South Carolina micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Orangeburg, South Carolina
Direct answer
423 healthcare providers hold a Orangeburg practice address, 316.2 per 10,000 of its 13,378 residents, 21 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Orangeburg County recorded 0 SBA healthcare approvals worth $0, and Columbia, SC sits 38 miles out.
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- Population: 13,378 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 423 across 33 fields2
- Median household income: $33,0663
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 89 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 7 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Columbia, SC, 38 miles1
Fields practicing inside Orangeburg
Counted at the town's own addresses: 423 providers, 33 fields, 316.2 clinicians per 10,000 of the 13,378 residents here
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 89 | 66.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 53 | 39.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 33 | 24.7 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 28 | 20.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 27 | 20.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 23 | 17.2 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 22 | 16.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 20 | 14.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 19 | 14.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 16 | 12.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 16 | 12.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 13 | 9.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 11 | 8.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 6 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 6 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 5 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 4 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 4 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 4 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 3 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical research sites | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 10 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 89 of the 423 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
Loan activity in Orangeburg County
The county file holds 0 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 0 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $0 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | No approvals recorded | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 65 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
A file from here opens on 316.2 providers per 10,000 residents, and everything about volume follows from it. Orangeburg County has 0 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. Household income of $33,066 in Orangeburg 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
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
Weighted by how often each of the 33 local fields reaches for a program, not by what is easiest to refer. South Carolina rules and the partner decide availability.
Underwriting by field in Orangeburg
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in Orangeburg, 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 (89) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (53) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (33) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
NPPES supplies the Orangeburg counts. The reading columns describe the field in general, and no partner reviewing a Orangeburg file is bound by them.
Orangeburg against nearby South Carolina markets
The neighboring markets below are the ones a valuation borrows from when Orangeburg has too few sales of its own
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orangeburg (current) | 13,378 | 423 | 316.2 | |
| Cayce | 13,645 | 112 | 82.1 | 33 |
| West Columbia | 18,418 | 781 | 424.0 | 37 |
| Lexington | 25,354 | 947 | 373.5 | 40 |
| Sumter | 42,958 | 696 | 162.0 | 41 |
| Irmo | 12,086 | 291 | 240.8 | 46 |
| Aiken | 32,694 | 736 | 225.1 | 49 |
How Orangeburg sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Columbia, SC is 38 miles. That is close enough for rent in Orangeburg to be compared against the metro and far enough that patient draw is not. Median household income runs $33,066, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar. Orangeburg is the Orangeburg County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of South Carolina
What owners in Orangeburg ask
01How many providers practice in Orangeburg, and in what?
Across 33 fields, Orangeburg carries 423 enumerated clinicians, 316.2 per 10,000 of the 13,378 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 89 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 53. Count practices from that only with care.
02Why does Orangeburg County show so little SBA activity?
Orangeburg County shows 0 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. 65 lending establishments operate locally.
03What does Orangeburg County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Orangeburg County qualifies its clinicians for federal repayment support. On a file that turns on adding staff, that is the difference between a hiring assumption and a hiring plan.
04Which fields carry the volume in Orangeburg?
Volume concentrates in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 89 of them, ahead of primary care and family medicine at 53, across 33 fields. A thin second field usually means a longer search for staff than a pro forma allows for.
05What does a $33,066 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Orangeburg runs $33,066. 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.
06How many Medicare-certified providers are based in Orangeburg?
Care Compare lists 7 certified providers with a Orangeburg address. That count is a proxy for how much of the local revenue arrives on a federal payment cycle rather than at the front desk.
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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