Massachusetts micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Chicopee, Massachusetts
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Chicopee runs 47.7 providers per 10,000 residents, 264 clinicians against 55,381 people, 22 percent of them in behavioral and mental health group practices, while Hampden County lenders have approved 7 healthcare files worth $4,880,000 and the nearest metro is 5 miles out.
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- Population: 55,381 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 264 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $66,9273
- Largest provider field: Behavioral and mental health group practices: 59 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Springfield, MA, 5 miles1
Chicopee clinicians, by field
47.7 providers per 10,000 residents is what 264 enumerations across 26 fields works out to in a town of 55,381
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 59 | 10.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 34 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 32 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 26 | 4.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 17 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 15 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 12 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 10 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 9 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 8 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 8 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 6 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 4 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Fertility and IVF | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 10 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Behavioral and mental health group practices carries 59 of the 264 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What Hampden County credit files already show
The county file holds 7 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 7 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Total approved capital | $4,880,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Mean deal size | $697,143 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 239 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Density of 47.7 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. Hampden County has 7 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $66,927 in Chicopee is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- 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 Chicopee does not appear. Availability is still a Massachusetts question.
The first pages of a Chicopee file
behavioral and mental health group practices, general dentistry, physical, occupational, and speech therapy account for most of what is enumerated in Chicopee, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (59) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| General dentistry (34) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (32) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
Counts in the first column are Chicopee providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Chicopee, not what any funder will do with your file.
Chicopee against nearby Massachusetts markets
Set Chicopee's 47.7 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicopee (current) | 55,381 | 264 | 47.7 | |
| Holyoke | 37,838 | 647 | 171.0 | 4 |
| West Springfield | 29,028 | 439 | 151.2 | 5 |
| Easthampton | 16,020 | 135 | 84.3 | 8 |
| Agawam | 28,749 | 166 | 57.7 | 9 |
| Westfield | 40,403 | 338 | 83.7 | 10 |
| Northampton | 31,315 | 517 | 165.1 | 12 |
What the geography does to a Chicopee projection
5 miles separate Chicopee from Springfield, MA. Lease pricing follows Springfield, MA, while revenue stays capped by the 55,381 residents here. At $66,927 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Referral flow comes from outside Chicopee, which a projection needs to state plainly. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year.
Nearby Massachusetts towns
- Holyoke 37,838 residents
- West Springfield 29,028 residents
- Easthampton 16,020 residents
- Agawam 28,749 residents
- Westfield 40,403 residents
- Northampton 31,315 residents
Questions from Chicopee
01How many providers practice in Chicopee, and in what?
264 enumerations sit at Chicopee addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 47.7 for every 10,000 residents. 22 percent of them are behavioral and mental health group practices, and general dentistry follows with 34. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 264 here cover fewer than 264 practices.
02What does Hampden County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Hampden County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 55,381 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
03Why does Hampden County show so little SBA activity?
Only 7 healthcare approvals appear for Hampden County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Hampden County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 239 credit intermediation establishments.
04Is Chicopee underwritten as part of Springfield, MA?
Springfield, MA sits 5 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Springfield, MA; the 55,381 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
05Is there local lending capacity in Hampden County?
County Business Patterns records 239 credit intermediation establishments in Hampden County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Chicopee rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does the underserved designation in Hampden County support?
Hampden County carries a medically underserved designation. It evidences unmet demand behind a capacity build, and it opens recruitment programs that make a staffing line in a projection easier to defend than local wage data alone would.
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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