Healthcare Providers & Facilities in Iowa
Comprehensive public directory of 49,156 individual practitioners and 16,418 medical facilities in Iowa.
Select a City in Iowa
Cities with a full directory, largest first; the AโZ list below also includes cities with at least one listed practitioner.
Iowa City
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
West Des Moines
Davenport
Waterloo
Sioux City
Dubuque
Ames
Ankeny
Council Bluffs
Mason City
Bettendorf
Coralville
Urbandale
Cedar Falls
Clive
Johnston
Fort Dodge
Clinton
Marshalltown
Ottumwa
Muscatine
Spencer
North Liberty
Waverly
Pella
Altoona
Waukee
Marion
More Cities in Iowa (AโZ, 88)
Includes the 80 largest of 490 smaller cities with at least one listed practitioner.
- Adel
- Albia
- Algona
- Anamosa
- Atlantic
- Belmond
- Bloomfield
- Boone
- Burlington
- Carroll
- Centerville
- Chariton
- Charles City
- Cherokee
- Clarinda
- Clarion
- Clear Lake
- Corning
- Corydon
- Cresco
- Creston
- De Witt
- Decorah
- Denison
- Dyersville
- Eldridge
- Emmetsburg
- Estherville
- Fairfield
- Forest City
- Fort Madison
- Garner
- Glenwood
- Grimes
- Grinnell
- Guthrie Center
- Hampton
- Harlan
- Hiawatha
- Humboldt
- Independence
- Indianola
- Iowa Falls
- Jefferson
- Kalona
- Keokuk
- Knoxville
- Lake City
- Le Mars
- Leon
- Manchester
- Manning
- Maquoketa
- Marengo
- Missouri Valley
- Mount Pleasant
- Mount Vernon
- Mt Pleasant
- Nevada
- New Hampton
- Newton
- Norwalk
- Oelwein
- Onawa
- Orange City
- Osceola
- Oskaloosa
- Perry
- Pleasant Hill
- Polk City
- Red Oak
- Rock Rapids
- Rock Valley
- Sheldon
- Shenandoah
- Sioux Center
- Spirit Lake
- Storm Lake
- Story City
- Vinton
- Washington
- Waukon
- Webster City
- West Burlington
- West Union
- Williamsburg
- Windsor Heights
- Winterset
Popular Specialties in Iowa
Specialties with the most listed practitioners in the Iowa city directories, and the cities with the most for each. The number next to a city is its active practitioners of that specialty listed in NPPES.
Pharmacist
Physical Therapist
Family Medicine
Social Worker - Clinical
Nurse Practitioner - Family
Chiropractor
Physician Assistant
Nurse Practitioner
Internal Medicine
Dentist - General Practice
Social Worker
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
How Iowa compares with the U.S.
Compared with the U.S. as a whole, Iowa has more clinicians in Radiology - Body Imaging (4.2x), clinicians in Registered Nurse - Rehabilitation (3.8x) and clinicians in Pharmacist - Emergency Medicine (3.6x) per 100,000 residents.
It has fewer clinicians in Case Manager/Care Coordinator (3% of the U.S. rate), Developmental Therapists (6%) and Community Health Workers (7%) per 100,000 residents.
Iowa has 1,531 active clinicians per 100,000 residents, compared with 2,198 for the U.S.
What these numbers mean
Clinicians per 100,000 residents compares places of different sizes. We count active clinicians who list a practice address in the area in the federal NPI registry (NPPES) and divide by the number of people who live there, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The U.S. rate is the same calculation for the whole country.
A higher number does not mean it is easier to get an appointment, that wait times are shorter, or that care is better. It also does not show how many clinicians are accepting new patients or which insurance plans they take. A lower number does not by itself mean there is a shortage.
91% of clinicians in Iowa listed in the CMS Medicare file (14,408 of 15,855) accept Medicare assignment. That is similar to the U.S. share of 92%.
Only 15,855 of 49,156 active clinicians in Iowa appear in the CMS Medicare file, so this share describes that smaller group.
What is Medicare assignment?
A clinician who accepts Medicare assignment agrees to take the Medicare-approved amount as full payment for services that Original Medicare covers. You usually still pay your deductible and coinsurance. This comes from the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file and applies to Original Medicare only. Medicare Advantage plans have their own provider networks. It does not show whether a clinician is taking new patients.
Some clinicians are listed as "may accept assignment," which means they can decide case by case. Clinicians without an assignment flag, or who are not in the CMS file, are not counted as accepting assignment. That does not mean they refuse Medicare. Ask the office before your visit.
11% of clinicians in Iowa listed in the CMS Medicare file (1,749 of 15,855) have a CMS telehealth indicator, meaning their recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. That is lower than the U.S. share of 21%.
About the telehealth indicator
The telehealth indicator comes from CMS. It marks clinicians whose recent paid Medicare claims include services delivered by telehealth. It means a clinician has provided some services by telehealth, not that every visit can be done online. A clinician without the indicator may still offer telehealth, for example to patients who are not on Medicare. Ask the office which visits can be done by video or phone.
These figures summarize public federal data. They do not measure quality of care, appointment availability, or whether a clinician accepts your insurance or new patients. Registry addresses can be out of date. Please confirm details directly with the office and your plan. This information is not medical advice.
Prepared by T-MedInfo from NPPES, CMS and U.S. Census Bureau data. Questions or corrections: support@true-medinfo.com ยท Methodology
Sources: Clinician counts and practice addresses: NPPES NPI Registry, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), data as of August 2026. Medicare assignment and telehealth indicators: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File. Population: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, Table B01003 (Total Population).
Iowa CMS Healthcare & Financial Disclosures
CMS Part D Prescribers (2024), Open Payments (program year 2025), Medicare (PECOS) enrollment and Part B (2024) data
In Iowa, the NPPES registry lists 49,156 individual practitioners and 16,418 organizations.
In the CMS Part D Prescribers data for 2024, statewide total drug cost is $1,962.0 Million across 16,519,549 claims. 24,463 practitioners have a Medicare (PECOS) enrollment record. Open Payments data for program year 2025 list $15.9 Million in payments reported by companies to 7,795 practitioners; a reported payment does not necessarily mean the financial relationship is improper.
CMS PECOS: Eligible to Order or Refer for Medicare in Iowa
Public profiles in Iowa
Directory navigation, in NPI number order.
Individual practitioners
- Cindi Rule, ARNP Nurse Practitioner - Family ยท Ireton
- Emily Chang, DO Obstetrics & Gynecology ยท Atlantic
- Peter Cho, DDS, MS Dentist - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ยท Ames
- Erin Lehman, MD Obstetrics & Gynecology ยท West Des Moines
- Amanda Winters, MD Psychiatry & Neurology - Psychosomatic Medicine ยท West Burlington
- Sangil Lee, MD Emergency Medicine ยท Iowa City
- Anand Deshmukh, MD Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease ยท Council Bluffs
- Rami El Abiad, MD Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology ยท Iowa City
- Todd Isaacson, MD Family Medicine ยท Shenandoah
- Julie Beard, DO Emergency Medicine - Hospice and Palliative Medicine ยท Cedar Rapids
- Thomas Wernimont, MD Emergency Medicine ยท Ames
- Cody Silker-Wilhite, DO Pediatrics ยท Guthrie Center
Organizations
- Walmart Inc. Ames
- Gbank Health Llc Amana
- Air Evac Ems Inc Keokuk
- Estherville Pharmacy, L.l.c. Estherville
- Wolfe Surgery Center, Llc West Des Moines
- Anthon Community Ambulance Service Incorporated Anthon
- Grx Holdings Llc Indianola
- County Of Decatur Leon
- City Of Paullina Paullina
- The Outpatient Surgery Center Of Cedar Rapids, Llc Cedar Rapids
- Grx Holdings Llc Norwalk
- B&r Stores, Inc Des Moines