Cara Elizabeth Sawyer, D.O.
Surgery Physician · West Burlington, IA
Cara Elizabeth Sawyer, D.O. is a surgery physician with a practice address in West Burlington, Iowa, and NPI 1316218191, issued on Jan 25, 2012. Check the license (Iowa DO-04884, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Cara Elizabeth Sawyer
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- DO-04884 IA
58.004273 OH
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1221 S Gear Ave, West Burlington, IA 52655
- Phone
- (319) 768-4350
- Enumerated
- Jan 25, 2012
- Record last updated
- Aug 2, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20160804002110); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1221 S Gear Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Cara Elizabeth Sawyer in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license DO-04884Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.2 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average surgery physician in 2024
616 Medicare Part D claims for 299 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 16% of claims. 84 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Omeprazole144 claims
- Famotidine74 claims
- Sod Sulf-Potass Sulf-Mag Sulf73 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen71 claims
- Sucralfate43 claims
- Sutab43 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 77.8 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $99.77
6 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Tela Bio, Inc. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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
- Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center IncWest Burlington, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cara Elizabeth Sawyer among 437 surgery physician records in Iowa
Cara Elizabeth Sawyer, D.O. is one of 437 surgery physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 73% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2012, is newer than 54% of them.
- NPI issued2012 · 54% of these records are older, 44% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2011 · median 2005 among the 218 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
4 surgery physician records list a practice address in West Burlington
They are 4 of the 261 NPPES records with a practice address in West Burlington, and 437 surgery physician records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Cara Elizabeth Sawyer, D.O.'s NPI number?
Cara Elizabeth Sawyer, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1316218191, issued on Jan 25, 2012. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Cara Elizabeth Sawyer, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1221 S Gear Ave, West Burlington, IA, 52655. Phone: (319) 768-4350. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Cara Elizabeth Sawyer, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number DO-04884, 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 Cara Elizabeth Sawyer, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Cara Elizabeth Sawyer, D.O. had 616 Medicare Part D claims for 299 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Cara Elizabeth Sawyer, D.O.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 77.8 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.