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Hospice Care in South Dakota

South Dakota has 17 licensed hospice providers listed on ElderCareCosts across 485 cities. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

17 licensed hospice providers listed · 10 with CMS star ratings.

How hospice costs work in South Dakota

For people enrolled in the Medicare hospice benefit, covered hospice services are generally about $0 out of pocket: nursing, aides, medications related to the terminal illness, medical equipment, and grief support. That is a benefit design fact, not a local price quote for South Dakota.

  • Room and board is separate. If your parent is in a nursing home or assisted living while on hospice, Medicare hospice does not pay the facility rent. The family, Medicaid, or long-term care insurance usually covers that.
  • When families do pay: care unrelated to the hospice diagnosis, private-duty extras the hospice does not cover, or hospice outside Medicare (rare private-pay arrangements). Always ask what is billed to whom.
  • Official overview: Medicare.gov hospice care.

CMS rating distribution in South Dakota

CMS overall star ratings for 10 hospice providers in South Dakota. We do not re-rank these scores.

CMS star ratings in South Dakota
CMS starsProviders
5 stars2
4 stars5
3 stars3
2 stars0
1 star0

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South Dakota licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for South Dakota are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in South Dakota

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

South Dakota Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in South Dakota resolve concerns about care and rights.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Cities in South Dakota

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Counties in South Dakota

County pages carry the local Area Agency on Aging, the state Medicaid waiver contacts and, for nursing homes, what federal inspectors recorded. Ordered by how many hospice care providers each county holds.

Hospice Care by county in South Dakota

Hospice Care providers in South Dakota

Sample of licensed hospice providers listed for South Dakota. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many hospice providers are listed in South Dakota?

We currently list 17 licensed hospice providers across South Dakota.

Which cities in South Dakota have hospice care listings?

We track 485 South Dakota cities for hospice care. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in South Dakota: 17 added · 55 updated. Most recent change Sep 1. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, licensed hospice providers in South Dakota are listed with government-sourced data. State median cost not yet published.

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (n.d.). Hospice Care in South Dakota. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospice/south-dakota/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "Hospice Care in South Dakota." ElderCareCosts. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/hospice/south-dakota/.

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