Ashar Afzal, MD
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician · Waterloo, IA
Ashar Afzal, MD is an interventional pain medicine physician with a practice address in Waterloo, Iowa, and NPI 1689628117, issued on May 20, 2006. Check the license (Iowa 34325, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ashar Afzal
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Interventional Pain Medicine Physician 208VP0014X
- License number
- 34325 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3254 Kimball Ave, Waterloo, IA 50702
- Phone
- (319) 235-7246
- Enumerated
- May 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Feb 4, 2022
- Fax
- (319) 235-3017
- Medicaid ID
- 0267765 IA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040225000445); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 3254 Kimball Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Frank Hawkins, MDInterventional Pain Medicine Physician1003860636
- Alison McFadden, ARNPAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1073823639
Verify Ashar Afzal in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license 34325Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
36% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average interventional pain medicine physician in 2024
1,479 Medicare Part D claims for 315 beneficiaries, against an average of 2,306 among the 2,100 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 804 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen358 claims
- Gabapentin208 claims
- Oxycodone-Acetaminophen157 claims
- Tramadol Hcl152 claims
- Tizanidine Hcl86 claims
- Fentanyl70 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $48.23
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 1,966 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,889.53 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Cedar Valley Medical Specialists PCWaterloo, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ashar Afzal among 12 interventional pain medicine physician records in Iowa
Ashar Afzal, MD is one of 12 interventional pain medicine physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 83% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 25% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 25% of these records are older, 42% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 83% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 67% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208VP0014X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Interventional Pain Medicine Physician providers in Iowa
There are 12 interventional pain medicine physician records in Iowa.
All 12 in Iowa → Every provider in Waterloo → Interventional Pain Medicine Physician nationwide →
The 8 interventional pain medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Frank Hawkins, MDWaterloo, IA 507021003860636
- Ronald Kloc, D.O.Mason City, IA 504011952308256
- Mohammad Iqbal, MDDes Moines, IA 503141235137340
- Thomas Klein, D.O.Des Moines, IA 503141912070764
- Tsung Hsu, M.D.West Des Moines, IA 502661619001997
- Christian Ledet, MDWest Des Moines, IA 502661154385557
- Andrzej Szczepanek, M.D.West Des Moines, IA 502661134397565
- Alison Weisheipl, MDWest Des Moines, IA 502661457586422
Common questions
What is Ashar Afzal, MD's NPI number?
Ashar Afzal, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1689628117, issued on May 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ashar Afzal, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3254 Kimball Ave, Waterloo, IA, 50702. Phone: (319) 235-7246. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ashar Afzal, MD's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 34325, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ashar Afzal, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ashar Afzal, MD had 1,479 Medicare Part D claims for 315 beneficiaries; the average among interventional pain medicine physician prescribers was 2,306. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
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.