NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

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 214 of 231.

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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

  1. Adamaris ValadezBehavior Technician1013712009
  2. Kristie Valadez, RNRegistered Nurse First Assistant1154248482
  3. Priscilla Valadez, RDRegistered Dietitian1033955117
  4. Angelica ValdezPharmacy Technician1356004733
  5. Anthony Valdez, MDInternal Medicine Physician1245265495
  6. Cynthia ValdezMarriage & Family Therapist1871038802
  7. Gina ValdezRegistered Nurse1932693298
  8. Hector ValdezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1407400443
  9. Jessica ValdezBehavior Technician1518896240
  10. Jesus ValdezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1265561773
  11. Karen ValdezClinical Social Worker1427489285
  12. Kristi Valdez, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1497284541
  13. Liliana ValdezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1164913067
  14. Mariana ValdezBehavior Technician1174246177
  15. Mayra Valdez, CPT2Phlebotomy Technician1053817346
  16. Monica Valdez, LCSWClinical Social Worker1194148445
  17. Natasha Valdez, LMFTMental Health Counselor1497453005
  18. Nathaly ValdezCommunity Health Worker1609613504
  19. Nora ValdezBehavior Analyst1346029923
  20. Philip ValdezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1972076966
  21. Abigail Valdez AlvarezBehavior Technician1548941065
  22. Norma Valdivia, R1191840115Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1912194184
  23. Viviana ValdiviesoBehavior Technician1639919491
  24. Eva ValdovinosDriver1699574293
  25. Micaela Valdovinos, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1881157501
  26. Jessica Valdovinos-Ayala, DMDDentist1891472213
  27. Jayah ValenciaBehavior Analyst1285104059
  28. Jeanette ValenciaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1528605383
  29. Juan ValenciaDriver1316735749
  30. Rachel ValenciaMarriage & Family Therapist1619396298
  31. Vanessa ValenciaBehavior Technician1831760081
  32. Virginia ValenteCase Manager/Care Coordinator1750414702
  33. Mary Valenti, PH.DClinical Psychologist1215316229
  34. Heidi ValenzoDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1750062204
  35. Abraham ValenzuelaBehavior Technician1881466258
  36. Alicia ValenzuelaBehavior Technician1619797784
  37. Andrew ValenzuelaPhysician Assistant1740695030
  38. Angelikah Valenzuela, ACSWSocial Worker1942045786
  39. Audrey ValenzuelaOther Technician1518626670
  40. Celina Valenzuela, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1013530500
  41. Manuel ValenzuelaBehavior Technician1023872082
  42. Samantha ValenzuelaBehavior Technician1285400598
  43. Stephanie ValenzuelaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1619308806
  44. Armando Valenzuela Trujillo, MSWClinical Social Worker1073214896
  45. Pamela Valeriano, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1710712500
  46. Steven ValienteMarriage & Family Therapist1619586310
  47. Iordanka Valkova-Abbas, MDPediatrics Physician1235206061
  48. Armando ValladaresBehavior Technician1699455667
  49. Erik VallejoBehavior Technician1932842184
  50. Joseph VallejoCase Manager/Care Coordinator1215583760

The largest California cities

  1. Los Angeles69,537
  2. San Diego52,937
  3. San Francisco38,143
  4. Sacramento33,083
  5. San Jose20,925

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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.

For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.

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.