Tennessee micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Kingsport, Tennessee
Direct answer
A Kingsport file is read against 817 local clinicians, 143.1 for every 10,000 of its 57,109 residents, 22 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, plus the 2 SBA healthcare approvals worth $2,650,000 already recorded in Sullivan County, 0 miles from Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA.
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- Population: 57,109 residents (50K-100K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 817 across 30 fields2
- Median household income: $50,4363
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 181 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 12 across 3 categories4
- Nearest metro: Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA, 0 miles1
Fields practicing inside Kingsport
The NPPES file puts 817 enumerated clinicians inside Kingsport, spread over 30 fields at 143.1 per 10,000 residents
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 181 | 31.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 120 | 21.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 113 | 19.8 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 55 | 9.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 39 | 6.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 38 | 6.7 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 31 | 5.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 29 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 29 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 29 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 22 | 3.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 18 | 3.2 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 15 | 2.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 14 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 12 | 2.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 11 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 10 | 1.8 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 8 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 8 | 1.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 6 | 1.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 5 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 5 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 4 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 4 | 0.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 3 | 0.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Podiatry | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Hormone, TRT, and men's health clinics | 2 | 0.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Imaging centers | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| IV hydration and infusion | 1 | 0.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 33 | CMS [4] | |
| Ambulatory surgical centers | 7 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] |
A single Kingsport practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 22 percent sit in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
Sullivan County approvals, dollars, and lending establishments
With 2 healthcare approvals recorded, Sullivan County gives a valuation almost nothing local to lean on
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 2 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Approved dollars | $2,650,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Average approval | $1,325,000 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 125 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Kingsport the way a credit committee does
The ratio that matters up front is 143.1 per 10,000, which decides whether a ramp schedule reads as conservative. With 2 approvals on record in Sullivan County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. A $50,436 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Programs the Kingsport mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Startup and de novo
- Working capital term loan
- Equipment financing and leasing
Ranked from the 30 fields that actually practice in Kingsport, weighted toward physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Availability still depends on Tennessee and on the funding partner.
The first pages of a Kingsport file
physical, occupational, and speech therapy, primary care and family medicine, specialty physician groups account for most of what is enumerated in Kingsport, 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 (181) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (120) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (113) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
Counts in the first column are Kingsport providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Kingsport, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring Tennessee towns
Comparables travel. These are the Tennessee towns whose density, at 143.1 per 10,000 here, gets weighed beside this one.
| Market | Population | Clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Distance in miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsport (current) | 57,109 | 817 | 143.1 | |
| Bristol | 27,867 | 402 | 144.3 | 18 |
| Elizabethton | 14,461 | 200 | 138.3 | 21 |
| Greeneville | 15,979 | 329 | 205.9 | 29 |
| Morristown | 32,994 | 449 | 136.1 | 47 |
| Sevierville | 18,231 | 278 | 152.5 | 72 |
| Alcoa | 13,588 | 130 | 95.7 | 93 |
How Kingsport sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA is 0 miles. Appraisers borrow Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA rents, and the 57,109 residents set the ceiling on collections. Households here carry $50,436 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. Hospital coverage inside Kingsport means a call schedule can be evidenced rather than described.
More of Tennessee
- Bristol 27,867 residents
- Elizabethton 14,461 residents
- Greeneville 15,979 residents
- Morristown 32,994 residents
- Sevierville 18,231 residents
- Alcoa 13,588 residents
Kingsport owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Kingsport, and in what?
NPPES lists 817 providers at a Kingsport practice address, 143.1 per 10,000 residents across 30 tracked fields. Physical, occupational, and speech therapy accounts for 181 of them, 22 percent of the total, with primary care and family medicine next at 120. Read that as clinicians: 817 enumerations, not 817 owners.
02Which fields carry the volume in Kingsport?
The 30 enumerated fields are led by physical, occupational, and speech therapy at 181, with primary care and family medicine at 120 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
03What does Sullivan County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, dental, mental health designation HRSA carries on Sullivan County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 57,109 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
04Why does Sullivan County show so little SBA activity?
Sullivan County shows 2 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. 125 lending establishments operate locally.
05How does the hospital in Kingsport affect a practice file?
A Medicare-certified hospital operates in the town, which gives referral flow, a call schedule, and a clinical labor pool a funder can verify. 12 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 143.1 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $50,436 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Kingsport runs $50,436. 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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