Steven Schaefer, OD
Optometrist · Rapid City, SD
Steven Schaefer, OD is an optometrist with a practice address in Rapid City, South Dakota, and NPI 1821720186, issued on Jun 27, 2022. Check the license (South Dakota 781, as entered in NPPES) with the South Dakota board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Steven Schaefer
- Credential
- OD
- Primary taxonomy
- Optometrist 152W00000X
- License number
- 781 SD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2626 W Main St Ste 4, Rapid City, SD 57702
- Phone
- (605) 399-3811
- Enumerated
- Jun 27, 2022
- Record last updated
- Jun 27, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20220712001374); may accept Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Illinois College Of Optometry At Chicago, 2022
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Steven Schaefer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich South Dakota board licenses this profession
Search for license 781Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
84% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average optometrist in 2024
44 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries, against an average of 277 among the 33,128 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 36% of 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 75.4 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $139.66
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. The 34,453 providers of this specialty with any payment received $769.99 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Becker And Sorensen PCRapid City, SD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Steven Schaefer among 245 optometrist records in South Dakota
Steven Schaefer, OD is one of 245 optometrist 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 89% of them.
- NPI issued2022 · 89% of these records are older, 9% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 75% of these records are
- Graduated2022 · median 2006 among the 183 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 62% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 152W00000X and a South Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
39 optometrist records list a practice address in Rapid City
They are 39 of the 3,017 NPPES records with a practice address in Rapid City, and 245 optometrist records in South Dakota.
All 245 in South Dakota → Every provider in Rapid City → Optometrist nationwide →
The 8 optometrist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Patrick Britton, O.DRapid City, SD 577021750344701
- Karla Bucknall, O.D.Rapid City, SD 577021477607877
- Shane Clark, O.D.Rapid City, SD 577021437446440
- Loretta Flaitz, O.D., M.B.A.Rapid City, SD 577021588615132
- Taylor Haley, ODRapid City, SD 577021700516861
- William Holec, ODRapid City, SD 577021720146095
- Sarah Houdek, ODRapid City, SD 577021558974964
- Gaylene Kudrna, ODRapid City, SD 577021063570349
Common questions
What is Steven Schaefer, OD's NPI number?
Steven Schaefer, OD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1821720186, issued on Jun 27, 2022. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Steven Schaefer, OD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2626 W Main St Ste 4, Rapid City, SD, 57702. Phone: (605) 399-3811. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Steven Schaefer, OD's license?
NPPES lists South Dakota license number 781, as entered by the provider. Search the South Dakota board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Steven Schaefer, OD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Steven Schaefer, OD had 44 Medicare Part D claims for 19 beneficiaries; the average among optometrist prescribers was 277. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Steven Schaefer, OD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 75.4 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.