NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Miranda A. Nygaard, PA

Physician Assistant · Watertown, SD

Miranda A. Nygaard, PA is a physician assistant with a practice address in Watertown, South Dakota, and NPI 1104563204, issued on May 19, 2022. Check the license (South Dakota 1385, as entered in NPPES) with the South Dakota board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1104563204
Name
Miranda A. Nygaard
Credential
PA
Primary taxonomy
Physician Assistant 363A00000X
License number
1385 SD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
511 14TH Ave NE, Watertown, SD 57201
Phone
(605) 886-8482
Enumerated
May 19, 2022
Record last updated
Sep 7, 2022
Fax
(605) 884-4332
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240604003264); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
University Of North Dakota School Of Medicine, 2022
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 511 14TH Ave NE

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Craig Crismon, MDPediatrics Physician1396702882
  2. Alexandra Gauer, DOFamily Medicine Physician1336888403
  3. Gregory Larson, MDFamily Medicine Physician1629036645
  4. Alan Lawrence, MDSurgery Physician1265490288
  5. Jonathan McAreavey, MDFamily Medicine Physician1730147125
  6. Daniel Reiffenberger, MDFamily Medicine Physician1558328799

Verify Miranda A. Nygaard in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Dakota board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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9% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024

757 Medicare Part D claims for 330 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 19 claims were for opioids.

  1. Miranda Nygaard757
  2. Specialty average830

Most prescribed

  1. Doxycycline Hyclate40 claims
  2. Prednisone37 claims
  3. Ciprofloxacin Hcl32 claims
  4. Omeprazole27 claims
  5. Azithromycin26 claims
  6. Cephalexin24 claims

Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.

Industry payments in 2024: $540.61

32 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Lilly USA, LLC. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Miranda Nygaard$540.61
  2. Specialty average$841.65

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Bills Medicare through 2 group practices

  1. Prairie Lakes Health Care System IncWatertown, SD
  2. Rural Health Care IncWorthington, MN

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Miranda A. Nygaard among 674 physician assistant records in South Dakota

Miranda A. Nygaard, PA is one of 674 physician assistant records with a practice address in South Dakota. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2022, is newer than 84% of them.

  • NPI issued2022 · 84% of these records are older, 11% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 72% of these records are
  • Graduated2022 · median 2014 among the 482 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2022 · 53% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a South Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

15 physician assistant records list a practice address in Watertown

They are 15 of the 543 NPPES records with a practice address in Watertown, and 674 physician assistant records in South Dakota.

The 8 physician assistant records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Joseph Bretschneider, PA-CWatertown, SD 572011750831632
  2. Jennifer Byer, PA-CWatertown, SD 572011487973525
  3. Bailley Danforth, PA-CWatertown, SD 572011184348807
  4. Kari Jo Fleming, PA-CWatertown, SD 572011316284839
  5. Elizabeth Johnson, P.A.Watertown, SD 572011972538650
  6. Rachel Leiseth, PAWatertown, SD 572011699327262
  7. Kahley Meyer, PA-CWatertown, SD 572011356844385
  8. Rachel Montileaux, PA-CWatertown, SD 572011588329585

Common questions

What is Miranda A. Nygaard, PA's NPI number?

Miranda A. Nygaard, PA's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1104563204, issued on May 19, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Miranda A. Nygaard, PA located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 511 14TH Ave NE, Watertown, SD, 57201. Phone: (605) 886-8482. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Miranda A. Nygaard, PA's license?

NPPES lists South Dakota license number 1385, as entered by the provider. Search the South Dakota board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Miranda A. Nygaard, PA prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Miranda A. Nygaard, PA had 757 Medicare Part D claims for 330 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

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.