Oklahoma micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in El Reno, Oklahoma
Direct answer
20,041 residents, 116 enumerated clinicians, 57.9 per 10,000, 20 percent of them in behavioral and mental health group practices: that is the El Reno market a funder prices. Canadian County adds 2 healthcare approvals worth $2,428,000 and 26 miles of distance to Oklahoma City, OK.
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- Population: 20,041 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 116 across 19 fields2
- Median household income: $54,4593
- Largest provider field: Behavioral and mental health group practices: 23 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Oklahoma City, OK, 26 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
116 providers across 19 fields, 57.9 per 10,000 residents, counted at El Reno addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 23 | 11.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 22 | 11.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 13 | 6.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 12 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 8 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 6 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 6 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 4 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 3 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 2 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 23 behavioral and mental health group practices enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
The lending record behind El Reno
2 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 2 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $2,428,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | $1,214,000 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 73 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
How this data lands in an underwriting decision
Underwriting starts with 57.9 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. A short county record of 2 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. Household income of $54,459 in El Reno is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
Weighted by how often each of the 19 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. Oklahoma rules and the partner decide availability.
Underwriting by field in El Reno
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In El Reno that means behavioral and mental health group practices, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, general dentistry.
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (23) | 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 (22) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| General dentistry (13) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
NPPES supplies the El Reno counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a El Reno file is bound by them.
How El Reno prices against its neighbors
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when El Reno has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Reno (current) | 20,041 | 116 | 57.9 | |
| Yukon | 27,068 | 475 | 175.5 | 11 |
| Mustang | 23,965 | 115 | 48.0 | 17 |
| Bethany | 20,421 | 225 | 110.2 | 18 |
| Warr Acres | 10,456 | 56 | 53.6 | 19 |
| Newcastle | 14,677 | 64 | 43.6 | 29 |
| Moore | 63,845 | 433 | 67.8 | 31 |
How El Reno sits against the nearest metro
26 miles separate El Reno from Oklahoma City, OK. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. Households here carry $54,459 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. Campus terms, not calendar quarters, set the busy months in El Reno. El Reno is the Canadian County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Oklahoma towns
Questions from El Reno
01How many providers practice in El Reno, and in what?
NPPES lists 116 providers at a El Reno practice address, 57.9 per 10,000 residents across 19 tracked fields. Behavioral and mental health group practices accounts for 23 of them, 20 percent of the total, with physical, occupational, and speech therapy next at 22. Read that as clinicians: 116 enumerations, not 116 owners.
02What does Canadian County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Canadian County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 20,041 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
03Why does Canadian County show so little SBA activity?
Canadian 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. 73 lending establishments operate locally.
04Is there local lending capacity in Canadian County?
County Business Patterns records 73 credit intermediation establishments in Canadian County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen El Reno rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
05Which fields carry the volume in El Reno?
Volume concentrates in behavioral and mental health group practices, 23 of them, ahead of physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 22, across 19 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
06Is El Reno underwritten as part of Oklahoma City, OK?
Oklahoma City, OK sits 26 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Oklahoma City, OK; the 20,041 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
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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