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 29 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. Ben Vance, PAWest Des Moines, IA 502661326090366
  2. Karen Vandehaar, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503141629570437
  3. Cassandra Vandenberg, PA-CClear Lake, IA 504281083375711
  4. Jordan Vander Ploeg, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503141558004093
  5. Karrie Vander Sluis, PA-CClive, IA 503251750348041
  6. Hannah Vander Wal, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503091982012878
  7. Micah Vander WielOrange City, IA 510411962214700
  8. Jennifer Vandivier, P.A.-C.West Des Moines, IA 502661225081482
  9. Jenna Vandonslear, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503121831723832
  10. Diane Vanersvelde, PA CIowa City, IA 522421730175464
  11. Ryan VanmoerRock Rapids, IA 512461891499240
  12. Gregory Vanpeursem, PA-CRock Valley, IA 512471548253438
  13. April Vargus, P.A.-CDes Moines, IA 503121639243629
  14. Anne Varner, PADes Moines, IA 503091457672743
  15. Staci Vaske, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421750562286
  16. Gail Vegter, PA-CCherokee, IA 510121952470130
  17. Leslie Veit, PACIowa City, IA 522451437101722
  18. Eugene Velednitsky, MPAS, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421588043285
  19. Kimberly Velk, PASioux City, IA 511011669028197
  20. Nicholas Vellema, PA-CWest Des Moines, IA 502661871961789
  21. Devin Venteicher, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503141710533047
  22. Grace Ver Steegh, PADavenport, IA 528041073493284
  23. Kimberly Vetter, PA-CCedar Falls, IA 506131477666576
  24. Brenda Vis, P.A.Rock Rapids, IA 512461255414215
  25. Jeremy Vitamvas, PASioux City, IA 511061003845280
  26. Whitney Vogt, PAWest Des Moines, IA 502661437498300
  27. Holly Voigt, PA-CSaint Ansgar, IA 504721245518034
  28. Emily Volz, PA-CWest Des Moines, IA 502661477363810
  29. Robert VomackaSioux City, IA 511011821775339
  30. Danielle Von Muenster, PAWest Des Moines, IA 502661548903842
  31. Elli Vore, PA-CWest Des Moines, IA 502661992311435
  32. Emily WagnerBrooklyn, IA 522111982019865
  33. Marc Waitek, PAOsage, IA 504611821180431
  34. Kaitlyn WaldnerOrange City, IA 510411205696416
  35. Bianca Waldschmidt, PA-CWest Des Moines, IA 502661437651692
  36. Chad Walker, PAMapleton, IA 510341679028690
  37. Stephanie Walker, PA-CSioux City, IA 511061275668162
  38. Tod Walker, PA-CMount Vernon, IA 523141942485560
  39. Philly Wall, P.A.Cedar Rapids, IA 524031497894117
  40. Brooke Walls, PA-CIowa City, IA 522451851794390
  41. Allison Walsh, PACCoralville, IA 522411568421899
  42. Rachel Walsh, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421700210564
  43. Trinity Walter, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503091659189876
  44. Blythe Waltersdorf, P.A.Creston, IA 508011669468385
  45. David Walz, PAIowa City, IA 522421316931397
  46. Breanna WardDavenport, IA 528071467925149
  47. Allison WarnellDes Moines, IA 503121740923242
  48. India Warren, PA-CMarshalltown, IA 501581790360907
  49. Laurie Warren, P.A.Sioux City, IA 511011710941000
  50. Megan WassomMason City, IA 504011538895909

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.