Alaska micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Fairbanks, Alaska
Direct answer
A Fairbanks file is read against 852 local clinicians, 268.5 for every 10,000 of its 31,732 residents, 22 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0 already recorded in Fairbanks North Star County, 0 miles from Fairbanks-College, AK.
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- Population: 31,732 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 852 across 34 fields2
- Median household income: $72,0773
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 184 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Fairbanks-College, AK, 0 miles1
What NPPES records at Fairbanks addresses
Counted at the town's own addresses: 852 providers, 34 fields, 268.5 clinicians per 10,000 of the 31,732 residents here
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 184 | 58.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 148 | 46.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 83 | 26.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 58 | 18.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 56 | 17.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 47 | 14.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 36 | 11.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 26 | 8.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 26 | 8.2 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 22 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 21 | 6.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 20 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 19 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 17 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 16 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 11 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 8 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 8 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 7 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 6 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 4 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 4 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 9 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 184 of the 852 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What Fairbanks North Star County credit files already show
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 |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 36 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Fairbanks the way a credit committee does
Density of 268.5 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. With 0 approvals on record in Fairbanks North Star County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $72,077 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Fairbanks households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 34 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Alaska.
What a funder reads first in Fairbanks
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, primary care and family medicine
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (184) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (148) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Primary care and family medicine (83) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
NPPES supplies the Fairbanks counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Fairbanks file is bound by them.
How Fairbanks prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 268.5 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks (current) | 31,732 | 852 | 268.5 | |
| Wasilla | 10,318 | 659 | 638.7 | 231 |
| Juneau | 31,572 | 462 | 146.3 | 596 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Fairbanks
Distance to Fairbanks-College, AK is 0 miles. Appraisers borrow Fairbanks-College, AK rents, and the 31,732 residents set the ceiling on collections. Median household income runs $72,077, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. A college in Fairbanks puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Fairbanks is the Fairbanks North Star County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Alaska towns
Questions from Fairbanks
01How many providers practice in Fairbanks, and in what?
852 enumerations sit at Fairbanks addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 268.5 for every 10,000 residents. 22 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and behavioral and mental health group practices follows with 148. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 852 here cover fewer than 852 practices.
02What does Fairbanks North Star County's shortage designation change?
Fairbanks North Star County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Fairbanks can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Why does Fairbanks North Star County show so little SBA activity?
Only 0 healthcare approvals appear for Fairbanks North Star County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Fairbanks North Star County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 36 credit intermediation establishments.
04How does the hospital in Fairbanks affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 4 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Fairbanks projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
05Which fields carry the volume in Fairbanks?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 184 providers and behavioral and mental health group practices at 148 lead the 34 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
06Is Fairbanks underwritten as part of Fairbanks-College, AK?
Partly. Fairbanks-College, AK is 0 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 31,732 residents around Fairbanks. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
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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