Ohio micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Mentor, Ohio
Direct answer
Lake County carries 4 SBA healthcare approvals worth $250,000, and inside Mentor the census shows 641 enumerated clinicians against 47,113 residents, 136.1 per 10,000, 22 percent of them in behavioral and mental health group practices. Cleveland, OH lies 23 miles away.
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- Population: 47,113 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 641 across 30 fields2
- Median household income: $89,2023
- Largest provider field: Behavioral and mental health group practices: 140 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 8 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Cleveland, OH, 23 miles1
The provider census in Mentor
The NPPES file puts 641 enumerated clinicians inside Mentor, spread over 30 fields at 136.1 per 10,000 residents
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 140 | 29.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 122 | 25.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 53 | 11.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 46 | 9.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 44 | 9.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 26 | 5.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 21 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 21 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 20 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 20 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 19 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 18 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 14 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 12 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 12 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 12 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 10 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 5 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 4 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 14 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] |
A single Mentor practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 22 percent sit in behavioral and mental health group practices, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Lake County credit files already show
4 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 | 4 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $250,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Typical approval size | $62,500 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 104 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Mentor the way a credit committee does
The ratio that matters up front is 136.1 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. A short county record of 4 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $89,202 in Mentor is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Programs the Mentor mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The order comes from Mentor's own provider mix, which behavioral and mental health group practices dominates at 22 percent. What a partner can actually place in Ohio is a separate question.
Underwriting by field in Mentor
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Mentor that means behavioral and mental health group practices, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, general dentistry.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (140) | 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 (122) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| General dentistry (53) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
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 Mentor prices against its neighbors
Comparables travel. These are the Ohio towns whose density, at 136.1 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mentor (current) | 47,113 | 641 | 136.1 | |
| Eastlake | 17,423 | 33 | 18.9 | 5 |
| Painesville | 20,660 | 208 | 100.7 | 5 |
| Willoughby | 24,208 | 343 | 141.7 | 5 |
| Willowick | 14,159 | 42 | 29.7 | 8 |
| Wickliffe | 12,659 | 81 | 64.0 | 9 |
| Euclid | 48,421 | 476 | 98.3 | 12 |
What the geography does to a Mentor projection
Cleveland, OH lies 23 miles from Mentor, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Cleveland, OH rents while 47,113 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $89,202 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year.
Other Ohio markets
- Eastlake 17,423 residents
- Painesville 20,660 residents
- Willoughby 24,208 residents
- Willowick 14,159 residents
- Wickliffe 12,659 residents
- Euclid 48,421 residents
Mentor owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Mentor, and in what?
641 enumerations sit at Mentor addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 136.1 for every 10,000 residents. 22 percent of them are behavioral and mental health group practices, and physical, occupational, and speech therapy follows with 122. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 641 here cover fewer than 641 practices.
02Which fields carry the volume in Mentor?
Volume concentrates in behavioral and mental health group practices, 140 of them, ahead of physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 122, across 30 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
03What does Lake County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Lake County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Mentor and evidences a staffing ramp in a 47,113 resident market.
04Why does Lake County show so little SBA activity?
Only 4 healthcare approvals appear for Lake County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Lake County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 104 credit intermediation establishments.
05Is Mentor underwritten as part of Cleveland, OH?
Comparables and demand split at 23 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Cleveland, OH; the revenue line has to hold up against 47,113 local residents.
06Is there local lending capacity in Lake County?
County Business Patterns records 104 credit intermediation establishments in Lake County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Mentor 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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