Dental Benefits

South Dakota Dental Benefits Benchmarks

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174Plans
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Dental benchmarks

Employee Benefits in South Dakota

Updated November 2026

Dental plans typically feature predictable costs and high employee participation rates, making them a staple of most benefit packages.

Our database includes 167 employers in South Dakota offering 174 verified benefit plans. DPPO plans dominate, offered by 94% of employers. Fully-Insured funding is the predominant model, used by 70% of state employers. Most employers offer one plan to employees (53%).

Dental benchmarks cover preventive care coverage, basic and major service cost-sharing, and annual maximums.

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South Dakota plan design & cost benchmarks

In-Network Cost Sharing: sample layout
In-Network Benefits
LimitedBalancedRobust
Your Plan
Individual Deductible
$33
$44
$75
$4452Bal
Family Deductible
$84
$151
$188
$15152Bal
Annual Maximum
$1,053
$1,971
$2,282
$1,97152Bal
Ortho Lifetime Maximum
$1,019
$1,468
$1,888
$1,46852Bal
Preventive Coverage
84%
91%
98%
91%52Bal
Basic Coverage
71%
75%
80%
75%52Bal
Major Coverage
51%
54%
60%
54%52Bal

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In-Network Cost Sharing

Deductibles, copays, coinsurance & out-of-pocket maximums

Employee Contributions

Monthly employee premium contributions by tier

Gross Premium Rates

Total monthly premium costs by coverage tier

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Plan Type Mix

% of employers offering each

VERIFIED
DPPO94%
DMO6%

Plan Funding

% of employers by funding

VERIFIED
Fully-Insured70%
Self-Insured28%
Level-Funded2%

Plans Offered

% of employers by plan count

VERIFIED
One Plan53%
Two Plans39%
Three or More Plans8%

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