NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Rapid City, SD

3,017 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Rapid City, 2nd of 84 South Dakota cities. The largest group is physical therapist: 159, 5% of the city's records, against 6% across South Dakota. Page 16 of 61.

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Rapid City in South Dakota

  • Rank in South Dakota2nd of 84 cities by records
  • Share of the state17.7% of South Dakota's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups14.8% of all records
  • Physical Therapist rank2nd of the 10 South Dakota cities with the most

Compared with South Dakota as a whole, Rapid City has 4.3× the state's share of case manager/care coordinator records and 0.51× its share of pharmacist records.

Providers in Rapid City, alphabetically

  1. Kaysie EngstromFamily Nurse Practitioner1750258216
  2. Meghan Epp, CNPNurse Practitioner1972104545
  3. Luke EppersonAcupuncturist1528531928
  4. Theresa Eral, RDRegistered Dietitian1720236995
  5. Jennifer Erdman, CNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1013222157
  6. Amanda ErhardFamily Nurse Practitioner1427997626
  7. Abbie Erickson, PHARMDPharmacist1427434364
  8. Ellen Erickson, RNRegistered Nurse1932438967
  9. Sarah Erickson, PTPhysical Therapist1548330558
  10. Taylor EricksonCase Manager/Care Coordinator1366297889
  11. Dewey Ertz, ED.D.Psychologist1164606570
  12. Ashley Evans, CNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1437872553
  13. Bradley Evans, MD DDS MSOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1376627497
  14. Bruce Evans, MD DDS MSOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1083775886
  15. David Evans, MDInternal Medicine Physician1780639484
  16. Michele Evans, PTPhysical Therapist1154493377
  17. Anissa Evans Jepsen, EDDBehavior Analyst1033876768
  18. Joanne Evans-Lewis, MSN WHNPNurse Practitioner1669597662
  19. Tristen EvenCase Manager/Care Coordinator1821971342
  20. Christopher Evensen, LCSWClinical Social Worker1891492252
  21. William EverettStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1659217081
  22. Mary Ewing, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1326002916
  23. Ashtyn Faehnrich, BACase Manager/Care Coordinator1700487170
  24. Austen FagerlandPhysician Assistant1376816520
  25. Timothy Faiman, LMTMassage Therapist1467759761
  26. Shawn FanningEmergency Registered Nurse1225652282
  27. Elizabeth Farnsworth, MD, PHDPediatrics Physician1174973853
  28. Lyndsay Farnsworth, RNSchool Registered Nurse1932658762
  29. Tristen FarnsworthMassage Therapist1043044555
  30. Connor Farrar, PA-CPhysician Assistant1518539147
  31. Donna Farrar, M.A.Mental Health Counselor1417132051
  32. Brenda Farris, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1912960972
  33. Norman Fasse, M.P.T.Physical Therapist1033289087
  34. Shari Fechner, CNPNurse Practitioner1255301305
  35. Jirina Fedele, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1497416481
  36. Meghan Fedele, RNRegistered Nurse1194513887
  37. Zachary Feece, RDRegistered Dietitian1023804473
  38. Brendan Feehan, MDAnesthesiology Physician1225560626
  39. Pamela Feehan, AUD CCCAAudiologist1114012176
  40. Paige Fees, DPTPhysical Therapist1942828132
  41. Cortney FegueroaReflexologist1306605050
  42. Shauna Fehrenbach, APRN-CNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1881528651
  43. Andrea Feil, PA-CPhysician Assistant1497469142
  44. Cary FeldmanOptometrist1073735759
  45. Alix Felley, BSCounselor1437616844
  46. Luke Fennessy, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1447004023
  47. Joseph Ferber, MT (AAB)Medical Technologist1689996068
  48. Natasha Ferguson, R.N.Registered Nurse1922432418
  49. Catherine Fernandez Aristy, MDSleep Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1376170241
  50. John Fernau, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1649560541

The largest South Dakota cities

  1. Sioux Falls6,563
  2. Aberdeen758
  3. Watertown543
  4. Yankton515
  5. Fort Meade499

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How to read this directory

Rapid City, South Dakota appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 3,017 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more 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 (159 clinicians, followed by Mental Health Counselor with 147 and Case Manager/Care Coordinator with 141). 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, Rapid City reports roughly 328.2 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.

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, SD?

There are 3,017 registered healthcare providers in Rapid City, SD, covering 25 or more 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, Mental Health Counselor, Case Manager/Care Coordinator, Family Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant. Physical Therapist has the most providers with 159.

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.