California micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Merced, California
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Merced runs 73.3 providers per 10,000 residents, 704 clinicians against 96,073 people, 21 percent of them in primary care and family medicine, while Merced County lenders have approved 0 healthcare files worth $0 and the nearest metro is 0 miles out.
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- Population: 96,073 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 704 across 31 fields2
- Median household income: $59,9383
- Largest provider field: Primary care and family medicine: 147 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 10 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Merced, CA, 0 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
Counted at the town's own addresses: 704 providers, 31 fields, 73.3 clinicians per 10,000 of the 96,073 residents here
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine | 147 | 15.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 122 | 12.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 65 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 60 | 6.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 37 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 31 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 31 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 29 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 28 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 23 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 21 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 15 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 13 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 13 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 10 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 8 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 6 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 6 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 6 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 5 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 4 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 4 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| IDD services | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 12 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 147 primary care and family medicine enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Merced County
0 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 75 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
At 73.3 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. Merced County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $59,938 in Merced is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Weighted by how often each of the 31 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. California rules and the partner decide availability.
The first pages of a Merced file
primary care and family medicine, behavioral and mental health group practices, physical, occupational, and speech therapy account for most of what is enumerated in Merced, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine (147) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (122) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (65) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
Counts in the first column are Merced providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Merced, not what any funder will do with your file.
Merced against nearby California markets
73.3 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Merced
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merced (current) | 96,073 | 704 | 73.3 | |
| Atwater | 32,248 | 115 | 35.7 | 8 |
| Livingston | 14,767 | 34 | 23.0 | 15 |
| Chowchilla | 19,191 | 50 | 26.1 | 18 |
| Turlock | 72,888 | 405 | 55.6 | 25 |
| Los Banos | 48,684 | 128 | 26.3 | 27 |
| Newman | 12,292 | 27 | 22.0 | 30 |
What the geography does to a Merced projection
Merced, CA lies 0 miles from Merced, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Merced, CA rents while 96,073 residents set the revenue ceiling. At $59,938 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year. Merced is the Merced County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby California towns
- Atwater 32,248 residents
- Livingston 14,767 residents
- Chowchilla 19,191 residents
- Turlock 72,888 residents
- Los Banos 48,684 residents
- Newman 12,292 residents
Merced owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Merced, and in what?
NPPES lists 704 providers at a Merced practice address, 73.3 per 10,000 residents across 31 tracked fields. Primary care and family medicine accounts for 147 of them, 21 percent of the total, with behavioral and mental health group practices next at 122. Read that as clinicians: 704 enumerations, not 704 owners.
02What does Merced County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Merced County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Merced and evidences a staffing ramp in a 96,073 resident market.
03Why does Merced County show so little SBA activity?
Merced County shows 0 approvals in the SBA healthcare file, which means an appraiser reaches outside the county for comparables. Few sales, not weak credit, is the usual reason. 75 lending establishments operate locally.
04How does the hospital in Merced affect a practice file?
A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town, which gives referral flow, a call schedule, and a clinical labor pool a funder can verify. 10 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 73.3 per 10,000 market.
05Which fields carry the volume in Merced?
The 31 enumerated fields are led by primary care and family medicine at 147, with behavioral and mental health group practices at 122 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
06Is there local lending capacity in Merced County?
County Business Patterns records 75 credit intermediation establishments in Merced County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Merced rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
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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