NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Council Bluffs, IA

1,028 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Council Bluffs, 11th of 215 Iowa cities. The largest group is mental health counselor: 100, 10% of the city's records, against 5% across Iowa.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

The 8 largest groups in Council Bluffs

  1. Mental Health Counselor100
  2. Pharmacist70
  3. Nurse Practitioner49
  4. Clinical Social Worker44
  5. Physician Assistant40
  6. Family Medicine Physician40
  7. Personal Care Attendant33
  8. Physical Therapist33

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Council Bluffs in Iowa

  • Rank in Iowa11th of 215 cities by records
  • Share of the state2.2% of Iowa's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups21.3% of all records
  • Mental Health Counselor rank4th of the 10 Iowa cities with the most

Compared with Iowa as a whole, Council Bluffs has 18.9× the state's share of adult companion records and 0.46× its share of chiropractor records.

Providers in Council Bluffs, alphabetically

  1. Abdul Abdussalam, MDHospitalist Physician1730773367
  2. Leah Abebe, PAPhysician Assistant1053941591
  3. Rebecca Aboe, RD, LMNT, LDRegistered Dietitian1063787505
  4. Roy Abraham, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1518023175
  5. Jennifer AchenbachNurse Practitioner1013967280
  6. Stacie AcoxMental Health Counselor1639649882
  7. Debra AdkinsLicensed Practical Nurse1346996758
  8. Jennifer AdkinsLicensed Practical Nurse1952106643
  9. Jolynn Ahmann, PHARMDPharmacist1982980884
  10. Patrick Ahrens, M.D.Surgery Physician1508858028
  11. Dani Akana, LMTMassage Therapist1255925285
  12. Yasmine Al-ShdifatPharmacist1639843899
  13. Angel AlbertsonMental Health Counselor1316331879
  14. Kevin Alff, PHARMDPharmacist1619482890
  15. Travis Alger, DCChiropractor1710400361
  16. Gabriel AlierHome Health Aide1922982370
  17. Lindsay Allen, MSN, ARNP, NP-CNurse Practitioner1336808484
  18. Dusti Alonso, LMHC, LIMHPMental Health Counselor1861866659
  19. Juanita Alvarez-Hall, MSN, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1447616313
  20. Erick Alverio, P.T.Physical Therapist1790960193
  21. Julia Ambrose, LCSWClinical Social Worker1306729140
  22. Charlene Ancheta, PHARM.DPharmacist1215222351
  23. Carolyn Andersen Burgher, MS LMHC LMHP LIMHPMental Health Counselor1053586206
  24. Andrea AndersonNurse Practitioner1427616986
  25. Earl Anderson, LMHCMental Health Counselor1598708034
  26. Joni Anderson, MNTRegistered Dietitian1821535550
  27. Julia Anderson, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1184245854
  28. Kahla Anderson, DNP, FNP, ARNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1992105092
  29. Olive AndersonContractor1073400420
  30. Robert Andrews, MS LMHC NCCMental Health Counselor1053568345
  31. Krishan Ariyarathna, MDHospitalist Physician1497975353
  32. Jamie Armbruster, MDFamily Medicine Physician1699939538
  33. Robert Armbruster, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1851373666
  34. Nancy Askeland, MSW, LMSWClinical Social Worker1750971735
  35. Amanda Askey, PTA, CFTPhysical Therapy Assistant1376995621
  36. Thomas Atteberry, M.D.Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1629063508
  37. Jessie Auen, PHARMDPharmacist1437522232
  38. Laura Ayers, ARNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1063233815
  39. Joseph Ayoub, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1902888365
  40. Alisha Baas, DPTPhysical Therapist1073916359
  41. Madison BabcockPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1356176671
  42. Karen Baber, LMHPCounselor1831813674
  43. Laura Badalucco, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1538518311
  44. Amy Badding, M.S.Counselor1538359039
  45. Ronald Baker, R.PH.Pharmacist1396897435
  46. Jovanna BalquierSpeech-Language Pathologist1992267520
  47. Jamie Barnes, PMHNP-BCPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1326909789
  48. Patrick Barnes, DPMFoot Surgery Podiatrist1972595916
  49. Steven Barnes, D.C.Chiropractor1346242062
  50. Lauren BarnettPharmacist1699210765

The largest Iowa cities

  1. Iowa City7,163
  2. Des Moines5,538
  3. Cedar Rapids2,949
  4. West Des Moines2,201
  5. Davenport2,058

All of Iowa →

How to read this directory

Council Bluffs, Iowa appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,028 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Council Bluffs - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Council Bluffs practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.

The provider mix in Council Bluffs is weighted toward Mental Health Counselor (100 clinicians, followed by Pharmacist with 70 and Nurse Practitioner with 49). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to Iowa's population, Council Bluffs reports roughly 32.1 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.

For Council Bluffs patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.

For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.

Common questions

How many doctors are in Council Bluffs, IA?

There are 1,028 registered healthcare providers in Council Bluffs, IA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Council Bluffs?

The most common specialties in Council Bluffs are Mental Health Counselor, Pharmacist, Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Social Worker, Physician Assistant. Mental Health Counselor has the most providers with 100.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.