South Carolina micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Hilton Head Island runs 90.2 providers per 10,000 residents, 344 clinicians against 38,158 people, 39 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Beaufort County lenders have approved 11 healthcare files worth $7,678,000 and the nearest metro is 0 miles out.
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- Population: 38,158 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 344 across 27 fields2
- Median household income: $96,7153
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 135 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 1 across 1 categories4
- Nearest metro: Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC, 0 miles1
The clinical base a lender can verify here
90.2 providers per 10,000 residents is what 344 enumerations across 27 fields works out to in a town of 38,158
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 135 | 35.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 40 | 10.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 29 | 7.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 22 | 5.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 20 | 5.2 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 19 | 5.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 12 | 3.1 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 11 | 2.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 7 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 6 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 5 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 5 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 5 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 4 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 4 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 135 of the 344 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Beaufort County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
The published file shows 11 healthcare approvals in Beaufort County, $7,678,000 in total, and that history is what an appraiser and a credit committee reach for
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare files approved | 11 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Dollars behind them | $7,678,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Typical approval size | $698,000 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Credit offices operating locally | 133 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Hilton Head Island the way a credit committee does
90.2 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. 11 approvals worth $7,678,000 in Beaufort County means the size you are asking for has a local precedent to point at. With $96,715 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Hilton Head Island 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 Hilton Head Island's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 39 percent. What a partner can actually place in South Carolina is a separate question.
Underwriting by field in Hilton Head Island
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Hilton Head Island that means physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, chiropractic.
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (135) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (40) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Chiropractic (29) | Cash plan revenue, Personal injury receivable age, Visit volume | Startup or acquisition |
NPPES supplies the Hilton Head Island counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Hilton Head Island file is bound by them.
How Hilton Head Island prices against its neighbors
Set Hilton Head Island's 90.2 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Head Island (current) | 38,158 | 344 | 90.2 | |
| Bluffton | 36,146 | 559 | 154.7 | 11 |
| Port Royal | 16,507 | 61 | 37.0 | 12 |
| Beaufort | 14,334 | 493 | 343.9 | 18 |
| Hardeeville | 13,862 | 70 | 50.5 | 19 |
| Summerville | 52,625 | 998 | 189.6 | 65 |
| Mount Pleasant | 95,604 | 721 | 75.4 | 66 |
What the geography does to a Hilton Head Island projection
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC lies 0 miles from Hilton Head Island, close enough that appraisers price the lease against Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC rents while 38,158 residents set the revenue ceiling. At $96,715 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable.
Other South Carolina markets
- Bluffton 36,146 residents
- Port Royal 16,507 residents
- Beaufort 14,334 residents
- Hardeeville 13,862 residents
- Summerville 52,625 residents
- Mount Pleasant 95,604 residents
Hilton Head Island owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Hilton Head Island, and in what?
Across 27 fields, Hilton Head Island carries 344 enumerated clinicians, 90.2 per 10,000 of the 38,158 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 135 of the total, then specialty physician groups at 40. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Beaufort County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Beaufort County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 38,158 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
03How does the hospital in Hilton Head Island affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 1 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Hilton Head Island projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
04Which fields carry the volume in Hilton Head Island?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 135 providers and specialty physician groups at 40 lead the 27 fields enumerated here. A funder reads that mix as the local competition set and the local hiring pool at once, before it reads a single line of your own numbers.
05Is Hilton Head Island underwritten as part of Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC?
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC sits 0 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC; the 38,158 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
06What does a $96,715 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Hilton Head Island runs $96,715. 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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