Medicare providers in South Dakota

10,288 unique NPIs are enrolled in Medicare in South Dakota, number 48 of 51. Practitioners in the 77 specialties tracked here account for 8,372 of them; the largest is nurse practitioner (1,434), and nurse practitioners outnumber family-practice physicians 2.7 to 1.

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1Enrolled NPIs 10,288
2Largest specialty Nurse Practitioner
3Rank of 51 #48
4Specialties present 77

Medicare-enrolled practitioners in South Dakota by specialty, 15 largest, bars to scale. Source: CMS PPEF, 2026-09-29.

Every specialty in South Dakota

Each figure is the number of NPIs enrolled in Medicare in South Dakota under that specialty, beside its share of the specialty's national total.

Specialty	SD	Share of US
Nurse Practitioner	1,434	0.4%
Physician Assistant	779	0.4%
Family Practice	540	0.5%
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	514	0.8%
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	418	0.4%
Chiropractic	362	0.8%
Internal Medicine	354	0.3%
Clinical Social Worker	313	0.3%
Mental Health Counselor	294	0.4%
Pediatric Medicine	249	0.4%
Optometry	224	0.5%
Orthopedic Surgery	215	0.8%
Diagnostic Radiology	205	0.5%
Neurology	186	0.9%
Obstetrics/Gynecology	176	0.4%
Emergency Medicine	166	0.3%
General Surgery	156	0.6%
Anesthesiology	130	0.3%
Hospitalist	129	0.4%
Psychiatry	103	0.3%
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	87	0.4%
Clinical Psychologist	85	0.2%
Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiology)	68	0.3%
Gastroenterology	66	0.4%
Ophthalmology	61	0.3%
Dermatology	61	0.4%
Qualified Audiologist	61	0.5%
Otolaryngology	59	0.5%
Neurosurgery	59	0.9%
Urology	56	0.5%
Podiatry	52	0.3%
Pulmonary Disease	50	0.4%
Pathology	44	0.3%
Nephrology	43	0.4%
Hematology/Oncology	42	0.3%
Marriage and Family Therapist	34	0.2%
Qualified Speech Language Pathologist	34	0.2%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	34	0.3%
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	32	0.3%
Infectious Disease	31	0.4%
Certified Nurse Midwife (Cnm)	27	0.3%
Endocrinology	27	0.3%
Radiation Oncology	25	0.4%
Rheumatology	22	0.3%
Interventional Cardiology	22	0.4%
Vascular Surgery	20	0.4%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	19	0.3%
Hand Surgery	19	1%
Critical Care (Intensivists)	18	0.2%
Other (Physician)	18	3.5%
Hospice/Palliative Care	17	0.6%
Thoracic Surgery	16	0.4%
Interventional Radiology	13	0.4%
Sports Medicine	11	0.4%
Gynecological Oncology	11	0.8%
Allergy/Immunology	10	0.2%
General Practice	9	0.1%
Medical Oncology	9	0.2%
Cardiac Electrophysiology	9	0.3%
Pain Management	7	0.2%
Cardiac Surgery	7	0.4%
Preventive Medicine	4	0.4%
Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (Cns)	3	0.1%
Sleep Medicine	3	0.2%
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	3	0.3%
Medical Genetics and Genomics	3	0.6%
Geriatric Medicine	2	0.1%
Nuclear Medicine	2	0.3%
Epileptologists	2	0.6%
Dentist	1	0%
Oral Surgery	1	0%
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	1	0%
Interventional Pain Management	1	0.1%
Hematology	1	0.1%
Psychologist Billing Independently	1	0.1%
Addiction Medicine	1	0.1%
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery (Mds)	1	0.2%

Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment, extract of 2026-09-29; unique NPIs per state. Checked 2026-10-24. Methodology.