Physician
Avera ST. Luke's
Avera ST. Luke's was paid $552K by Medicaid between Jan 2018 and Dec 2024, across 31 billing codes. Its largest line is 74177, Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material — 34% of everything it billed.
33Billing provider infoAVERA ST. LUKE'S
ABERDEEN, SD 57401
ABERDEEN, SD 57401
33aNPI1437192721assigned 06/14/2006
33bProvider typeDiagnostic Radiology Physician
28Total paid$552K
24GClaims26,944
24DCodes billed31
24AFirst – last monthJan 2018 – Dec 2024
Compared with peers
Next to other Diagnostic Radiology Physician providers in South Dakota
Rank by total paid#4 of 10
Median peer was paid$287K
This provider vs. median1.9×
Peers share this provider's primary NPPES type and state. Size alone says nothing about billing quality: a big agency or a hospital system is expected to sit far above the median.
Auditor's notes
Automated statistical signals. Not evidence of fraud — how these are computed.
Entity ProliferationAuthorized official BJERKNES, DANIEL controls 18+ related entities in our dataset. Read more
Box 24A · Dates of service
Paid by month
Paid that monthNov–Dec 2024: claims still arriving when the file was cut, so these months run low for every provider
By year, as a table
| Year | Claims | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4,694 | $84K | |
| 2019 | 4,517 | $87K | |
| 2020 | 1,927 | $42K | |
| 2021 | 4,429 | $96K | |
| 2022 | 4,460 | $89K | |
| 2023 | 3,792 | $79K | |
| 2024incomplete | 3,125 | $76K |
Box 24 · Service lines
What it billed for
| Code | Service | Share | Claims | Bene. records | Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74177 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; with contrast material | 34% | 2,759 | 2,533 | $187K |
| 70450 | Computed tomography, head or brain; without contrast material | 21% | 2,920 | 2,672 | $118K |
| 71046 | Radiologic examination, chest; 2 views | 13% | 8,104 | 7,142 | $69K |
| 72125 | Computed tomography, cervical spine; without contrast material | 5.1% | 454 | 422 | $28K |
| 71045 | Radiologic examination, chest; single view | 4.9% | 4,748 | 3,794 | $27K |
| 74176 | Computed tomography, abdomen and pelvis; without contrast material | 4.1% | 524 | 488 | $22K |
| 71260 | Computed tomography, thorax, diagnostic; with contrast material | 2.3% | 256 | 243 | $13K |
| 74019 | 2.2% | 1,366 | 1,266 | $12K | |
| 73721 | Magnetic resonance imaging, any joint of lower extremity; without contrast material | 2.0% | 80 | 78 | $11K |
| 74018 | 2.0% | 1,325 | 1,161 | $11K | |
| 73610 | 1.7% | 1,043 | 960 | $9K | |
| 73630 | 1.6% | 1,121 | 982 | $9K |
19 more codes
| 76705 | Ultrasound, abdominal, real time with image documentation; limited | 1.4% | 305 | $8K |
| 71275 | Computed tomographic angiography, chest, with contrast material | 1.1% | 69 | $6K |
| 73110 | <1% | 376 | $3K | |
| 73030 | <1% | 395 | $3K | |
| 73130 | <1% | 293 | $3K | |
| 72148 | Magnetic resonance imaging, lumbar spine; without contrast material | <1% | 29 | $3K |
| 73562 | <1% | 265 | $2K | |
| 72100 | <1% | 230 | $2K | |
| 77067 | Screening mammography, bilateral, including computer-aided detection | <1% | 48 | $2K |
| 71250 | <1% | 15 | $728.38 | |
| 73502 | <1% | 63 | $504.48 | |
| 77063 | Screening digital breast tomosynthesis, bilateral | <1% | 24 | $437.32 |
| 93971 | <1% | 12 | $364.95 | |
| 76856 | Ultrasound, pelvic (nonobstetric), real time with image documentation; complete | <1% | 13 | $354.32 |
| 73090 | <1% | 29 | $309.31 | |
| 73560 | <1% | 33 | $240.88 | |
| 73590 | <1% | 17 | $138.48 | |
| 72170 | <1% | 16 | $112.29 | |
| 73140 | <1% | 12 | $81.51 |
Claims and beneficiary counts add up across code × month rows, so one patient seen every month counts many times. Rows with fewer than 12 claims are suppressed by HHS, so small lines can be missing.
From NPPES
Who's on the registration
Authorized officialBJERKNES, DANIEL (PRESIDENT/CEO)
| Provider | Location | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Avera ST. Luke's | Aberdeen, SD | $2.28M |
| Avera ST Lukes | Aberdeen, SD | $1.48M |
| Avera ST Luke's | Aberdeen, SD | $599K |
| Avera ST. Luke's | Aberdeen, SD | $355K |
| Avera ST. Luke's | Aberdeen, SD | $256K |
| Avera ST. Luke's | Aberdeen, SD | $151K |
| Avera ST. Luke's | Aberdeen, SD | $107K |
| Avera ST. Lukes | Aberdeen, SD | $53K |
| Avera ST. Luke's | Aberdeen, SD | $51K |
| Avera ST. Luke's | Aberdeen, SD | $35K |
| Avera ST. Luke's | Aberdeen, SD | $18K |
| Avera ST. Luke's | Aberdeen, SD | $17K |
| Avera ST. Luke's | Aberdeen, SD | $15K |
| Avera ST Lukes | Aberdeen, SD | $6K |
| Avera ST Luke's | Groton, SD | $5K |
| Avera ST Lukes | Ellendale, ND | $5K |
| Avera ST. Luke's | Aberdeen, SD | $325.06 |
| Avera ST. Lukes | Aberdeen, SD | $207.09 |
Matched on the authorized-official name exactly as entered in NPPES. A common name can match unrelated people.