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. Page 6 of 21.

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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. Alan Fisher, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1134279128
  2. Christy Fisher, LMSWSocial Worker1891085205
  3. Thomas Flynn, DPTPhysical Therapist1588822761
  4. Amy Ford, WHNPWomen's Health Nurse Practitioner1205858198
  5. Millie ForemanHearing Instrument Specialist1659186435
  6. Jack Formanek, MS, LMHPMental Health Counselor1285791376
  7. Chelsey Fox, APRNPediatric Nurse Practitioner1104201961
  8. Danie Frazee, PACPhysician Assistant1265599153
  9. Marcy French, ARNPCNurse Practitioner1356491500
  10. Ryan Frickel, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1730402769
  11. Matthew FriezeHome Modifications Contractor1972451797
  12. Andrew FrohardtAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1447520705
  13. Matthew Fryzek, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1417020595
  14. Lisa Fullenkamp, MA, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1104082205
  15. Brian Fuller, MS, LMSW, LMHPMental Health Counselor1659576841
  16. Ian Fullinfaw, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1861187205
  17. Daniel Galeas Rodriguez, MDHospitalist Physician1548781305
  18. Annabel Galva, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1952359762
  19. Linda Garcia-Dorta, MDFamily Medicine Physician1720036676
  20. Devon Garrean, LMHCMental Health Counselor1093551186
  21. Allysha Garthright, MA, LPCMental Health Counselor1477328078
  22. Brian Gartrell, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1225262538
  23. Nancy Gau, PHARMDPharmacist1982971099
  24. Guadalupe Gaucin-SanchezAdult Companion1265319859
  25. Richard Gaudian, RPHPharmacist1912284191
  26. Mia Gilbert-Ingram, TLMHCMental Health Counselor1841011566
  27. Jessica Gintonio, DNP, ACNPG-AGNurse Practitioner1740087022
  28. Laura GivensClinical Social Worker1740565415
  29. Laura Gless, PHARMDPharmacist1124536818
  30. Danielle GochenourAthletic Trainer1326799677
  31. Karen Godin, B.S.N.Registered Nurse1942558523
  32. Becki Goldberg-Kahn, M.D.Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1124101902
  33. Jordan GoldenPhysical Therapy Assistant1932904752
  34. Stephanie GomezPersonal Care Attendant1689590663
  35. Santos GonzalesClinical Social Worker1669997474
  36. Crystal GonzalezHomemaker1891655387
  37. Edith Goodwin, PTPediatric Physical Therapist1982750352
  38. Josette Gordon-Simet, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1689724676
  39. Tanya Gorman, LADC ACADC CCGCCounselor1356333595
  40. Fionna Gov, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1205454725
  41. Michael Grace, BC-HISHearing Instrument Specialist1982892477
  42. Stephanie GradeMental Health Counselor1700421575
  43. Kallee GrahamPersonal Care Attendant1033919634
  44. Robert Graham, D.O.Emergency Medicine Physician1629393160
  45. Debrenee Grajeda, LSWMental Health Counselor1417601733
  46. Stephanie Gray, ARNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1598786097
  47. Dale Greedy, LMSW, CPCAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1689698995
  48. Cory Green, PTAPhysical Therapy Assistant1376250852
  49. Courtney GreenPharmacist1487523098
  50. Edward Greer, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1578583696

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.