Minnesota micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Brainerd, Minnesota
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Brainerd runs 168.1 providers per 10,000 residents, 242 clinicians against 14,400 people, 25 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Crow Wing County lenders have approved 3 healthcare files worth $1,062,700 and the nearest metro is 57 miles out.
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- Population: 14,400 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 242 across 23 fields2
- Median household income: $53,7053
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 61 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: St. Cloud, MN, 57 miles1
Fields practicing inside Brainerd
242 providers across 23 fields, 168.1 per 10,000 residents, counted at Brainerd addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 61 | 42.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 32 | 22.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 26 | 18.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 23 | 16.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 12 | 8.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 11 | 7.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 10 | 6.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 9 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 7 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 6 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 5 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 5 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 4 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 3 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 9 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Brainerd practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 25 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What lenders have already approved in Crow Wing County
With 3 healthcare approvals recorded, Crow Wing County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 3 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $1,062,700 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $354,233 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 49 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
168.1 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. With 3 approvals on record in Crow Wing County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. A $53,705 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Programs the Brainerd mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 23 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Minnesota.
Underwriting by field in Brainerd
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic account for most of what is enumerated in Brainerd, 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 (61) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (32) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (26) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
Column one counts Brainerd clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Brainerd file differently.
Density beside the neighboring Minnesota towns
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Brainerd has too few sales of its own
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brainerd (current) | 14,400 | 242 | 168.1 | |
| Sartell | 19,979 | 196 | 98.1 | 51 |
| Sauk Rapids | 13,832 | 81 | 58.6 | 53 |
| St. Cloud | 72,145 | 36 | 5.0 | 57 |
| Alexandria | 14,914 | 313 | 209.9 | 65 |
| Grand Rapids | 11,244 | 258 | 229.5 | 69 |
| Cambridge | 10,974 | 180 | 164.0 | 72 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Brainerd
St. Cloud, MN lies 57 miles from Brainerd, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Median household income runs $53,705, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Hospital coverage inside Brainerd means a call schedule can be evidenced rather than described. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar. Brainerd is the Crow Wing County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Minnesota towns
- Sartell 19,979 residents
- Sauk Rapids 13,832 residents
- St. Cloud 72,145 residents
- Alexandria 14,914 residents
- Grand Rapids 11,244 residents
- Cambridge 10,974 residents
What owners in Brainerd ask
01How many providers practice in Brainerd, and in what?
NPPES lists 242 providers at a Brainerd practice address, 168.1 per 10,000 residents across 23 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 61 of them, 25 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 32. Read that as clinicians: 242 enumerations, not 242 owners.
02Why does Crow Wing County show so little SBA activity?
Crow Wing County shows 3 approvals in the SBA healthcare file, which means an appraiser reaches outside the county for comparables. Few sales, not weak credit, is the usual reason. 49 lending establishments operate locally.
03Is Brainerd underwritten as part of St. Cloud, MN?
St. Cloud, MN sits 57 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read St. Cloud, MN; the 14,400 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
04What does Crow Wing County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Crow Wing County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Brainerd and evidences a staffing ramp in a 14,400 resident market.
05How does the hospital in Brainerd affect a practice file?
A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town, which gives referral flow, a call schedule, and a clinical labor pool a funder can verify. 2 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 168.1 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $53,705 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Brainerd runs $53,705. 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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