NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Assistant in Iowa

15 NPPES records list surgical assistant with a practice address in Iowa, 0.5 per 100,000 residents, the 31st highest rate of 49. Sioux City and Waterloo 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 246ZC0007X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Sioux City has the most, 4

  1. Sioux City4
  2. Waterloo3
  3. Bettendorf2
  4. Clive2
  5. Mason City2

Surgical Assistant records in Iowa

  1. Erin Baber, CST CSFAClive, IA 503251376336404
  2. Amanda BurrillBettendorf, IA 527221164344651
  3. Keith Emerson, SA-CMason City, IA 504011972931434
  4. Robin Farley, OPA-C, SA-CWaterloo, IA 507011942606868
  5. Edie Hatcher, CSTGrinnell, IA 501121013804335
  6. Ashley HayesBettendorf, IA 527221134041627
  7. Heather JohnsonSioux City, IA 511011871470658
  8. Joselyn Kinter, SA-CWaterloo, IA 507031851271787
  9. Rhonda Kraus, CSFAClive, IA 503251215178371
  10. Erin Lyons, LPN/CSAWaterloo, IA 507031962390286
  11. Paul Pulford, SA-CMason City, IA 504011386074086
  12. Brian Schneider, CSTFASioux City, IA 511061033923479
  13. Paul Schuhmacher, CSFASioux City, IA 511011851278402
  14. Thomas Vanroekel, CFASioux City, IA 511011841421377
  15. Cortney Wilson, SA-CCorydon, IA 500601740764661

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Iowa ranks 31 of 49 per resident

  1. North Carolina0.5
  2. Delaware0.5
  3. Utah0.5
  4. Iowa0.5
  5. Kansas0.4
  6. Minnesota0.4
  7. 50 states and D.C.1.4

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X 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%

Surgical Assistant records in Iowa, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 15 · 0.0% here, 0.5% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.3% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more5 · 33.3% here, 55.7% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 246ZC0007X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

15 NPPES records list surgical assistant (246ZC0007X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 0.5 per 100,000 residents against 1.4 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Sioux City has 4 of them (27%).

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. Massachusetts15
  2. Missouri15
  3. District of Columbia14
  4. Utah16

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kansas0.4
  2. North Carolina0.5
  3. Minnesota0.4
  4. Alabama0.4

The largest states

  1. Texas1,118
  2. Florida900
  3. Georgia325
  4. Virginia302
  5. Illinois261

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.