Doctors and health care providers in Des Moines, WA
454 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Des Moines, 64th of 261 Washington cities. The largest group is family medicine physician: 44, 10% of the city's records, against 3% across Washington. Page 10 of 10.
The 8 largest groups in Des Moines
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Des Moines in Washington
- Rank in Washington64th of 261 cities by records
- Share of the state0.2% of Washington's records
- Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
- Top three groups23.1% of all records
Compared with Washington as a whole, Des Moines has 8.4× the state's share of occupational therapy assistant records and 0.60× its share of mental health counselor records.
Providers in Des Moines, alphabetically
- Chloe Yoo, COTAOccupational Therapy Assistant1275380321
- Heng Zhou, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1700941986
- Jesse Zomok, DPTPhysical Therapist1720493091
- Kalyna Zydek, DCChiropractor1548856404
How to read this directory
Des Moines, Washington appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 454 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 Des Moines - 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 Des Moines 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 Des Moines is weighted toward Family Medicine Physician (44 clinicians, followed by Registered Nurse with 31 and Massage Therapist with 30). 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 Washington's population, Des Moines reports roughly 5.8 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.
Of Washington's most common specialties, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Des Moines practice address, a coverage gap Des Moines patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Des Moines 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 Des Moines, WA?
There are 454 registered healthcare providers in Des Moines, WA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Des Moines?
The most common specialties in Des Moines are Family Medicine Physician, Registered Nurse, Massage Therapist, Pharmacist, Physical Therapist. Family Medicine Physician has the most providers with 44.
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.