Pennsylvania micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Direct answer
13,286 residents, 246 enumerated clinicians, 185.2 per 10,000, 22 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy: that is the Bloomsburg market a funder prices. Columbia County adds 1 healthcare approvals worth $57,000 and 34 miles of distance to Williamsport, PA.
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- Population: 13,286 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 246 across 22 fields2
- Median household income: $49,0963
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 55 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 3 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: Williamsport, PA, 34 miles1
The provider census in Bloomsburg
246 providers across 22 fields, 185.2 per 10,000 residents, counted at Bloomsburg addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 55 | 41.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 36 | 27.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 25 | 18.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 18 | 13.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 17 | 12.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 14 | 10.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 12 | 9.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 10 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 10 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 9 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 8 | 6.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 7 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 7 | 5.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 4 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 3 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 11 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 55 of the 246 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What Columbia County credit files already show
1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 1 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $57,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Typical approval size | $57,000 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 34 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Bloomsburg the way a credit committee does
The ratio that matters up front is 185.2 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. With 1 approvals on record in Columbia County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $49,096 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Bloomsburg households actually spend.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
The order comes from Bloomsburg's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 22 percent. What a partner can actually place in Pennsylvania is a separate question.
Underwriting by field in Bloomsburg
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, chiropractic account for most of what is enumerated in Bloomsburg, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (55) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (36) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Chiropractic (25) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
Column one counts Bloomsburg clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Bloomsburg file differently.
How Bloomsburg prices against its neighbors
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Bloomsburg has too few sales of its own
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsburg (current) | 13,286 | 246 | 185.2 | |
| Berwick | 10,332 | 104 | 100.7 | 11 |
| Hazleton | 30,354 | 233 | 76.8 | 25 |
| Pottsville | 13,404 | 353 | 263.4 | 26 |
| Nanticoke | 10,730 | 78 | 72.7 | 27 |
| Williamsport | 27,628 | 501 | 181.3 | 34 |
| Kingston | 13,476 | 359 | 266.4 | 35 |
Distance, income, and the wage floor around Bloomsburg
Williamsport, PA lies 34 miles from Bloomsburg, close enough for rent comparables to travel and far enough that patient draw does not. Median household income runs $49,096, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. Higher education here explains why summer looks unlike the rest of the year. Bloomsburg is the Columbia County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Other Pennsylvania markets
- Berwick 10,332 residents
- Hazleton 30,354 residents
- Pottsville 13,404 residents
- Nanticoke 10,730 residents
- Williamsport 27,628 residents
- Kingston 13,476 residents
Bloomsburg owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Bloomsburg, and in what?
NPPES lists 246 providers at a Bloomsburg practice address, 185.2 per 10,000 residents across 22 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 55 of them, 22 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 36. Read that as clinicians: 246 enumerations, not 246 owners.
02Why does Columbia County show so little SBA activity?
Only 1 healthcare approvals appear for Columbia County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Columbia County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 34 credit intermediation establishments.
03Is Bloomsburg underwritten as part of Williamsport, PA?
Comparables and demand split at 34 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Williamsport, PA; the revenue line has to hold up against 13,286 local residents.
04What does Columbia County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Columbia County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Bloomsburg and evidences a staffing ramp in a 13,286 resident market.
05How does the hospital in Bloomsburg affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 3 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Bloomsburg projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
06What does a $49,096 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Bloomsburg runs $49,096. 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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