Joseph C. Behr, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Mason City, IA
Joseph C. Behr, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Mason City, Iowa, and NPI 1770699423, issued on Aug 22, 2006. Check the license (Iowa 31897, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph C. Behr
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- 31897 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1010 4TH St SW, Mason City, IA 50401
- Phone
- (641) 422-6020
- Enumerated
- Aug 22, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 9, 2025
- Fax
- (641) 422-7803
- Medicaid ID
- 6142109 IA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040602000093); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Iowa, Rj & L Carver College Of Medicine, 1996
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Joseph C. Behr in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license 31897Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.0 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average family medicine physician in 2024
10,709 Medicare Part D claims for 637 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 9% of claims. 361 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium677 claims
- Losartan Potassium644 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate398 claims
- Pantoprazole Sodium336 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate327 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium325 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: $16.17
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Boston Scientific Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- North Iowa Mercy ClinicsMason City, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Joseph C. Behr among 2,336 family medicine physician records in Iowa
Joseph C. Behr, MD is one of 2,336 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 75% 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 16% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 16% of these records are older, 48% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1996 · median 2006 among the 1,367 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
56 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Mason City
They are 56 of the 866 NPPES records with a practice address in Mason City, and 2,336 family medicine physician records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Joseph C. Behr, MD's NPI number?
Joseph C. Behr, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1770699423, issued on Aug 22, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph C. Behr, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1010 4TH St SW, Mason City, IA, 50401. Phone: (641) 422-6020. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph C. Behr, MD's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 31897, 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 Joseph C. Behr, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph C. Behr, MD had 10,709 Medicare Part D claims for 637 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. 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.