Care Atlas / Open Payments / South Dakota Industry payments to physicians · South Dakota · 2024
South Dakota
In South Dakota, drug and device makers reported $7M in general payments to
2,752 covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for 2024 — a mean of
$2,522 each — plus $12M tied to research and $848,883 in ownership interests.
A payment is a disclosed financial tie, not proof of wrongdoing — many are research grants,
consulting fees, or royalties a physician earns on a device they invented. Transparency, not a verdict.
2,752
covered recipients paid
Top specialties in South Dakota General payments by specialty; the figure on the right is the average per physician.
Orthopaedic Surgery $3M $37,817/phys
Dermatology $742,800 $23,961/phys
Ophthalmology $662,139 $20,065/phys
Psychiatry $627,894 $19,622/phys
Optometrist $253,374 $1,863/phys
Surgery $215,083 $4,217/phys
Hematology & Oncology $189,698 $8,623/phys
Pulmonary Disease $187,593 $8,527/phys
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism $147,844 $8,697/phys
Family $108,291 $303/phys
Gastroenterology $101,588 $3,763/phys
Physician Assistant $95,794 $331/phys
Highest-paid physicians in South Dakota By total general payments, 2024 — largely device royalties to inventor-physicians.
Stuart Fromm Orthopaedic Surgery · Rapid City · top payer: DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. $2M
Jana Johnson Dermatology · Sioux Falls · top payer: Amgen Inc. $456,740
Vance Thompson Ophthalmology · Sioux Falls · top payer: RxSight Inc $446,173
James Chiu Psychiatry · Sioux Falls · top payer: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $388,184
Ty Hanson Dermatology · Aberdeen · top payer: Lilly USA, LLC $253,368
John Berdahl Ophthalmology · Sioux Falls · top payer: RxSight Inc $177,971
Curtis Peery Surgery · Sioux Falls · top payer: Intuitive Surgical, Inc. $163,715
Scott Helberg Pulmonary Disease · Yankton · top payer: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP $151,105
Justin Schweitzer Optometrist · Sioux Falls · top payer: Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $139,676
Sonalika Khachikian Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Rapid City · top payer: Amgen Inc. $132,278
Rajesh Singh Psychiatry · Sioux Falls · top payer: Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. $121,703
Kelly Mccaul Hematology & Oncology · Sioux Falls · top payer: Janssen Biotech, Inc. $114,551
Hari Kannan Psychiatry · Sioux Falls · top payer: Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. $109,449
Mitchel Ibach Optometrist · Sioux Falls · top payer: Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. $85,101
Nathan Skelley Orthopaedic Surgery · Sioux Falls · top payer: Linvatec Corporation $83,793
Keith Baumgarten Orthopaedic Surgery · Sioux Falls · top payer: Stryker Corporation $77,587
Archana Chatterjee Pediatric Infectious Diseases · Sioux Falls · top payer: Sanofi Pasteur Inc. $75,574
Bipinkumar Amin Hematology & Oncology · Watertown · top payer: Janssen Biotech, Inc. $55,344
John Grehan Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) · Sioux Falls · top payer: Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. $46,073
Christopher Nelson Acute Care · Aberdeen · top payer: Incyte Corporation $43,373
Jon Grudem Neurology · North Sioux City · top payer: AbbVie Inc. $40,523
Francine Arneson Hospice and Palliative Medicine · Sioux Falls · top payer: Medtronic, Inc. $37,318
Tyler Ptacek Interventional Pain Medicine · Rapid City · top payer: Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C. $36,238
Anthony Fiegen Orthopaedic Surgery · Sioux Falls · top payer: Arthrex, Inc. $32,350
Dione Rowe Psychiatric/Mental Health · Winner · top payer: Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. $31,609
RECORDED — CMS Open Payments
figures for program year 2024.
DERIVED — state totals,
per-physician means, and rankings are sums over those records.
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What this is — and is not
A disclosure record of industry–physician financial ties in South Dakota — not evidence that any
payment influenced care, not a measure of a physician's quality, and not advice
about your own doctor. To verify a specific physician, search CMS Open Payments directly.