HOSPITAL · CCN 430014

AVERA ST. LUKES

Physician affiliations & referral network
ABERDEEN, SD50 bedsFY 2025
Affiliated physicians
97
External referring physicians
636
Top affiliated specialty
Nurse Practitioner
Shared beneficiaries (top referrers)
18,439
SPECIALTY MIX

Specialties among affiliated physicians

Nurse Practitioner
22
Physician Assistant
13
Internal Medicine
10
Anesthesiology
6
Diagnostic Radiology
5
Family Practice
5
Orthopedic Surgery
4
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA)
3
Pathology
3
Infectious Disease
3
Neurology
2
General Surgery
2
AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS

Physicians affiliated with AVERA ST. LUKES (97 total)

From CMS Physician-Facility Affiliations. Showing the first 50 of 97.

PhysicianAffiliation type
GARTH AASENHospital
HAMEED ALIHospital
THEODORE BELITSOSHospital
LYLE BIEGLERHospital
PAUL BORMESHospital
TAGE BORNHospital
GREGG CARLSONHospital
REAGAN CARTERHospital
RICHARD CRAWFORDHospital
KELSEY CUNNINGHAMHospital
STEPHANIE DARGATZHospital
BECKY EMERSONHospital
VICKIE ERNSTHospital
KRISTINE FASTENAUHospital
ALICIA FLOYDHospital
JACOB FORMILLERHospital
KENNETH FOXHospital
BARI FRITZHospital
GABRIEL GEHRKEHospital
ALLISON HATCHERHospital
SARA HEGGHospital
MICHELE HOELLEINHospital
ALISA HOGUEHospital
SARAH JENSENHospital
MARIA JUNGEMANNHospital
MACKENZIE KASTENHospital
MUHAMMAD ALI KHAQANHospital
MATTHEW LUTJENSHospital
ERIC MALSAMHospital
KATHRYN MARTINEZHospital
FARES MASANNATHospital
PATRICK MILLERHospital
ARLIN MYRMOEHospital
COLLIN NOLDNERHospital
KATIE OBRIEN PARADISHospital
JOHN OLDENKAMPHospital
CHARLES PELTONHospital
BRIAN PEPITOHospital
CHRISTINE POCHAHospital
LOLA POLLARDHospital
CORI RANDALLHospital
CURTIS REXROTHHospital
AMANDA RICHTERHospital
RACHEL ROGERSHospital
AMANDA SCHMIEGHospital
KRISTEN SELIGMANHospital
MARY ANN SHERMANHospital
ABBY SKROVIGHospital
ANNE SMITHHospital
WILLIAM SPANOSHospital
REFERRAL NETWORK

Who refers patients here

External physicians who share patients into this hospital's affiliated providers, ranked by shared Medicare beneficiaries.

Referring physicianSpecialtyShared beneficiaries
AVERA ST LUKES—6,910
SANFORD HEALTH NETWORK—1,112
LANCASTER HOSPITAL CORPORATION—858
Timothy WatermanInternal Medicine834
County Of LancasterAmbulance Service Provider613
Fatima KidwaiHospitalist559
ALTRU HEALTH SYSTEM—544
Roger WerthGeneral Surgery541
Tommy WeaverDiagnostic Radiology524
Surgical Associates Endoscopy Clinic LlcAmbulatory Surgical Center520
Zhi ZhangEmergency Medicine479
Sheryl SiegmundDiagnostic Radiology463
Alex FalkFamily Practice457
Kwabena KwakyeInternal Medicine446
Olawunmi LawalInternal Medicine390
Julie WebsterDiagnostic Radiology388
HEART HOSPITAL OF SOUTH DAKOTA LLC—360
Curt WischmeierOphthalmology334
Ifediora AfulukweInternal Medicine324
Christopher DavisFamily Practice317
Martin VickAnesthesiology306
MOBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL—298
David WachsFamily Practice289
Ralph TulloDiagnostic Radiology289
Zafar IqbalCardiology284
Source: CMS Physician Shared Patient Patterns (30-day window, Medicare FFS). A directional edge is a proxy for referral, not a documented referral; pairs below 11 shared beneficiaries are suppressed.
CASE MIX

Top procedures by volume

Highest-volume MS-DRGs from CMS inpatient claims (latest reporting year per code).

MS-DRGDischarges
871SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCC161
470MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC62
280ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH MCC60
291HEART FAILURE AND SHOCK WITH MCC55
872SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITHOUT MCC38
481HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH CC35