Dr. Kale Stephen Bongers, MD

Dr. Bongers practices at University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center in Iowa City, Iowa, part of The University of Iowa.

Dr. Bongers' NPI, 1467809293, was assigned on May 23, 2016. Dr. Bongers graduated from University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of Medicine in 2016. Dr. Bongers holds Iowa license MD-52829.

Dr. Bongers' primary practice is University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center, at 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242 in Johnson County. The practice phone is (319) 356-1616.

Dr. Bongers' primary practice is University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center in Iowa City, Iowa, part of The University of Iowa. Dr. Bongers is also affiliated with University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Downtown. The medical group on file is Scanlan Center for School Mental Health Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bongers to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bongers practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Pulmonary disease is Dr. Bongers' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207RP1001X. Dmand AI has Dr. Bongers' licenses on file in 2 states: Iowa and Michigan.

CMS data shows 103 Medicare services from Dr. Bongers across 4 procedure codes in 2024, for 81 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $6,041 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 81 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bongers in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 33 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 69% have high cholesterol. 31% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.52, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bongers' median patient age at 69, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Bongers wrote 167 Medicare Part D claims for 45 patients. 39% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 57 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $224,210 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 242 claims across 13 drugs.

Dr. Bongers accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 17 papers to Dr. Bongers, published from 2012 to 2025. 2014 was the busiest year, with 3. The most frequent topics are Mice, Inbred C57BL, Gastrointestinal Microbiome and Microbiota. Dr. Bongers has published most often in Am J Respir Crit Care Med. Dr. Bongers' most frequent co-authors are Christopher M. Adams, MD, PhD, Daniel Kenneth Fox, MD and Robert Pickett Dickson, MD.

Dr. Bongers graduated from University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of Medicine in 2016.