Louisiana micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Alexandria, Louisiana
Direct answer
Rapides County carries 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and inside Alexandria the census shows 782 enumerated clinicians against 43,133 residents, 181.3 per 10,000, 20 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Alexandria, LA lies 0 miles away.
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- Population: 43,133 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 782 across 35 fields2
- Median household income: $47,3573
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 155 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 24 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Alexandria, LA, 0 miles1
Alexandria clinicians, by field
Counted at the town's own addresses: 782 providers, 35 fields, 181.3 clinicians per 10,000 of the 43,133 residents here
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 155 | 35.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 90 | 20.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 83 | 19.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 65 | 15.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 48 | 11.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 40 | 9.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 35 | 8.1 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 33 | 7.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 30 | 7.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 23 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 22 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 21 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 19 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 18 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 14 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 13 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 9 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 8 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 7 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 6 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 6 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 6 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| IDD services | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 21 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 9 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 8 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 3 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 155 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
What lenders have already approved in Rapides County
With 0 healthcare approvals recorded, Rapides County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 0 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $0 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | No approvals recorded | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 109 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
The ratio that matters up front is 181.3 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. With $47,357 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Alexandria 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
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Alexandria does not appear. Availability is still a Louisiana question.
The first pages of a Alexandria file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, behavioral and mental health group practices account for most of what is enumerated in Alexandria, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (155) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (90) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (83) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
Counts in the first column are Alexandria providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Alexandria, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring Louisiana towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Alexandria has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria (current) | 43,133 | 782 | 181.3 | |
| Pineville | 13,966 | 266 | 190.5 | 5 |
| Natchitoches | 17,165 | 241 | 140.4 | 48 |
| Opelousas | 15,176 | 288 | 189.8 | 58 |
| Carencro | 12,883 | 97 | 75.3 | 72 |
| Crowley | 11,216 | 196 | 174.8 | 74 |
| Broussard | 15,312 | 101 | 66.0 | 85 |
How Alexandria sits against the nearest metro
0 miles separate Alexandria from Alexandria, LA. Lease pricing follows Alexandria, LA, while revenue stays capped by the 43,133 residents here. Households here carry $47,357 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. The Medicare-certified hospital in Alexandria sets the local wage floor before you hire against it. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Alexandria. Alexandria is the Rapides County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Louisiana
Alexandria owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Alexandria, and in what?
NPPES lists 782 providers at a Alexandria practice address, 181.3 per 10,000 residents across 35 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 155 of them, 20 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 90. Read that as clinicians: 782 enumerations, not 782 owners.
02Why does Rapides County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Rapides County. That tracks how few Rapides County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 109 credit intermediation establishments operate in Rapides County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Alexandria?
Care Compare lists 24 certified providers with a Alexandria address. That count is a proxy for how much of the local revenue arrives on a federal payment cycle rather than at the front desk.
04Which fields carry the volume in Alexandria?
The 35 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 155, with primary care and family medicine at 90 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
05Is Alexandria underwritten as part of Alexandria, LA?
Alexandria, LA sits 0 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Alexandria, LA; the 43,133 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
06What does Rapides County's shortage designation change?
Rapides County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Alexandria can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
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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