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General surgeons who accept Medicare in Rapid City, SD
CMS lists 21 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Rapid City. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 20. Offer telehealth: 2.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 57701 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $85, of which you pay about $21; a follow-up visit $69, of which you pay about $17 — the 20% coinsurance after the yearly Part B deductible. Clinicians who don't accept assignment can charge up to 15% more; with a Medicare Advantage plan, your plan's copay applies instead.
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Order: clinicians who accept assignment first, then by MIPS score (highest first), then by last name.
Graham D. Baluh, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.8/100Graduated 2015 · University of Oklahoma College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $106Tyler T. Bergstrom, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · R Franklin University of Med & Sci/chicago Medical SchoolMaleOther offices in Rapid City: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $127Breanna L. Connett, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,307Steven R. Donahue, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019 · Sanford School of Medicine of University of South DakotaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $123Timothy Gilligan, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Edward Via Col of Osteo Medicine-Virginia CampusMaleRyan W. Griffith, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Sanford School of Medicine of University of South DakotaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $323Daniel J. Hall, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · University of Louisville School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $4,233Pial M. Hope, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, ErieMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,055Robert E. Miller, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001 · Sanford School of Medicine of University of South DakotaMaleOther offices in Rapid City: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $94Jilma L. Patrick, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $37Wendy M. Peterson, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · University of Nebraska College of MedicineFemaleAshlea D. Semmens, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · University of Washington School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $635Michael J. Statz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984 · Creighton University School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Rapid City: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $18Wesley L. Sufficool Jr., DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987 · Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health SciencesMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,058Morvarid Tavassoli, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $121Marcus J. Tjeerdsma, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018 · Sanford School of Medicine of University of South DakotaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $343Leslie A. Van Dyne, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Sanford School of Medicine of University of South DakotaFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $97Salvador H. Vazquez, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003 · Louisiana State University School of Medicine in ShreveportMaleJacob M. Weasel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · University of Nebraska College of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $58Kristin A. Wempe, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Sanford School of Medicine of University of South DakotaFemaleOther offices in Rapid City: 3Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,231David S. Fromm, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2002 · Sanford School of Medicine of University of South DakotaMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,325
Before you book
This list comes from Medicare's enrollment records, not from reviews. Call the office to confirm the clinician is taking new Medicare patients. With Original Medicare, a clinician who accepts assignment can only charge you the Medicare deductible and coinsurance; one who doesn't may charge up to 15% more than the Medicare-approved amount. If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, check that the clinician is in the plan's network.
The MIPS final score (0–100) comes from Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System for 2024. It combines quality measures, cost, improvement activities and use of certified health records, and it sets a payment adjustment. Clinicians who report as a group share the group's score. It is not a patient rating, and many clinicians have no published score.
Payments from drug and medical device companies come from CMS Open Payments (2025 general payments: meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and similar), summed for each clinician. Receiving payments is legal and common and does not mean a clinician did anything wrong.
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Enrollment, addresses and scores are as reported to CMS and can change. This is not a list of in-network providers for any Medicare Advantage plan, and it is not medical advice. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, Clinician MIPS Performance 2024 and Facility Affiliation Data (released Oct 2, 2026).