Alabama micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Sylacauga, Alabama
Direct answer
135 healthcare providers hold a Sylacauga practice address, 111.4 per 10,000 of its 12,123 residents, 14 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Talladega County recorded 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and Anniston-Oxford, AL sits 37 miles out.
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- Population: 12,123 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 135 across 24 fields2
- Median household income: $46,3843
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 19 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 5 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Anniston-Oxford, AL, 37 miles1
The provider census in Sylacauga
135 providers across 24 fields, 111.4 per 10,000 residents, counted at Sylacauga addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 19 | 15.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 17 | 14.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 15 | 12.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 10 | 8.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 9 | 7.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 9 | 7.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 8 | 6.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 7 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 7 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 5 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 4 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 9 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 19 of the 135 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Loan activity in Talladega County
0 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 0 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $0 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Typical approval size | No approvals recorded | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 65 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Sylacauga the way a credit committee does
111.4 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. With 0 approvals on record in Talladega County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. Household income of $46,384 in Sylacauga is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
The 24 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Alabama.
What a funder reads first in Sylacauga
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, optometry and ophthalmology, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in Sylacauga, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (19) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Optometry and ophthalmology (17) | Exam volume and optical capture, Vision plan mix, Inventory turns | Cold start or acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (15) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
Local counts come from NPPES. What a file turns on is drawn from how the field is generally reviewed, not from any decision about your practice.
How Sylacauga prices against its neighbors
111.4 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Sylacauga
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylacauga (current) | 12,123 | 135 | 111.4 | |
| Talladega | 14,693 | 105 | 71.5 | 20 |
| Chelsea | 17,293 | 68 | 39.3 | 22 |
| Calera | 18,530 | 72 | 38.9 | 28 |
| Pelham | 25,396 | 416 | 163.8 | 29 |
| Leeds | 12,573 | 48 | 38.2 | 30 |
| Moody | 13,596 | 62 | 45.6 | 31 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Sylacauga
Anniston-Oxford, AL lies 37 miles from Sylacauga, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Median household income runs $46,384, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set.
More of Alabama
Sylacauga owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Sylacauga, and in what?
NPPES lists 135 providers at a Sylacauga practice address, 111.4 per 10,000 residents across 24 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 19 of them, 14 percent of the total, with optometry and ophthalmology next at 17. Read that as clinicians: 135 enumerations, not 135 owners.
02Why does Talladega County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Talladega County. That tracks how few Talladega County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 65 credit intermediation establishments operate in Talladega County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03What does Talladega County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Talladega County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
04How does the hospital in Sylacauga affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 5 Medicare-certified providers hold Sylacauga addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 111.4 per 10,000 market.
05What does a $46,384 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Sylacauga runs $46,384. On elective and cash-pay work that is the number a funder converts into case acceptance, and it sets how much of a treatment plan a projection can assume gets started rather than deferred.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Sylacauga?
The town carries 5 Medicare-certified providers. On a receivables request that number sets the expected collection lag, which is priced before anything about the practice itself is read.
Sources
- 1U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates, vintage 2024
- 2CMS NPPES, monthly full replacement file
- 3U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year 2023, table B19013
- 4CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 5U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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