Pennsylvania micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Altoona, Pennsylvania
Direct answer
784 healthcare providers hold a Altoona practice address, 183.5 per 10,000 of its 42,719 residents, 29 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Blair County recorded 1 SBA healthcare approvals worth $20,000, and Altoona, PA sits 0 miles out.
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- Population: 42,719 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 784 across 31 fields2
- Median household income: $50,1713
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 227 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 13 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Altoona, PA, 0 miles1
Fields practicing inside Altoona
Counted at the town's own addresses: 784 providers, 31 fields, 183.5 clinicians per 10,000 of the 42,719 residents here
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 227 | 53.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 105 | 24.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 73 | 17.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 53 | 12.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 50 | 11.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 39 | 9.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 36 | 8.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 23 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 21 | 4.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 19 | 4.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 16 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 14 | 3.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 13 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 12 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 10 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 9 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 8 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 8 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 8 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 7 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 6 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 5 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 3 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Sleep centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 21 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 4 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 227 physical, occupational, and speech therapy enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in Blair County
1 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 | 1 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $20,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | $20,000 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 85 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
At 183.5 clinicians per 10,000 residents, the catchment radius in a projection has to be defended rather than assumed. A short county record of 1 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. With $50,171 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Altoona households actually spend.
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
Ranked from the 31 fields that actually practice in Altoona, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Pennsylvania and on the funding partner.
What a funder reads first in Altoona
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, behavioral and mental health group practices, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Altoona, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (227) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (105) | 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 (73) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
Counts in the first column are Altoona providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Altoona, not what any funder will do with your file.
How Altoona prices against its neighbors
Comparables travel. These are the Pennsylvania towns whose density, at 183.5 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altoona (current) | 42,719 | 784 | 183.5 | |
| Johnstown | 17,853 | 793 | 444.2 | 30 |
| State College | 41,228 | 689 | 167.1 | 35 |
| Indiana | 14,294 | 485 | 339.3 | 40 |
| Chambersburg | 23,041 | 787 | 341.6 | 56 |
| Greensburg | 14,586 | 790 | 541.6 | 61 |
| Murrysville | 20,729 | 157 | 75.7 | 66 |
What the geography does to a Altoona projection
0 miles separate Altoona from Altoona, PA. Lease pricing follows Altoona, PA, while revenue stays capped by the 42,719 residents here. Households here carry $50,171 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar.
More of Pennsylvania
- Johnstown 17,853 residents
- State College 41,228 residents
- Indiana 14,294 residents
- Chambersburg 23,041 residents
- Greensburg 14,586 residents
- Murrysville 20,729 residents
Altoona owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Altoona, and in what?
Across 31 fields, Altoona carries 784 enumerated clinicians, 183.5 per 10,000 of the 42,719 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 227 of the total, then behavioral and mental health group practices at 105. Count practices from that only with care.
02Why does Blair County show so little SBA activity?
Blair County shows 1 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. 85 lending establishments operate locally.
03Which fields carry the volume in Altoona?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 227 of them, ahead of behavioral and mental health group practices at 105, across 31 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
04Is Altoona underwritten as part of Altoona, PA?
Partly. Altoona, PA is 0 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 42,719 residents around Altoona. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05What does Blair County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Blair County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 42,719 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
06How does the hospital in Altoona 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. 13 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 183.5 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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