Kansas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Salina, Kansas
Direct answer
497 healthcare providers hold a Salina practice address, 107.8 per 10,000 of its 46,109 residents, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Saline County recorded 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and Manhattan, KS sits 60 miles out.
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- Population: 46,109 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 497 across 31 fields2
- Median household income: $60,6243
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 106 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 8 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Manhattan, KS, 60 miles1
Fields practicing inside Salina
Counted at the town's own addresses: 497 providers, 31 fields, 107.8 clinicians per 10,000 of the 46,109 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 106 | 23.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 91 | 19.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 42 | 9.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 35 | 7.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 32 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 25 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 22 | 4.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 20 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 18 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 14 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 13 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 11 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 9 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 7 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 6 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 17 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 6 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Salina practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 21 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Loan activity in Saline County
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 0 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Total approved capital | $0 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Mean deal size | No approvals recorded | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 39 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Salina the way a credit committee does
Underwriting starts with 107.8 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $60,624 in Salina is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Salina mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 31 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Kansas.
The first pages of a Salina file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (106) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (91) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (42) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Salina providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Salina, not what any funder will do with your file.
Salina against nearby Kansas markets
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Salina has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salina (current) | 46,109 | 497 | 107.8 | |
| McPherson | 14,068 | 141 | 100.2 | 31 |
| Hutchinson | 39,561 | 361 | 91.3 | 54 |
| Newton | 18,320 | 224 | 122.3 | 55 |
| Manhattan | 54,700 | 545 | 99.6 | 60 |
| Great Bend | 14,306 | 192 | 134.2 | 71 |
| Bel Aire | 10,066 | 33 | 32.8 | 74 |
What the geography does to a Salina projection
60 miles separate Salina from Manhattan, KS. Equipment sold at that distance has no local buyer, and the advance rate carries the discount. Households here carry $60,624 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. The hospital fixes two inputs a lender would otherwise estimate in a 46,109 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost. A college in Salina puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Salina is the Saline County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Kansas towns
- McPherson 14,068 residents
- Hutchinson 39,561 residents
- Newton 18,320 residents
- Manhattan 54,700 residents
- Great Bend 14,306 residents
- Bel Aire 10,066 residents
Questions from Salina
01How many providers practice in Salina, and in what?
NPPES lists 497 providers at a Salina practice address, 107.8 per 10,000 residents across 31 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 106 of them, 21 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 91. Read that as clinicians: 497 enumerations, not 497 owners.
02Which fields carry the volume in Salina?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 106 providers and primary care and family medicine at 91 lead the 31 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
03Does being 60 miles out change the underwriting?
Manhattan, KS is 60 miles away, far enough that rent and equipment resale comparables get pulled from Saline County rather than a metro market. At 60 miles the appraisal window runs longer and equipment resale gets discounted.
04What does Saline County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Saline County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Salina and evidences a staffing ramp in a 46,109 resident market.
05Why does Saline County show so little SBA activity?
Only 0 healthcare approvals appear for Saline County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Saline County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 39 credit intermediation establishments.
06How does the hospital in Salina affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 8 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Salina projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
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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