NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Dental Assistant in Iowa

11 NPPES records list dental assistant with a practice address in Iowa, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 26th highest rate of 50. Iowa City and Ames have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Iowa license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 126800000X · 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. Ames2
  3. Cedar Rapids2

Dental Assistant records in Iowa

  1. Kelsey BeamanAmes, IA 500101700323730
  2. Starr Lynn Brown, RDAIowa City, IA 522401558213710
  3. Wendy Frye-Agers, CDA,RDA,EFDAIowa City, IA 522401063364560
  4. Gabrielle Giebelstein, QDAIowa City, IA 522401831809037
  5. Rachel HaightCedar Rapids, IA 524041053904441
  6. Kiley HanftIowa City, IA 522401942071345
  7. Maggie McGlaughlinIowa City, IA 522401164303624
  8. Kristen Miller, CDAIowa City, IA 522401598629420
  9. Maria Pilar Pardo BallesterAmes, IA 500101205666401
  10. Riley PingelCedar Rapids, IA 524021316710221
  11. Kelly WolfeIowa City, IA 522401235081415

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 126800000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Iowa ranks 26 of 50 per resident

  1. Texas0.4
  2. Idaho0.4
  3. Nebraska0.4
  4. Iowa0.3
  5. Louisiana0.3
  6. Vermont0.3
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.8

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 126800000X 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 0.5% 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 States0.5%

Dental Assistant records in Iowa, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 11 · 0.0% here, 0.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more2 · 18.2% here, 79.8% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 126800000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

11 NPPES records list dental assistant (126800000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Iowa City has 7 of them (64%).

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. Maryland11
  2. Indiana10
  3. South Carolina10
  4. Montana13

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Louisiana0.3
  2. Texas0.4
  3. Arizona0.4
  4. North Carolina0.3

The largest states

  1. California969
  2. Oregon295
  3. Ohio182
  4. Washington182
  5. Colorado157

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.