Maryland micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Aberdeen, Maryland
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Aberdeen runs 105.1 providers per 10,000 residents, 194 clinicians against 18,451 people, 29 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Harford County lenders have approved 3 healthcare files worth $1,411,000 and the nearest metro is 28 miles out.
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- Population: 18,451 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 194 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $76,0193
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 56 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, 28 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
194 providers across 26 fields, 105.1 per 10,000 residents, counted at Aberdeen addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 56 | 30.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 21 | 11.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 15 | 8.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 15 | 8.1 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 14 | 7.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 9 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 8 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 7 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 7 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 6 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 5 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 3 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 3 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 56 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Harford County
With 3 healthcare approvals recorded, Harford County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 3 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Total approved capital | $1,411,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Mean deal size | $470,333 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 122 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
A file from here opens on 105.1 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. A short county record of 3 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. With $76,019 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Aberdeen households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Medical receivables factoring
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Aberdeen does not appear. Availability is still a Maryland question.
Underwriting by field in Aberdeen
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, home health account for most of what is enumerated in Aberdeen, 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 (56) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (21) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Home health (15) | Medicare certification first, Payer mix second, Days in accounts receivable third | Payroll between visit and remittance |
The first column is Aberdeen's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Aberdeen or anywhere else.
How Aberdeen prices against its neighbors
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Aberdeen has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen (current) | 18,451 | 194 | 105.1 | |
| Havre de Grace | 15,222 | 212 | 139.3 | 4 |
| Bel Air | 10,395 | 981 | 943.7 | 9 |
| Elkton | 15,977 | 404 | 252.9 | 20 |
| Annapolis | 40,689 | 1,512 | 371.6 | 41 |
| Westminster | 20,662 | 730 | 353.3 | 45 |
| Laurel | 30,238 | 1,147 | 379.3 | 47 |
What the geography does to a Aberdeen projection
28 miles separate Aberdeen from Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. Households here carry $76,019 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable.
Other Maryland markets
- Havre de Grace 15,222 residents
- Bel Air 10,395 residents
- Elkton 15,977 residents
- Annapolis 40,689 residents
- Westminster 20,662 residents
- Laurel 30,238 residents
What owners in Aberdeen ask
01How many providers practice in Aberdeen, and in what?
194 enumerations sit at Aberdeen addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 105.1 for every 10,000 residents. 29 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and behavioral and mental health group practices follows with 21. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 194 here cover fewer than 194 practices.
02What does Harford County's shortage designation change?
Harford County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Aberdeen can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Why does Harford County show so little SBA activity?
Only 3 healthcare approvals appear for Harford County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Harford County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 122 credit intermediation establishments.
04Is Aberdeen underwritten as part of Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?
Comparables and demand split at 28 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD; the revenue line has to hold up against 18,451 local residents.
05Is there local lending capacity in Harford County?
County Business Patterns records 122 credit intermediation establishments in Harford County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Aberdeen rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06How does the hospital in Aberdeen affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 3 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Aberdeen 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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