Ohio micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Rocky River, Ohio
Direct answer
21,468 residents, 207 enumerated clinicians, 96.4 per 10,000, 19 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Rocky River market a funder prices. Cuyahoga County adds 43 healthcare approvals worth $7,768,200 and 9 miles of distance to Cleveland, OH.
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- Population: 21,468 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 207 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $93,9563
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 39 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Cleveland, OH, 9 miles1
What NPPES records at Rocky River addresses
The NPPES file puts 207 enumerated clinicians inside Rocky River, spread over 22 fields at 96.4 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 39 | 18.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 20 | 9.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 19 | 8.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 14 | 6.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 13 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 11 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 10 | 4.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 10 | 4.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 9 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 9 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 9 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 9 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 7 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 7 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 5 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 2 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 39 of the 207 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Loan activity in Cuyahoga County
The published file shows 43 healthcare approvals in Cuyahoga County, $7,768,200 in total, and that history is what an appraiser and a credit committee reach for
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 43 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $7,768,200 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $180,656 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 715 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
The ratio that matters up front is 96.4 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. A request measured against 43 prior Cuyahoga County approvals is priced on precedent, which shortens the questions about valuation. Household income of $93,956 in Rocky River 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
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 22 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Ohio.
Underwriting by field in Rocky River
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, behavioral and mental health group practices
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (39) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (20) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (19) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
The first column is Rocky River's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Rocky River or anywhere else.
How Rocky River prices against its neighbors
96.4 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Rocky River
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky River (current) | 21,468 | 207 | 96.4 | |
| Fairview Park | 16,860 | 140 | 83.0 | 2 |
| Lakewood | 49,517 | 327 | 66.0 | 3 |
| Westlake | 34,232 | 754 | 220.3 | 4 |
| Brook Park | 18,142 | 18 | 9.9 | 5 |
| North Olmsted | 31,690 | 234 | 73.8 | 5 |
| Brooklyn | 11,072 | 95 | 85.8 | 6 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Rocky River
Cleveland, OH lies 9 miles from Rocky River, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Cleveland, OH rents while 21,468 residents set the revenue ceiling. Median household income runs $93,956, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
Nearby Ohio towns
- Fairview Park 16,860 residents
- Lakewood 49,517 residents
- Westlake 34,232 residents
- Brook Park 18,142 residents
- North Olmsted 31,690 residents
- Brooklyn 11,072 residents
Questions from Rocky River
01How many providers practice in Rocky River, and in what?
NPPES lists 207 providers at a Rocky River practice address, 96.4 per 10,000 residents across 22 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 39 of them, 19 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 20. Read that as clinicians: 207 enumerations, not 207 owners.
02What does SBA lending look like around Rocky River?
$7,768,200 went to healthcare borrowers in Cuyahoga County across 43 approvals, $180,656 on average. Deals near Rocky River get sized against that record before anything else.
03What does Cuyahoga County's shortage designation change?
Cuyahoga County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Rocky River can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
04Which fields carry the volume in Rocky River?
The 22 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 39, with primary care and family medicine at 20 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
05Is Rocky River underwritten as part of Cleveland, OH?
Comparables and demand split at 9 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Cleveland, OH; the revenue line has to hold up against 21,468 local residents.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Rocky River?
1 Medicare-certified providers hold an address in the town across the Care Compare categories. Certified volume this close matters on a working-capital file, because it shows the payer-mix and the reimbursement lag a funder will price into a 21,468 resident 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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