NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Acupuncturist in Iowa

56 NPPES records list acupuncturist with a practice address in Iowa, 1.7 per 100,000 residents, the 41st highest rate of 51. Iowa City and Fairfield have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Iowa license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 171100000X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Iowa City has the most, 7

  1. Iowa City7
  2. Fairfield5
  3. Des Moines4
  4. Bettendorf3
  5. Cedar Rapids3

Acupuncturist records in Iowa

  1. Xiaodong Wang, LACRock Rapids, IA 512461235743360
  2. Robert Weingeist, LACIowa City, IA 522401376844696
  3. Rachel WeissmanIowa City, IA 522401629341110
  4. Yimin Xu, L. AC.Johnston, IA 501311972079200
  5. Michelle Ybarra-Rojas, MAOM, L.AC.Ames, IA 500101619227600
  6. Patrick Yoerger, L.AC.Iowa City, IA 522401679974844

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 171100000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Iowa ranks 41 of 51 per resident

  1. West Virginia2.0
  2. Ohio2.0
  3. Nebraska1.8
  4. Iowa1.7
  5. Kentucky1.4
  6. Missouri1.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.10.0

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 171100000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.2% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Iowa0.0%
  2. United States0.2%

Acupuncturist records in Iowa, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 56 · 0.0% here, 0.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.4% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more48 · 85.7% here, 73.8% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 171100000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

56 NPPES records list acupuncturist (171100000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 1.7 per 100,000 residents against 10 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Iowa City has 7 of them (13%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Louisiana51
  2. Oklahoma51
  3. Kentucky63
  4. Kansas38

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nebraska1.8
  2. Ohio2.0
  3. West Virginia2.0
  4. Tennessee2.0

The largest states

  1. California10,648
  2. New York3,942
  3. Florida2,291
  4. Oregon1,539
  5. Washington1,485

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.