Nicholas Southard, D.O.
Vascular Surgery Physician · West Des Moines, IA
Nicholas Southard, D.O. is a vascular surgery physician with a practice address in West Des Moines, Iowa, and NPI 1124281902, issued on Jul 2, 2008. Check the license (Iowa DO-04402, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Nicholas Southard
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Vascular Surgery Physician 2086S0129X
- License number
- DO-04402 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5950 University Ave, West Des Moines, IA 50266
- Phone
- (515) 875-9090
- Enumerated
- Jul 2, 2008
- Record last updated
- Jan 11, 2024
- Fax
- (515) 875-9312
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20130729000359); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Des Moines University Of Osteopathic Medicine And Health Sciences, 2006
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 5950 University Ave
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Mehwish Ahmed, MDGastroenterology Physician1225561327
- Kimberly Alton, APNNurse Practitioner1821249475
- Dawn Baldwin, M.S., CCC-AAudiologist1659462125
- John Bardole, M.D.Urology Physician1841283447
- Indu Basil, M.D.Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1467614388
- Larry Beaty, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1407841273
Verify Nicholas Southard in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license DO-04402Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
3.6 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average vascular surgery physician in 2024
724 Medicare Part D claims for 142 beneficiaries, against an average of 201 among the 3,936 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 14% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel534 claims
- Xarelto69 claims
- Cilostazol32 claims
- Eliquis29 claims
- Atorvastatin Calcium22 claims
- Prednisone11 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: $11,807.74
21 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Medtronic, Inc. The 4,059 providers of this specialty with any payment received $6,178.00 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
- The Iowa Clinic PCWest Des Moines, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Vascular Surgery Physician providers in Iowa
There are 45 vascular surgery physician records in Iowa.
Other vascular surgery physician records in Iowa
- Afzal Abdullah, M.D.Bettendorf, IA1932199395
- Maen Aboul Hosn, M.D.Iowa City, IA1578962189
- Renald Bernard, M.D.Ames, IA1992792907
- Lilja Bjornsdottir, M.D.Iowa City, IA1659580645
- Jose Borromeo, M.D.West Des Moines, IA1497724371
- Mohamad Chahrour, MDIowa City, IA1316610959
- Phani Chevuru, MDIowa City, IA1396483426
- David Chew, M.D.West Des Moines, IA1366424509
- Ryan DeetsWest Burlington, IA1326305830
- Douglas Dorner, M.D.Des Moines, IA1134113491
Common questions
What is Nicholas Southard, D.O.'s NPI number?
Nicholas Southard, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124281902, issued on Jul 2, 2008. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Nicholas Southard, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5950 University Ave, West Des Moines, IA, 50266. Phone: (515) 875-9090. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Nicholas Southard, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number DO-04402, 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 Nicholas Southard, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Nicholas Southard, D.O. had 724 Medicare Part D claims for 142 beneficiaries; the average among vascular surgery physician prescribers was 201. 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.