NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Medical Physician Assistant in Iowa

235 NPPES records list medical physician assistant with a practice address in Iowa, 7 per 100,000 residents, the 42nd highest rate of 51. Iowa City and Des Moines have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Iowa license search. Page 5 of 5.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363AM0700X · 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, 36

  1. Iowa City36
  2. Des Moines19
  3. Dubuque13
  4. Cedar Rapids12
  5. West Des Moines10

Medical Physician Assistant records in Iowa

  1. Donald Smutzer, PA-CCorrectionville, IA 510161578516514
  2. Rachel Sodawasser, PA-CCedar Rapids, IA 524021922709054
  3. Maria Sonnack, PA-CIowa City, IA 522451518366913
  4. Mindy Southammavong, PA-CPella, IA 502191528434859
  5. Melanie Spencer, PAAmes, IA 500101932199080
  6. Nichole Steffens, PA-CWest Union, IA 521751306468434
  7. Jenny Stegen, PADecorah, IA 521011932104395
  8. Macy Stevens, PA-CDavenport, IA 528031275208019
  9. Robyn StillmunkesIowa City, IA 522421316733710
  10. Jodi Stowater-Goodrich, PACouncil Bluffs, IA 515031225278609
  11. Unni Stuart, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421861451643
  12. Laura Stulken, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421649678582
  13. Benjamin Sullivan, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421710684758
  14. Jeffrey Swan, P.A.-CWinterset, IA 502731780743666
  15. Denise Tinker, PAWest Union, IA 521751780689174
  16. Janelle UllrichCedar Rapids, IA 524031306371158
  17. Michael Unger, PACSioux City, IA 511061861415994
  18. Betsy Van Haaften, PA-CJohnston, IA 501311023609690
  19. Stacy Van Heeswyk, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503151992332563
  20. Angela Vervoort, PA-CCascade, IA 520331982940920
  21. Stephanie Vogeler, PA-CCedar Rapids, IA 524041952304255
  22. Jennifer Vonbank, PABancroft, IA 505171720157928
  23. Jennifer Wadle, PA-CPella, IA 502191558339267
  24. Andrea Walsh, PA-CMuscatine, IA 523581245217579
  25. Amy Welch, PA-C,Des Moines, IA 503141174519003
  26. Margo Welsh, PAWaverly, IA 506771528400447
  27. Elizabeth Wessling, PA-CSioux City, IA 511051861678997
  28. Erinn White, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421144508151
  29. Anton Wiebel, PACedar Rapids, IA 524021760703029
  30. Emily Williams, PA-CMuscatine, IA 527611972771020
  31. Becky Wittrock, PAPrimghar, IA 512451548226640
  32. Jyl Wonnell, PA-CNevada, IA 502011316933856
  33. Amy Wood, P.A.-CCorydon, IA 500601124003009
  34. Ryan Young, P.A.West Des Moines, IA 502661639151327
  35. Lori Ziegenhorn, P.A.-CNorth Liberty, IA 523171891847935

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AM0700X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Iowa ranks 42 of 51 per resident

  1. Minnesota8
  2. Hawaii8
  3. Louisiana7
  4. Iowa7
  5. Ohio7
  6. Kentucky7
  7. 50 states and D.C.12

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AM0700X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

77.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 74.0% 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. Iowa77.0%
  2. United States74.0%

Medical Physician Assistant records in Iowa, measured

  • In a Medicare file181 of 235 · 77.0% here, 74.0% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file144 · 61.3% here, 54.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more140 · 59.6% here, 54.7% nationally
  • Median graduation year2012 · the 144 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363AM0700X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

235 NPPES records list medical physician assistant (363AM0700X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 7 per 100,000 residents against 12 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Iowa City has 36 of them (15%).

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. Maine238
  2. Alabama228
  3. New Hampshire248
  4. Alaska250

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Louisiana7.4
  2. Ohio7.2
  3. Kentucky7.1
  4. Texas7.0

The largest states

  1. Pennsylvania3,897
  2. New York3,670
  3. California3,376
  4. Florida2,776
  5. Texas2,146

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.