Indiana micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in La Porte, Indiana
Direct answer
22,444 residents, 174 enumerated clinicians, 77.5 per 10,000, 20 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the La Porte market a funder prices. La Porte County adds 0 healthcare approvals worth $0 and 10 miles of distance to Michigan City-La Porte, IN.
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- Population: 22,444 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 174 across 23 fields2
- Median household income: $59,8623
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 35 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Michigan City-La Porte, IN, 10 miles1
Fields practicing inside La Porte
77.5 providers per 10,000 residents is what 174 enumerations across 23 fields works out to in a town of 22,444
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 35 | 15.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 22 | 9.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 20 | 8.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 14 | 6.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 12 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 11 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 10 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 8 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 8 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 5 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] |
A single La Porte practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 20 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
La Porte County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
0 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 51 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
At 77.5 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. With 0 approvals on record in La Porte County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $59,862 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what La Porte households actually spend.
Programs the La Porte mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
Weighted by how often each of the 23 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Indiana rules and the partner decide availability.
What a funder reads first in La Porte
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in La Porte, 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 (35) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (22) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (20) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
NPPES supplies the La Porte counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a La Porte file is bound by them.
How La Porte prices against its neighbors
Comparables travel. These are the Indiana towns whose density, at 77.5 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Porte (current) | 22,444 | 174 | 77.5 | |
| Chesterton | 14,655 | 284 | 193.8 | 18 |
| Valparaiso | 35,065 | 564 | 160.8 | 20 |
| Portage | 38,576 | 205 | 53.1 | 24 |
| Plymouth | 11,042 | 131 | 118.6 | 27 |
| Lake Station | 13,033 | 21 | 16.1 | 28 |
| Mishawaka | 51,020 | 588 | 115.2 | 29 |
What the geography does to a La Porte projection
10 miles separate La Porte from Michigan City-La Porte, IN. Lease pricing follows Michigan City-La Porte, IN, while revenue stays capped by the 22,444 residents here. Median household income runs $59,862, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Wages here are anchored by the Medicare-certified hospital in town, which is what a staffing line gets measured against. La Porte is the La Porte County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Indiana towns
- Chesterton 14,655 residents
- Valparaiso 35,065 residents
- Portage 38,576 residents
- Plymouth 11,042 residents
- Lake Station 13,033 residents
- Mishawaka 51,020 residents
La Porte owners, answered
01How many providers practice in La Porte, and in what?
NPPES lists 174 providers at a La Porte practice address, 77.5 per 10,000 residents across 23 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 35 of them, 20 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 22. Read that as clinicians: 174 enumerations, not 174 owners.
02Why does La Porte County show so little SBA activity?
La Porte 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. 51 lending establishments operate locally.
03Is La Porte underwritten as part of Michigan City-La Porte, IN?
Comparables and demand split at 10 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Michigan City-La Porte, IN; the revenue line has to hold up against 22,444 local residents.
04What does La Porte County's shortage designation change?
La Porte County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for La Porte can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
05How does the hospital in La Porte 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. 2 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 77.5 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $59,862 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in La Porte runs $59,862. 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.
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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