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 4 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. Chad Boyer, PA-CMason City, IA 504011265638829
  2. Jacob Boyer, PA-CGrinnell, IA 501121306193248
  3. Anne Boyler, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421437709763
  4. Gracelyn BoylesDavenport, IA 528041689364044
  5. Lauren Bracken, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421053906651
  6. Chad Bradshaw, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503141942296876
  7. Norbel Brautigam, PA-CWest Des Moines, IA 502661861836975
  8. Kaitlyn BravekWest Des Moines, IA 502661487383501
  9. Patrick Bredar, P.A.Centerville, IA 525441528011756
  10. Susan Bredman, PA-CWaterloo, IA 507021437137692
  11. Jacob Breitbach, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421225502743
  12. Jacob Brekken, PAMason City, IA 504011346762341
  13. Jenna Bremer, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503141336899954
  14. Rachael Brengman, PA-CBettendorf, IA 527221538895297
  15. Kelly Brennan, MPAS, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421235940453
  16. Anthony Brenneman, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421780670497
  17. Michelle Bresingham, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421083482392
  18. Marie Brewer, PA-CDavenport, IA 528071609409184
  19. Susan Brigham, PAIowa City, IA 522421881682409
  20. Katelyn Brown, PA-CLake City, IA 514491891452884
  21. Leslie Brown, PADes Moines, IA 503141346874948
  22. Clarissa Bruce, PA-CIowa City, IA 522421942868476
  23. Alexandra Brunner, PA-CWest Des Moines, IA 502661891293171
  24. Sheila Bryan, PA-CWebster City, IA 505951669469078
  25. Cory Bryant, PA-CPleasant Hill, IA 503271225552359
  26. Sydney Bryen, PA-CMissouri Valley, IA 515551851251144
  27. Bridget Buck, P.A.Council Bluffs, IA 515031437308244
  28. Allison BuckertDes Moines, IA 503091932842499
  29. Kara Buckingham, PA-CWest Des Moines, IA 502661265710503
  30. John Buckner, PAColumbus City, IA 527371770393654
  31. Abigail Buesing, PA-CStrawberry Point, IA 520761104968221
  32. Lyndsey Buhlmann, PA-CWest Des Moines, IA 502661356989891
  33. Kristi Bullock, PADavenport, IA 528071760458178
  34. Troy BunchDes Moines, IA 503141619552866
  35. Kylie Bundt, PA-CWaterloo, IA 507021326633181
  36. Michaela BurandtDe Witt, IA 527421205557600
  37. Cassandra Burch, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503091861755985
  38. Colin Burds, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503091699785600
  39. John Burgmeier, PADubuque, IA 520011689308595
  40. Christine Burke, PAWest Des Moines, IA 502651982031910
  41. Michele Burnes, PA-CUrbana, IA 523451760467757
  42. Alan Burnette, PA-CCedar Rapids, IA 524011821244856
  43. Amber Burns, PA-CCedar Rapids, IA 524031306495296
  44. Melanie Burns, PA-CDavenport, IA 528031801331426
  45. Scot Burroughs, PAIowa City, IA 522451467420729
  46. Nichole Bussnamas, PACAnkeny, IA 500211881684819
  47. Lauren Butler, PA-CIowa City, IA 522401790491991
  48. Christine ButtellChariton, IA 500491508499617
  49. Angela Buttjer, PA CWaterloo, IA 507011831153626
  50. Allison CaddenHiawatha, IA 522331871281782

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.