Texas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Fredericksburg, Texas
Direct answer
Density decides a lot here. Fredericksburg runs 193.8 providers per 10,000 residents, 228 clinicians against 11,766 people, 30 percent of them in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, while Gillespie County lenders have approved 1 healthcare files worth $100,000 and the nearest metro is 59 miles out.
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- Population: 11,766 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 228 across 28 fields2
- Median household income: $57,4743
- Largest provider field: Physical, occupational, and speech therapy: 69 registered providers2
- Medicare-certified providers in town: 5 across 2 categories4
- Nearest metro: San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, 59 miles1
Who is enumerated in Fredericksburg
228 providers across 28 fields, 193.8 per 10,000 residents, counted at Fredericksburg addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Specialty | Enumerated clinicians | Density per 10,000 | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 69 | 58.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 37 | 31.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Specialty physician groups | 17 | 14.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 17 | 14.4 | NPPES [2] |
| General dentistry | 15 | 12.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 12 | 10.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 7 | 5.9 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 6 | 5.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 5 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 5 | 4.2 | NPPES [2] |
| Hospice and palliative | 4 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 4 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Behavioral and mental health group practices | 4 | 3.4 | NPPES [2] |
| Dermatology | 3 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ASCs and OBLs | 3 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Audiology and hearing centers | 3 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| ABA and autism therapy | 3 | 2.5 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Pain management and interventional | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Non-medical home care | 2 | 1.7 | NPPES [2] |
| Urgent care | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| SUD treatment and residential | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| NEMT and ambulance | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Clinical and toxicology labs | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Plastic and cosmetic surgery | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Dialysis and infusion centers | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Occupational health and drug testing | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 5 | CMS [4] | |
| Hospice providers | 3 | CMS [4] | |
| Home health agencies | 2 | CMS [4] |
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy carries 69 of the 228 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 Gillespie County
1 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 | 1 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [5] |
| Total approved capital | $100,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [5] |
| Mean deal size | $100,000 | The dollar column over the approval column [5] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 15 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
Reading Fredericksburg the way a credit committee does
Underwriting starts with 193.8 providers per 10,000 residents, because that ratio caps how fast a chair or a room fills. With 1 approvals on record in Gillespie County, expect a longer appraisal and a wider collateral discount. With $57,474 as the median household income, the payer mix in a projection has to match what Fredericksburg households actually spend.
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 order comes from Fredericksburg's own provider mix, which physical, occupational, and speech therapy dominates at 30 percent. What a partner can actually place in Texas is a separate question.
Underwriting by field in Fredericksburg
What a funder opens first depends on the field. In Fredericksburg that means 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 (69) | Visits per case, Referral source concentration, Payer mix and authorization rules | Startup or expansion clinic |
| Primary care and family medicine (37) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Specialty physician groups (17) | Ancillary revenue contribution, Provider productivity, Payer contracts | Ancillary build-out |
The first column is Fredericksburg's own NPPES count. The rest is how the field is generally underwritten, whether the address is Fredericksburg or anywhere else.
How Fredericksburg prices against its neighbors
193.8 per 10,000 is the figure a neighboring town gets compared against when an appraiser prices Fredericksburg
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fredericksburg (current) | 11,766 | 228 | 193.8 | |
| Kerrville | 25,141 | 396 | 157.5 | 22 |
| Boerne | 22,712 | 459 | 202.1 | 34 |
| Fair Oaks Ranch | 11,744 | 18 | 15.3 | 39 |
| Dripping Springs | 10,165 | 182 | 179.0 | 47 |
| Helotes | 10,223 | 173 | 169.2 | 49 |
| Lakeway | 19,056 | 312 | 163.7 | 53 |
What the geography does to a Fredericksburg projection
59 miles separate Fredericksburg from San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. Median household income runs $57,474, which is the number a funder converts into case acceptance on anything elective or cash-pay. Because a certified hospital sits inside the town, both the referral path and the pay a clinical hire expects are already observable. Fredericksburg is the Gillespie County seat, so county employment steadies the payer mix.
More of Texas
- Kerrville 25,141 residents
- Boerne 22,712 residents
- Fair Oaks Ranch 11,744 residents
- Dripping Springs 10,165 residents
- Helotes 10,223 residents
- Lakeway 19,056 residents
What owners in Fredericksburg ask
01How many providers practice in Fredericksburg, and in what?
Across 28 fields, Fredericksburg carries 228 enumerated clinicians, 193.8 per 10,000 of the 11,766 people living here. The concentration is in physical, occupational, and speech therapy, 69 of the total, then primary care and family medicine at 37. Count practices from that only with care.
02Why does Gillespie County show so little SBA activity?
Gillespie County shows 1 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. 15 lending establishments operate locally.
03What does Gillespie County's shortage designation change?
The primary care, mental health designation HRSA carries on Gillespie County is a recruiting instrument: it puts repayment incentives in front of candidates, which is how a hiring plan for 11,766 residents gets past the question of who would take the job.
04Is Fredericksburg underwritten as part of San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX?
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX sits 59 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX; the 11,766 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
05How does the hospital in Fredericksburg 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. 5 Medicare-certified providers are located here in total. It also sets the wage floor behind every hire in a 193.8 per 10,000 market.
06What does a $57,474 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Fredericksburg runs $57,474. 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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