Practice Expansion Equipment Financing

Finance a new service line as a project — the modality, the room modifications, and the months between install and credentialing. Projects we fund typically run $500,000–$2,000,000, drawn as each modality is installed and commissioned.

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The Service Line Expansion Reality

Adding a service line is not the same purchase as replacing a machine, and the reason is the gap. The modality is installed, the room is modified, the integration is done — and then payer credentialing for the new service runs on a timetable nobody in the practice controls, with the equipment in place and not yet billable throughout. A level schedule starting at delivery bills hardest through exactly that window. The honest structure defers or steps until the service line can actually be billed.

What a Service Line Package Covers

Imaging modalities for a new service line
Procedure and treatment room equipment
Room modifications — shielding, power, floor loading, HVAC
Patient monitoring and point-of-care diagnostics
PACS, practice-management, and integration work
Staff training, commissioning, and acceptance testing

How the Draws Work

One approval, funded in phases — the schedule follows the project rather than a delivery date.

1 · Site Preparation

Shielding, floor loading, power, and HVAC for the room that will hold the modality — work that is specific to the equipment and has to be finished before it can be delivered.

2 · Install & Commission

The modality is installed, calibrated, and accepted, and the PACS and practice-management integration is brought up with it so the service line is technically ready.

3 · Credentialing

Payer credentialing and enrollment for the new service run on their own timetable, and the equipment sits installed and idle while they do. This is the phase the structure is really built around.

Payment Structures

The differentiation: four ways to own the same equipment, engineered to your cash flow. Compare them side by side on our structures page.

Operating Lease

Off-balance-sheet treatment with end-of-term flexibility — return, renew, or purchase. Often the right answer when technology cycles or accounting outcomes drive the decision.

$1 Buyout Lease

Own the equipment for one dollar at term end. Fixed payments, full Section 179 eligibility, and a clean path to ownership.

Seasonal & Step Payments

Payments that follow your revenue curve — lighter in slow months, heavier in peak season, or stepping up as new equipment ramps to full production.

Usage-Based & As-a-Service

Payments tied to hours, output, or consumption. The category Elevex is defining: pay for what equipment achieves, not what it costs.

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How It Works

Three steps from scope to funded.

1 · Bring the Scope

A budget, a floor plan or build spec, and the timeline you're working to. Not a single quote — the whole project, however many vendors it runs across.

2 · Structure the Draws

A finance professional maps the funding to the project's milestones, so money lands when each phase needs it and payments start when the facility earns.

3 · Fund Each Phase

Vendors are paid as phases clear. One approval and one schedule carry the project instead of a separate application every time the scope moves forward.

Common Questions

How is this different from financing one modality?

A modality page prices the machine and its install for a practice that already performs the work. A service line is new work: the room has to be modified for it, the integration built, the staff trained, and the service credentialed before anything can be billed. The equipment is one line of a project with a much longer runway.

Why does credentialing belong in a financing conversation?

Because it sets when the service line can begin billing, and that date is usually months after the equipment is installed and paid for. Knowing roughly how long enrollment takes for the service in question is what lets the deferral or the step schedule be sized to the real gap rather than to an optimistic one.

Can one facility cover equipment from several vendors?

Yes — that is the point of financing service line expansion as a project rather than as purchases. A single schedule can carry equipment from every vendor on the job, so the scope is approved once instead of being re-underwritten each time another supplier is added.

Which parts of a service line expansion qualify for Section 179?

Most business-use equipment placed in service this tax year generally qualifies, financed or purchased outright. Leasehold improvements, real property, and construction costs follow different rules, so a project budget rarely qualifies as a single number. Run the equipment portion on our Section 179 calculator and confirm the split with your tax advisor.

How fast can practice expansion equipment financing close?

Application-only decisions to $1,000,000 come back in minutes for qualified credits. Apply online with your scope and budget rather than a single quote — the draw schedule is built from the project timeline, so the sooner that exists the sooner funding can follow it.

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