Who we are
Wert-Berater, Inc. has prepared independent feasibility studies for lenders, certified development companies, and federal agencies since 1998 — more than four thousand engagements representing $40.2 billion in evaluated project value across all fifty states and international assignments. Our fiduciary duty runs to the lender and the agency, never to the sponsor’s optimism: fees are fixed, quoted up front, never contingent on findings, and a determination is never changed under pressure.
What we do
Imaging centers are scan-volume businesses with referral physics: modality demand — MRI, CT, ultrasound, mammography — flows from the referring-physician base and population utilization rates, against hospital outpatient departments and competing freestanding centers. The study sizes scans by modality from per-capita utilization and the referral catchment, prices them at freestanding rates with the payer differential to hospital settings documented — the differential is the business model — and tests equipment economics: capital cost, service contracts, and the technology-refresh cycle against the volume each magnet or scanner must carry.
How we do it
Modality-level volume modeling from utilization benchmarks and referral-base analysis, reimbursement at freestanding technical-component rates by payer, equipment cost and refresh scheduling from vendor and service-contract data, and breakeven expressed in scans per modality per day.
How we can help you
Owner-operator centers fit SBA 504's equipment-and-building structure precisely; radiology-group expansions route conventional; the equipment-heavy collateral profile is modeled to each program's terms. The category applies the firm's equipment-intensive underwriting discipline — the same throughput-per-machine logic used across its industrial record — to clinical capacity.
How to engage us
Standard delivery is 10 to 15 business days from complete project data. Rush delivery for deals already in underwriting is accepted case by case for an additional fixed fee, quoted up front and committed in writing. Engagements are typically initiated by the borrower, with lender or CDC confirmation obtained before work begins — institutions differ, so confirm the procedure with your lending contact.