New York micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Elmira, New York
Direct answer
A Elmira file is read against 503 local clinicians, 191.6 for every 10,000 of its 26,255 residents, 30 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 2 SBA healthcare approvals worth $495,000 already recorded in Chemung County, 0 miles from Elmira, NY.
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- Population: 26,255 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 503 across 29 fields2
- Median household income: $43,0893
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 149 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Elmira, NY, 0 miles1
Elmira clinicians, by field
The NPPES file puts 503 enumerated clinicians inside Elmira, spread over 29 fields at 191.6 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 149 | 56.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 90 | 34.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 56 | 21.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 42 | 16.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 27 | 10.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 20 | 7.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 17 | 6.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 16 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 13 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 11 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 11 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 10 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 8 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 6 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 3 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 2 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 13 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
A single Elmira practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 30 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
The lending record behind Elmira
2 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 2 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $495,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $247,500 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 36 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Elmira the way a credit committee does
A file from here opens on 191.6 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. A short county record of 2 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. With $43,089 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Elmira households actually spend.
Programs the Elmira mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 29 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in New York.
What a funder reads first in Elmira
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in Elmira, 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 (149) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (90) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Specialty physician groups (56) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
Column one counts Elmira clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Elmira file differently.
How Elmira prices against its neighbors
191.6 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Elmira
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmira (current) | 26,255 | 503 | 191.6 | |
| Corning | 10,605 | 175 | 165.0 | 13 |
| Ithaca | 33,768 | 663 | 196.3 | 29 |
| Endicott | 13,199 | 130 | 98.5 | 38 |
| Binghamton | 46,773 | 541 | 115.7 | 46 |
| Cortland | 17,459 | 317 | 181.6 | 48 |
| Geneva | 12,397 | 208 | 167.8 | 54 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Elmira
Elmira, NY lies 0 miles from Elmira, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Elmira, NY rents while 26,255 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $43,089 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Wages here are anchored by the Medicare-certified hospital in town, which is what a staffing line gets measured against. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year. Elmira is the Chemung County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby New York towns
Elmira owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Elmira, and in what?
503 enumerations sit at Elmira addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 191.6 for every 10,000 residents. 30 percent of them are physical, occupational, and speech therapy, and behavioral and mental health group practices follows with 90. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 503 here cover fewer than 503 practices.
02What does Chemung County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Chemung County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 26,255 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
03Why does Chemung County show so little SBA activity?
Chemung County shows 2 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. 36 lending establishments operate locally.
04How does the hospital in Elmira 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 191.6 per 10,000 market.
05Which fields carry the volume in Elmira?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 149 of them, ahead of behavioral and mental health group practices at 90, across 29 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
06Is Elmira underwritten as part of Elmira, NY?
Partly. Elmira, NY is 0 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 26,255 residents around Elmira. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
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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