Gyobanna C Driver, MD
Family Practice · Cedar Falls
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Offices
- 3
Offices
3 locations · Cedar Falls Emergency Physicians, LLC · Marengo Memorial Hospital · Mercy Medical Center New Hampton
Hospitals listed: Clarke County Hospital · Compass Memorial Healthcare · Mercyone Cedar Falls Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Driver’s office at (319) 268-3000 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
Hospitals they work in
3 hospitals
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- Clarke County HospitalOsceola, IACritical Access Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency departmentPart of Unitypoint Health, which runs 29 hospitals in 3 states83% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 5 of 5 starsNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
- Compass Memorial HealthcareMarengo, IACritical Access Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency departmentPatients rate it 5 of 5 · 83% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 4 of 5 starsNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
- Sartori Memorial Hospital, IncCedar Falls, IAAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Church · Has an emergency departmentPart of Trinity Health, which runs 105 hospitals in 16 states82% would definitely recommend itNo overall ratingNo measure marked better or worse than the national rate
See every measure and the patient survey for Clarke County Hospital
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Readmissions: 2 better, 1 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 15.9 · 47 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 5 · 106 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | -57.7 · 25 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -44.5 · 55 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.8 · 45 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Room was "always" clean | 84% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 88% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 85% |
| Staff "always" explained | 75% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 85% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 89% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 86% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 82% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 82% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 92% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 82% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 83% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 96% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 65% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 55% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 81% |
See every measure and the patient survey for Compass Memorial Healthcare
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 3 the same, 0 worse of 3 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 5 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 12 · 27 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 18.1 · 58 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 5.4 · 173 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 21.1 · 34 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 36.3 · 35 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 2.4 · 57 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.6 · 46 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
What patients said (127 patients answered, 44% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 5 |
| Nurse communication | 5 |
| Doctor communication | 5 |
| Communication about medicines | 4 |
| Discharge information | 5 |
| Overall hospital rating | 5 |
| Quietness | 5 |
| Recommend hospital | 5 |
| Room was "always" clean | 84% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 88% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 92% |
| Staff "always" explained | 64% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 93% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 91% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 88% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 90% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 96% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 72% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 86% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 86% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 91% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 72% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 56% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 95% |
See every measure and the patient survey for Sartori Memorial Hospital, Inc
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. Safety: 0 better, 2 the same, 0 worse of 2 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 4 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 0.94 (0.44 to 1.44) | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 13.2 · 27 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 4 · 176 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.21 (0 to 0.44) · 432 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.27 (0.05 to 0.48) · 376 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.25 (0.7 to 5.8) · 209 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.66 (0 to 3.38) · 177 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.31 (0.59 to 4.04) · 205 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 8.54 (0 to 18.26) · 181 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.09 (0.81 to 9.38) · 160 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 0.58 (0 to 1.87) · 270 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 3.4 · 86 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -41.5 · 26 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.5 · 33 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.5 · 84 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13 (9.6 to 17.1) · 730 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 225 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Room was "always" clean | 81% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 84% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 83% |
| Staff "always" explained | 57% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 91% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 87% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 81% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 82% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 84% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 77% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 74% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 80% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 83% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 87% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 71% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 82% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 41% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 94% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$6,673
Medicare paid this office $6,673 for 66 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 30 | $3,730 | $124 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 17 | $1,491 | $88 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 17 | $861 | $51 |
Who their Medicare patients are
66 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 77 · Women 49% · Health risk score 1.47. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical emergency medicine clinician is at 2.01.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 39% · Depression 38% · Chronic kidney disease 30% · Atrial fibrillation 30% · Heart failure 29% · Cancer 26% · Diabetes 20%.
The office billed $55,679, Medicare allowed $8,525 and paid $6,673; for 70 services of 8 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 66 | 70 | 77 | 1.47 | $55,679 | $6,673 |
| 2023 | 94 | 102 | 76 | 1.27 | $79,912 | $8,989 |
| 2022 | 171 | 198 | 74 | 1.36 | $186,192 | $16,016 |
| 2021 | 154 | 178 | 74 | 1.21 | $164,775 | $13,915 |
| 2020 | 127 | 146 | 76 | 1.82 | $142,848 | $13,145 |
| 2019 | 217 | 268 | 75 | 1.50 | $239,197 | $21,122 |
| 2018 | 207 | 228 | 77 | 1.43 | $108,312 | $16,951 |
| 2017 | 259 | 389 | 75 | 1.55 | $129,168 | $23,046 |
| 2016 | 254 | 316 | 74 | 1.53 | $125,003 | $24,107 |
| 2015 | 337 | 418 | 74 | 1.38 | $158,758 | $32,134 |
| 2014 | 408 | 1,087 | 75 | 1.65 | $308,185 | $62,340 |
| 2013 | 218 | 1,289 | 73 | 2.21 | $329,810 | $61,963 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 3 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 44 | $5,635 | $128 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 29 | $1,925 | $66 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 17 | $729 | $40 |
2022: 3 services
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 71 | $6,116 | $83 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 37 | $4,969 | $134 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 57 | $2,963 | $50 |
2021: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 42 | $5,622 | $131 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 44 | $3,851 | $88 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 54 | $2,362 | $44 |
| Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making | 14 | $353 | $25 |
2020: 3 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 44 | $5,706 | $130 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 48 | $4,332 | $87 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 19 | $1,045 | $47 |
2019: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 113 | $9,603 | $82 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 50 | $6,010 | $120 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 48 | $2,238 | $43 |
| Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making | 14 | $360 | $26 |
2018: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 53 | $6,642 | $125 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 78 | $6,270 | $79 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 54 | $2,267 | $42 |
| Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making | 21 | $595 | $28 |
2017: 5 services
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 113 | $9,376 | $81 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 66 | $8,337 | $123 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 69 | $3,026 | $43 |
| Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making | 29 | $820 | $27 |
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) 1 to 3 leads with review by physician only | 73 | $358 | $5 |
2016: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 113 | $10,324 | $83 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 68 | $9,002 | $125 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 61 | $2,854 | $45 |
| Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making | 31 | $956 | $30 |
2015: 4 services
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 169 | $15,091 | $86 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 81 | $10,770 | $127 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 79 | $3,728 | $44 |
| Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making | 32 | $967 | $30 |
2014: 11 services
| Management of oxygen chamber therapy | 18 | $16,399 | $90 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 139 | $12,664 | $87 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 84 | $11,336 | $129 |
| Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | 40 | $4,387 | $44 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 50 | $3,591 | $38 |
| Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less | 60 | $3,469 | $18 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 70 | $3,302 | $46 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 41 | $2,392 | $58 |
| Emergency department visit with straightforward medical decision making | 27 | $835 | $30 |
| Removal of tissue from wound, each additional 20.0 sq cm | 11 | $380 | $9 |
| Complete ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 18 | $317 | $17 |
2013: 12 services
| Management of oxygen chamber therapy | 17 | $32,378 | $88 |
| Removal of tissue from wound, 20.0 sq cm or less | 82 | $5,178 | $17 |
| Removal of skin and tissue, 20.0 sq cm or less | 45 | $5,072 | $43 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 68 | $4,490 | $35 |
| Return visit (30+ min) | 61 | $3,343 | $52 |
| Emergency department visit with moderate level of medical decision making | 36 | $3,312 | $85 |
| Emergency department visit with high level of medical decision making | 18 | $2,244 | $125 |
| Application of skin substitute graft to wound of trunk, arms, or legs, 25.0 sq cm or less of wound 100.0 sq cm or less | 11 | $1,385 | $60 |
| Removal of tissue from wound, each additional 20.0 sq cm | 21 | $896 | $8 |
| Emergency department visit with low level of medical decision making | 17 | $757 | $45 |
| Complete ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 20 | $338 | $16 |
| Ultrasound study of arm and leg arteries | 11 | $98 | $9 |
Medicaid work
$8,969 in 2023
Medicaid paid $8,969 for 185 billed services this clinician did in 2023, up to 21 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| Hospital outpatient clinic visit for assessment and management of a patient | 43 | $4,039 |
| EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISIT HIGH MDM | 28 | $3,697 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 17 | $843 |
| Short return visit (20+ min) | 16 | $390 |
| COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE | 14 | $0 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 30 | $0 |
| PROTHROMBIN TIME | 13 | $0 |
| Sedimentation rate, erythrocyte; automated | 12 | $0 |
| Measurement of C-reactive protein | 12 | $0 |
| 2023 | 185 | 9 | 21 | $8,969 |
| 2022 | 346 | 7 | 20 | $25,418 |
| 2021 | 171 | 8 | 20 | $6,243 |
| 2020 | 152 | 7 | 15 | $4,334 |
| 2019 | 149 | 3 | 20 | $8,822 |
| 2018 | 25 | 2 | 13 | $1,200 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2022
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 179 | $17,108 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 53 | $7,698 |
| Infectious agent detection by nucleic acid (DNA or RNA); severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (coronavirus disease [COVID-19]), amplified probe technique | 13 | $612 |
| COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE | 13 | $0 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 62 | $0 |
| Measurement of C-reactive protein | 13 | $0 |
| Hospital outpatient clinic visit specimen collection for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (sars-cov-2) (coronavirus disease [covid-19]), any specimen source | 13 | $0 |
2021
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 36 | $5,050 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 15 | $1,192 |
| COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE | 13 | $0 |
| COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL | 17 | $0 |
| Lactate (lactic acid) | 15 | $0 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 32 | $0 |
| PROTHROMBIN TIME | 28 | $0 |
| Measurement of C-reactive protein | 15 | $0 |
2020
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 13 | $2,364 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 12 | $715 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 59 | $522 |
| Measurement of C-reactive protein | 14 | $403 |
| COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE | 17 | $182 |
| Non-covered item or service | 24 | $148 |
| Basic metabolic panel (Calcium, total) This panel must include the following: Calcium, total (82310) Carbon dioxide (bicarbonate) (82374) Chloride (82435) Creatinine (82565) Glucose (82947) Potassium (84132) Sodium (84295) Urea nitrogen (BUN) (84520) | 13 | $0 |
2019
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 82 | $6,847 |
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT MOD MDM | 26 | $1,975 |
| Blood count; complete (CBC), automated (Hgb, Hct, RBC, WBC and platelet count) and automated differential WBC count | 41 | $0 |
2018
| EMERGENCY DEPT VISIT LOW MDM | 12 | $1,200 |
| COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE | 13 | $0 |
Money from drug and device companies
$13 in 2020
A payment is not proof that care is biased.
| Allergan | Dalvance | $13 | 1 payment
|
See the published payment
| Allergan | Meals · 2020-12-19 | Dalvance | $13 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1801056874
- Licence
- IA R-8306
- Group
- Cedar Falls Emergency Physicians, LLC · Marengo Memorial Hospital · Mercy Medical Center New Hampton
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Family medicine (207Q00000X)
- Mailing address
- 2055 Kimball Ave, Suite 100, Waterloo, IA, 50702
- NPI first listed
- 2008-06-13
- NPI last updated
- 2022-06-27
- NPI record certified
- 2022-06-27
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 1000 4th St Sw, Mason City, IA, 50401
This office lists an electronic records connection.