Thane T. Gale, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Rapid City, SD
Thane T. Gale, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Rapid City, South Dakota, and NPI 1982996963, issued on May 9, 2011. Check the license (South Dakota 9198, as entered in NPPES) on the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thane T. Gale
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 9198 SD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 640 Flormann St, Rapid City, SD 57701
- Phone
- (605) 718-3300
- Enumerated
- May 9, 2011
- Record last updated
- Aug 20, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (605) 718-3426
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20140930001320); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 640 Flormann St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Thane T. Gale in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersSouth Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners
Search for license 9198Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
88% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
6,677 Medicare Part D claims for 616 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 15% of claims. 43 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium477 claims
- Losartan Potassium371 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium335 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate261 claims
- Lisinopril242 claims
- Hydrochlorothiazide212 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 MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. 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; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Monument Health Rapid City Hospital IncRapid City, SD
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thane T. Gale among 601 family medicine physician records in South Dakota
Thane T. Gale, MD is one of 601 family medicine physician records with a practice address in South Dakota. 79% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2011, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2011 · 67% of these records are older, 31% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 79% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 65% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2008 among the 393 with a school on file
- Record last updated2014 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a South Dakota practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
76 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Rapid City
They are 76 of the 3,017 NPPES records with a practice address in Rapid City, and 601 family medicine physician records in South Dakota.
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Common questions
What is Thane T. Gale, MD's NPI number?
Thane T. Gale, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1982996963, issued on May 9, 2011. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thane T. Gale, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 640 Flormann St, Rapid City, SD, 57701. Phone: (605) 718-3300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thane T. Gale, MD's license?
NPPES lists South Dakota license number 9198, as entered by the provider. Search the South Dakota Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners at https://www.sdbmoe.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Thane T. Gale, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thane T. Gale, MD had 6,677 Medicare Part D claims for 616 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Thane T. Gale, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.6 of 100. 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.