Dr. Gregory J. Yanish, MD

  • West Des Moines, IA
  • General surgeon
NPI1497809859PAC ID6103868229
Medicare services, 2024
994
Medicare patients, 2024
336
Part D claims, 2024
181
Hospital affiliations
2
Industry payments
$4,204
Practice address
5901 Westown Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA 50266
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Primary practice

Surgery Center of Des Moines West - HOPD

Acute Care Hospital outpatient department · West Des Moines, Iowa

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Dr. Gregory J. Yanish is a general surgeon in West Des Moines, Iowa

Dr. Yanish practices at Surgery Center of Des Moines West - HOPD in West Des Moines, Iowa.

Dr. Yanish's NPI, 1497809859, was assigned on January 23, 2007. Dr. Yanish graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2001. Dr. Yanish holds Michigan license 5315021056.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
6103868229
NPI enumeration date
January 23, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
51
Medical school graduation
2001

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Gregory J. Yanish practices at Surgery Center of Des Moines West - HOPD in West Des Moines, Iowa

Dr. Yanish's primary practice is Surgery Center of Des Moines West - HOPD, at 5901 Westown Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA 50266.

  • Surgery Center of Des Moines West - HOPD
    5901 Westown Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA 50266

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Dr. Gregory J. Yanish is affiliated with 7 sites of care and 4 medical groups

Dr. Yanish's primary practice is Surgery Center of Des Moines West - HOPD in West Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Yanish is also affiliated with Knoxville Hospital & Clinics. The medical group on file is Knoxville Hospital & Clinics. Dmand AI also links Dr. Yanish to 1 more hospital, 3 group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups and 1 ambulatory surgery center, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Gregory J. Yanish's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Yanish practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Surgery Center of Des Moines West - HOPDAvailable with a free account
+6 more sites and 3 medical groupsAvailable with a free account

Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data

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Dr. Gregory J. Yanish is one of 317 general surgeons in Iowa

Surgery is Dr. Yanish's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Yanish is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Yanish's licenses on file in 3 states: Michigan, Iowa and Vermont.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Surgery, MichiganPrimaryLicense 5315021056 · 2005 to 2027 · taxonomy 208600000X
  • Iowa license2008 to 2027
  • Vermont license2002 to 2004

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, carpal tunnel syndrome, enthesopathy in arms, hand joint or tendon inflammation and joint cyst among the conditions Dr. Yanish treats.

General surgeons near Dr. Yanish

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Dr. Gregory J. Yanish billed Medicare for 994 services in 2024

CMS data shows 994 Medicare services from Dr. Yanish across 12 procedure codes in 2024, for 336 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $91,730 for them.

Medicare services, 2024994
Medicare patients336
Paid by Medicare$91,730
Procedure codes12

Dr. Yanish's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Office and hospital visits
2023: 3962024: 4216%
Surgery
2023: 2192024: 27325%
Imaging
2023: 2362024: 16032%
Drugs given in the office
2023: 1252024: 14012%
Other services
2023: 172024: 0100%

Where Dr. Yanish's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office88689%
  • In a facility10811%

Dr. Yanish compared with the Iowa median for general surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Yanish
  • Iowa median
Medicare services
994vs 1646.1 times
Medicare patients
336vs 1462.3 times
Part D claims
153vs 433.6 times

Medians across 332 general surgeons in Iowa with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Yanish's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Gregory J. Yanish treated 336 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 336 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Yanish in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 190 patients. 75% of them have high cholesterol, and 64% have high blood pressure. Their average risk score is 0.87, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Yanish's median patient age at 60, with 61% women.

Medicare patients, 2024336
Average age73
Average risk score0.87

Dr. Yanish's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Yanish's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women20260%
  • Men13440%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Yanish's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High cholesterol75%
  2. High blood pressure64%
  3. Arthritis59%
  4. Diabetes30%
  5. Mood disorders21%
  6. Depression20%
  7. Ischemic heart disease20%
  8. Chronic kidney disease17%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Yanish's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 60

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women61%
  • Men39%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Gregory J. Yanish wrote 181 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Yanish wrote 181 Medicare Part D claims for 131 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 153 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $459 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 73 claims across 3 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024181
Drugs named by CMS4
Total drug cost$459
Part D patients131

Dr. Yanish's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic180 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other1 claims1%

Dr. Yanish's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Yanish's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids28%51 of 181 claims
  • Antibiotics59%107 of 181 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 732024: 153110%

Drugs named by CMS: 4 in 2024, 3 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Gregory J. Yanish ranks in the 89th percentile for lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) in Medicare

Dr. Yanish accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 16 procedures of lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Yanish, more than 89% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes

Where Dr. Yanish ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
88th percentile55 procedures
Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
89th percentile16 procedures

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Removal of nail tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Gregory J. Yanish received $4,204 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 33 general payments to Dr. Yanish from 7 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Travel and lodging make up the largest share, 54% of the total. Prism Medical paid the most, $2,157.

General payments to Dr. Yanish by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Yanish by kind, 2016 to 2025

$4.2Kin total
  • Travel and lodging$2,25854%
  • Food and beverage$1,94646%

Companies that paid Dr. Yanish the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Gregory J. Yanish has 1 award and honors on record

Dmand AI lists 1 award for Dr. Yanish.

Awards and honors for Dr. Yanish

  1. Undated
    • ACS Fellow

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Gregory J. Yanish graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine

Dr. Yanish graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2001. Dr. Yanish is a member of ACS.

  1. Medical schoolSt. George's University School of Medicine
  2. Board certified in surgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
  3. Board certified in surgery of the handAmerican Board of Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Gregory J. Yanish accepts plans from 17 insurance carriers

Dr. Yanish is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

Plan types Dr. Yanish accepts, by number of carriers

  1. HMO10
  2. PPO10
  3. Medicare7
  4. POS5
  5. EPO4

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Gregory J. Yanish's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Awards and committee rolesDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Gregory J. Yanish's NPI number?

Dr. Gregory J. Yanish's NPI number is 1497809859. It was assigned on January 23, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Gregory J. Yanish?

Dr. Gregory J. Yanish is a general surgeon in West Des Moines, Iowa. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).

Where does Dr. Gregory J. Yanish practice?

Dr. Yanish practices at 5901 Westown Pkwy, West Des Moines, IA 50266. Dr. Yanish's primary practice is Surgery Center of Des Moines West - HOPD in West Des Moines, Iowa. Dmand AI also links Dr. Yanish to 1 hospital, 3 group practices and clinics, 3 medical groups and 1 ambulatory surgery center.

What is Dr. Gregory J. Yanish's medical license number?

Dr. Yanish holds Michigan license 5315021056, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Gregory J. Yanish been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Yanish in Michigan (2005 to 2027), Iowa (2008 to 2027) and Vermont (2002 to 2004).

Which hospitals is Dr. Gregory J. Yanish affiliated with?

Dr. Yanish is affiliated with Knoxville Hospital & Clinics. Dmand AI links Dr. Yanish to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Gregory J. Yanish part of?

Dr. Yanish is linked to Knoxville Hospital & Clinics. Dmand AI links Dr. Yanish to 3 more medical groups.

Does Dr. Gregory J. Yanish accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Yanish billed Medicare for 994 services in 2024, and Dr. Yanish accepts Medicare assignment.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Gregory J. Yanish see?

CMS counts 336 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Yanish in 2024, with an average age of 73.

Is Dr. Gregory J. Yanish board certified?

Yes. Dr. Yanish is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.

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What services does Dr. Gregory J. Yanish bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Yanish's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J0702), office visit, established patient (99213) and office visit, established patient (99214).

Where did Dr. Gregory J. Yanish go to medical school?

Dr. Yanish graduated from St. George's University School of Medicine in 2001.

What drugs does Dr. Gregory J. Yanish prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Yanish's most prescribed drugs by claims were Cephalexin, Tramadol HCl and Clindamycin HCl.

Has Dr. Gregory J. Yanish received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $4,204 in general payments to Dr. Yanish from 7 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Prism Medical.

How long has Dr. Gregory J. Yanish been practicing?

Dr. Yanish graduated from medical school in 2001, 25 years ago.

What insurance does Dr. Gregory J. Yanish accept?

Dr. Yanish is in network with 17 carriers, including Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and United Healthcare. HMO plans come from the most carriers, 10. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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