NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Big Stone City, SD

23 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Big Stone City, 52nd of 84 South Dakota cities. The largest group is occupational therapist: 8, 35% of the city's records, against 3% across South Dakota.

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Big Stone City in South Dakota

  • Rank in South Dakota52nd of 84 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.1% of South Dakota's records
  • Specialties present7 taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups73.9% of all records
  • Occupational Therapist rank10th of the 10 South Dakota cities with the most

Providers in Big Stone City, alphabetically

  1. Corey Abbas, PTPhysical Therapist1134777113
  2. Sara Adelman, OTAOccupational Therapist1235691536
  3. Michele AndersonOccupational Therapist1629523097
  4. John BatesPhysical Therapist1477112662
  5. Hanna Becker, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1164070553
  6. Jenna Behnken, PTPhysical Therapist1578165965
  7. Trista Bjerk, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1285307330
  8. Wayne Dardis, OTOccupational Therapist1619560158
  9. Patrick Dreis, PAPhysician Assistant1245203132
  10. Brooke FossPhysical Therapy Assistant1306308457
  11. Nicole GadesOccupational Therapy Assistant1023570173
  12. Roy Gillis, OTOccupational Therapist1427651140
  13. Jenna Jorgenson, PTPhysical Therapist1063342426
  14. Abigail JovanovichOccupational Therapist1487235982
  15. Lacey MoserPhysical Therapy Assistant1871055913
  16. Kali PillatzkiPersonal Care Attendant1205425147
  17. Abbey Richter, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1073919239
  18. Courtney RittenourOccupational Therapist1194287268
  19. Branden SchultzPhysical Therapy Assistant1215499355
  20. Meagan ShrollOccupational Therapist1902204084
  21. Cheryl SoltisOccupational Therapist1699236125
  22. Angie ThorfinnsonSpeech-Language Pathologist1386106458
  23. Wade Vandover, P.T.Physical Therapist1174550446

The largest South Dakota cities

  1. Sioux Falls6,563
  2. Rapid City3,017
  3. Aberdeen758
  4. Watertown543
  5. Yankton515

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How to read this directory

Big Stone City, South Dakota appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 23 registered healthcare providers spanning 7 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Big Stone City - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Big Stone City practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.

The provider mix in Big Stone City is weighted toward Occupational Therapist (8 clinicians, followed by Physical Therapist with 5 and Speech-Language Pathologist with 4). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to South Dakota's population, Big Stone City reports roughly 2.5 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.

Of South Dakota's most common specialties, Pharmacist is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Big Stone City practice address, a coverage gap Big Stone City patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Big Stone City patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.

For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.

Common questions

How many doctors are in Big Stone City, SD?

There are 23 registered healthcare providers in Big Stone City, SD, covering 7 specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Big Stone City?

The most common specialties in Big Stone City are Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist, Speech-Language Pathologist, Physical Therapy Assistant, Personal Care Attendant. Occupational Therapist has the most providers with 8.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.