     7  
   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     18  
   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk     27  
   Controls and Procedures     27  
 PART II. Other Information
   Legal Proceedings     27  
   Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K     28  
 Signatures     29  
 Certification of CEO Pursuant to Section 302
 Certification of CFO Pursuant to Section 302
 Certification of CEO Pursuant to Section 906
 Certification of CFO Pursuant to Section 906
Note: Items 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Part II are omitted because they are not applicable.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. Financial Statements
UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited — in thousands, except per share amounts)
                     
    March 31,   December 31,
    2005   2004
         
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 102,439     $ 93,467  
Patient receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $8,001 and $7,277, respectively
    43,318       43,591  
Other receivables
    12,962       20,293  
Inventories of supplies
    7,545       7,188  
Deferred tax asset, net
    8,089       7,393  
Prepaids and other current assets
    7,872       7,035  
             
   
Total current assets
    182,225       178,967  
Property and equipment, net
    263,602       265,889  
Investments in affiliates
    62,215       43,402  
Intangible assets, net
    406,180       402,355  
Other assets
    31,675       31,691  
             
   
Total assets
  $ 945,897     $ 922,304  
             
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Accounts payable
  $ 16,918     $ 18,048  
Accrued salaries and benefits
    22,580       20,582  
Due to affiliates
    15,213       12,805  
Accrued interest
    5,309       1,856  
Current portion of long-term debt
    16,891       15,316  
Other accrued expenses
    26,066       23,182  
             
   
Total current liabilities
    102,977       91,789  
Long-term debt, less current portion
    268,106       273,169  
Other long-term liabilities
    2,320       2,624  
Deferred tax liability, net
    33,563       31,846  
             
   
Total liabilities
    406,966       399,428  
Minority interests
    51,382       48,267  
Stockholders’ equity:
               
 
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 200,000 shares authorized; 28,816 and 28,660 shares issued at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively
    288       287  
 
Additional paid-in capital
    352,587       349,191  
 
Treasury stock, at cost, 28 and 14 shares at March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively
    (855 )     (320 )
 
Deferred compensation
    (7,060 )     (7,689 )
 
Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax
    13,111       14,420  
 
Retained earnings
    129,478       118,720  
             
   
Total stockholders’ equity
    487,549       474,609  
             
   
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 945,897     $ 922,304  
             
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Income
(Unaudited — in thousands, except per share amounts)
                       
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Revenues:
               
 
Net patient service revenue
  $ 106,194     $ 80,655  
 
Management and administrative services revenue
    9,325       9,505  
 
Other revenue
    167       212  
             
   
Total revenues
    115,686       90,372  
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
    5,103       5,310  
Operating expenses:
               
 
Salaries, benefits, and other employee costs
    30,174       22,635  
 
Medical services and supplies
    19,602       14,434  
 
Other operating expenses
    21,388       16,724  
 
General and administrative expenses
    7,602       6,795  
 
Provision for doubtful accounts
    2,874       2,012  
 
Depreciation and amortization
    7,719       6,350  
             
   
Total operating expenses
    89,359       68,950  
             
Operating income
    31,430       26,732  
 
Interest income
    887       168  
 
Interest expense
    (6,887 )     (6,408 )
 
Other
    242       7  
             
   
Total other expense, net
    (5,758 )     (6,233 )
Income before minority interests
    25,672       20,499  
 
Minority interests in income of consolidated subsidiaries
    (8,838 )     (7,928 )
             
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
    16,834       12,571  
 
Income tax expense
    (6,076 )     (4,723 )
             
Income from continuing operations
    10,758       7,848  
 
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax
          2,154  
             
Net income
  $ 10,758     $ 10,002  
             
Net income per share attributable to common stockholders
               
 
Basic:
               
   
Continuing operations
  $ 0.38     $ 0.28  
   
Discontinued operations
          0.08  
             
     
Total
  $ 0.38     $ 0.36  
             
 
Diluted:
               
   
Continuing operations
  $ 0.36     $ 0.27  
   
Discontinued operations
          0.07  
             
     
Total
  $ 0.36     $ 0.34  
             
Weighted average number of common shares
               
 
Basic
    28,362       27,720  
 
Diluted
    29,657       29,178  
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited — in thousands)
                   
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Net income
  $ 10,758     $ 10,002  
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:
               
 
Foreign currency translation adjustments
    (1,309 )     (757 )
 
Net unrealized gains on securities
          34  
             
 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
    (1,309 )     (723 )
             
 
Comprehensive income
  $ 9,449     $ 9,279  
             
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited — in thousands)
                         
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Cash flows from operating activities:
               
 
Income from continuing operations
  $ 10,758     $ 7,848  
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
   
Provision for doubtful accounts
    2,874       2,012  
   
Depreciation and amortization
    7,719       6,350  
   
Amortization of debt issue costs and discount
    190       541  
   
Deferred income tax expense
    1,122       (101 )
   
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
    (5,103 )     (5,310 )
   
Minority interests in income of consolidated subsidiaries
    8,838       7,928  
   
Equity-based compensation
    921       730  
   
Increases (decreases) in cash from changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from purchases of new businesses:
               
     
Patient receivables
    (2,472 )     (2,152 )
     
Other receivables
    6,436       1,873  
     
Inventories of supplies, prepaids and other current assets
    17       281  
     
Accounts payable and other current liabilities
    9,990       10,763  
     
Long-term liabilities
    631       117  
             
       
Net cash provided by operating activities
    41,921       30,880  
             
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
 
Purchases of new businesses and equity interests, net of cash received
    (20,967 )     (1,266 )
 
Purchases of property and equipment
    (5,541 )     (5,110 )
 
(Increase) decrease in deposits and notes receivable
    (973 )     1,771  
             
       
Net cash used in investing activities
    (27,481 )     (4,605 )
             
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
 
Proceeds from long-term debt
    102       15  
 
Payments on long-term debt
    (4,185 )     (3,309 )
 
Proceeds from issuances of common stock
    2,341       1,895  
 
Distributions on investments in affiliates
    (3,713 )     (1,597 )
             
       
Net cash used in financing activities
    (5,455 )     (2,996 )
             
Net cash used in discontinued operations
          (138 )
             
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
    (13 )     (4 )
             
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
    8,972       23,137  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    93,467       28,519  
             
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 102,439     $ 51,656  
             
Supplemental information:
               
 
Interest paid
  $ 3,345     $ 2,038  
 
Income taxes paid
    1,101       262  
 
Non-cash transactions:
               
   
Assets acquired under capital lease obligations
  $ 386     $ 177  
   
Issuance of common stock to employees
          1,846  
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
(1) Basis of Presentation
     (a) Description of Business
      United Surgical Partners International, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and subsidiaries (USPI or the Company) was formed in February 1998 for the primary purpose of ownership and operation of surgery centers, private surgical hospitals and related businesses in the United States and Europe. At March 31, 2005, USPI, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, operated 86 short-stay surgical facilities. Of these 86 facilities, USPI consolidates the results of 42, accounts for 43 under the equity method, and holds no ownership in the remaining facility, which is operated by USPI under a management contract. USPI operates in two countries, with 83 of its 86 facilities located in the United States of America; the remaining three facilities are located in the United Kingdom. Most of the Company’s U.S. facilities are jointly owned with local physicians and a not-for-profit healthcare system that has other healthcare businesses in the region. At March 31, 2005, the Company had agreements with not-for-profit healthcare systems providing for joint ownership of 48 of the Company’s 83 U.S. facilities and also providing a framework for the planning and construction of additional facilities in the future. All of the Company’s U.S. facilities include physician owners.
      Through its majority-owned subsidiary Global Healthcare Partners Limited (Global), incorporated in England, USPI manages and wholly owns three private surgical hospitals in the greater London area.
      During September 2004, the Company completed the sale of its Spanish operations. At the time of the sale, the Company managed and owned a majority interest in eight private surgical hospitals and one ambulatory surgery center in Spain. The results of the Spanish operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2004 have been reclassified to discontinued operations.
      USPI is subject to changes in government legislation that could impact Medicare, Medicaid, and foreign government reimbursement levels and is also subject to increased levels of managed care penetration and changes in payor patterns that may impact the level and timing of payments for services rendered.
      USPI maintains its books and records on the accrual basis of accounting, and the consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). The accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Form 10-K. It is management’s opinion that the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (which are normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim period and the comparable period presented. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year.
     (b) Equity-Based Compensation
      As discussed in Note 19 to USPI’s 2004 financial statements on Form 10-K, USPI had planned to adopt a new accounting standard regarding its accounting for some types of equity-based compensation effective July 1, 2005. During April 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission deferred the implementation date of this accounting standard. As a result, USPI now plans to adopt the new accounting standard effective January 1, 2006. Until that date USPI will continue to follow its historic policy in accounting for its equity-based compensation, as discussed below.
      USPI applies the intrinsic value-based method of accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations in accounting for its stock option grants to employees. Accordingly, USPI generally does not record compensation expense related to stock option grants because USPI generally issues options for which the option exercise price equals the current market price of the underlying stock on the date of grant. SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, as amended by SFAS No. 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation — Transition and

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
Disclosure, established accounting and disclosure requirements using a fair value based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation plans. As permitted under SFAS No. 123, the Company has elected to continue to apply the intrinsic value based method of accounting described above, and has adopted the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123 and SFAS No. 148. Had USPI determined compensation cost based on the fair value at the grant date for its stock options under SFAS No. 123, USPI’s net income would have been the pro forma amounts indicated below (in thousands, except per share amounts):
                   
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Net income:
               
 
As reported
  $ 10,758     $ 10,002  
 
Add: Total stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net income, net of taxes
    599       474  
 
Less: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of taxes
    (1,559 )     (1,459 )
             
 
Pro forma
  $ 9,798     $ 9,017  
             
Basic earnings per share
               
 
As reported
  $ 0.38     $ 0.36  
 
Pro forma
    0.35       0.33  
Diluted earnings per share
               
 
As reported
  $ 0.36     $ 0.34  
 
Pro forma
    0.33       0.31  
      The fair values in the table above were estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes valuation model with the following assumptions: risk-free interest rates ranging from 2.1% to 4.9%, expected dividend yield of zero, expected volatility of the market price of the Company’s common stock of 40%, and an expected life of the option ranging from three to five years.
      Total stock-based employee compensation expense included in net income, as reported, primarily consists of expense under the Company’s Deferred Compensation Plan, grants of restricted stock to employees, and continued amortization of expense related to a December 2000 grant of stock options at a price lower than the current market price at the date of grant. The compensation amounts related to these grants are being amortized into expense over the estimated service periods.
      The Company accounts for equity instruments issued to non-employees in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123 and Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 96-18, Accounting for Equity Instruments That Are Issued to Other Than Employees for Acquiring, or in Conjunction with Selling, Goods or Services.
(2) Acquisitions and Equity Method Investments
      Effective January 1, 2005, the Company acquired a controlling interest in an ambulatory surgery center in Westwood, California in which the Company had previously owned a noncontrolling interest, for $7.4 million in cash.

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
      Following are the unaudited pro forma results for the three months ended March 31, 2004 as if this acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2004 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
         
    Three Months Ended
    March 31, 2004
     
Net revenues
  $ 92,929  
Income from continuing operations
    8,195  
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations
  $ 0.28  
      The Company also engages in investing transactions that are not business combinations. These transactions primarily consist of acquisitions and sales of noncontrolling equity interests in surgical facilities and the investment of additional cash in surgical facilities under development. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, these transactions resulted in a net cash outflow of $13.6 million. The most significant of these transactions were the Company’s acquisition of additional ownership in eight facilities it operates in the Dallas/ Fort Worth market, which, together with the Company selling a portion of a ninth facility in this market, resulted in a net cash outflow of approximately $13.4 million.
      The Company controls a significant number of its investees and therefore consolidates their results. Additionally, the Company invests in a significant number of facilities in which the Company has significant influence but does not have control; the Company uses the equity method to account for these investments. The majority of these investees are partnerships or limited liability companies, which require the associated tax benefit or expense to be recorded by the partners or members. Summarized financial information for the Company’s equity method investees on a combined basis was as follows (income statement amounts are in thousands and reflect 100% of the investees’ results on an aggregated basis):
                   
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Unconsolidated facilities operated at period end
    43       32  
Income statement information:
               
 
Revenues
  $ 97,589     $ 78,877  
 
Operating income
    24,881       27,823  
 
Net income
    22,027       25,530  

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
(3) Earnings Per Share
      Basic earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the effect of outstanding options, warrants and restricted stock, except where such effect would be antidilutive. The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands, except per share amounts):
                     
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Net income attributable to common shareholders:
               
 
Continuing operations
  $ 10,758     $ 7,848  
 
Discontinued operations
          2,154  
             
   
Total
  $ 10,758     $ 10,002  
             
Weighted average common shares outstanding
    28,362       27,720  
Effect of dilutive securities:
               
 
Stock options
    1,143       1,328  
 
Warrants and restricted stock
    152       130  
             
Shares used for diluted earnings per share
    29,657       29,178  
             
Basic earnings per share:
               
 
Continuing operations
  $ 0.38     $ 0.28  
 
Discontinued operations
          0.08  
             
   
Total
  $ 0.38     $ 0.36  
             
Diluted earnings per share:
               
 
Continuing operations
  $ 0.36     $ 0.27  
 
Discontinued operations
          0.07  
             
   
Total
  $ 0.36     $ 0.34  
             
(4) Segment Disclosures
      Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, Disclosures About Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, establishes standards for reporting information about operating segments in financial statements. USPI’s business is the operation of surgery centers, private surgical hospitals and related businesses in the United States and the United Kingdom. USPI’s chief operating decision maker, as that term is defined in the accounting standard, regularly reviews financial information about its surgical facilities for assessing performance and allocating resources both domestically and abroad. Accordingly, USPI’s reportable segments consist of (1) U.S. based facilities and (2) United Kingdom based facilities. Prior to the Company’s September 2004 sale of its Spanish operations, the Company operated in two segments: the United States and Western Europe. The Western Europe segment consisted of operations in Spain and the United Kingdom. As a result of the sale of its Spanish operations, the Company’s non-U.S. segment now consists solely of its operations in the United Kingdom. Accordingly, all amounts related to the Spanish operations have been removed from all periods presented in the Company’s segment disclosures (amounts in thousands).

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
                         
Three Months Ended   United   United    
March 31, 2005   States   Kingdom   Total
             
Net patient service revenue
  $ 83,509     $ 22,685     $ 106,194  
Other revenue
    9,492             9,492  
                   
Total revenues
  $ 93,001     $ 22,685     $ 115,686  
                   
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 5,902     $ 1,817     $ 7,719  
Operating income
    27,438       3,992       31,430  
Net interest expense
    (5,221 )     (779 )     (6,000 )
Income tax expense
    (5,368 )     (708 )     (6,076 )
Total assets
    746,382       199,515       945,897  
Capital expenditures
    3,132       2,795       5,927  
                         
Three Months Ended   United   United    
March 31, 2004   States   Kingdom   Total
             
Net patient service revenue
  $ 59,569     $ 21,086     $ 80,655  
Other revenue
    9,717             9,717  
                   
Total revenues
  $ 69,286     $ 21,086     $ 90,372  
                   
Depreciation and amortization
  $ 4,687     $ 1,663     $ 6,350  
Operating income
    22,791       3,941       26,732  
Net interest expense
    (5,198 )     (1,042 )     (6,240 )
Income tax expense
    (3,915 )     (808 )     (4,723 )
Total assets
    491,400       170,595       661,995  
Capital expenditures
    3,240       2,047       5,287  
(5) Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements
      The following information is presented as required by regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the Company’s publicly traded Senior Subordinated Notes. This information is not routinely prepared for use by management. The operating and investing activities of the separate legal entities included in the consolidated financial statements are fully interdependent and integrated. Accordingly, the operating results of the separate legal entities are not representative of what the operating results would be on a stand-alone basis. Revenues and operating expenses of the separate legal entities include intercompany charges for management and other services. The $150 million 10% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 were issued in a private offering on December 19, 2001 and subsequently registered as publicly traded securities through a Form S-4 effective January 15, 2002 by USPI’s wholly owned finance subsidiary, United Surgical Partners Holdings, Inc. (USPH), which was formed in 2001. The notes are guaranteed by USPI, which does not have independent assets or operations, and USPI’s wholly owned subsidiaries domiciled in the United States. USPI’s investees in the United Kingdom are not guarantors of the obligation, nor were USPI’s investees in Spain. USPI’s investees in the United States in which USPI owns less than 100% are not guarantors of the obligation. The financial positions and results of operations (below, in thousands) of the respective guarantors are based upon the guarantor relationship at the end of the period presented, except for the Company’s Spanish operations, which have been classified as discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of income shown below.

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets:
                                   
        Non-Participating   Consolidation   Consolidated
As of March 31, 2005   Guarantors   Investees   Adjustments   Total
                 
Assets:
                               
Current assets:
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 91,971     $ 10,468     $     $ 102,439  
Patient receivables, net
    170       43,148             43,318  
Other receivables
    5,780       14,910       (7,728 )     12,962  
Inventories of supplies
    188       7,357             7,545  
Other
    14,369       1,592             15,961  
                         
 
Total current assets
    112,478       77,475       (7,728 )     182,225  
Property and equipment, net
    28,999       234,603             263,602  
Investments in affiliates
    116,192       2,709       (56,686 )     62,215  
Intangible assets, net
    312,716       109,500       (16,036 )     406,180  
Other
    95,399       25,980       (89,704 )     31,675  
                         
 
Total assets
  $ 665,784     $ 450,267     $ (170,154 )   $ 945,897  
                         
 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
                               
Accounts payable
  $ 1,838     $ 15,080     $     $ 16,918  
Accrued expenses and other
    59,998       8,561       609       69,168  
Current portion of long-term debt
    913       17,432       (1,454 )     16,891  
                         
 
Total current liabilities
    62,749       41,073       (845 )     102,977  
Long-term debt
    151,156       143,326       (26,376 )     268,106  
Other liabilities
    27,121       8,762             35,883  
Minority interests
          12,336       39,046       51,382  
Stockholders’ equity
    424,758       244,770       (181,979 )     487,549  
                         
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 665,784     $ 450,267     $ (170,154 )   $ 945,897  
                         

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets:
                                   
        Non-Participating   Consolidation   Consolidated
As of December 31, 2004   Guarantors   Investees   Adjustments   Total
                 
Assets:
                               
Current assets:
                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 83,905     $ 9,562     $     $ 93,467  
Patient receivables, net
    186       43,405             43,591  
Other receivables
    5,549       22,028       (7,284 )     20,293  
Inventories of supplies
    206       6,982             7,188  
Other
    12,620       1,808             14,428  
                         
 
Total current assets
    102,466       83,785       (7,284 )     178,967  
Property and equipment, net
    30,104       235,785             265,889  
Investments in affiliates
    107,570       608       (64,776 )     43,402  
Intangible assets, net
    304,764       112,500       (14,909 )     402,355  
Other
    96,321       25,192       (89,822 )     31,691  
                         
 
Total assets
  $ 641,225     $ 457,870     $ (176,791 )   $ 922,304  
                         
 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
                               
Accounts payable
  $ 1,741     $ 16,307     $     $ 18,048  
Accrued expenses and other
    89,148       35,076       (65,799 )     58,425  
Current portion of long-term debt
    1,302       15,409       (1,395 )     15,316  
                         
 
Total current liabilities
    92,191       66,792       (67,194 )     91,789  
Long-term debt
    153,675       145,264       (25,770 )     273,169  
Other liabilities
    25,081       9,389             34,470  
Minority interests
          11,444       36,823       48,267  
Stockholders’ equity
    370,278       224,981       (120,650 )     474,609  
                         
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 641,225     $ 457,870     $ (176,791 )   $ 922,304  
                         

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Income:
                                 
        Non-Participating   Consolidation   Consolidated
Three Months Ended March 31, 2005   Guarantors   Investees   Adjustments   Total
                 
Revenues
  $ 18,695     $ 102,889     $ (5,898 )   $ 115,686  
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
    5,253       (150 )           5,103  
Operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization
    15,280       72,336       (5,976 )     81,640  
Depreciation and amortization
    2,467       5,252             7,719  
                         
Operating income
    6,201       25,151       78       31,430  
Interest expense, net
    (3,189 )     (2,811 )           (6,000 )
Other income (expense)
    455       (135 )     (78 )     242  
                         
Income before minority interests
    3,467       22,205             25,672  
Minority interests in income of consolidated subsidiaries
          (3,414 )     (5,424 )     (8,838 )
                         
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
    3,467       18,791       (5,424 )     16,834  
Income tax expense
    (5,070 )     (1,006 )           (6,076 )
                         
Net income (loss)
  $ (1,603 )   $ 17,785     $ (5,424 )   $ 10,758  
                         
                                 
        Non-Participating   Consolidation   Consolidated
Three Months Ended March 31, 2004   Guarantors   Investees   Adjustments   Total
                 
Revenues
  $ 17,459     $ 77,885     $ (4,972 )   $ 90,372  
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
    5,310                   5,310  
Operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization
    14,437       53,093       (4,930 )     62,600  
Depreciation and amortization
    2,697       3,659       (6 )     6,350  
                         
Operating income
    5,635       21,133       (36 )     26,732  
Interest expense, net
    (4,095 )     (2,145 )           (6,240 )
Other expense
    78       7       (78 )     7  
                         
Income before minority interests
    1,618       18,995       (114 )     20,499  
Minority interests in income of consolidated subsidiaries
          (2,840 )     (5,088 )     (7,928 )
                         
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes
    1,618       16,155       (5,202 )     12,571  
Income tax expense
    (3,862 )     (861 )           (4,723 )
                         
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    (2,244 )     15,294       (5,202 )     7,848  
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax
    778       1,376             2,154  
                         
Net income (loss)
  $ (1,466 )   $ 16,670     $ (5,202 )   $ 10,002  
                         

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows:
                                   
        Non-Participating   Consolidation   Consolidated
Three Months Ended March 31, 2005   Guarantors   Investees   Adjustments   Total
                 
Cash flows from operating activities:
                               
Income (loss) from continuing operations
  $ (1,603 )   $ 17,785     $ (5,424 )   $ 10,758  
Changes in operating and intercompany assets and liabilities and noncash items included in net income (loss)
    34,284       (9,308 )     6,187       31,163  
                         
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    32,681       8,477       763       41,921  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                               
Purchases of property and equipment, net
    (836 )     (4,705 )           (5,541 )
Purchases of new businesses and equity interests, net of cash received
    (20,967 )                 (20,967 )
Increase in deposits and notes receivable
    (973 )                 (973 )
                         
 
Net cash used in investing activities
    (22,776 )     (4,705 )           (27,481 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
                               
Long-term borrowings, net
    (466 )     (3,617 )           (4,083 )
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
    2,341                   2,341  
Distributions on investments in affiliates
    (3,713 )     763       (763 )     (3,713 )
                         
 
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    (1,838 )     (2,854 )     (763 )     (5,455 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
          (13 )           (13 )
Net increase in cash
    8,067       905             8,972  
Cash at the beginning of the period
    83,904       9,563             93,467  
                         
Cash at the end of the period
  $ 91,971     $ 10,468     $     $ 102,439  
                         

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
                                   
        Non-Participating   Consolidation   Consolidated
Three Months Ended March 31, 2004   Guarantors   Investees   Adjustments   Total
                 
Cash flows from operating activities:
                               
Income (loss) from continuing operations
  $ (2,244 )   $ 15,294     $ (5,202 )   $ 7,848  
Changes in operating and intercompany assets and liabilities and noncash items included in net income (loss)
    23,625       (7,157 )     6,564       23,032  
                         
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
    21,381       8,137       1,362       30,880  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                               
Purchases of property and equipment, net
    (530 )     (4,580 )           (5,110 )
Purchases of new businesses and equity interests, net of cash received
    (1,264 )     (2 )           (1,266 )
Decrease in deposits and notes receivable
    1,771                   1,771  
                         
 
Net cash used in investing activities
    (23 )     (4,582 )           (4,605 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
                               
Long-term borrowings, net
    (696 )     (2,598 )           (3,294 )
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
    1,895                   1,895  
Distributions on investments in affiliates
    (1,599 )     1,364       (1,362 )     (1,597 )
                         
 
Net cash used in financing activities
    (400 )     (1,234 )     (1,362 )     (2,996 )
Net cash used in discontinued operations
          (138 )           (138 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
          (4 )           (4 )
Net increase in cash
    20,958       2,179             23,137  
Cash at the beginning of the period
    15,147       13,372             28,519  
                         
Cash at the end of the period
  $ 36,105     $ 15,551     $     $ 51,656  
                         
(6) Related Party Transactions
      As discussed in Note 2, the Company regularly engages in purchases and sales of ownership interests in its facilities. During the first quarter of 2005, the Company sold a portion of one of its facilities in the Dallas / Fort Worth market to a hospital system whose Chief Executive Officer is a member of the Company’s board of directors. This transaction represented a net sale of approximately $0.5 million. The Company believes the sale was on an arms length basis, with the sales price derived using the same methodology as that used in similar transactions with unrelated parties.
(7) Commitments and Contingencies
      As of March 31, 2005, the Company had issued guarantees of the indebtedness and other obligations of its investees to third parties, which could potentially require the Company to make maximum aggregate payments totaling approximately $57.7 million. Of the total, $23.9 million relates to the obligations of consolidated subsidiaries, whose obligations are included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and related disclosures, and the remaining $33.8 million relates to the obligations of unconsolidated affiliated companies, whose obligations are not included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and related disclosures. In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness of Others, the Company has recorded long-term liabilities totaling approximately $0.1 million related to the

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UNITED SURGICAL PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
guarantees the Company has issued to unconsolidated affiliates on or after January 1, 2003, and has not recorded any liabilities related to guarantees issued prior to that date. Generally, these arrangements (a) consist of guarantees of real estate and equipment financing, (b) are secured by the related property and equipment, (c) require payments by the Company, when the collateral is insufficient, in the event of a default by the investee primarily obligated under the financing, (d) expire as the underlying debt matures at various dates through 2022, and (e) provide no recourse for the Company to recover any amounts from third parties.
      As discussed more fully in Note 16 to the Company’s 2004 financial statements on Form 10-K, the Company sold its Spanish operations in September 2004 and indemnified the buyers with respect to taxes and other contingencies of the entities sold. There have been no material changes in those contingencies or in the Company’s assessment of their probability or amount since the Company filed its Form 10-K.
      In addition, from time to time the Company may be named as a party to legal claims and proceedings in the ordinary course of business. The Company’s management is not aware of any claims or proceedings, other than those discussed above, that might have a material adverse impact on the Company.
(8) Subsequent Events
      The Company has entered into letters of intent with various entities regarding possible joint venture, development, or other transactions. These possible joint ventures, developments of new facilities, or other transactions are in various stages of negotiation.

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ITEM 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
      The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Company’s unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Forward-Looking Statements
      Certain statements contained or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including without limitation statements containing the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “continues,” “will,” “may,” “should,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” and similar expressions, and statements regarding the Company’s business strategy and plans, constitute “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which the Company is unable to predict or control, that may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following: general economic and business conditions, both nationally and regionally; foreign currency fluctuations; demographic changes; changes in, or the failure to comply with, laws and governmental regulations; the ability to enter into or renew managed care provider arrangements on acceptable terms; changes in Medicare, Medicaid and other government funded payments or reimbursement in the United States and the United Kingdom; liability and other claims asserted against us; the highly competitive nature of the healthcare industry; changes in business strategy or development plans of healthcare systems with which we partner; the ability to attract and retain qualified physicians and personnel, including nurses and other health care professionals; our significant indebtedness; the availability of suitable acquisition and development opportunities and the length of time it takes to accomplish acquisitions and developments; our ability to integrate new businesses with our existing operations; the availability and terms of capital to fund the expansion of our business, including the acquisition and development of additional facilities and certain additional factors, risks, and uncertainties discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Given these uncertainties, investors and prospective investors are cautioned not to rely on such forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation and make no promise to update any such factors or forward-looking statements or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any such factors or forward-looking statements, whether as a result of changes in underlying factors, to reflect new information as a result of the occurrence of events or developments or otherwise.
Overview
      We operate ambulatory surgery centers and private surgical hospitals in the United States and the United Kingdom. As of March 31, 2005, we operated 86 facilities, consisting of 83 in the United States and three in the United Kingdom. During September 2004, we sold our operations in Spain, where we had operated nine short-stay surgical facilities. A majority of our U.S. facilities are jointly owned with local physicians and a not-for-profit healthcare system that has other healthcare businesses in the region. At March 31, 2004, we had agreements with not-for-profit healthcare systems providing for the joint ownership of 48 of our 83 U.S. facilities and also providing a framework for the planning and construction of additional facilities in the future. All of our U.S. facilities include physician owners.
      Our U.S. facilities, consisting of ambulatory surgery centers and private surgical hospitals (each are generally referred to herein as “short-stay surgical facilities”), specialize in non-emergency surgical cases, the volume of which has steadily increased over the past two decades due in part to advancements in medical technology. These facilities earn a fee from patients, insurance companies, or other payors in exchange for providing the facility and related services a surgeon requires in order to perform a surgical case. In addition, we earn a monthly fee from each facility we operate in exchange for managing its operations. All but three of our facilities are located in the U.S., where we have focused increasingly on adding facilities with not-for-profit healthcare system partners (“hospital partners”). From December 31, 2001 to March 31, 2005, the number of facilities we own jointly with hospital partners more than doubled, increasing from 19 to 48. Of the 18 facilities we are currently developing, 17 include a hospital partner.

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      In the United Kingdom we operate private hospitals, which supplement the services provided by the government-sponsored healthcare systems. Our patients choose to receive care at private hospitals primarily because of waiting lists to receive diagnostic procedures or elective surgery at government-sponsored facilities and pay us either from personal funds or through private insurance, offered by an increasing number of employers as a benefit to their employees. Since acquiring our first two facilities in the United Kingdom in 2000, we have expanded selectively by adding a third facility and increasing the capacity and services offered at each facility.
      Our continued growth and success depends on our ability to continue to grow volumes at our existing facilities, to successfully open new facilities we develop, and to maintain productive relationships with our physician and hospital partners. We believe we will have significant opportunities to operate more facilities with hospital partners in the future in existing and new markets.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
      Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity and capital resources are based on our consolidated financial statements which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). The preparation of consolidated financial statements under GAAP requires our management to make certain estimates and assumptions that impact the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated financial statements. These estimates and assumptions also impact the reported amount of net earnings during any period. Estimates are based on information available as of the date financial statements are prepared. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. Critical accounting policies and estimates are defined as those that are both most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and operating results and that require management’s most subjective judgments. Our critical accounting policies and estimates include our policies and estimates regarding consolidation, revenue recognition, income taxes, and intangible assets.
      Our determination of whether to consolidate an entity in which we hold an investment, account for it under the equity method, or carry it at cost has a significant impact on our financial statements because of the typical business model under which we operate, particularly in the United States, where the majority of the facilities we operate are partially owned by not-for-profit hospital systems, physicians, and other parties. These quarterly financial statements have been prepared using the same consolidation policy as that used in the Company’s latest audited financial statements.
      We also consider our accounting policy regarding intangible assets to be a critical accounting policy given the significance of intangible assets as compared to the total assets of the Company. There have been no significant changes in our application of GAAP to intangible assets since the preparation of the Company’s latest audited financial statements.
      Our revenue recognition and accounts receivable policy and our method of accounting for income taxes involve significant judgments and estimates. There have been no significant changes in assumptions, estimates, and judgments in the preparation of these quarterly financial statements from the assumptions, estimates, and judgments used in the preparation of the Company’s latest audited financial statements.
Acquisitions, Equity Investments and Development Projects
      Effective January 1, 2005, we acquired a controlling interest in an ambulatory surgery center in Westwood, California, in which we had previously owned a noncontrolling interest, for $7.4 million in cash.
      We also engage in purchases and sales of noncontrolling interests in facilities we already operate and invest additional cash in surgical facilities under development. These transactions resulted in a net cash outflow of $13.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2005. The most significant of these transactions were the acquisition of additional ownership in eight facilities we operate in the Dallas/ Fort Worth, Texas market, which, together with our selling a portion of a ninth facility in this market, resulted in a net cash outflow of approximately $13.4 million.

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Sources of Revenue
      Revenues primarily include the following:
  •  net patient service revenue of the facilities that we consolidate for financial reporting purposes, which are typically those facilities in which we have ownership interests of greater than 50% or otherwise maintain effective control.
 
  •  management and administrative services revenue, consisting of the fees that we earn from managing the facilities that we do not consolidate for financial reporting purposes and the fees we earn from providing certain consulting and administrative services to physicians. Our consolidated revenues and expenses do not include the management fees we earn from operating the facilities that we consolidate for financial reporting purposes as those fees are charged to subsidiaries and thus eliminate in consolidation.
      The following table summarizes our revenues by type and as a percentage of total revenue for the periods presented:
                   
    Three Months
    Ended March 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Net patient service revenue
    92 %     89 %
Management and administrative services revenue
    8       11  
             
 
Total revenues
    100 %     100 %
             
      Net patient service revenue consists of the revenues earned by facilities we consolidate for financial reporting purposes. These revenues increased as a percentage of our total revenues in the three months ended March 31, 2005, as compared to the corresponding prior year period, primarily as a result of our increasing the number of facilities we consolidate for financial reporting purposes by ten from March 31, 2004 to March 31, 2005. While we also added eleven unconsolidated facilities during this time period, the revenues we derive from unconsolidated facilities are limited to fees we earn for managing their operations and thus adding an unconsolidated facility generally increases our revenues by far less than adding a consolidated facility.
      Our management and administrative services revenues are earned from the following types of activities (dollars in thousands):
                   
    Three Months
    Ended March 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Management of surgical facilities
  $ 4,989     $ 4,701  
Consulting and other services provided to physicians and related entities
    4,336       4,804  
             
 
Total management and administrative service revenues
  $ 9,325     $ 9,505  
             
      The following table summarizes our revenues by operating segment:
                   
    Three Months
    Ended March 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
United States
    80 %     77 %
United Kingdom
    20       23  
             
 
Total
    100 %     100 %
      The number of facilities we operate (excluding the discontinued Spanish operations) increased by 21 from March 31, 2004 to March 31, 2005. All of these additional facilities are in the United States. Accordingly, the proportion of our total revenues that is derived from the United States is higher for the three months ended March 31, 2005 than in the corresponding prior year period.

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Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Affiliates
      The following table reflects the summarized results of the unconsolidated facilities that we account for under the equity method of accounting (dollars in thousands):
                 
    Three Months Ended
    March 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Total revenues
  $ 97,589     $ 78,877  
Depreciation and amortization
    4,437       3,304  
Operating income
    24,881       27,823  
Interest expense, net
    2,528       1,966  
Net income(1)
    22,027       25,530  
Long-term debt
    100,387       83,625  
USPI’s equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
  $ 5,103     $ 5,310  
USPI’s imputed weighted average ownership percentage based on affiliates’ net income(2)
    23.2 %     20.8 %
USPI’s imputed weighted average ownership percentage based on affiliates’ debt(3)
    27.0 %     23.2 %
Unconsolidated facilities operated at period end
    43       32  
 
(1)  The increase in revenues compared to the prior year was accompanied by a decrease in the aggregate net income of our unconsolidated affiliates, primarily due to our increased development activities. While revenues are ramping up at facilities we added during 2004, some of these facilities, as well as facilities currently under development, are not yet profitable. In addition, a significant number of unconsolidated facilities were adversely impacted by a lapsed managed care contract in a major market.
 
(2)  Calculated as USPI’s equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates divided by the total net income of unconsolidated affiliates for each respective period. This percentage is higher in 2005 due primarily to our January 1, 2005 acquisition of additional ownership in eight facilities we account for under the equity method.
 
(3)  Calculated as the total debt of each unconsolidated affiliate, multiplied by the percentage ownership USPI held in the affiliate as of the end of each respective period, divided by the total debt of all of the unconsolidated affiliates as of the end of each respective period. This percentage is higher in 2005 due primarily to our January 1, 2005 acquisition of additional ownership in eight facilities we account for under the equity method.

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Results of Operations
      The following table summarizes certain statement of income items expressed as a percentage of revenues for the periods indicated:
                 
    Three Months
    Ended March 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
Total revenues
    100.0 %     100.0 %
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates
    4.4       5.9  
Operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization
    (70.6 )     (69.3 )
Depreciation and amortization
    (6.6 )     (7.0 )
             
Operating income
    27.2       29.6  
Minority interests in income of consolidated entities
    (7.6 )     (8.8 )
Interest and other expense, net
    (5.0 )     (6.9 )
             
Income from continuing operations before income taxes
    14.6       13.9  
Income tax expense
    (5.3 )     (5.2 )
             
Income from continuing operations
    9.3       8.7  
Earnings from discontinued operations
          2.4  
             
Net income
    9.3       11.1  
             
Executive Summary
      We continue to grow our existing facilities, develop new facilities, and add others selectively through acquisition. On an overall basis, we continue to experience increases in the volume of services provided and in the average rates at which our facilities are reimbursed for those services, resulting in revenue growth at the facilities we owned during the first quarter of both 2004 and 2005 (“same store facilities”).
      However, slower revenue growth, driven by reductions in reimbursement levels in some markets, and the performance of two facilities we opened during the second quarter of 2004, have continued to adversely impact our operating margins in 2005, resulting in an overall decline in our operating margins as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2004.
      We continue to pursue the strategy of having a hospital partner, where practical, in addition to physician partners in each local U.S. market, which we believe improves the long-term potential of our surgical facilities. The overall proportion of our facilities that have a hospital partner continues to grow, and all but one of the 18 facilities we are currently developing include a hospital partner.
Revenues
      Increases in the volume of surgical cases in the U.S. and of patient admissions for our hospitals in the United Kingdom continue to drive increases in our revenues, as does an increase in the average rate of reimbursement for the surgeries performed at our U.S. facilities. During the first quarter of 2005, our domestic case volumes and average rate of reimbursement grew at slower rates than we have historically experienced, continuing the trend noted during the second half of 2004. Our case volume was adversely affected by several factors. First, the lapse of a managed care contract in one market during the third quarter of 2004 has resulted in our performing fewer cases at certain surgery centers. Second, both countries in which we operate, but most significantly our U.K. facilities, were affected by the timing of the Easter holiday, which adversely impacts revenues and fell in the first quarter in 2005 versus the second quarter in 2004. Our average rate of reimbursement continues to be adversely impacted by lower rates of reimbursement for workers compensation cases performed at our surgery centers in Texas and by the lapse of the managed care contract described above, both of which began impacting our business during the third quarter of 2004 and thus continue to affect

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our year-over-year comparisons. The growth of our same store facilities’ revenues is summarized in the following table:
             
    Three Months Ended
    March 31, 2005(1)
     
United States facilities:
       
 
Net revenue
    7 %
   
Surgical cases
    4 %
   
Net revenue per case(2)
    3 %
United Kingdom facilities:
       
 
Net revenue using actual exchange rates
    8 %
 
Net revenue using constant exchange rates(3)
    5 %
 
(1)  Growth in same store facilities, compared to three months ended March 31, 2004.
 
(2)  Our overall domestic same store growth in net revenue per case was favorably impacted by the growth at our eight same store surgical hospitals, which on average perform more complex cases than ambulatory surgery centers. Net revenue per case of our same store ambulatory surgery centers decreased by 2% during the three months ended March 31, 2005, as compared to the corresponding prior year period, largely as a result of the workers compensation reimbursement changes and lapsed managed care contract described above.
 
(3)  Measures current year using prior year exchange rates.
Joint Ventures With Not-For-Profit Hospitals
      The addition of new facilities continues to be more heavily weighted to U.S. surgical facilities with a hospital partner, both as we initiate joint venture agreements with new systems and as we add facilities to our existing arrangements. Facilities have been added to hospital joint ventures both through construction of new facilities (“de novos”) and through our contribution of our equity interests in existing facilities into a hospital joint venture structure, effectively creating three-way joint ventures by sharing our ownership in these facilities with a hospital partner while leaving the existing physician ownership intact. The following table summarizes our facilities as of March 31, 2005 and 2004, excluding our nine Spanish facilities, which were sold during September 2004:
                     
    March 31,
     
    2005   2004
         
United States facilities(1):
               
 
With a hospital partner
    48       35  
 
Without a hospital partner
    35       27  
             
Total U.S. facilities
    83       62  
United Kingdom facilities
    3       3  
             
Total facilities operated
    86       65  
             
Change from March 31, 2004:
               
 
De novo (newly constructed)
    9          
 
Acquisition
    13          
 
Disposals(2)
    (1 )
 
       
   
Total increase in number of facilities
    21
         
 
(1)  At March 31, 2005, physicians own a portion of all of these facilities.
 
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Facility Operating Margins
      As noted above, factors we began to experience during the second and third quarters of 2004 have continued to adversely impact our revenues in some markets in 2005. Revenues were also impacted in 2005 by the timing of the Easter holiday, as noted above. These factors adversely affecting revenues have not had the same impact on our facility and personnel expenses, and accordingly we have experienced a decrease in our same store operating margins in 2005 as compared to the first quarter of 2004. In addition, our year-over-year operating margin comparisons continue to be adversely impacted by the ramp-up of the two surgical hospitals we opened during the second quarter of 2004. Almost all of the facilities impacted by these factors have a hospital partner, which caused our same store operating margins to decrease by more for this group than for our other facilities. While some of the factors involved, such as the ramp-up of the two surgical hospitals and the timing of the Easter holiday, are not expected to be permanently significant factors, it is not known to what extent we will continue to experience downward pressure on reimbursement. Reductions in reimbursement due to factors such as the workers compensation rate decreases in Texas and the lapse of the managed care contract discussed above could occur elsewhere in the future. The following table summarizes our same store operating margins (see footnote 1 below), comparing the three months ended March 31, 2005 to the three months ended March 31, 2004:
                   
    Three Months    
    Ended   Increase
    March 31, 2005   (Decrease)
         
United States facilities:
               
 
With a hospital partner
    30.1 %     (610 )bps
 
Without a hospital partner
    27.4       (150 )
Total U.S. facilities
    29.2       (450 )
United Kingdom facilities
    25.4 %     (170 )bps
 
(1)  Operating margin is calculated as operating income divided by total revenues. This table aggregates all of the same store facilities we operate using 100% of their results. This does not represent the overall margin for USPI’s operations in either the U.S. or the U.K. because we have a variety of ownership levels in the facilities we operate, and facilities open for less than a year are excluded from same store calculations.
Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2004
      Revenues increased by $25.3 million, or 28.0%, to $115.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 from $90.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004. This increase consisted primarily of revenues of newly constructed or acquired facilities and additionally through growth of our same store facilities and a small amount of exchange rate fluctuation. The addition of 21 facilities from March 31, 2004 to March 31, 2005 caused an increase of approximately $19 million of revenues. Revenue from same store facilities drove most of the remaining $6 million of revenue growth, consisting primarily of U.S. facilities, which performed approximately 4% more surgical cases and received an average of approximately 3% more per case during the three months ended March 31, 2005 than in the corresponding prior year period. The revenues of same store United Kingdom facilities, when measured using 2004 exchange rates for both periods, were $1.0 million higher during the three months ended March 31, 2005 than in the corresponding prior year period. The growth in U.K. revenues would have been greater had revenues for the first quarter of 2005 not been adversely impacted by the Easter holiday, which occurred during the second quarter of 2004. The U.S. dollar being weaker relative to the British pound in 2005 than in the corresponding prior year period resulted in a $0.6 million increase in revenues.
      Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates decreased by $0.2 million, or 3.9% to $5.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 from $5.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004. While the revenues of our unconsolidated affiliates continue to grow, some facilities added during 2004 are not yet profitable, and a significant number of unconsolidated facilities continue to be adversely impacted by the third quarter 2004 lapse of a managed care contract in a major market.

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      Operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, increased by $19.0 million, or 30.4%, to $81.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 from $62.6 million for the three months ended March 31,2004. Operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, as a percentage of revenues, increased to 70.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2005 from 69.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2004. This increase as a percentage of revenues is partially attributable to lower than average margins earned at two surgical hospitals we opened during the second quarter of 2004. Our new and newly expanded facilities hire staff and become fully equipped for a relatively high number of surgical cases in their initial months of operations, but the case volumes are not high enough initially to result in operating margins that are as favorable as those generated by our more mature facilities. In addition, we experienced slower revenue growth than in prior periods due to decreases in rates of reimbursement for workers compensation cases in Texas and due to the lapse of a managed care contract in a major market.
      Operating income increased $4.7 million, or 17.6%, to $31.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 from $26.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004. Operating income, as a percentage of revenues, decreased to 27.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2005 from 29.6% for the three months ended March 31, 2004, primarily as a result of the lower margins generated at our recently opened facilities and the slower growth of revenues discussed above.
      Depreciation and amortization increased $1.4 million, or 21.6%, to $7.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 from $6.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004, primarily as a result of additional depreciation on tangible assets added through acquisitions and expansions of our facilities. Depreciation and amortization, as a percentage of revenues, decreased to 6.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2005 from 7.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2004 due to our increased revenue.
      Interest expense, net of interest income, decreased 3.8% to $6.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 from $6.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004 primarily as a result of additional interest income earned on our increased cash balance, which resulted from the sale of our Spanish operations during 2004, more than offsetting our borrowing a portion of the costs of developing and expanding facilities.
      Net income from continuing operations was $10.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005 compared to $7.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004. This $3.0 million improvement primarily results from the increased revenues discussed above.
      Effective September 9, 2004 we sold our Spanish operations. As a result, our 2004 income statement reflects the historical results of our Spanish operations in discontinued operations.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
      During the three months ended March 31, 2005, the Company generated $41.9 million of cash flows from operating activities as compared to $30.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2004. Cash flows from operating activities increased $11.0 million, or 36%, from the prior year period, primarily as a result of the increase in income from continuing operations and a decrease in other receivables.
      During the three months ended March 31, 2005, the Company’s net cash used in investing activities was $27.5 million, consisting primarily of $13.4 million for the acquisition of additional ownership of eight facilities in the Dallas/ Fort Worth market, $7.4 million to acquire a majority interest in a surgery center in California, and $5.5 million used for purchases of property and equipment. Approximately $1.3 million of the property and equipment purchases related to ongoing development projects, and the remaining $4.2 million represents purchases of equipment at existing facilities. Net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2005 totaled $5.5 million, which was funded with cash flows from operating activities. Cash and cash equivalents were $102.4 million at March 31, 2005 as compared to $93.5 million at December 31, 2004, and net working capital was $79.2 million at March 31, 2005 as compared to $87.2 million at December 31, 2004.
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outstanding borrowings under this credit agreement were approximately $63.8 million which represents total borrowings net of scheduled repayments of $21.5 million that have been made under the agreement, and approximately $13.9 million was available for borrowing, primarily for capital projects specified in the agreement. Borrowings under the United Kingdom credit facility bear interest at rates of 1.50% to 2.00% over LIBOR and mature in April 2010. We pledged the capital stock of our U.K. subsidiaries to secure borrowings under the United Kingdom credit facility. We were in compliance with all covenants under our U.K. credit agreement as of March 31, 2005.
      In addition, the indenture governing our Senior Subordinated Notes contains various restrictive covenants, including covenants that limit our ability and the ability of certain of our subsidiaries to borrow money or guarantee other indebtedness, grant liens on our assets, make investments, use assets as security in other transactions, pay dividends on stock, enter into sale and leaseback transactions or sell assets or capital stock. We were in compliance with all covenants related to our Senior Subordinated Notes as of March 31, 2005.
      Our contractual cash obligations as of March 31, 2005 may be summarized as follows:
                                           
    Payments Due by Period
     
        Within 1   Years   Years   Beyond
Contractual Cash Obligations   Total   Year   2 and 3   4 and 5   5 Years
                     
    (In thousands)
Long term debt obligations (principal plus interest)(1):
                                       
 
Senior Subordinated Notes
  $ 255,000     $ 15,000     $ 30,000     $ 30,000     $ 180,000  
 
U.K. credit facility
    79,173       10,251       22,535       21,781       24,606  
 
Other debt at operating subsidiaries
    23,880       5,111       10,009       6,190       2,570  
Capitalized lease obligations
    104,144       11,425       15,551       11,435       65,733  
Operating lease obligations
    57,860       9,606       17,197       13,375       17,682  
                               
Total contractual cash obligations
  $ 520,057     $ 51,393     $ 95,292     $ 82,781     $ 290,591  
                               
 
(1)  Amounts shown for long-term debt obligations and capital lease obligations include the associated interest. For variable rate debt, the interest is calculated using the March 31, 2005 rates applicable to each debt instrument.
      Our operating subsidiaries, many of which have minority owners who share in the cash flow of these entities, have debt consisting primarily of capitalized lease obligations. This debt is generally non-recourse to USPI, the parent company, and is generally secured by the assets of those operating entities. The total amount of these obligations, which was $72.1 million at March 31, 2005, is included in our consolidated balance sheet because the borrower or obligated entity meets the requirements for consolidated financial reporting. Our average percentage ownership, weighted based on the individual subsidiary’s amount of debt and capitalized leased obligations, of these consolidated subsidiaries was 53.2% at March 31, 2005. Additionally, our unconsolidated affiliates that we account for under the equity method have debt and capitalized lease obligations that are generally non-recourse to USPI and are not included in our consolidated financial statements. At March 31, 2005, the total obligations of these unconsolidated affiliates under debt and capital lease obligations was approximately $100.4 million. Our average percentage ownership, weighted based on the individual affiliate’s amount of debt and capitalized lease obligations, of these unconsolidated affiliates was 27.0% at March 31, 2005. USPI or one of its wholly owned subsidiaries had collectively guaranteed $33.8 million in total debt and lease obligations of our unconsolidated affiliates as of March 31, 2005.
      In addition, it is possible that we will have to pay the buyers of our Spanish operations up to approximately 1 million ($1.3 million at March 31, 2005) related to a Spanish tax contingency for which we indemnified the buyers, although we do not presently believe the likelihood of our making any such payment is probable, as discussed more fully in Note 16 to our 2004 year-end financial statements.

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ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
      We have exposure to interest rate risk related to our financing, investing, and cash management activities. Historically, we have not held or issued derivative financial instruments other than the use of variable-to-fixed interest rate swaps for portions of our borrowings under credit facilities with commercial lenders as required by the credit agreements. We do not use derivative instruments for speculative purposes. Our financing arrangements with commercial lenders are based on the spread over Prime, LIBOR or Euribor. At March 31, 2005, $149.1 million of our total outstanding notes payable was the Senior Subordinated Notes, which were issued in December 2001 at a 0.8% discount and bear interest at a fixed rate of 10%, $12.8 million was in other fixed rate instruments and the remaining $70.6 million was in variable rate instruments. Accordingly, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in market interest rates would result in additional annual expense of $0.7 million. The Senior Subordinated Notes, which represent 92% of our total fixed rate debt at March 31, 2005, are considered to have a fair value, based upon recent trading, of $166.1 million, which is approximately $17.0 million higher than the carrying value at March 31, 2005.
      Our United Kingdom revenues are a significant portion of our total revenues. We are exposed to risks associated with operating internationally, including foreign currency exchange risk and taxes and regulatory changes.
      Our United Kingdom operations operate in a natural hedge to a large extent because both expenses and revenues are denominated in local currency. Additionally, our borrowings and capital lease obligations in the United Kingdom are currently denominated in local currency. Historically, the cash generated from our operations in the United Kingdom has been utilized within that country to finance development and acquisition activity as well as for repayment of debt denominated in local currency. Accordingly, we have not generally utilized financial instruments to hedge our foreign currency exchange risk. In September 2004, we sold our Spanish operations. By agreement with the buyer, we will not receive approximately 16.0 million related to the sale until January 2007. In September 2004, we entered into a forward contract with a currency broker to lock in the receipt of $19.8 million in January 2007, when we receive the euro-denominated payment.
      Inflation and changing prices have not significantly affected our operating results or the markets in which we perform services.
ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures
      The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined by applicable SEC rules) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form  10-Q. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective in bringing to their attention on a timely basis material information relating to the Company (including its consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in the Company’s periodic filings with the SEC. There have been no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined by applicable SEC rules) that occurred during the Company’s fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings
      From time to time, we may be named as a party to legal claims and proceedings in the ordinary course of business. We are not aware of any claims or proceedings against us or our subsidiaries that might have a material adverse impact on us.

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ITEM 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
      (a) Exhibits:
         
  3 .1   Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-55442) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
  3 .2   Amended and Restated Bylaws (previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-55442) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
  4 .1   Form of Common Stock Certificate (previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-55442) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
  4 .2   Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2001, among United Surgical Partners Holdings, Inc., the guarantor parties thereto and U.S. Trust Company of Texas, N.A. (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference).
 
  31 .1*   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  31 .2*   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  32 .1*   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  32 .2*   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
Filed herewith.
      Reports on Form 8-K:
        The Company filed a report on Form 8-K dated January 6, 2005, pursuant to Item 1.01 of Form 8-K, announcing the adoption of a deferred compensation plan.
 
        The Company furnished a report on Form 8-K dated January 7, 2005, pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, containing a copy of materials dated January 2005 and prepared with respect to presentations to investors and others that may be made by senior officers of the Company.
 
        The Company furnished a report on Form 8-K dated February 15, 2005, pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, containing a copy of materials dated January 2005 and prepared with respect to presentations to investors and others that may be made by senior officers of the Company.
 
        The Company filed a report on Form 8-K dated February 21, 2005, pursuant to Item 2.01 of Form 8-K, containing a news release announcing the Company’s results of operations for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2004.
 
        The Company furnished a report on Form 8-K dated March 15, 2005, pursuant to Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, containing a copy of materials dated March 2005 and prepared with respect to presentations to investors and others that may be made by senior officers of the Company

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SIGNATURES
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
  United Surgical Partners International, Inc.
  By:  /s/ Mark A. Kopser
 
 
  Mark A. Kopser
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  By:  /s/ John J. Wellik
 
 
  John J. Wellik
  Senior Vice President, Accounting and
  Administration, and Secretary
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
Date: April 29, 2005

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Exhibit Index
         
  3 .1   Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-55442) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
  3 .2   Amended and Restated Bylaws (previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement o=n Form S-1 (No. 333-55442) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
  4 .1   Form of Common Stock Certificate (previously filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-55442) and incorporated herein by reference).
 
  4 .2   Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2001, among United Surgical Partners Holdings, Inc., the guarantor parties thereto and U.S. Trust Company of Texas, N.A. (previously filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and incorporated herein be reference).
 
  31 .1*   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  31 .2*   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  32 .1*   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
  32 .2*   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
Filed herewith.

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