Maryland micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Salisbury, Maryland
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Salisbury runs 295.4 providers per 10,000 residents, 993 clinicians against 33,616 people, 23 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Wicomico County lenders have approved 0 healthcare files worth $0 and the nearest metro is 0 miles out.
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- Population: 33,616 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 993 across 35 fields2
- Median household income: $56,4023
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 227 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 16 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Salisbury, MD, 0 miles1
Fields practicing inside Salisbury
295.4 providers per 10,000 residents is what 993 enumerations across 35 fields works out to in a town of 33,616
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 227 | 67.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 128 | 38.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 125 | 37.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 59 | 17.6 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 57 | 17.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 42 | 12.5 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 40 | 11.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 34 | 10.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 32 | 9.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 27 | 8.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 27 | 8.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 25 | 7.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 23 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 20 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 13 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 12 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 11 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 11 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 10 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 8 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 8 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 7 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 6 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 6 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 6 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 5 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 5 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 4 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 4 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 22 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 9 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Salisbury practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 23 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Wicomico County credit files already show
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 0 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $0 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Typical approval size | No approvals recorded | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 68 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
A file from here opens on 295.4 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $56,402 in Salisbury is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Salisbury mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Salisbury does not appear. Availability is still a Maryland question.
What a funder reads first in Salisbury
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in Salisbury, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (227) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (128) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Specialty physician groups (125) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
NPPES supplies the Salisbury counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Salisbury file is bound by them.
Salisbury against nearby Maryland markets
Comparables travel. These are the Maryland towns whose density, at 295.4 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury (current) | 33,616 | 993 | 295.4 | |
| Cambridge | 13,262 | 223 | 168.1 | 29 |
| Easton | 17,381 | 523 | 300.9 | 38 |
| Annapolis | 40,689 | 1,512 | 371.6 | 65 |
| Bowie | 58,421 | 991 | 169.6 | 74 |
| La Plata | 11,374 | 232 | 204.0 | 76 |
| New Carrollton | 13,645 | 51 | 37.4 | 81 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Salisbury
Salisbury, MD lies 0 miles from Salisbury, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Salisbury, MD rents while 33,616 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $56,402 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar. Salisbury is the Wicomico County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Maryland
What owners in Salisbury ask
01How many providers practice in Salisbury, and in what?
Across 35 fields, Salisbury carries 993 enumerated clinicians, 295.4 per 10,000 of the 33,616 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 227 of the total, then behavioral and mental health group practices at 128. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Wicomico County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Wicomico County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
03Why does Wicomico County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Wicomico County. That tracks how few Wicomico County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 68 credit intermediation establishments operate in Wicomico County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04Which fields carry the volume in Salisbury?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 227 of them, ahead of behavioral and mental health group practices at 128, across 35 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
05Is Salisbury underwritten as part of Salisbury, MD?
Comparables and demand split at 0 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Salisbury, MD; the revenue line has to hold up against 33,616 local residents.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Salisbury?
16 Medicare-certified providers hold an address in the town across the Care Compare categories. Certified volume this close matters on a working-capital file, because it shows the payer-mix and the reimbursement lag a funder will price into a 33,616 resident market.
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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