Pennsylvania micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Direct answer
44,661 residents, 30 enumerated clinicians, 6.7 per 10,000, 20 percent of them in specialty physician groups: that is the Wilkes-Barre market a funder prices. Luzerne County adds 5 healthcare approvals worth $1,291,000 and 15 miles of distance to Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA.
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- Population: 44,661 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 30 across 12 fields2
- Median household income: $47,9703
- Largest provider field: Specialty physician groups: 6 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA, 15 miles1
Wilkes-Barre clinicians, by field
The NPPES file puts 30 enumerated clinicians inside Wilkes-Barre, spread over 12 fields at 6.7 per 10,000 residents
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialty physician groups | 6 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 6 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 4 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Fertility and IVF | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health agencies | 1 | CMS [4] |
Specialty physician groups carries 6 of the 30 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
The lending record behind Wilkes-Barre
5 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 | 5 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $1,291,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | $258,200 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 162 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Wilkes-Barre the way a credit committee does
Density of 6.7 per 10,000 sets the patient draw a projection can claim without an argument. Luzerne County has 5 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $47,970 in Wilkes-Barre is the number a lender uses to sanity check the self-pay share of a revenue projection.
Where a file from this town usually lands
- Practice acquisition
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Commercial real estate, owner-occupied
Ranked from the 12 fields that actually practice in Wilkes-Barre, weighted toward specialty physician groups. Availability still depends on Pennsylvania and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Wilkes-Barre file
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Wilkes-Barre that means specialty physician groups, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine.
| Practice type | The pages that decide it | Typical capital event |
|---|---|---|
| Specialty physician groups (6) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (6) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (4) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
NPPES supplies the Wilkes-Barre counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Wilkes-Barre file is bound by them.
How Wilkes-Barre prices against its neighbors
Set Wilkes-Barre's 6.7 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilkes-Barre (current) | 44,661 | 30 | 6.7 | |
| Kingston | 13,476 | 359 | 266.4 | 1 |
| Nanticoke | 10,730 | 78 | 72.7 | 7 |
| Scranton | 75,905 | 997 | 131.3 | 15 |
| Dunmore | 14,249 | 132 | 92.6 | 18 |
| Hazleton | 30,354 | 233 | 76.8 | 21 |
| Berwick | 10,332 | 104 | 100.7 | 24 |
How Wilkes-Barre sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA is 15 miles. Appraisers borrow Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA rents, and the 44,661 residents set the ceiling on collections. At $47,970 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. The hospital fixes two inputs a lender would otherwise estimate in a 44,661 resident town: where referrals originate, and what staff cost. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar. Wilkes-Barre is the Luzerne County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
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What owners in Wilkes-Barre ask
01How many providers practice in Wilkes-Barre, and in what?
NPPES lists 30 providers at a Wilkes-Barre practice address, 6.7 per 10,000 residents across 12 tracked fields. Specialty physician groups accounts for 6 of them, 20 percent of the total, with physical, occupational, and speech therapy next at 6. Read that as clinicians: 30 enumerations, not 30 owners.
02What does Luzerne County's shortage designation change?
Luzerne County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Wilkes-Barre can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Why does Luzerne County show so little SBA activity?
Luzerne County shows 5 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. 162 lending establishments operate locally.
04How does the hospital in Wilkes-Barre 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. 1 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 6.7 per 10,000 market.
05Is there local lending capacity in Luzerne County?
County Business Patterns records 162 credit intermediation establishments in Luzerne County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Wilkes-Barre rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06Is Wilkes-Barre underwritten as part of Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA?
Comparables and demand split at 15 miles. An appraiser prices the lease and the equipment off Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA; the revenue line has to hold up against 44,661 local residents.
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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