Doctors and health care providers in Rapid City, MI
15 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Rapid City, 454th of 515 Michigan cities. The largest group is physical therapist: 2, 13% of the city's records, against 3% across Michigan.
The 8 largest groups in Rapid City
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Rapid City in Michigan
- Rank in Michigan454th of 515 cities by records
- Share of the state<0.1% of Michigan's records
- Specialties present11 taxonomy codes
- Top three groups40% of all records
- Physical Therapist rank11th of the 10 Michigan cities with the most
Providers in Rapid City, alphabetically
- Melinda BooySocial Worker1467090928
- Dale Chandler, RNRegistered Nurse1306277066
- Trevor Darnell, D.C.Chiropractor1417112467
- Erik EdwardsChiropractor1881167336
- William GrosshauserStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1710444971
- Robin Lavis, DEMMidwife1740430735
- Bruce Lirones, DOFamily Medicine Physician1881786762
- Lindsay LorsonSocial Worker1376008920
- Theresa Marshall, CDDoula1437984887
- Sandra MartiniRegistered Nurse1558718940
- Mary Robinson, DNPC, MSN/ED., BSNCase Management Registered Nurse1477143113
- Rick Schuster, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1659175321
- Kristina Spencer-Nemec, LPCProfessional Counselor1457944118
- Rebecca Williams, PT, DPT, MBAPhysical Therapist1730344946
- Richard Williams, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1962450635
The largest Michigan cities
- Farmington Hills36,305
- Detroit19,832
- Grand Rapids18,005
- Ann Arbor15,616
- Novi7,641
How to read this directory
Rapid City, Michigan appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 15 registered healthcare providers spanning 11 distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Rapid 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 Rapid 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 Rapid City is weighted toward Physical Therapist (2 clinicians, followed by Registered Nurse with 2 and Chiropractor with 2). 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 Michigan's population, Rapid City reports roughly 0.1 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 Michigan's most common specialties, Behavior Technician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Rapid City practice address, a coverage gap Rapid City patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Rapid 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 Rapid City, MI?
There are 15 registered healthcare providers in Rapid City, MI, covering 11 specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Rapid City?
The most common specialties in Rapid City are Physical Therapist, Registered Nurse, Chiropractor, Social Worker, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program. Physical Therapist has the most providers with 2.
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.