Tennessee micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Cookeville, Tennessee
Direct answer
596 healthcare providers hold a Cookeville practice address, 160.6 per 10,000 of its 37,102 residents, 23 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Putnam County recorded 3 SBA healthcare approvals worth $812,600, and Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN sits 71 miles out.
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- Population: 37,102 residents (25K-50K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 596 across 32 fields2
- Median household income: $48,5013
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 140 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 8 across 4 categories4
- Nearest metro: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 71 miles1
Fields practicing inside Cookeville
Counted at the town's own addresses: 596 providers, 32 fields, 160.6 clinicians per 10,000 of the 37,102 residents here
| Practice type | Count | Rate per 10,000 residents | Published by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 140 | 37.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 63 | 17.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 50 | 13.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 42 | 11.3 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 36 | 9.7 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 33 | 8.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 31 | 8.4 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 28 | 7.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 25 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 23 | 6.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 17 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 15 | 4.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 10 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 10 | 2.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 8 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 8 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 8 | 2.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 6 | 1.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 5 | 1.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 4 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 4 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 4 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 4 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 3 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 2 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Mobile diagnostics | 1 | 0.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 28 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 1 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 1 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 140 of the 596 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 Putnam County
With 3 healthcare approvals recorded, Putnam County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| What it measures | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 3 | One published fiscal year, healthcare borrowers only [5] |
| Total approved capital | $812,600 | Approved, not disbursed, and not net of withdrawals [5] |
| Mean deal size | $270,867 | A mean, so one large approval moves it [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 80 | Credit intermediation offices sited in the county [6] |
Reading Cookeville the way a credit committee does
Underwriting starts with 160.6 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. With 3 approvals on record in Putnam County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. A $48,501 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
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
The 32 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Tennessee.
What a funder reads first in Cookeville
Drawn from the fields that actually practice here: physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, specialty physician groups
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy (140) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (63) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (50) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
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 Tennessee towns
Comparables travel. These are the Tennessee towns whose density, at 160.6 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookeville (current) | 37,102 | 596 | 160.6 | |
| Crossville | 12,785 | 261 | 204.1 | 30 |
| McMinnville | 14,032 | 146 | 104.0 | 35 |
| Lebanon | 51,501 | 414 | 80.4 | 46 |
| Gallatin | 52,489 | 474 | 90.3 | 56 |
| Mount Juliet | 44,066 | 253 | 57.4 | 56 |
| Manchester | 13,484 | 145 | 107.5 | 57 |
What the geography does to a Cookeville projection
71 miles separate Cookeville from Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN. Equipment sold at that distance has no local buyer, and the advance rate carries the discount. Median household income runs $48,501, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. The Medicare-certified hospital in Cookeville sets the local wage floor before you hire against it. A college in Cookeville puts a term-shaped curve into monthly collections. Cookeville is the Putnam County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Tennessee
- Crossville 12,785 residents
- McMinnville 14,032 residents
- Lebanon 51,501 residents
- Gallatin 52,489 residents
- Mount Juliet 44,066 residents
- Manchester 13,484 residents
What owners in Cookeville ask
01How many providers practice in Cookeville, and in what?
Across 32 fields, Cookeville carries 596 enumerated clinicians, 160.6 per 10,000 of the 37,102 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 140 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 63. Count practices from that only with care.
02Does being 71 miles out change the underwriting?
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 71 miles away, far enough that rent and equipment resale comparables get pulled from Putnam County rather than a metro market. At 71 miles the appraisal window runs longer and equipment resale gets discounted.
03Why does Putnam County show so little SBA activity?
The published file records 3 7(a) and 504 approvals to healthcare borrowers in Putnam County. That tracks how few Putnam County practices changed hands that year, not credit quality. 80 credit intermediation establishments operate in Putnam County, so the lending capacity is local even where the healthcare history is not.
04What does Putnam County's shortage designation change?
Designated for primary care, dental, mental health, Putnam 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.
05Which fields carry the volume in Cookeville?
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 140 providers and primary care and family medicine at 63 lead the 32 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.
06How does the hospital in Cookeville affect a practice file?
It makes the staffing and referral lines checkable. 8 Medicare-certified providers hold Cookeville addresses, and the hospital sets the wage a clinical hire is bid against in a 160.6 per 10,000 market.
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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