Sale to a PE group or chain.
Your practice gets rolled into a larger group. You usually stay on a few years, and your payout depends on what it produces.
Buyers price your earnings and the parts that run without you, rankings, reviews, patient list, brand. Practices with a strong location brand sell for noticeably more than ones named for the surgeon. We've run the marketing through these deals and watched the price move on decisions made months earlier.






