New Mexico micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Las Vegas, New Mexico
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Las Vegas runs 241.5 providers per 10,000 residents, 307 clinicians against 12,711 people, 48 percent of them in behavioral and mental health group practices, while San Miguel County lenders have approved 0 healthcare files worth $0 and the nearest metro is 43 miles out.
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- Population: 12,711 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 307 across 23 fields2
- Median household income: $42,7323
- Largest provider field: Behavioral and mental health group practices: 147 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Santa Fe, NM, 43 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
Counted at the town's own addresses: 307 providers, 23 fields, 241.5 clinicians per 10,000 of the 12,711 residents here
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 147 | 115.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 51 | 40.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 26 | 20.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 10 | 7.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 10 | 7.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 9 | 7.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 8 | 6.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 7 | 5.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 6 | 4.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 5 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 3 | 2.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 2 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Behavioral and mental health group practices carries 147 of the 307 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What lenders have already approved in San Miguel County
0 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 20 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
At 241.5 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. San Miguel County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $42,732 in Las Vegas 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
- Working capital term loan
- Practice acquisition
- Business line of credit
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
Ranked from the 23 fields that actually practice in Las Vegas, weighted toward behavioral and mental health group practices. Availability still depends on New Mexico and on the funding partner.
Underwriting by field in Las Vegas
behavioral and mental health group practices, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Las Vegas, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (147) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (51) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (26) | 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.
How Las Vegas prices against its neighbors
Set Las Vegas's 241.5 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas (current) | 12,711 | 307 | 241.5 | |
| Santa Fe | 90,551 | 1,581 | 174.6 | 43 |
| Los Lunas | 19,907 | 233 | 117.0 | 104 |
| Clovis | 37,555 | 448 | 119.3 | 139 |
| Portales | 11,789 | 134 | 113.7 | 144 |
| Roswell | 47,176 | 388 | 82.2 | 159 |
| Farmington | 46,262 | 587 | 126.9 | 184 |
How Las Vegas sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Santa Fe, NM is 43 miles. That is close enough for rent in Las Vegas to be compared against the metro and far enough that patient draw is not. At $42,732 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. A Medicare-certified hospital operates here, so referral flow is verifiable and the clinical wage floor is already set. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in Las Vegas. Las Vegas is the San Miguel County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby New Mexico towns
Questions from Las Vegas
01How many providers practice in Las Vegas, and in what?
NPPES lists 307 providers at a Las Vegas practice address, 241.5 per 10,000 residents across 23 tracked fields. Behavioral and mental health group practices accounts for 147 of them, 48 percent of the total, with physical, occupational, and speech therapy next at 51. Read that as clinicians: 307 enumerations, not 307 owners.
02Why does San Miguel County show so little SBA activity?
San Miguel County shows 0 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. 20 lending establishments operate locally.
03Is Las Vegas underwritten as part of Santa Fe, NM?
Comparables and demand split at 43 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Santa Fe, NM; the revenue line has to hold up against 12,711 local residents.
04What does San Miguel County's shortage designation change?
San Miguel County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas 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. 1 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 241.5 per 10,000 market.
06Which fields carry the volume in Las Vegas?
The 23 enumerated fields are led by behavioral and mental health group practices at 147, with physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 51 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
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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