South Carolina micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Cayce, South Carolina
Direct answer
Lexington County carries 1 SBA healthcare approvals worth $125,000, and inside Cayce the census shows 112 enumerated clinicians against 13,645 residents, 82.1 per 10,000, 40 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Columbia, SC lies 10 miles away.
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- Population: 13,645 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 112 across 18 fields2
- Median household income: $58,0953
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 45 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Columbia, SC, 10 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 1 approvals totaling $125,0004
What NPPES records at Cayce addresses
The NPPES file puts 112 enumerated clinicians inside Cayce, spread over 18 fields at 82.1 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 45 | 33.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 12 | 8.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 11 | 8.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 8 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 8 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 8 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 4 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 4 | CMS [5] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 45 of the 112 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
What lenders have already approved in Lexington County
With 1 healthcare approvals recorded, Lexington County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 1 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [4] |
| Total approved capital | $125,000 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [4] |
| Mean deal size | $125,000 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [4] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 206 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
A file from here opens on 82.1 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. Lexington County has 1 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. With $58,095 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Cayce households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
The order comes from Cayce's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 40 percent. What a partner can actually place in South Carolina is a separate question.
The first pages of a Cayce file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, behavioral and mental health group practices account for most of what is enumerated in Cayce, 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 (45) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (12) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices (11) | Clinician retention and productivity, Payer mix and Medicaid concentration, Re-authorization and session limit exposure | Working capital through the credentialing lag |
Local counts come from NPPES. What a file turns on is drawn from how the field is generally reviewed, not from any decision about your practice.
Density beside the neighboring South Carolina towns
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 82.1 per 10,000 here
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cayce (current) | 13,645 | 112 | 82.1 | |
| West Columbia | 18,418 | 781 | 424.0 | 4 |
| Lexington | 25,354 | 947 | 373.5 | 11 |
| Irmo | 12,086 | 291 | 240.8 | 14 |
| Orangeburg | 13,378 | 423 | 316.2 | 33 |
| Sumter | 42,958 | 696 | 162.0 | 37 |
| Newberry | 10,874 | 122 | 112.2 | 39 |
What the geography does to a Cayce projection
10 miles separate Cayce from Columbia, SC. Lease pricing follows Columbia, SC, while revenue stays capped by the 13,645 residents here. At $58,095 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
Other South Carolina markets
- West Columbia 18,418 residents
- Lexington 25,354 residents
- Irmo 12,086 residents
- Orangeburg 13,378 residents
- Sumter 42,958 residents
- Newberry 10,874 residents
What owners in Cayce ask
01How many providers practice in Cayce, and in what?
NPPES lists 112 providers at a Cayce practice address, 82.1 per 10,000 residents across 18 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 45 of them, 40 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 12. Read that as clinicians: 112 enumerations, not 112 owners.
02What does Lexington County's shortage designation change?
Lexington County holds a HRSA designation covering primary care, dental, mental health. A pro forma for Cayce can cite it as the reason a vacancy is fillable, which is usually the weakest line in a ramp schedule.
03Why does Lexington County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 1 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Lexington County. That tracks how few Lexington County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 206 credit intermediation establishments operate in Lexington County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04Is Cayce underwritten as part of Columbia, SC?
Partly. Columbia, SC is 10 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 13,645 residents around Cayce. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05Is there local lending capacity in Lexington County?
County Business Patterns records 206 credit intermediation establishments in Lexington County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Cayce rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does a $58,095 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Cayce runs $58,095. 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
- 4U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 5CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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