NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter in South Dakota

11 NPPES records list audiologist-hearing aid fitter with a practice address in South Dakota, 1.2 per 100,000 residents, the 8th highest rate of 51. Sioux Falls and Yankton have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Dakota license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 237600000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Sioux Falls has the most, 5

  1. Sioux Falls5
  2. Yankton3
  3. Mitchell1
  4. Pierre1
  5. Rapid City1

Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter records in South Dakota

  1. Beth Beeman, AU.D., CCC-AYankton, SD 570781447278650
  2. Paul Brueggeman, AU.D. CCC-A, FAAASioux Falls, SD 571061609096205
  3. Corinda ClementsPierre, SD 575011568977056
  4. Kelcey Cushman, AU.D., CCC-ASioux Falls, SD 571081598003048
  5. Todd Farnham, AU.D., CCC-AYankton, SD 570781881612091
  6. Melinda Heegel, CCC-ASioux Falls, SD 571081184899882
  7. Kristen Kaufman, AUDSioux Falls, SD 571081538334131
  8. Patricia Shields, AUDMitchell, SD 573011427257021
  9. Daniel Smith, BS,BC-HISYankton, SD 570781265500235
  10. Gary Stanford, MS, CCC-ASioux Falls, SD 571041538255278
  11. Michelle Zimiga, AUDRapid City, SD 577011578011334

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 237600000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

South Dakota ranks 8 of 51 per resident

  1. Arizona1.5
  2. Maine1.2
  3. Iowa1.2
  4. South Dakota1.2
  5. West Virginia1.2
  6. Colorado1.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.8

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 237600000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

27.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 22.8% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. South Dakota27.3%
  2. United States22.8%

Audiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter records in South Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file3 of 11 · 27.3% here, 22.8% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file4 · 36.4% here, 27.9% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more9 · 81.8% here, 65.4% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 237600000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

11 NPPES records list audiologist-hearing aid fitter (237600000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Dakota: 1.2 per 100,000 residents against 0.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Sioux Falls has 5 of them (45%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. District of Columbia11
  2. Vermont11
  3. Mississippi12
  4. Rhode Island12

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. West Virginia1.2
  2. Iowa1.2
  3. Maine1.2
  4. Colorado1.2

The largest states

  1. California421
  2. Texas242
  3. New York179
  4. Pennsylvania128
  5. Ohio114

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.