Oklahoma micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in McAlester, Oklahoma
Direct answer
18,108 residents, 373 enumerated clinicians, 206.0 per 10,000, 30 percent of them in behavioral and mental health group practices: that is the McAlester market a funder prices. Pittsburg County adds 0 healthcare approvals worth $0 and 83 miles of distance to Tulsa, OK.
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- Population: 18,108 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 373 across 31 fields2
- Median household income: $48,0443
- Largest provider field: Behavioral and mental health group practices: 113 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 9 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Tulsa, OK, 83 miles1
What NPPES records at McAlester addresses
373 providers across 31 fields, 206.0 per 10,000 residents, counted at McAlester addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 113 | 62.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 56 | 30.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 43 | 23.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 17 | 9.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 16 | 8.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 16 | 8.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 13 | 7.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 12 | 6.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 11 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 11 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 9 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 9 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 8 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 6 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 5 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 4 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| IDD services | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 11 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Behavioral and mental health group practices carries 113 of the 373 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
The lending record behind McAlester
0 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 39 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
206.0 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. Pittsburg County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. With $48,044 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what McAlester households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Working capital term loan
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Business line of credit
The order comes from McAlester's own provider mix, which behavioral and mental health group practices dominates at 30 percent. What a partner can actually place in Oklahoma is a separate question.
The first pages of a McAlester file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In McAlester that means behavioral and mental health group practices, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (113) | 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 (56) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (43) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
NPPES supplies the McAlester counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a McAlester file is bound by them.
How McAlester prices against its neighbors
Comparables travel. These are the Oklahoma towns whose density, at 206.0 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAlester (current) | 18,108 | 373 | 206.0 | |
| Okmulgee | 11,354 | 186 | 163.8 | 49 |
| Ada | 16,578 | 383 | 231.0 | 52 |
| Muskogee | 36,849 | 525 | 142.5 | 61 |
| Bixby | 31,728 | 150 | 47.3 | 71 |
| Coweta | 11,093 | 74 | 66.7 | 72 |
| Glenpool | 14,567 | 67 | 46.0 | 72 |
How McAlester sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Tulsa, OK is 83 miles. Resale for used clinical equipment is effectively absent, which is why collateral gets marked down. At $48,044 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. A college in McAlester puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. McAlester is the Pittsburg County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Oklahoma
McAlester owners, answered
01How many providers practice in McAlester, and in what?
Across 31 fields, McAlester carries 373 enumerated clinicians, 206.0 per 10,000 of the 18,108 people living here. The concentration is in behavioral and mental health group practices, 113 of the total, then physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 56. Count practices from that only with care.
02Why does Pittsburg County show so little SBA activity?
Pittsburg County shows 0 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. 39 lending establishments operate locally.
03Does being 83 miles out change the underwriting?
Distance does the work here. 83 miles out, Pittsburg County supplies the rent and resale comparables, which usually means a slower appraisal and a harder haircut on anything a funder would have to move to sell.
04What does Pittsburg County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Pittsburg County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 18,108 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
05How does the hospital in McAlester 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. 9 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 206.0 per 10,000 market.
06Which fields carry the volume in McAlester?
Volume concentrates in behavioral and mental health group practices, 113 of them, ahead of physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 56, across 31 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
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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