Massachusetts micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Braintree, Massachusetts
Direct answer
Norfolk County carries 4 SBA healthcare approvals worth $1,134,000, and inside Braintree the census shows 497 enumerated clinicians against 39,134 residents, 127.0 per 10,000, 25 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH lies 9 miles away.
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- Population: 39,134 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 497 across 29 fields2
- Median household income: $125,3053
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 125 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 4 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 9 miles1
What NPPES records at Braintree addresses
127.0 providers per 10,000 residents is what 497 enumerations across 29 fields works out to in a town of 39,134
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 125 | 31.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 84 | 21.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 43 | 11.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 35 | 8.9 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 34 | 8.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 23 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 21 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 20 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 14 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 13 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 13 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 12 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 11 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 11 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 7 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 6 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 4 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 9 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 125 of the 497 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
The lending record behind Braintree
4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 4 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Approved dollars | $1,134,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Average approval | $283,500 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 413 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Braintree the way a credit committee does
The ratio that matters up front is 127.0 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. Norfolk County has 4 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $125,305 in Braintree is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 29 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Massachusetts.
What a funder reads first in Braintree
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Braintree that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, specialty physician groups.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (125) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (84) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Specialty physician groups (43) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
Local counts come from NPPES. What a file turns on is drawn from how the field is generally reviewed, not from any decision about your practice.
How Braintree prices against its neighbors
Set Braintree's 127.0 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree (current) | 39,134 | 497 | 127.0 | |
| Randolph | 35,114 | 311 | 88.6 | 3 |
| Weymouth | 60,159 | 425 | 70.6 | 3 |
| Winthrop | 18,739 | 72 | 38.4 | 12 |
| Chelsea | 40,245 | 428 | 106.3 | 13 |
| Everett | 51,825 | 157 | 30.3 | 14 |
| Somerville | 82,149 | 534 | 65.0 | 14 |
How Braintree sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 9 miles. Appraisers borrow Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH rents, and the 39,134 residents set the ceiling on collections. At $125,305 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed.
More of Massachusetts
Braintree owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Braintree, and in what?
NPPES lists 497 providers at a Braintree practice address, 127.0 per 10,000 residents across 29 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 125 of them, 25 percent of the total, with behavioral and mental health group practices next at 84. Read that as clinicians: 497 enumerations, not 497 owners.
02Why does Norfolk County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 4 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Norfolk County. That tracks how few Norfolk County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 413 credit intermediation establishments operate in Norfolk County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
03Which fields carry the volume in Braintree?
The 29 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 125, with behavioral and mental health group practices at 84 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
04What does a $125,305 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Braintree runs $125,305. 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.
05What does Norfolk County's shortage designation change?
Norfolk County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Braintree can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
06Is Braintree underwritten as part of Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?
Partly. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 9 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 39,134 residents around Braintree. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
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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