NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) in South Dakota

12 NPPES records list lactation consultant (registered nurse) with a practice address in South Dakota, 1.3 per 100,000 residents, the 26th highest rate of 51. Rapid City and Sioux Falls 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 163WL0100X · method

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

Rapid City has the most, 6

  1. Rapid City6
  2. Sioux Falls2
  3. Spearfish2
  4. Brookings1
  5. Huron1

Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) records in South Dakota

  1. Erica BestgenRapid City, SD 577011720747454
  2. Jolene Fasse, RN, IBCLCSpearfish, SD 577831093440992
  3. Alicia Fonder, RN, IBCLC, LCCESioux Falls, SD 571051649526542
  4. Marilyn Hildreth, RN, IBCLC, ICCE, CDBrookings, SD 570061366771834
  5. Elizabeth JonesRapid City, SD 577011174282800
  6. Amy Mattke, RN, IBCLCHuron, SD 573501467053132
  7. Molly Meehan-RasbyRapid City, SD 577011710646443
  8. Kelsey OlsonRapid City, SD 577011437818481
  9. Melissa RineardRapid City, SD 577011861153595
  10. Terry Ann Scott, RN, IBCLCSpearfish, SD 577831205562188
  11. Sarah VacaSioux Falls, SD 571051295599280
  12. Joslin WilsonRapid City, SD 577011427702844

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WL0100X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

South Dakota ranks 26 of 51 per resident

  1. Missouri1.4
  2. Washington1.3
  3. Alabama1.3
  4. South Dakota1.3
  5. Maine1.2
  6. New York1.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WL0100X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.3% 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 Dakota0.0%
  2. United States0.3%

Lactation Consultant (Registered Nurse) records in South Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 12 · 0.0% here, 0.3% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.1% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more7 · 58.3% here, 43.1% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 163WL0100X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

12 NPPES records list lactation consultant (registered nurse) (163WL0100X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Dakota: 1.3 per 100,000 residents against 1.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Rapid City has 6 of them (50%).

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. Montana12
  2. Alaska11
  3. Mississippi13
  4. Nevada13

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Alabama1.3
  2. Washington1.3
  3. Missouri1.4
  4. New Jersey1.4

The largest states

  1. California443
  2. Texas321
  3. New York237
  4. Florida208
  5. Illinois202

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.