Tennessee micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Columbia, Tennessee
Direct answer
A Columbia file is read against 495 local clinicians, 101.4 for every 10,000 of its 48,812 residents, 27 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 2 SBA healthcare approvals worth $180,000 already recorded in Maury County, 40 miles from Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.
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- Population: 48,812 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 495 across 31 fields2
- Median household income: $61,2043
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 133 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 7 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 40 miles1
Fields practicing inside Columbia
Counted at the town's own addresses: 495 providers, 31 fields, 101.4 clinicians per 10,000 of the 48,812 residents here
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 133 | 27.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 54 | 11.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 44 | 9.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 41 | 8.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 31 | 6.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 30 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 22 | 4.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 18 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 18 | 3.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 12 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 11 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 10 | 2.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 7 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 7 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 7 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 6 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 6 | 1.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 5 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 5 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 5 | 1.0 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 0.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 12 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 2 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 133 of the 495 enumerated providers here, and several of them can sit inside one practice. Read the column as clinicians, not owners.
The lending record behind Columbia
2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 2 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Total approved capital | $180,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Mean deal size | $90,000 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 69 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
The consequence of these numbers
The ratio that matters up front is 101.4 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. Maury County has 2 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. With $61,204 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Columbia households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
The 31 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Tennessee.
What a funder reads first in Columbia
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, specialty physician groups, primary care and family medicine account for most of what is enumerated in Columbia, 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 (133) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Specialty physician groups (54) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
| Primary care and family medicine (44) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
The first column is Columbia's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Columbia or anywhere else.
How Columbia prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 101.4 per 10,000 here
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia (current) | 48,812 | 495 | 101.4 | |
| Spring Hill | 59,398 | 290 | 48.8 | 11 |
| Lewisburg | 13,473 | 116 | 86.1 | 19 |
| Fairview | 10,535 | 61 | 57.9 | 25 |
| Brentwood | 45,525 | 997 | 219.0 | 30 |
| Lawrenceburg | 12,112 | 185 | 152.7 | 31 |
| Nolensville | 15,809 | 92 | 58.2 | 31 |
What the geography does to a Columbia projection
40 miles separate Columbia from Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. At $61,204 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. A degree-granting institution here moves volume on the academic calendar. Columbia is the Maury County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
Nearby Tennessee towns
- Spring Hill 59,398 residents
- Lewisburg 13,473 residents
- Fairview 10,535 residents
- Brentwood 45,525 residents
- Lawrenceburg 12,112 residents
- Nolensville 15,809 residents
Columbia owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Columbia, and in what?
Across 31 fields, Columbia carries 495 enumerated clinicians, 101.4 per 10,000 of the 48,812 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 133 of the total, then specialty physician groups at 54. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does Maury County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Maury 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.
03Why does Maury County show so little SBA activity?
Only 2 healthcare approvals appear for Maury County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in Maury County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 69 credit intermediation establishments.
04How does the hospital in Columbia affect a practice file?
Referral flow, coverage, and the local pay scale all trace back to it. The town carries 7 Medicare-certified providers in total. A Columbia projection that names the call arrangement reads better than one that assumes it.
05Is there local lending capacity in Maury County?
County Business Patterns records 69 credit intermediation establishments in Maury County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Columbia rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06Is Columbia underwritten as part of Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?
Partly. Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 40 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 48,812 residents around Columbia. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
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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