Oklahoma micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Bixby, Oklahoma
Direct answer
Tulsa County carries 20 SBA healthcare approvals worth $18,906,200, and inside Bixby the census shows 150 enumerated clinicians against 31,728 residents, 47.3 per 10,000, 30 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Tulsa, OK lies 13 miles away.
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- Population: 31,728 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 150 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $99,6023
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 45 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 2 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Tulsa, OK, 13 miles1
The provider census in Bixby
Counted at the town's own addresses: 150 providers, 22 fields, 47.3 clinicians per 10,000 of the 31,728 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 45 | 14.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 21 | 6.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 16 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 15 | 4.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 8 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 8 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 6 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 5 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| IDD services | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 2 | CMS [4] |
A single Bixby 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.
What lenders have already approved in Tulsa County
Lenders in Tulsa County have already closed 20 healthcare approvals, averaging $945,310, which is the size a new file gets read beside
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 20 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $18,906,200 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Typical approval size | $945,310 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 492 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
A file from here opens on 47.3 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. 20 approvals worth $18,906,200 in Tulsa County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. With $99,602 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Bixby households actually spend.
Programs the Bixby mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Built from what is enumerated here rather than from a national list, so a field with no presence in Bixby does not appear. Availability is still a Oklahoma question.
What a funder reads first in Bixby
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (45) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (21) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (16) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
The first column is Bixby's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Bixby or anywhere else.
How Bixby prices against its neighbors
Comparables travel. These are the Oklahoma towns whose density, at 47.3 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bixby (current) | 31,728 | 150 | 47.3 | |
| Jenks | 27,869 | 219 | 78.6 | 6 |
| Glenpool | 14,567 | 67 | 46.0 | 7 |
| Coweta | 11,093 | 74 | 66.7 | 12 |
| Sapulpa | 23,297 | 275 | 118.0 | 14 |
| Sand Springs | 20,330 | 128 | 63.0 | 19 |
| Okmulgee | 11,354 | 186 | 163.8 | 23 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Bixby
Tulsa, OK lies 13 miles from Bixby, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Tulsa, OK rents while 31,728 residents set the revenue ceiling. Households here carry $99,602 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. No hospital operates here, so the referral sources and the call arrangement have to be named rather than assumed. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year.
Nearby Oklahoma towns
What owners in Bixby ask
01How many providers practice in Bixby, and in what?
Across 22 fields, Bixby carries 150 enumerated clinicians, 47.3 per 10,000 of the 31,728 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 45 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 21. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Tulsa County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Tulsa County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Bixby and evidences a staffing ramp in a 31,728 resident market.
03Is Bixby underwritten as part of Tulsa, OK?
Partly. Tulsa, OK is 13 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 31,728 residents around Bixby. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
04What does SBA lending look like around Bixby?
Healthcare borrowers in Tulsa County took 20 approvals worth $18,906,200 in the published fiscal year, averaging $945,310. That is the comparable set an appraiser near Bixby reaches for first.
05What does a $99,602 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Bixby runs $99,602. 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.
06How does the college here show up in the numbers?
Higher education here shapes the calendar more than the population figure suggests. The 31,728 resident count understates term-time demand and overstates it in July, and a lender that sees both months wants the reason.
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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