---
title: What industry pays physicians in South Dakota (CMS Open Payments 2024)
state: South Dakota
program_year: 2024
general_payments: 6940596
physicians: 2752
source: CMS — Open Payments (Physician Payments Sunshine Act), program year 2024
sourceId: src:cms:open-payments:py2024
---

# Industry payments to physicians — South Dakota (2024)

In South Dakota, drug and device makers reported **$6,940,596** in general payments to **2,752** covered recipients (physicians and other clinicians) for program year 2024 (mean $2,522 each), plus $11,853,594 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 device royalties. Transparency, not a verdict.

## Top specialties

| Specialty | Total | Physicians | Mean per physician |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,533,756 | 67 | $37,817 |
| Dermatology | $742,800 | 31 | $23,961 |
| Ophthalmology | $662,139 | 33 | $20,065 |
| Psychiatry | $627,894 | 32 | $19,622 |
| Optometrist | $253,374 | 136 | $1,863 |
| Surgery | $215,083 | 51 | $4,217 |
| Hematology & Oncology | $189,698 | 22 | $8,623 |
| Pulmonary Disease | $187,593 | 22 | $8,527 |
| Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | $147,844 | 17 | $8,697 |
| Family | $108,291 | 357 | $303 |
| Gastroenterology | $101,588 | 27 | $3,763 |
| Physician Assistant | $95,794 | 289 | $331 |

## Highest-paid physicians (general payments)

| Physician | Specialty | Total | Top payer |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stuart Fromm | Orthopaedic Surgery | $2,200,156 | DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. |
| Jana Johnson | Dermatology | $456,740 | Amgen Inc. |
| Vance Thompson | Ophthalmology | $446,173 | RxSight Inc |
| James Chiu | Psychiatry | $388,184 | Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. |
| Ty Hanson | Dermatology | $253,368 | Lilly USA, LLC |
| John Berdahl | Ophthalmology | $177,971 | RxSight Inc |
| Curtis Peery | Surgery | $163,715 | Intuitive Surgical, Inc. |
| Scott Helberg | Pulmonary Disease | $151,105 | AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP |
| Justin Schweitzer | Optometrist | $139,676 | Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. |
| Sonalika Khachikian | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism | $132,278 | Amgen Inc. |
| Rajesh Singh | Psychiatry | $121,703 | Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. |
| Kelly Mccaul | Hematology & Oncology | $114,551 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. |
| Hari Kannan | Psychiatry | $109,449 | Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. |
| Mitchel Ibach | Optometrist | $85,101 | Bausch & Lomb Americas Inc. |
| Nathan Skelley | Orthopaedic Surgery | $83,793 | Linvatec Corporation |
| Keith Baumgarten | Orthopaedic Surgery | $77,587 | Stryker Corporation |
| Archana Chatterjee | Pediatric Infectious Diseases | $75,574 | Sanofi Pasteur Inc. |
| Bipinkumar Amin | Hematology & Oncology | $55,344 | Janssen Biotech, Inc. |
| John Grehan | Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) | $46,073 | Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. |
| Christopher Nelson | Acute Care | $43,373 | Incyte Corporation |
| Jon Grudem | Neurology | $40,523 | AbbVie Inc. |
| Francine Arneson | Hospice and Palliative Medicine | $37,318 | Medtronic, Inc. |
| Tyler Ptacek | Interventional Pain Medicine | $36,238 | Genesys Orthopedics Systems, L.L.C. |
| Anthony Fiegen | Orthopaedic Surgery | $32,350 | Arthrex, Inc. |
| Dione Rowe | Psychiatric/Mental Health | $31,609 | Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. |

RECORDED CMS Open Payments amounts/counts; totals, means, and rankings are DERIVED. A disclosure record — not evidence of improper influence, not a measure of physician quality, not advice. To verify a physician, search openpaymentsdata.cms.gov. Source: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/

Structured data: `/care/open-payments/sd.jsonld` · National: `/care/open-payments`