Doctors and health care providers in Bakersfield, CA
11,539 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Bakersfield, 12th of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 1,677, 15% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 178 of 231.
The 8 largest groups in Bakersfield
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Bakersfield in California
- Rank in California12th of 812 cities by records
- Share of the state1.2% of California's records
- Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
- Top three groups27.7% of all records
Compared with California as a whole, Bakersfield has 4.1× the state's share of day training/habilitation specialist records and 0.38× its share of mental health counselor records.
Providers in Bakersfield, alphabetically
- Irene Rodriguez, NURSE PRACTITIONERFamily Nurse Practitioner1043423833
- Janette RodriguezClinical Social Worker1366895211
- Jasmin RodriguezBehavior Technician1841717295
- Jennifer RodriguezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1316674658
- Jesus RodriguezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1285463265
- Jimmy RodriguezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1689022436
- Joeanna RodriguezBehavior Analyst1073301016
- John RodriguezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1144348855
- Juan RodriguezLicensed Vocational Nurse1538668389
- Julian RodriguezBehavior Technician1689565699
- Juliann RodriguezBehavior Technician1063375731
- Kathleen Rodriguez, M.S.Marriage & Family Therapist1184279549
- Kayla RodriguezMental Health Counselor1508347543
- Laura RodriguezClinical Social Worker1023635083
- Leslie RodriguezBehavior Technician1912697715
- Lin RodriguezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1265982276
- Lorena RodriguezMarriage & Family Therapist1720331804
- Manueal RodriguezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1871266783
- Maria RodriguezBehavior Technician1649053372
- Mariah RodriguezBehavior Technician1962274407
- Marrisa RodriguezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1376365551
- Martha Rodriguez, LCSWClinical Social Worker1912048505
- Maxine Rodriguez, M.S. CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1639620388
- Metzly RodriguezBehavior Technician1548960735
- Michaela RodriguezBehavior Technician1124989264
- Miguel Rodriguez, LCSWClinical Social Worker1689077752
- Miguel RodriguezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1750869012
- Miriam RodriguezMarriage & Family Therapist1952130437
- Monica RodriguezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1114056181
- Nataly RodriguezMarriage & Family Therapist1609444207
- Norma RodriguezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1093130437
- Olivia RodriguezBehavior Technician1437927860
- Priscilla RodriguezSocial Worker1346177953
- Rebeca RodriguezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1619184736
- Rebecca RodriguezBehavior Technician1164293775
- Roberta RodriguezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1285878108
- Roland Rodriguez, MDSurgery Physician1952301921
- Rosanna RodriguezBehavior Technician1386429256
- Santa RodriguezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1467781369
- Sarah RodriguezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1720670524
- Sarah RodriguezBehavior Technician1083576813
- Sasha Rodriguez, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1376888446
- Shanice RodriguezBehavior Technician1053000125
- Sonia RodriguezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1124974589
- Tamara RodriguezBehavior Analyst1013735539
- Tiffany RodriguezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1023774445
- Viridiana RodriguezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1245972207
- Yeidy RodriguezClinical Social Worker1093035271
- Yesenia RodriguezLicensed Vocational Nurse1770034274
- Yodaisy Rodriguez Acosta, MDFamily Medicine Physician1144753393
The largest California cities
- Los Angeles69,537
- San Diego52,937
- San Francisco38,143
- Sacramento33,083
- San Jose20,925
How to read this directory
Bakersfield, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 11,539 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Bakersfield - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Bakersfield practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Bakersfield is weighted toward Behavior Technician (1,677 clinicians, followed by Case Manager/Care Coordinator with 906 and Marriage & Family Therapist with 611). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to California's population, Bakersfield reports roughly 29.6 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.
For Bakersfield patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.
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Common questions
How many doctors are in Bakersfield, CA?
There are 11,539 registered healthcare providers in Bakersfield, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Bakersfield?
The most common specialties in Bakersfield are Behavior Technician, Case Manager/Care Coordinator, Marriage & Family Therapist, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 1,677.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.
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.