Eldon Becker, MD
Surgery · Pierre, SDNPI 1023083797
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 100.0% of the total across 75 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 18 manufacturers reported payments, led by Amgen at 30.2% of the total.
Across 75 payments — averaging $16.70 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Amgen$378
- Novo Nordisk$222
- Lilly USA, LLC$190
- Daiichi Sankyo Inc.$90
- Exact Sciences$68
- Grifols USA, LLC$51
- plus $254 from 12 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,252100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Amgen | 24 | $378 |
| Novo Nordisk | 14 | $222 |
| Lilly USA, LLC | 11 | $190 |
| Daiichi Sankyo Inc. | 5 | $90 |
| Exact Sciences | 4 | $68 |
| Grifols USA, LLC | 3 | $51 |
| Bayer | 2 | $40 |
| Boston Scientific | 1 | $31 |
| Merck | 2 | $26 |
| AstraZeneca | 1 | $23 |
| Davol Inc. | 1 | $21 |
| GSK | 1 | $19 |
| AbbVie | 1 | $18 |
| Axonics, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Vertex | 1 | $17 |
| Pfizer | 1 | $16 |
| KCI USA, Inc. | 1 | $13 |
| Johnson & Johnson | 1 | $12 |
How this compares
$1,252 in reported general payments places this provider in the 55th percentile of 87 surgery providers in South Dakota.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Oxycodone Hcl | 16 | $92 |
| Omeprazole | 11 | $48 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other surgery in Pierre
- Brandt BeckerPierre$4K
- Riley LambPierre$619
- Curtis PeerySioux Falls$791K
- Juliann ReilandSioux Falls$48K
- Dennis GlattSioux Falls$38K
- Andrew HaputaSisseton$21K
- James HegvikDakota Dunes$19K
- Pial HopeRapid City$17K
- David FrommRapid City$16K
- Bradley ThaemertSioux Falls$14K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.