Oklahoma micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Weatherford, Oklahoma
Direct answer
A Weatherford file is read against 112 local clinicians, 93.0 for every 10,000 of its 12,047 residents, 21 percent of them in primary care and family medicine, plus the 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0 already recorded in Custer County, 65 miles from Lawton, OK.
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- Population: 12,047 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 112 across 18 fields2
- Median household income: $50,2503
- Largest provider field: Primary care and family medicine: 23 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Lawton, OK, 65 miles1
Fields practicing inside Weatherford
112 providers across 18 fields, 93.0 per 10,000 residents, counted at Weatherford addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine | 23 | 19.1 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 15 | 12.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 13 | 10.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 11 | 9.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 8 | 6.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 8 | 6.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 8 | 6.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 5 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 4 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 23 primary care and family medicine enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Custer County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
0 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind 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 | 29 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Weatherford the way a credit committee does
Density of 93.0 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. A short county record of 0 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. With $50,250 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Weatherford households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
The order comes from Weatherford's own provider mix, which primary care and family medicine dominates at 21 percent. What a partner can actually place in Oklahoma is a separate question.
Underwriting by field in Weatherford
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Weatherford that means primary care and family medicine, general dentistry, physical, occupational, and speech therapy.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Primary care and family medicine (23) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| General dentistry (15) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (13) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
Counts in the first column are Weatherford providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Weatherford, not what any funder will do with your file.
How Weatherford prices against its neighbors
93.0 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Weatherford
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherford (current) | 12,047 | 112 | 93.0 | |
| El Reno | 20,041 | 116 | 57.9 | 41 |
| Yukon | 27,068 | 475 | 175.5 | 52 |
| Chickasha | 17,014 | 180 | 105.8 | 54 |
| Mustang | 23,965 | 115 | 48.0 | 55 |
| Bethany | 20,421 | 225 | 110.2 | 59 |
| Warr Acres | 10,456 | 56 | 53.6 | 60 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Weatherford
Distance to Lawton, OK is 65 miles. Resale for used clinical equipment is effectively absent, which is why collateral gets marked down. Households here carry $50,250 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Wages here are anchored by the Medicare-certified hospital in town, which is what a staffing line gets measured against. A college in Weatherford puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections.
Nearby Oklahoma towns
Questions from Weatherford
01How many providers practice in Weatherford, and in what?
112 enumerations sit at Weatherford addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 93.0 for every 10,000 residents. 21 percent of them are primary care and family medicine, and general dentistry follows with 15. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 112 here cover fewer than 112 practices.
02Does being 65 miles out change the underwriting?
At 65 miles from Lawton, OK, collateral is priced without a nearby resale market. Expect a longer appraisal window in Custer County and a wider discount on used equipment than a metro practice would see on the same list.
03What does Custer County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Custer County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
04Why does Custer County show so little SBA activity?
Custer 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. 29 lending establishments operate locally.
05How does the hospital in Weatherford 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. 3 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 93.0 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $50,250 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Weatherford runs $50,250. 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.
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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