Sara Saad El-Dein, MD
Surgery Physician · Iowa City, IA
Sara Saad El-Dein, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Iowa City, Iowa, and NPI 1831576024, issued on Apr 27, 2015. Check the license (Iowa MD-53859, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Sara Saad El-Dein
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License number
- MD-53859 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242
- Phone
- (319) 356-7892
- Enumerated
- Apr 27, 2015
- Record last updated
- Nov 14, 2024
- Fax
- (319) 356-3392
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240424001033); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Louisiana State University School Of Medicine In New Orleans, 2015
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Sara Saad El-Dein in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license MD-53859Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
15 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 88.5 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).
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Dhhs Phs Naihs Shiprock HospitalShiprock, NM
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Sara Saad El-Dein among 437 surgery physician records in Iowa
Sara Saad El-Dein, MD 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 2015, is newer than 60% of them.
- NPI issued2015 · 60% of these records are older, 38% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 73% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2015 · median 2005 among the 218 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 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).
116 surgery physician records list a practice address in Iowa City
They are 116 of the 7,163 NPPES records with a practice address in Iowa City, and 437 surgery physician records in Iowa.
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Common questions
What is Sara Saad El-Dein, MD's NPI number?
Sara Saad El-Dein, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1831576024, issued on Apr 27, 2015. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Sara Saad El-Dein, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA, 52242. Phone: (319) 356-7892. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Sara Saad El-Dein, MD's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number MD-53859, 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 Sara Saad El-Dein, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Sara Saad El-Dein, MD had 15 Medicare Part D claims; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Sara Saad El-Dein, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 88.5 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.