Kentucky micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Somerset, Kentucky
Direct answer
12,389 residents, 576 enumerated clinicians, 464.9 per 10,000, 30 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Somerset market a funder prices. Pulaski County adds 0 healthcare approvals worth $0 and 66 miles of distance to Lexington-Fayette, KY.
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- Population: 12,389 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 576 across 29 fields2
- Median household income: $32,9103
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 172 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 6 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Lexington-Fayette, KY, 66 miles1
Who is enumerated in Somerset
464.9 providers per 10,000 residents is what 576 enumerations across 29 fields works out to in a town of 12,389
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 172 | 138.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 51 | 41.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 50 | 40.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 45 | 36.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 32 | 25.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 30 | 24.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 28 | 22.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 24 | 19.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 23 | 18.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 22 | 17.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 18 | 14.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 13 | 10.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 9 | 7.3 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 9 | 7.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 8 | 6.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 6 | 4.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 6 | 4.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 4 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 21 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 172 of the 576 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What lenders have already approved in Pulaski County
0 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 51 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
A file from here opens on 464.9 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. Pulaski County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. With $32,910 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Somerset households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Weighted by how often each of the 29 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Kentucky rules and the partner decide availability.
Underwriting by field in Somerset
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, primary care and family medicine
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (172) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (51) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Primary care and family medicine (50) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
Column one counts Somerset clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Somerset file differently.
How Somerset prices against its neighbors
Comparables travel. These are the Kentucky towns whose density, at 464.9 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset (current) | 12,389 | 576 | 464.9 | |
| Berea | 16,436 | 173 | 105.3 | 39 |
| Danville | 17,562 | 293 | 166.8 | 39 |
| Campbellsville | 11,820 | 201 | 170.1 | 45 |
| Richmond | 39,581 | 615 | 155.4 | 47 |
| Nicholasville | 33,458 | 307 | 91.8 | 56 |
| Lawrenceburg | 12,189 | 61 | 50.0 | 67 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Somerset
Lexington-Fayette, KY lies 66 miles from Somerset, far enough that a used chair, chairside unit, or imaging system has no nearby resale market, which is where the collateral discount comes from. At $32,910 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 degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar. Somerset is the Pulaski County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Kentucky towns
- Berea 16,436 residents
- Danville 17,562 residents
- Campbellsville 11,820 residents
- Richmond 39,581 residents
- Nicholasville 33,458 residents
- Lawrenceburg 12,189 residents
What owners in Somerset ask
01How many providers practice in Somerset, and in what?
576 enumerations sit at Somerset addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 464.9 for every 10,000 residents. 30 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and specialty physician groups follows with 51. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 576 here cover fewer than 576 practices.
02Does being 66 miles out change the underwriting?
Distance does the work here. 66 miles out, Pulaski County supplies the rent and resale comparables, which usually means a slower appraisal and a harder haircut on anything a funder would have to move to sell.
03What does Pulaski County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Pulaski County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 12,389 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
04Why does Pulaski County show so little SBA activity?
Pulaski 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.
05How does the hospital in Somerset 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. 6 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 464.9 per 10,000 market.
06Which fields carry the volume in Somerset?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 172 of them, ahead of specialty physician groups at 51, across 29 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
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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