Dermatology Private Practices in South Dakota (25 Verified Groups) | Daniel Aragón
There are 25 physician-owned dermatology practices in South Dakota, vetted against the NPPES NPI Registry. Hospital-employed, government, and academic positions are excluded.
Before you sign, see what else exists.
Dermatology Practice Directory: South Dakota
A vetted list of 28 dermatology practices in South Dakota that are still owned by the physicians who built them. Useful when the recruiter says you have no other options.
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Most dermatology physicians sign their first contract without knowing how many other groups exist within driving distance. This is the single largest source of leverage you give away in your career, and you give it away because nobody told you the information was out there. The Real Contract course walks you through every clause that matters.
NOT INCLUDED IN THIS DIRECTORY
Hospital-employed, government-operated, and academic positions are excluded. These are not independent private practices:
Hospital systems
Sanford Dermatology
Avera Dermatology
Monument Health Dermatology
Black Hills Plastic Surgery and dermatology
RCMC Dermatology
Setliff Sinus Institute dermatology
Maintained by Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA, a physician who just walked this path. Last verified .
All 25 physician-owned dermatology practices in South Dakota, by city
25practices listed
5cities in SD
0PE or corporate flagged
23with a website
25 practices listed
Ryanne L Waage PAC
Aberdeen, SD
NPPES Verified
DermatologistSkin Care Clinic
Ryanne L Waage PAC is a private dermatology practice located in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Beyond dermatology, the office offers outpatient medical care, skin health and dermatologic care, and medical skin treatment. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
Located in Piedmont, South Dakota, Untangled offers dermatology care as an independent practice. Services extend to medical skin treatment. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
Advanced Dermatology Center, P.C. provides dermatology services to patients in the Rapid City, South Dakota area as an independent medical practice. Additional capabilities include medical skin treatment and outpatient medical care. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
Boddicker Marc E MD operates a physician-owned dermatology practice in Rapid City, South Dakota, offering personalized patient care in a private setting. Additional capabilities include skin health and dermatologic care and outpatient medical care. Call the practice directly to ask about current physician openings or partnership opportunities.
Gregory Wittenburg sees patients at a private dermatology office in Rapid City, South Dakota, emphasizing physician autonomy in clinical care. Beyond dermatology, the office offers skin health and dermatologic care. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
Located inside of, Sola salons I specialize in full body waxing and thrive to help women of all sizes and ethnicities feel comfortable in their own skin. I offer custom facials that include Dermplaning, microdermabrasion, and light peels.
Practicing dermatology in Rapid City, South Dakota, Kirstin Hockhausen offers care through an owner-operated medical office. The practice also provides skin health and dermatologic care. Visit the practice website or call to discuss potential openings.
Melody Eide, MD operates a physician-owned dermatology practice in Rapid City, South Dakota, offering personalized patient care in a private setting. Additional capabilities include skin health and dermatologic care. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
Serving Rapid City and surrounding South Dakota communities, Pure Glow Studio is a private dermatology medical practice. Services extend to medical skin treatment. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
Robert Sage, MD brings dermatology expertise to patients in Rapid City, South Dakota through a physician-owned practice. Additional capabilities include skin health and dermatologic care. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
Siri Knutsen-Larson, M.D. provides outpatient dermatology care from its office in Rapid City, South Dakota. Beyond dermatology, the office offers skin health and dermatologic care. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
Practicing dermatology in Rapid City, South Dakota, Tamara Poling offers care through an owner-operated medical office. The practice also provides skin health and dermatologic care. Visit the practice website or call to discuss potential openings.
Touch of Glow delivers dermatology medical services in Rapid City, South Dakota under private ownership. Services extend to medical skin treatment. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
A privately owned dermatology practice, D' Fabiola Skincare, Permanent MakeUp & More. is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Additional capabilities include medical skin treatment. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
A privately owned dermatology practice, Dakota Dermatology Ltd is located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Additional capabilities include medical skin treatment. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
Based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Dakota Dermatology Ltd: Brandt Cheryle L provides dermatology services through a private practice model. Services extend to skin health and dermatologic care. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
Located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Dakota Dermatology Ltd: Jerstad Kelly MD delivers dermatology care through an independently managed medical practice. Services extend to skin health and dermatologic care. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
Dakota Dermatology Ltd: Jibben Kathrine A delivers dermatology medical services in Sioux Falls, South Dakota under private ownership. Services extend to skin health and dermatologic care. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
Practicing dermatology in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Dakota Dermatology Ltd: McGrann James MD offers care through an owner-operated medical office. Services extend to skin health and dermatologic care. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
Dakota Dermatology Ltd: Sarbacker Sarah K MD operates a physician-owned dermatology practice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, offering personalized patient care in a private setting. Additional capabilities include skin health and dermatologic care. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
Dakota Dermatology Ltd: Schwartz Carmen M MD maintains a private dermatology practice in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, where clinical decisions remain physician-led. Additional capabilities include skin health and dermatologic care. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
In Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Skyn Bar Co. (Skyn Haus) offers dermatology care as part of the region's private practice scene. The practice also provides medical skin treatment. Visit the practice website or call to discuss potential openings.
5201 S Solberg Ave Suite 110, Sioux Falls, SD 57108
Christopher Gasbarre sees patients at a private dermatology office in Spearfish, South Dakota, emphasizing physician autonomy in clinical care. Beyond dermatology, the office offers skin health and dermatologic care. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
Mary Logue sees patients at a private dermatology office in Spearfish, South Dakota, emphasizing physician autonomy in clinical care. Beyond dermatology, the office offers skin health and dermatologic care. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
About this directory and the South Dakota dermatology market
Training ends. The map does not continue.
Then graduation approaches and the algorithm stops. A recruiter calls. The contract has a productivity formula you cannot solve for, a non-compete you cannot evaluate, and a tail-coverage clause nobody explained.
Before you compare salary numbers, see how many physician-owned groups actually exist in your specialty and state. Then negotiate from leverage instead of from gratitude.
What other resources point to in South Dakota
Here's what this page is: 28 dermatology practices in South Dakota that are physician-owned. Not hospital jobs. Not corporate medical groups. Not locum postings. Every listing was pulled from the federal NPPES database and verified for active NPI status. I've supplemented each one with contact info, websites, and Google Maps links from DataForSEO. The practices span 5 cities across the state.
The reason this matters is that job boards don't distinguish between an independent dermatology practice and a corporate medical group. They list them side by side, identical formatting, identical apply buttons. But the compensation model, the call schedule, the equity path, and the long-term upside are completely different depending on who owns the practice. This page separates the two. You can work through the list, contact practices directly, and skip the recruiter entirely.
The South Dakota dermatology market in detail
South Dakota's physician-owned dermatology directory lists 25 practice locations across 5 cities.
None of the dermatology practices listed in South Dakota carry a PE-Backed or Corporate-Acquired flag. All listings in this directory are physician-owned independent practices verified through NPPES.
Practices are located in Aberdeen, Piedmont, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, and Spearfish.
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Frequently asked questions about dermatology in South Dakota
How many Dermatology private practices are in South Dakota?
There are 25 physician-owned dermatology private practices in South Dakota, verified against the NPPES NPI Registry. All are independently operated. Hospital-employed, government, corporate, and academic positions are excluded.
What does physician-owned mean?
A physician-owned practice is one where licensed physicians hold controlling ownership of the business entity. This is distinct from hospital employment, corporate medical groups, or private equity-backed practices where non-physician entities control the business.
What does the Corporate-Acquired or MSO-Affiliated flag mean?
The Corporate-Acquired flag means the practice was historically physician-owned but has since been acquired by a corporate entity such as Optum. The MSO-Affiliated flag means the practice uses a Management Services Organization for billing and administration while physicians retain practice-level ownership.
Cash-Pay and Cosmetic Models in South Dakota Dermatology
South Dakota's physician-owned dermatology practices include Dakota Dermatology, LTD (Sioux Falls, 4 physicians), Rapid City Medical Center - Dermatology / The Skin Institute (Rapid City, founded 1948, 7 physicians), Black Hills Dermatology & Laser Surgery Centre (Rapid City), an...
What is an NPPES-verified practice?
NPPES is the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, a federal database maintained by CMS. Every practice in this directory has an active NPI record in NPPES, confirming it is a registered U.S. medical practice.
How do private dermatology practices in South Dakota structure cosmetic service revenue?
Cosmetic dermatology services (Botox, fillers, laser, chemical peels) are not covered by insurance and are billed directly to patients at market rates. Private dermatology practices in South Dakota typically keep cosmetic revenue separate from insurance collections. Some practices distribute cosmetic revenue equally among physicians; others let it accrue to the physician who performed the service. Ask how cosmetic revenue is split before joining and whether associates are permitted to build a cosmetic patient panel from day one.
How Physician-Owned Practices Compare
Physician-Owned
Hospital-Employed
Corporate / PE-Backed
Who controls the practice
Physicians
Health system
Non-physician entity
Non-compete scope
Narrower, negotiable
Broad
Very broad
Partnership / buy-in path
Common
Rare
Rare
Call schedule flexibility
Higher
Variable
Lower
Productivity bonus upside
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Moderate
Moderate
Included in this directory
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Key Terms in Physician Contracts
Collections-Based Compensation
A pay model in which a physician's income is tied directly to the revenue collected from their patient encounters. The physician typically receives a percentage of collections (40 to 55 percent is common) after overhead. This model rewards high-volume, high-acuity work but creates income variability.
Malpractice Insurance
Professional liability coverage that protects physicians against claims of medical negligence. Two main types exist: claims-made (covers claims only if both the incident and filing occur during the active policy) and occurrence-based (covers any incident during the policy period, regardless of when the claim is filed). Premium costs vary dramatically by specialty and state.
Ancillary Revenue
Income generated by a medical practice from services beyond physician office visits. Common sources include in-office imaging, laboratory testing, physical therapy, infusion services, and dispensing. Ancillary revenue can account for 20 to 40 percent of total practice revenue in procedure-heavy specialties.
NPPES (National Plan and Provider Enumeration System)
The federal registry maintained by CMS that assigns and tracks NPIs for all U.S. healthcare providers. NPPES data is publicly searchable and includes provider name, practice address, taxonomy codes, and enumeration date.
Restrictive Covenant Buyout
A contractual provision that allows a departing physician to pay a defined sum to eliminate or reduce a non-compete restriction. Some states, including Texas, require physician non-competes to include a buyout option at fair market value. Many states do not mandate this, making it a negotiable term.
Direct-Pay Practice
A medical practice model in which the physician does not contract with any insurance payer and collects all fees directly from patients. Eliminates billing overhead, prior authorizations, and claim denials. Common in concierge primary care and cosmetic dermatology. Patients pay out-of-pocket; some may be reimbursed by their own insurance.
Cosmetic vs. Medical Dermatology
Medical dermatology encompasses diagnosis and treatment of skin disease (acne, eczema, psoriasis, skin cancer) billed through insurance. Cosmetic dermatology includes aesthetic procedures (Botox, fillers, laser resurfacing) paid directly by patients. Practices with both revenue streams are typically more financially resilient than those relying solely on insurance billing.
This directory is maintained by Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA, a physician who just walked this path.
All listings are pulled from the NPPES NPI Registry (CMS.gov),
the federal database of all U.S. medical providers. Hospital-employed, corporate, and government-operated positions are excluded.
Last updated: .
Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA. A physician who just walked this path.
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