Texas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Bellmead, Texas
Direct answer
A Bellmead file is read against 27 local clinicians, 25.5 for every 10,000 of its 10,607 residents, 22 percent of them in general dentistry, plus the 7 SBA healthcare approvals worth $4,997,000 already recorded in McLennan County, 7 miles from Waco, TX.
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Fields practicing inside Bellmead
25.5 providers per 10,000 residents is what 27 enumerations across 10 fields works out to in a town of 10,607
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| General dentistry | 6 | 5.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 5 | 4.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 4 | 3.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 3 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 3 | 2.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 2 | 1.9 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 2 | CMS [4] | |
| Dialysis facilities | 1 | CMS [4] |
Several of the 6 general dentistry enumerations can belong to one practice, so the column counts clinicians rather than businesses or owners
Loan activity in McLennan County
7 healthcare approvals sit in the county file, so an appraiser here works from a short comparable set
| Measure | Published figure | What sits behind it |
|---|---|---|
| SBA healthcare approvals | 7 | Fiscal year published in the SBA file [5] |
| Approved dollars | $4,997,000 | Sum of approvals to healthcare borrowers [5] |
| Average approval | $713,857 | Dollars divided by approvals [5] |
| Lending establishments in the county | 173 | Credit intermediation establishments, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
Underwriting starts with 25.5 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. McLennan County has 7 approvals to compare against, so plan for extra appraisal time and a conservative valuation. With $54,048 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Bellmead households actually spend.
The programs this provider mix points at
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Working capital term loan
The 10 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Texas.
What a funder reads first in Bellmead
general dentistry, primary care and family medicine, dental specialties account for most of what is enumerated in Bellmead, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Field | What the file turns on | The capital event behind most requests |
|---|---|---|
| General dentistry (6) | Three years of collections history, Hygiene as a share of collections, Overhead ratio and owner add-backs | Acquisition of an established practice |
| Primary care and family medicine (5) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Dental specialties (4) | Collections concentrated in the selling doctor, Referral source concentration, Contract receivables on payment plans | Specialty practice acquisition |
Column one counts Bellmead clinicians from the federal file. Columns two and three describe how the field is usually underwritten, and a partner can read a Bellmead file differently.
How Bellmead prices against its neighbors
Density is the number that moves an appraisal: 25.5 per 10,000 here
| Town | Residents | Providers | Per 10,000 | Miles away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellmead (current) | 10,607 | 27 | 25.5 | |
| Robinson | 12,986 | 49 | 37.7 | 11 |
| Hewitt | 16,749 | 67 | 40.0 | 12 |
| Temple | 96,267 | 1,209 | 125.6 | 39 |
| Gatesville | 16,388 | 66 | 40.3 | 40 |
| Belton | 25,635 | 198 | 77.2 | 44 |
| Corsicana | 25,591 | 221 | 86.4 | 49 |
How Bellmead sits against the nearest metro
Distance to Waco, TX is 7 miles. Appraisers borrow Waco, TX rents, and the 10,607 residents set the ceiling on collections. At $54,048 median household income, the elective and cash-pay share of a projection is the line that gets tested first. Referral flow comes from outside Bellmead, which a projection needs to state plainly.
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Questions from Bellmead
01How many providers practice in Bellmead, and in what?
Across 10 fields, Bellmead carries 27 enumerated clinicians, 25.5 per 10,000 of the 10,607 people living here. The concentration is in general dentistry, 6 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 5. Count practices from that only with care.
02What does McLennan County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates McLennan County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Bellmead and evidences a staffing ramp in a 10,607 resident market.
03Why does McLennan County show so little SBA activity?
Only 7 healthcare approvals appear for McLennan County in the published 7(a) and 504 file. Thin volume in McLennan County is a transaction count, not a verdict on borrowers here. The county still holds 173 credit intermediation establishments.
04Is Bellmead underwritten as part of Waco, TX?
Partly. Waco, TX is 7 miles out, so rent and equipment comparables travel in from there while patients still come from the 10,607 residents around Bellmead. Cost side metro, revenue side local.
05Is there local lending capacity in McLennan County?
County Business Patterns records 173 credit intermediation establishments in McLennan County. That is the local origination bench, and it decides whether a file gets underwritten by somebody who has seen Bellmead rents and resale before or by somebody working from a screen.
06What does the underserved designation in McLennan County support?
McLennan County carries a medically underserved designation. It evidences unmet demand behind a capacity build, and it opens recruitment programs that make a staffing line in a projection easier to defend than local wage data alone would.
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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