Marcos A. Vargas, DDS MS
General Practice Dentistry · Iowa City, IA
Marcos A. Vargas, DDS MS is a general practice dentistry with a practice address in Iowa City, Iowa, and NPI 1235233230, issued on Sep 11, 2006. Check the license (Iowa 08590, as entered in NPPES) with the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Marcos A. Vargas
- Credential
- DDS MS
- Primary taxonomy
- General Practice Dentistry 1223G0001X
- License number
- 08590 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 801 Newton RD, Iowa City, IA 52242
- Phone
- (319) 335-7440
- Enumerated
- Sep 11, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 20, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (319) 335-7451
- Medicaid ID
- 0206110 IA
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 801 Newton RD
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Manal AlzahraniStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1457089641
- Noor Asfar, B.D.SStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1285317818
- Navdeep Asi, M.SC., D.M.DStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1285040485
Verify Marcos A. Vargas in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Iowa board licenses this profession
Search for license 08590Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
83% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average general practice dentistry in 2024
14 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 83 among the 70,290 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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: $35,733.92
30 payments; by number, the most common kind was travel and lodging; the largest payer was Solventum Corporation. The 41,669 providers of this specialty with any payment received $597.01 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.
Marcos A. Vargas among 1,239 general practice dentistry records in Iowa
Marcos A. Vargas, DDS MS is one of 1,239 general practice dentistry records with a practice address in Iowa. 61% 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 3% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 3% of these records are older, 60% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 61% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 1% of these records are
- Record last updated2018 · 76% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 1223G0001X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
100 general practice dentistry records list a practice address in Iowa City
They are 100 of the 7,163 NPPES records with a practice address in Iowa City, and 1,239 general practice dentistry records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Marcos A. Vargas, DDS MS's NPI number?
Marcos A. Vargas, DDS MS's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1235233230, issued on Sep 11, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Marcos A. Vargas, DDS MS located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 801 Newton RD, Iowa City, IA, 52242. Phone: (319) 335-7440. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Marcos A. Vargas, DDS MS's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number 08590, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Marcos A. Vargas, DDS MS prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Marcos A. Vargas, DDS MS had 14 Medicare Part D claims; the average among general practice dentistry prescribers was 83. 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.