Kansas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Merriam, Kansas
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Merriam runs 225.8 providers per 10,000 residents, 261 clinicians against 11,560 people, 66 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Johnson County lenders have approved 24 healthcare files worth $22,260,400 and the nearest metro is 11 miles out.
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- Population: 11,560 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 261 across 21 fields2
- Median household income: $71,6653
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 171 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Kansas City, MO-KS, 11 miles1
What NPPES records at Merriam addresses
261 providers across 21 fields, 225.8 per 10,000 residents, counted at Merriam addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 171 | 147.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 22 | 19.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 14 | 12.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 11 | 9.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 5 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 5 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 5 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 4 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 3 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 3 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Merriam practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 66 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Johnson County credit files already show
24 healthcare approvals averaging $927,517 set the deal shape lenders in Johnson County have already underwritten
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 24 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $22,260,400 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Typical approval size | $927,517 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 475 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Merriam the way a credit committee does
225.8 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. 24 approvals worth $22,260,400 in Johnson County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. A $71,665 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Programs the Merriam mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Medical receivables factoring
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Merriam does not appear. Availability is still a Kansas question.
Underwriting by field in Merriam
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, specialty physician groups
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (171) | 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 (14) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
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.
Merriam against nearby Kansas markets
225.8 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Merriam
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merriam (current) | 11,560 | 261 | 225.8 | |
| Mission | 10,013 | 130 | 129.8 | 2 |
| Shawnee | 69,724 | 447 | 64.1 | 6 |
| Leawood | 34,013 | 551 | 162.0 | 8 |
| Gardner | 25,836 | 94 | 36.4 | 19 |
| Lansing | 11,316 | 88 | 77.8 | 19 |
| Spring Hill | 10,070 | 49 | 48.7 | 19 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Merriam
Kansas City, MO-KS lies 11 miles from Merriam, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Kansas City, MO-KS rents while 11,560 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $71,665 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
More of Kansas
What owners in Merriam ask
01How many providers practice in Merriam, and in what?
261 enumerations sit at Merriam addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 225.8 for every 10,000 residents. 66 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and primary care and family medicine follows with 22. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 261 here cover fewer than 261 practices.
02What does Johnson County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Johnson County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 11,560 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
03Is Merriam underwritten as part of Kansas City, MO-KS?
Kansas City, MO-KS sits 11 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Kansas City, MO-KS; the 11,560 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
04What does SBA lending look like around Merriam?
Healthcare borrowers in Johnson County took 24 approvals worth $22,260,400 in the published fiscal year, averaging $927,517. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Merriam reaches for first.
05Is there local lending capacity in Johnson County?
County Business Patterns records 475 credit intermediation establishments in Johnson County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Merriam rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06There is no hospital here. Does that hurt a loan?
No Medicare-certified hospital operates in Merriam, so referral flow and staffing come from Johnson County and from Kansas City, MO-KS. Name the referral sources and the call arrangement and it stays a logistics question.
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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