Oklahoma micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Shawnee, Oklahoma
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Shawnee runs 123.1 providers per 10,000 residents, 395 clinicians against 32,092 people, 24 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Pottawatomie County lenders have approved 0 healthcare files worth $0 and the nearest metro is 32 miles out.
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- Population: 32,092 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 395 across 26 fields2
- Median household income: $54,2813
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 96 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 6 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Oklahoma City, OK, 32 miles1
Fields practicing inside Shawnee
395 providers across 26 fields, 123.1 per 10,000 residents, counted at Shawnee addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 96 | 29.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 73 | 22.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 48 | 15.0 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 31 | 9.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 24 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 17 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 16 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 13 | 4.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 12 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 11 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 9 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 7 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 7 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 6 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 6 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 5 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 2 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 11 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 96 of the 395 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Pottawatomie County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 0 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $0 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | No approvals recorded | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 46 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
Underwriting starts with 123.1 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. Pottawatomie County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. A $54,281 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
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
The 26 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Oklahoma.
What a funder reads first in Shawnee
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Shawnee, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (96) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (73) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
| Primary care and family medicine (48) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
Column one counts Shawnee clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Shawnee file differently.
Shawnee against nearby Oklahoma markets
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 123.1 per 10,000 here
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee (current) | 32,092 | 395 | 123.1 | |
| Choctaw | 12,358 | 112 | 90.6 | 19 |
| Moore | 63,845 | 433 | 67.8 | 29 |
| Edmond | 99,040 | 1,773 | 179.0 | 33 |
| Newcastle | 14,677 | 64 | 43.6 | 37 |
| Warr Acres | 10,456 | 56 | 53.6 | 39 |
| Bethany | 20,421 | 225 | 110.2 | 40 |
What the geography does to a Shawnee projection
32 miles separate Shawnee from Oklahoma City, OK. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. At $54,281 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. The Medicare-certified hospital in Shawnee sets the local wage floor before you hire against it. A college in Shawnee puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Shawnee is the Pottawatomie County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Other Oklahoma markets
What owners in Shawnee ask
01How many providers practice in Shawnee, and in what?
Across 26 fields, Shawnee carries 395 enumerated clinicians, 123.1 per 10,000 of the 32,092 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 96 of the total, then behavioral and mental health group practices at 73. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Pottawatomie County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Pottawatomie County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Shawnee and evidences a staffing ramp in a 32,092 resident market.
03Why does Pottawatomie County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 0 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Pottawatomie County. That tracks how few Pottawatomie County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 46 credit intermediation establishments operate in Pottawatomie County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04Is Shawnee underwritten as part of Oklahoma City, OK?
Partly. Oklahoma City, OK is 32 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 32,092 residents around Shawnee. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05Which fields carry the volume in Shawnee?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 96 providers and behavioral and mental health group practices at 73 lead the 26 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
06How does the hospital in Shawnee affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 6 Medicare-certified providers hold Shawnee addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 123.1 per 10,000 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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