NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Surgical Physician Assistant in Iowa

58 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant with a practice address in Iowa, 1.8 per 100,000 residents, the 48th highest rate of 51. Des Moines and Cedar Rapids have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Iowa license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 363AS0400X · method

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

Des Moines has the most, 10

  1. Des Moines10
  2. Cedar Rapids9
  3. Iowa City8
  4. Clive5
  5. Davenport4

Surgical Physician Assistant records in Iowa

  1. Jennifer Standifer, PA-CDes Moines, IA 503141316024938
  2. Patrick Sterbank, PA-CDavenport, IA 528071558331942
  3. Jan Syata, PACCedar Rapids, IA 524021437157930
  4. Michael TinguelyMason City, IA 504011023940244
  5. Erica Tucker, PA-CClive, IA 503251134921323
  6. Jennifer Tyler, PA-CDavenport, IA 528071083684484
  7. Andrea Wilson, PADecorah, IA 521011841282217
  8. Sterling Zoutte, PA-COskaloosa, IA 525771518928803

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AS0400X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Iowa ranks 48 of 51 per resident

  1. Kentucky2.6
  2. Indiana2.4
  3. Hawaii2.4
  4. Iowa1.8
  5. Mississippi1.6
  6. North Dakota1.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.5.2

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 363AS0400X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

91.4% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 76.2% 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. Iowa91.4%
  2. United States76.2%

Surgical Physician Assistant records in Iowa, measured

  • In a Medicare file53 of 58 · 91.4% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file48 · 82.8% here, 64.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more32 · 55.2% here, 52.3% nationally
  • Median graduation year2010 · the 48 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 363AS0400X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

58 NPPES records list surgical physician assistant (363AS0400X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Iowa: 1.8 per 100,000 residents against 5.2 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Des Moines has 10 of them (17%).

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. Delaware61
  2. Mississippi48
  3. New Mexico69
  4. Rhode Island70

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. North Dakota1.5
  2. Arkansas1.4
  3. Hawaii2.4
  4. Indiana2.4

The largest states

  1. New York2,152
  2. Florida1,444
  3. Texas1,350
  4. California1,075
  5. Pennsylvania832

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.