Kansas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Great Bend, Kansas
Direct answer
Barton County carries 3 SBA healthcare approvals worth $2,010,000, and inside Great Bend the census shows 192 enumerated clinicians against 14,306 residents, 134.2 per 10,000, 23 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Wichita, KS lies 92 miles away.
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- Population: 14,306 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 192 across 23 fields2
- Median household income: $53,3233
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 44 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Wichita, KS, 92 miles1
Fields practicing inside Great Bend
The NPPES file puts 192 enumerated clinicians inside Great Bend, spread over 23 fields at 134.2 per 10,000 residents
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 44 | 30.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 28 | 19.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 17 | 11.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 13 | 9.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 11 | 7.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 10 | 7.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 8 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 8 | 5.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 7 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 5 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 4 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 4 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 4 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 4 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 44 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Barton County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
With 3 healthcare approvals recorded, Barton County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 3 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $2,010,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | $670,000 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 28 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
134.2 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. Barton County has 3 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. With $53,323 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Great Bend households actually spend.
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
Ranked from the 23 fields that actually practice in Great Bend, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Kansas and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Great Bend file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (44) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (28) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (17) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
Column one counts Great Bend clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Great Bend file differently.
Density beside the neighboring Kansas towns
134.2 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Great Bend
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Bend (current) | 14,306 | 192 | 134.2 | |
| Hays | 21,213 | 256 | 120.7 | 46 |
| Hutchinson | 39,561 | 361 | 91.3 | 52 |
| McPherson | 14,068 | 141 | 100.2 | 61 |
| Salina | 46,109 | 497 | 107.8 | 71 |
| Newton | 18,320 | 224 | 122.3 | 82 |
| Bel Aire | 10,066 | 33 | 32.8 | 93 |
What the geography does to a Great Bend projection
92 miles separate Great Bend from Wichita, KS. Equipment sold at that distance has no local buyer, and the advance rate carries the discount. At $53,323 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Wages here are anchored by the Medicare-certified hospital in town, which is what a staffing line gets measured against. A college in Great Bend puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Great Bend is the Barton County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Kansas
What owners in Great Bend ask
01How many providers practice in Great Bend, and in what?
NPPES lists 192 providers at a Great Bend practice address, 134.2 per 10,000 residents across 23 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 44 of them, 23 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 28. Read that as clinicians: 192 enumerations, not 192 owners.
02Does being 92 miles out change the underwriting?
At 92 miles from Wichita, KS, collateral is priced without a nearby resale market. Expect a longer appraisal window in Barton County and a wider discount on used equipment than a metro practice would see on the same list.
03Why does Barton County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 3 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Barton County. That tracks how few Barton County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 28 credit intermediation establishments operate in Barton County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04What does Barton County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Barton County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Great Bend and evidences a staffing ramp in a 14,306 resident market.
05How does the hospital in Great Bend affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 4 Medicare-certified providers hold Great Bend addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 134.2 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $53,323 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Great Bend runs $53,323. 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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