Idaho micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Post Falls, Idaho
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Post Falls runs 75.1 providers per 10,000 residents, 344 clinicians against 45,800 people, 26 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Kootenai County lenders have approved 11 healthcare files worth $14,020,000 and the nearest metro is 7 miles out.
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- Population: 45,800 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 344 across 28 fields2
- Median household income: $73,3133
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 88 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Coeur d'Alene, ID, 7 miles1
Fields practicing inside Post Falls
The NPPES file puts 344 enumerated clinicians inside Post Falls, spread over 28 fields at 75.1 per 10,000 residents
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 88 | 19.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 49 | 10.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 41 | 9.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 29 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 16 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 16 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 15 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 11 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 11 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 8 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 8 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 6 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 5 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 88 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Kootenai County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
11 healthcare approvals averaging $1,274,545 set the deal shape lenders in Kootenai County have already underwritten
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 11 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $14,020,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Typical approval size | $1,274,545 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 134 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Post Falls the way a credit committee does
75.1 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. 11 approvals worth $14,020,000 in Kootenai County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. With $73,313 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Post Falls households actually spend.
Programs the Post Falls mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The 28 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Idaho.
The first pages of a Post Falls file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, primary care and family medicine
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (88) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (49) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| Primary care and family medicine (41) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
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.
Density beside the neighboring Idaho towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Post Falls has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Post Falls (current) | 45,800 | 344 | 75.1 | |
| Rathdrum | 12,626 | 53 | 42.0 | 5 |
| Coeur d'Alene | 57,355 | 37 | 6.5 | 7 |
| Hayden | 16,924 | 191 | 112.9 | 7 |
| Sandpoint | 10,444 | 242 | 231.7 | 42 |
| Moscow | 26,894 | 213 | 79.2 | 69 |
| Lewiston | 34,693 | 325 | 93.7 | 92 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Post Falls
Coeur d'Alene, ID lies 7 miles from Post Falls, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Coeur d'Alene, ID rents while 45,800 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $73,313 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable.
Other Idaho markets
What owners in Post Falls ask
01How many providers practice in Post Falls, and in what?
NPPES lists 344 providers at a Post Falls practice address, 75.1 per 10,000 residents across 28 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 88 of them, 26 percent of the total, with chiropractic next at 49. Read that as clinicians: 344 enumerations, not 344 owners.
02What does Kootenai County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Kootenai County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 45,800 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
03How does the hospital in Post Falls affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 2 Medicare-certified providers hold Post Falls addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 75.1 per 10,000 market.
04Which fields carry the volume in Post Falls?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 88 of them, ahead of chiropractic at 49, across 28 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
05Is Post Falls underwritten as part of Coeur d'Alene, ID?
Coeur d'Alene, ID sits 7 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Coeur d'Alene, ID; the 45,800 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
06What does SBA lending look like around Post Falls?
The county file behind Post Falls holds 11 healthcare approvals totaling $14,020,000, an average of $1,274,545. Those are the loan sizes lenders in Kootenai County have already carried.
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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