NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Physician Assistant in South Dakota

40 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant with a practice address in South Dakota, 4.4 per 100,000 residents, the 29th highest rate of 51. Dakota Dunes 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 363AS0400X · method

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

Dakota Dunes has the most, 20

  1. Dakota Dunes20
  2. Sioux Falls9
  3. Fort Meade2
  4. Rapid City2
  5. Watertown2

Surgical Physician Assistant records in South Dakota

  1. Tyson AllenDakota Dunes, SD 570491053911123
  2. Trisha Anderson, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491932734191
  3. Diana BaderHot Springs, SD 577471780791665
  4. Chase Beiermann, PADakota Dunes, SD 570491205362282
  5. Trae Bergh, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491992286223
  6. Carmel Berglin, P.A.Dakota Dunes, SD 570491619971959
  7. Bailee Blickensderfer, PA-CRapid City, SD 577021710758065
  8. Robin Carlson, PACSioux Falls, SD 571171912939653
  9. Scott Feese, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491225003999
  10. Elizabeth Frank, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491336175868
  11. Nichole Friessen, PADakota Dunes, SD 570491790746105
  12. Jill Gassen, PA-CSioux Falls, SD 571171619007911
  13. Brandy Gedwill, PACMitchell, SD 573011750562823
  14. Kassidy Graber, PASioux Falls, SD 571051295655736
  15. Patrick Heiser, PA-CSioux Falls, SD 571051235190273
  16. Jacob Hemenway, PACRapid City, SD 577021982123725
  17. John Jacobs, PASioux Falls, SD 571051558460089
  18. Anne Jeneary, PADakota Dunes, SD 570491811097447
  19. Diana Jones, PAFort Meade, SD 577411093188617
  20. Joel Kraayenbrink, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491144698978
  21. Stephen Liddiard, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491164822037
  22. Rosa Marquez, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491114524378
  23. Reed McGill, PADakota Dunes, SD 570491073690814
  24. Phillip Meehan, PASioux Falls, SD 571051609809094
  25. Jessica Prewitt-Emerson, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491790862076
  26. James Ramos, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491275752297
  27. Ashton Redstone, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491568868610
  28. Danny Rickard, PAWatertown, SD 572011902827918
  29. April Roman, PA-CSioux Falls, SD 571081659541688
  30. Andrew Schock, P.A.Hill City, SD 577451083641195
  31. Krista Seurer, PA-CSioux Falls, SD 571041700859725
  32. Milton Smith, PAWatertown, SD 572011437173424
  33. David St. John, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491710792098
  34. Ethan StofferanDakota Dunes, SD 570491508437559
  35. Justin Thurman, PA-CFort Meade, SD 577411770660102
  36. Brenda Van Scoyk, PA CDakota Dunes, SD 570491689640153
  37. Cristin Vander Weerdt, PA-CDakota Dunes, SD 570491699938092
  38. David Welch, PASioux Falls, SD 571051285602649
  39. Leonard Wonnenberg, PACHuron, SD 573501609147461
  40. Lisa Wurnig-Johnson, PA-CAberdeen, SD 574011407945918

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AS0400X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

South Dakota ranks 29 of 51 per resident

  1. Idaho4.5
  2. West Virginia4.5
  3. Texas4.4
  4. South Dakota4.4
  5. Utah4.2
  6. Tennessee4.2
  7. 50 states and D.C.5.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AS0400X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

77.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 76.2% 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 Dakota77.5%
  2. United States76.2%

Surgical Physician Assistant records in South Dakota, measured

  • In a Medicare file31 of 40 · 77.5% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file30 · 75.0% here, 64.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more28 · 70.0% here, 52.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 30 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363AS0400X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

40 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant (363AS0400X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Dakota: 4.4 per 100,000 residents against 5.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Dakota Dunes has 20 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. Alaska42
  2. Arkansas44
  3. Hawaii34
  4. Vermont34

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Texas4.4
  2. Utah4.2
  3. West Virginia4.5
  4. Idaho4.5

The largest states

  1. New York2,152
  2. Florida1,444
  3. Texas1,350
  4. California1,075
  5. Pennsylvania832

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.