Texas micro-market
Healthcare practice financing in Santa Fe, Texas
Direct answer
A Santa Fe file is read against 41 local clinicians, 31.2 for every 10,000 of its 13,131 residents, 20 percent of them in general dentistry, plus the 4 SBA healthcare approvals worth $2,570,000 already recorded in Galveston County, 33 miles from Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
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- Population: 13,131 residents (10K-25K band)1
- Healthcare providers registered here: 41 across 13 fields2
- Median household income: $95,8153
- Largest provider field: General dentistry: 8 registered providers2
- Nearest metro: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, 33 miles1
- SBA healthcare approvals in the county: 4 approvals totaling $2,570,0004
The provider census in Santa Fe
41 providers across 13 fields, 31.2 per 10,000 residents, counted at Santa Fe addresses in the NPPES monthly file
| Field | Providers | Per 10,000 residents | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| General dentistry | 8 | 6.1 | NPPES [2] |
| Primary care and family medicine | 6 | 4.6 | NPPES [2] |
| Independent pharmacy | 4 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Optometry and ophthalmology | 4 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| Physical, occupational, and speech therapy | 4 | 3.0 | NPPES [2] |
| DME and HME suppliers | 3 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Home health | 3 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Chiropractic | 3 | 2.3 | NPPES [2] |
| Dental specialties | 2 | 1.5 | NPPES [2] |
| Med spa and aesthetics | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Ketamine, TMS, and interventional psychiatry | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Telehealth and virtual clinics | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Skilled nursing, assisted living, and memory care | 1 | 0.8 | NPPES [2] |
| Medical equipment suppliers | 1 | CMS [5] |
A single Santa Fe practice can hold more than one of these numbers. 20 percent sit in general dentistry, counted as clinicians rather than as owners.
What Galveston County credit files already show
The county file holds 4 healthcare approvals, which is a thin comparable set for anyone pricing collateral
| Line | Amount | Reading and source |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals on record | 4 | Counted for the fiscal year the SBA publishes [4] |
| Total approved capital | $2,570,000 | Everything approved to healthcare borrowers, added up [4] |
| Mean deal size | $642,500 | The dollar column over the approval column [4] |
| Lenders sited in the county | 176 | Places that write credit locally, NAICS 522 [6] |
What the two tables above change about a file
31.2 per 10,000 is the first number a credit analyst converts into a realistic new-patient count. A short county record of 4 approvals usually means more documentation and a lower advance against the same collateral. A $95,815 median household income here sets the ceiling on what an elective or cash-pay line can be expected to carry.
Programs the Santa Fe mix reaches for
- Practice acquisition
- Startup and de novo
- Expansion, relocation, and build-out
- Equipment financing and leasing
- Commercial real estate, owner-occupied
The 13 fields practicing locally set this order. A funding partner, not this list, decides what is available in Texas.
Underwriting by field in Santa Fe
general dentistry, primary care and family medicine, independent pharmacy account for most of what is enumerated in Santa Fe, so those are the files funders see from this town
| Specialty | Read first in underwriting | Why the money is usually needed |
|---|---|---|
| General dentistry (8) | 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 (6) | Panel size, Value-based contract exposure, Provider productivity | Acquisition |
| Independent pharmacy (4) | Script count and file retention, Gross margin after direct and indirect remuneration, Wholesaler terms against reimbursement timing | Acquisition of the business or the prescription files |
Counts in the first column are Santa Fe providers from NPPES. The other two columns describe how funders read that field across markets like Santa Fe, not what any funder will do with your file.
Density beside the neighboring Texas towns
Set Santa Fe's 31.2 per 10,000 against the towns an appraiser would reach for next
| Comparable | People | Enumerations | Per 10,000 residents | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe (current) | 13,131 | 41 | 31.2 | |
| Dickinson | 21,941 | 172 | 78.4 | 5 |
| La Marque | 20,194 | 52 | 25.8 | 7 |
| Alvin | 29,869 | 168 | 56.2 | 8 |
| Friendswood | 41,291 | 382 | 92.5 | 10 |
| Webster | 12,548 | 720 | 573.8 | 10 |
| Seabrook | 13,976 | 53 | 37.9 | 16 |
How Santa Fe sits against the nearest metro
33 miles separate Santa Fe from Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. Rent comparables cross that gap; patients mostly do not. Households here carry $95,815 in median income, and that ceiling decides how much of a treatment plan gets started rather than deferred. With no hospital in town, a projection has to name where referrals and coverage come from.
Nearby Texas towns
Santa Fe owners, answered
01How many providers practice in Santa Fe, and in what?
41 enumerations sit at Santa Fe addresses in the monthly NPPES file, working out to 31.2 for every 10,000 residents. 20 percent of them are general dentistry, and primary care and family medicine follows with 6. An enumeration is a clinician, so the 41 here cover fewer than 41 practices.
02What does a $95,815 median income mean for case acceptance?
Median household income in Santa Fe runs $95,815. 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.
03What does Galveston County's shortage designation change?
HRSA designates Galveston County for primary care, dental, mental health. That opens loan repayment programs for clinicians recruited into Santa Fe and evidences a staffing ramp in a 13,131 resident market.
04Why does Galveston County show so little SBA activity?
Galveston County shows 4 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. 176 lending establishments operate locally.
05Is Santa Fe underwritten as part of Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX sits 33 miles away, close enough that appraisers reach into that market for rent and resale comparables while your patient draw stays local. The comparables read Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX; the 13,131 residents set the ceiling a projection can defend.
06Which fields carry the volume in Santa Fe?
The 13 enumerated fields are led by general dentistry at 8, with primary care and family medicine at 6 behind it. Those two counts double as the competition you are entering and the bench you would hire from.
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
- 4U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 approvals
- 5CMS Care Compare provider datasets
- 6U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022
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