Open Payments · South Dakota

What drug & device companies paid South Dakota doctors

Between 2018 and 2024, companies reported $123M in payments to 5,461 South Dakota physicians and teaching hospitals. Explore totals by congressional district and county, company, and recipient. ‹ Back to the national map

Analysis by , Chief Technology Officer at Civly · built from the complete CMS Open Payments release, program years 2018–2024.

$123M
reported 2018–2024
5,461
physicians paid
$22,461
avg / physician
1,044
companies paying
$13M
biggest recipient

Shaded by total reported payments. Hover an area for detail; click to drill in. ZIP→area mapping covers ~98% of payments (PO-box/unique ZIPs excluded). Source: CMS Open Payments, loaded by Civly.

Who pays South Dakota doctors, and who gets paid

Reported payments for 2018–2024 from CMS Open Payments. A reported payment alone does not indicate wrongdoing.

Top payers

Drug & device companies, 2018–2024
DePuy Synthes Products, Inc.$11M
PFIZER INC.$8M
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation$7M
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corpo…$5M
Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC$5M
Glaukos Corporation$4M
Amgen Inc.$4M
E.R. Squibb & Sons, L.L.C.$3M
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.$3M
Genentech, Inc.$3M

Biggest recipients

South Dakota physicians by total received, 2018–2024
Fromm Stuart$13M
Thompson Vance$3M
Johnson Jana$2M
Berdahl John$2M
Chiu James$1M
Asfora Wilson$1M
Jensen Wade$927k
Kannan Hari$906k

Top specialties

By total received, 2018–2024
Orthopaedic Surgery$15M
Ophthalmology$6M
Dermatology$3M
Psychiatry$3M
Surgery$2M
Neurological Surgery$1M
Optometrist$1M
Hematology & Oncology$1M

By the numbers, 2018–2024

5,461

physicians and teaching hospitals took at least one payment.

$123M

reported across 161,052 individual payments.

How South Dakota compares nationally

South Dakota ranks 42nd of 51 for total reported payments, with $123M across 161,052 payments from 2018 to 2024. That is 0.16% of the $78.26B reported nationwide. Payments averaged $22,461 per recipient across 5,461 physicians and teaching hospitals, about 46% below the $41,481 national average (34th of 51 per physician). The largest payer was DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. at $11M. The highest-paid specialty was Orthopaedic Surgery. The largest individual recipient, Fromm Stuart, received $13M across 89 payments.

#42
of 51 — total payments
#34
of 51 — per physician
0.16%
of all U.S. payments

Compare with nearby states

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