Minnesota micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Sartell, Minnesota
Direct answer
A Sartell file is read against 196 local clinicians, 98.1 for every 10,000 of its 19,979 residents, 26 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 10 SBA healthcare approvals worth $8,217,000 already recorded in Stearns County, 7 miles from St. Cloud, MN.
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- Population: 19,979 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 196 across 19 fields2
- Median household income: $77,4653
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 50 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: St. Cloud, MN, 7 miles1
Sartell clinicians, by field
The NPPES file puts 196 enumerated clinicians inside Sartell, spread over 19 fields at 98.1 per 10,000 residents
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 50 | 25.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 27 | 13.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 21 | 10.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 16 | 8.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 16 | 8.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 14 | 7.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 8 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 7 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 7 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 5 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 4 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 4 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 4 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 3 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 8 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 50 of the 196 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
The lending record behind Sartell
10 healthcare approvals averaging $821,700 set the deal shape lenders in Stearns County have already underwritten
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 10 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $8,217,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Typical approval size | $821,700 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 112 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Sartell the way a credit committee does
Underwriting starts with 98.1 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. Because Stearns County already carries $8,217,000 across 10 healthcare approvals, a request near that average moves faster than one well above it. A $77,465 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
Weighted by how often each of the 19 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Minnesota rules and the partner decide availability.
The first pages of a Sartell file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, chiropractic, dental specialties
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (50) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Chiropractic (27) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
| Dental specialties (21) | Collections concentrated in the selling doctor, Referral source concentration, Contract receivables on payment plans | Specialty practice acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Sartell providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Sartell, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring Minnesota towns
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 98.1 per 10,000 here
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sartell (current) | 19,979 | 196 | 98.1 | |
| Sauk Rapids | 13,832 | 81 | 58.6 | 3 |
| St. Cloud | 72,145 | 36 | 5.0 | 7 |
| Big Lake | 12,855 | 46 | 35.8 | 30 |
| Monticello | 15,482 | 147 | 94.9 | 30 |
| Buffalo | 16,736 | 214 | 127.9 | 35 |
| Elk River | 27,606 | 181 | 65.6 | 37 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Sartell
St. Cloud, MN lies 7 miles from Sartell, close enough that appraisers price the lease against St. Cloud, MN rents while 19,979 residents set the revenue ceiling. Median household income runs $77,465, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Referral flow comes from outside Sartell, which a projection needs to state plainly.
Nearby Minnesota towns
- Sauk Rapids 13,832 residents
- St. Cloud 72,145 residents
- Big Lake 12,855 residents
- Monticello 15,482 residents
- Buffalo 16,736 residents
- Elk River 27,606 residents
Questions from Sartell
01How many providers practice in Sartell, and in what?
Across 19 fields, Sartell carries 196 enumerated clinicians, 98.1 per 10,000 of the 19,979 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 50 of the total, then chiropractic at 27. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Stearns County's shortage designation change?
Stearns County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Sartell can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Which fields carry the volume in Sartell?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 50 providers and chiropractic at 27 lead the 19 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
04Is Sartell underwritten as part of St. Cloud, MN?
St. Cloud, MN sits 7 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 19,979 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
05What does SBA lending look like around Sartell?
Healthcare borrowers in Stearns County took 10 approvals worth $8,217,000 in the published fiscal year, averaging $821,700. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Sartell reaches for first.
06Is there local lending capacity in Stearns County?
County Business Patterns records 112 credit intermediation establishments in Stearns County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Sartell rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
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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