Louisiana micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Natchitoches, Louisiana
Direct answer
17,165 residents, 241 enumerated clinicians, 140.4 per 10,000, 20 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Natchitoches market a funder prices. Natchitoches County adds 2 healthcare approvals worth $865,500 and 48 miles of distance to Alexandria, LA.
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- Population: 17,165 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 241 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $38,7313
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 49 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 6 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Alexandria, LA, 48 miles1
The provider census in Natchitoches
241 providers across 26 fields, 140.4 per 10,000 residents, counted at Natchitoches addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 49 | 28.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 35 | 20.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 23 | 13.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 20 | 11.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 18 | 10.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 12 | 7.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 10 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 10 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 9 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 9 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 7 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 5 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 3 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] |
A single Natchitoches practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 20 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Natchitoches County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
2 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 2 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Total approved capital | $865,500 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Mean deal size | $432,750 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 42 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
At 140.4 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. With 2 approvals on record in Natchitoches County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. Household income of $38,731 in Natchitoches is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Natchitoches mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Medical receivables factoring
Ranked from the 26 fields that actually practice in Natchitoches, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Louisiana and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Natchitoches file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Natchitoches, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (49) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (35) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Primary care and family medicine (23) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
NPPES supplies the Natchitoches counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Natchitoches file is bound by them.
How Natchitoches prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 140.4 per 10,000 here
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natchitoches (current) | 17,165 | 241 | 140.4 | |
| Alexandria | 43,133 | 782 | 181.3 | 48 |
| Pineville | 13,966 | 266 | 190.5 | 49 |
| Ruston | 22,330 | 354 | 158.5 | 61 |
| Minden | 11,195 | 153 | 136.7 | 62 |
| West Monroe | 12,476 | 458 | 367.1 | 77 |
| Monroe | 46,622 | 1,230 | 263.8 | 81 |
What the geography does to a Natchitoches projection
48 miles separate Natchitoches from Alexandria, LA. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. Median household income runs $38,731, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year. Natchitoches is the Natchitoches County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Other Louisiana markets
- Alexandria 43,133 residents
- Pineville 13,966 residents
- Ruston 22,330 residents
- Minden 11,195 residents
- West Monroe 12,476 residents
- Monroe 46,622 residents
Natchitoches owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Natchitoches, and in what?
NPPES lists 241 providers at a Natchitoches practice address, 140.4 per 10,000 residents across 26 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 49 of them, 20 percent of the total, with behavioral and mental health group practices next at 35. Read that as clinicians: 241 enumerations, not 241 owners.
02What does Natchitoches County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Natchitoches County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 17,165 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
03Why does Natchitoches County show so little SBA activity?
Only 2 healthcare approvals appear for Natchitoches County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Natchitoches County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 42 credit intermediation establishments.
04Is Natchitoches underwritten as part of Alexandria, LA?
Alexandria, LA sits 48 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 17,165 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
05How does the hospital in Natchitoches affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 6 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Natchitoches projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
06What does a $38,731 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Natchitoches runs $38,731. 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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