New Jersey micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Summit, New Jersey
Direct answer
A Summit file is read against 394 local clinicians, 170.5 for every 10,000 of its 23,102 residents, 32 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 14 SBA healthcare approvals worth $9,015,200 already recorded in Union County, 23 miles from New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
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- Population: 23,102 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 394 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $199,1073
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 125 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 23 miles1
- Hospital: A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town4
The provider census in Summit
Counted at the town's own addresses: 394 providers, 26 fields, 170.5 clinicians per 10,000 of the 23,102 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 125 | 54.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 73 | 31.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 38 | 16.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 32 | 13.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 25 | 10.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 17 | 7.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 15 | 6.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 10 | 4.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 8 | 3.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 6 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 5 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 5 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 4 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 4 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 3 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Fertility and IVF | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 125 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
What lenders have already approved in Union County
Lenders in Union County have already closed 14 healthcare approvals, averaging $643,943, which is the size a new file gets read beside
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 14 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $9,015,200 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | $643,943 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 256 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
A file from here opens on 170.5 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. 14 approvals worth $9,015,200 in Union County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. A $199,107 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
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
The order comes from Summit's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 32 percent. What a partner can actually place in New Jersey is a separate question.
The first pages of a Summit file
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, ketamine, tms, and interventional psychiatry
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (125) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (73) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry (38) | Session series completion, Coverage mix, Device utilization | Treatment device purchase |
NPPES supplies the Summit counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Summit file is bound by them.
Summit against nearby New Jersey markets
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 170.5 per 10,000 here
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit (current) | 23,102 | 394 | 170.5 | |
| Chatham | 10,062 | 185 | 183.9 | 2 |
| New Providence | 13,957 | 133 | 95.3 | 2 |
| Florham Park | 14,533 | 286 | 196.8 | 4 |
| Madison | 16,555 | 139 | 84.0 | 4 |
| Westfield | 32,050 | 494 | 154.1 | 5 |
| Roselle Park | 14,390 | 81 | 56.3 | 6 |
What the geography does to a Summit projection
23 miles separate Summit from New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Lease pricing follows New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, while revenue stays capped by the 23,102 residents here. Households here carry $199,107 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set.
Nearby New Jersey towns
- Chatham 10,062 residents
- New Providence 13,957 residents
- Florham Park 14,533 residents
- Madison 16,555 residents
- Westfield 32,050 residents
- Roselle Park 14,390 residents
What owners in Summit ask
01How many providers practice in Summit, and in what?
394 enumerations sit at Summit addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 170.5 for every 10,000 residents. 32 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and specialty physician groups follows with 73. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 394 here cover fewer than 394 practices.
02What does a $199,107 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Summit runs $199,107. 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.
03Which fields carry the volume in Summit?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 125 providers and specialty physician groups at 73 lead the 26 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.
04What does SBA lending look like around Summit?
The county file behind Summit holds 14 healthcare approvals totaling $9,015,200, an average of $643,943. Those are the loan sizes lenders in Union County have already carried.
05What does Union County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Union County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
06How does the hospital in Summit 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. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 170.5 per 10,000 market.
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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