Minnesota micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Grand Rapids runs 229.5 providers per 10,000 residents, 258 clinicians against 11,244 people, 18 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Itasca County lenders have approved 1 healthcare files worth $550,000 and the nearest metro is 73 miles out.
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- Population: 11,244 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 258 across 25 fields2
- Median household income: $56,5423
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 47 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 5 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Duluth, MN-WI, 73 miles1
Fields practicing inside Grand Rapids
258 providers across 25 fields, 229.5 per 10,000 residents, counted at Grand Rapids addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 47 | 41.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 41 | 36.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 30 | 26.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 24 | 21.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 20 | 17.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 18 | 16.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 13 | 11.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 12 | 10.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 10 | 8.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 7 | 6.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 6 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 5 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 4 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 4 | 3.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 11 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 47 of the 258 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Loan activity in Itasca County
With 1 healthcare approvals recorded, Itasca County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 1 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $550,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | $550,000 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 27 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
A file from here opens on 229.5 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. Itasca County has 1 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. A $56,542 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The order comes from Grand Rapids's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 18 percent. What a partner can actually place in Minnesota is a separate question.
Underwriting by field in Grand Rapids
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Grand Rapids, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (47) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (41) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| Primary care and family medicine (30) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
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.
Density beside the neighboring Minnesota towns
229.5 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Grand Rapids
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Rapids (current) | 11,244 | 258 | 229.5 | |
| Hibbing | 15,940 | 152 | 95.4 | 30 |
| Cloquet | 12,475 | 122 | 97.8 | 60 |
| Bemidji | 15,733 | 359 | 228.2 | 66 |
| Brainerd | 14,400 | 242 | 168.1 | 68 |
| Hermantown | 10,265 | 111 | 108.1 | 68 |
| Duluth | 87,986 | 1,422 | 161.6 | 73 |
How Grand Rapids sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Duluth, MN-WI is 73 miles. Resale for used clinical equipment is effectively absent, which is why collateral gets marked down. At $56,542 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Hospital coverage inside Grand Rapids means a call schedule can be evidenced rather than described. Grand Rapids is the Itasca County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Minnesota towns
What owners in Grand Rapids ask
01How many providers practice in Grand Rapids, and in what?
NPPES lists 258 providers at a Grand Rapids practice address, 229.5 per 10,000 residents across 25 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 47 of them, 18 percent of the total, with chiropractic next at 41. Read that as clinicians: 258 enumerations, not 258 owners.
02Does being 73 miles out change the underwriting?
Duluth, MN-WI is 73 miles away, far enough that rent and equipment resale comparables get pulled from Itasca County rather than a metro market. At 73 miles the appraisal window runs longer and equipment resale gets discounted.
03Why does Itasca County show so little SBA activity?
Itasca County shows 1 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. 27 lending establishments operate locally.
04What does Itasca County's shortage designation change?
Itasca County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Grand Rapids can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
05How does the hospital in Grand Rapids 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. 5 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 229.5 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $56,542 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Grand Rapids runs $56,542. 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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