NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Physician Assistant in Iowa

1,525 NPPES records list physician assistant with a practice address in Iowa, 48 per 100,000 residents, the 29th 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 1 of 31.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363A00000X · 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, 226

  1. Iowa City226
  2. Des Moines179
  3. West Des Moines119
  4. Davenport80
  5. Cedar Rapids59

Physician Assistant records in Iowa

  1. Fady AbawiDavenport, IA 528041861379224
  2. Steven AbdoCoralville, IA 522411780375576
  3. Leah Abebe, PACouncil Bluffs, IA 515011053941591
  4. Timothy Ackarman, PAForest City, IA 504361447368170
  5. Parker Acree, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421760251540
  6. Grace Adam, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421962150227
  7. Grace Adsem, PA-CAnkeny, IA 500211487456653
  8. Alexis Ahlberg, PA-CCedar Rapids, IA 524011396330288
  9. Madisen Ahlstrom, PA-CDavenport, IA 528031255021770
  10. Karen Ajram, PAIowa City, IA 522421598754442
  11. Sarah Albrecht, PA-CDavenport, IA 528071326626235
  12. Gary Aldrich, PA-CCedar Rapids, IA 524031629474978
  13. Kellie Alessio, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503141194310755
  14. April Allen, PA-CIowa City, IA 522451689204141
  15. E Allen, PACCedar Rapids, IA 524021619953270
  16. Daryl Allison, PACToledo, IA 523421811973597
  17. Brett Allmond, PA-CDavenport, IA 528071871676718
  18. Sarah Alpen, PA-CMuscatine, IA 527611649805706
  19. Courtney Ambrosy, PA-CDubuque, IA 520011457121345
  20. Susan Amundsen, P.A.Dubuque, IA 520011437108156
  21. Olivia Anders, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421235822024
  22. Aaron Anderson, PA-CAnkeny, IA 500231780769323
  23. Cameron AndersonCarroll, IA 514011457061442
  24. Danniele Anderson, PA-CLake City, IA 514491659652568
  25. Meagen Anderson, PA-CAmes, IA 500141881063006
  26. Corey Andrade, PA-CIowa City, IA 522451285027847
  27. Ricardo Andreotti Bodra, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503091083248611
  28. William Andrews, PAWaukee, IA 502631184633943
  29. Joshua Angle, PA-CCedar Rapids, IA 524021962118778
  30. Meghna Anita, PA-CDubuque, IA 520011629859343
  31. Faith Anton, MPAS, PA-CCedar Rapids, IA 524031558159079
  32. Emily Appleton, PACMount Vernon, IA 523141124004536
  33. Serena Arancibia, MPH, PA-CClinton, IA 527321205373610
  34. Madigan ArendDes Moines, IA 503091326818089
  35. Emily Armstrong, PA-CDubuque, IA 520011679708879
  36. Teresa Armstrong, PA-CClarion, IA 505251871602334
  37. Scott Arno, P.A.West Des Moines, IA 502651336548940
  38. Melinda Arnold, PAMarshalltown, IA 501581013618701
  39. Michael Arntsen, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421578046223
  40. Jessica Arp, PACedar Rapids, IA 524011912241183
  41. Jeffrey Ashline, PA-CDubuque, IA 520021447342910
  42. David Askelson, PACClarence, IA 522161912983966
  43. David Asprey, PAIowa City, IA 522421346236916
  44. Katherine Asprey, PA-CWest Des Moines, IA 502661598229262
  45. Alyssa AthasDubuque, IA 520011346021060
  46. Michael Atherley, PA-COelwein, IA 506621801837323
  47. Suzanne Aunan, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421831353234
  48. Emily Avgenackis, PAIowa City, IA 522421942682224
  49. Miranda Ayers-Burkgren, PADes Moines, IA 503121942895701
  50. Adela Bajric, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503101295310225

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363A00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Iowa ranks 29 of 51 per resident

  1. Oregon49
  2. Arizona49
  3. Washington48
  4. Iowa48
  5. Oklahoma46
  6. Florida45
  7. 50 states and D.C.49

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363A00000X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

79.5% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 77.9% 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. Iowa79.5%
  2. United States77.9%

Physician Assistant records in Iowa, measured

  • In a Medicare file1,212 of 1,525 · 79.5% here, 77.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1,054 · 69.1% here, 62.6% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more627 · 41.1% here, 39.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2017 · the 1,053 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363A00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

1,525 NPPES records list physician assistant (363A00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 48 per 100,000 residents against 49 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Iowa City has 226 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. Louisiana1,556
  2. Nebraska1,352
  3. Kansas1,329
  4. Missouri1,790

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Washington47.6
  2. Oklahoma46.1
  3. Arizona49.3
  4. Oregon49.5

The largest states

  1. New York15,555
  2. California14,451
  3. Texas10,999
  4. Florida10,257
  5. North Carolina9,279

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.