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South Dakota

4,481 individual providers in 74 specialties, 2024 · 12 metro and micro areas

Market Comparisons are prepared for one specialty in one metro area (or the state's area outside metro areas). View sample report

Individual providers by data year: 2020: 4,010 · 2021: 4,158 · 2022: 4,309 · 2023: 4,386 · 2024: 4,481.

Specialties practicing in South Dakota, 2024

Specialty	Individual providers
Nurse Practitioner	898
Physician Assistant	496
Family Practice	363
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)	354
Chiropractic	313
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	294
Optometry	186
Internal Medicine	150
Emergency Medicine	92
Orthopedic Surgery	88
Diagnostic Radiology	81
Hospitalist	76
Anesthesiology	73
General Surgery	69
Obstetrics & Gynecology	66
Licensed Clinical Social Worker	57
Occupational Therapist in Private Practice	50
Psychiatry	49
Neurology	45
Ophthalmology	42
Psychologist, Clinical	42
Audiologist	41
Dermatology	41
Otolaryngology	34
Podiatry	33
Gastroenterology	30
Cardiology	29
Pulmonary Disease	26
Pathology	24
Urology	24
Hematology-Oncology	23
Infectious Disease	19
Licensed Professional Counselor	19
Nephrology	18
Neurosurgery	17
Radiation Oncology	16
Vascular Surgery	15
Endocrinology	14
Interventional Cardiology	14
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	13
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	13
Rheumatology	13
Hand Surgery	12
Allergy/ Immunology	8
General Practice	8
Hospice and Palliative Care	8
Pediatric Medicine	8
Speech Language Pathologist	8
Critical Care (Intensivists)	7
Sports Medicine	7
Undefined Physician type	6
Interventional Radiology	5
Pain Management	5
Thoracic Surgery	5
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology	4
Gynecological Oncology	3
Medical Oncology	3
Registered Dietitian or Nutrition Professional	3
Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology	2
Cardiac Surgery	2
Interventional Pain Management	2
Micrographic Dermatologic Surgery	2
Nuclear Medicine	2
Addiction Medicine	1
Certified Nurse Midwife	1
Colorectal Surgery (Proctology)	1
Epileptologists	1
Geriatric Medicine	1
Hematology	1
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine	1
Peripheral Vascular Disease	1
Preventive Medicine	1
Sleep Medicine	1
Unknown Supplier/Provider Specialty	1

Metro areas and non-metro South Dakota, 2024

Area	Type	Individual providers	Physicians
Aberdeen, SD	Micro	232	74
Brookings, SD	Micro	106	26
Huron, SD	Micro	41	9
Mitchell, SD	Micro	99	33
Pierre, SD	Micro	84	27
Rapid City, SD	Metro	834	304
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD (crosses a state line)	Metro	648	225
Sioux Falls, SD-MN (crosses a state line)	Metro	2,032	915
Spearfish, SD	Micro	116	33
Vermillion, SD	Micro	39	10
Watertown, SD	Micro	154	52
Yankton, SD	Micro	140	62
South Dakota outside metro areas	Non-metro	411	82

Areas are Census CBSAs with at least one county in South Dakota; provider counts cover the whole area, including any part across a state line. See geography.

Largest cities in South Dakota

Sioux Falls (1,935 clinicians)
Rapid City (771 clinicians)
Aberdeen (223 clinicians)
Dakota Dunes (174 clinicians)
Watertown (154 clinicians)
Yankton (139 clinicians)
Brookings (103 clinicians)
Spearfish (103 clinicians)
Mitchell (98 clinicians)
Pierre (83 clinicians)

All 122 cities in South Dakota

Largest hospitals in South Dakota

Avera Mckennan Hospital & University Health Center (1,200 affiliated clinicians)
Sanford Usd Medical Center (971 affiliated clinicians)
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital (794 affiliated clinicians)
Monument Health Spearfish Hospital (372 affiliated clinicians)
Avera St Lukes (272 affiliated clinicians)
Monument Health Sturgis Hospital (237 affiliated clinicians)
Avera Heart Hospital Of South Dakota (227 affiliated clinicians)
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital (215 affiliated clinicians)
Avera St Mary's Hospital (200 affiliated clinicians)
Monument Health Custer Hospital (200 affiliated clinicians)

All 61 hospitals in South Dakota

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data year 2024. Largest by the count of clinicians.