NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Oncology Physician in Iowa

16 NPPES records list surgical oncology physician with a practice address in Iowa, 0.5 per 100,000 residents, the 22nd highest rate of 50. Iowa City and Clive 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 2086X0206X · 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, 13

  1. Iowa City13
  2. Clive1
  3. Des Moines1
  4. Waukee1

Surgical Oncology Physician records in Iowa

  1. Susan Beck, DOClive, IA 503251639284508
  2. Carlos Chan, MD, PHD, FRCSCIowa City, IA 522421659711661
  3. Elizabeth Cooper, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421194176750
  4. James De Andrade, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421780979468
  5. Devon Foster, DOWaukee, IA 502631164942942
  6. Xiang Gao, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421760822415
  7. Hisakazu Hoshi, MDIowa City, IA 522421841355096
  8. James Howe, MDIowa City, IA 522421336140409
  9. Peter Jochimsen, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421689991259
  10. Geeta Lal, MDIowa City, IA 522421073514147
  11. Viet Le, M.D.Des Moines, IA 503141144547217
  12. Ingrid Lizarraga, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421750590907
  13. Scott Sherman, M.D.Iowa City, IA 522421942521265
  14. Sonia Sugg, MDIowa City, IA 522421396799276
  15. Micah Vivens, MDIowa City, IA 522421912586074
  16. Ronald Weigel, MD PHDIowa City, IA 522421265416705

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086X0206X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Iowa ranks 22 of 50 per resident

  1. Illinois0.6
  2. Alabama0.5
  3. Nebraska0.5
  4. Iowa0.5
  5. Delaware0.5
  6. Virginia0.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.6

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 2086X0206X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

81.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 82.9% 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. Iowa81.3%
  2. United States82.9%

Surgical Oncology Physician records in Iowa, measured

  • In a Medicare file13 of 16 · 81.3% here, 82.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file12 · 75.0% here, 75.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more8 · 50.0% here, 49.5% nationally
  • Median graduation year2007 · the 12 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 2086X0206X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

16 NPPES records list surgical oncology physician (2086X0206X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 0.5 per 100,000 residents against 0.6 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Iowa City has 13 of them (81%).

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. District of Columbia16
  2. Minnesota15
  3. Arkansas14
  4. Oregon14

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Nebraska0.5
  2. Virginia0.5
  3. Missouri0.5
  4. Colorado0.5

The largest states

  1. California250
  2. New York209
  3. Texas206
  4. Florida138
  5. Pennsylvania92

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.