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 38 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. Jessica ChavarriaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1073645933
  2. Pablo Chavarria, LCSWClinical Social Worker1629348289
  3. Adriana ChavezBehavior Technician1487431516
  4. Aidan ChavezBehavior Technician1265316665
  5. Armando ChavezCounselor1346161403
  6. Arnoldo ChavezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1427645183
  7. Arturo Chavez, LCSWClinical Social Worker1083285209
  8. Azuzena Chavez, MSW/ ASWSocial Worker1225621477
  9. Bryce Chavez, MDInternal Medicine Physician1033747290
  10. Christina Chavez, ASW, MSWClinical Social Worker1396877577
  11. Cynthia ChavezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1215696646
  12. Danielle ChavezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1366312712
  13. Griselda ChavezBehavior Technician1629744073
  14. Guadalupe ChavezFamily Nurse Practitioner1114569241
  15. Isac Chavez, BABehavior Technician1801658752
  16. Jazmin ChavezBehavior Technician1558217398
  17. Jenny ChavezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1851219851
  18. Jesse ChavezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1558060566
  19. Johana ChavezBehavior Technician1356201289
  20. Lisa ChavezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1023629953
  21. Maria ChavezCommunity Health Worker1780489849
  22. Mary ChavezMarriage & Family Therapist1124157151
  23. Monique ChavezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1265883672
  24. Nena ChavezCommunity Health Worker1407738297
  25. Rebeca ChavezPharmacy Technician1699433557
  26. Richard ChavezBehavior Technician1194512830
  27. Rocky Chavez, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1013148535
  28. Sarah ChavezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1700524899
  29. Silvia ChavezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1013551043
  30. Sonya ChavezProfessional Counselor1790251692
  31. Sophia ChavezBehavior Technician1467222083
  32. Gabriela Chavez Cabrera-MartinezCommunity Health Worker1821840943
  33. Taide Chavez-Sturman, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1033772645
  34. Luis Chaviedo Gutierrez, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1518423755
  35. Marlene ChavisSpeech-Language Pathologist1215411699
  36. Anuj Chawla, MDRetina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician1083841027
  37. Bhani Chawla-KondalSurgery Physician1972734333
  38. Pamela Cheadle, RNRegistered Nurse1174880215
  39. Candice Cheatwood, MS, PPSSchool Psychologist1750274312
  40. Johnny CheatwoodMental Health Counselor1639345556
  41. Derek CheckCounselor1790935054
  42. Bhagat Cheema, MDPsychiatry Physician1669113213
  43. Harjeet Cheema, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1629726815
  44. Jasjinder Cheema, PHARM.D.Pharmacotherapy Pharmacist1841423241
  45. Lucy ChegeRegistered Nurse1588470421
  46. Bhawandip Chehal, B.SMental Health Counselor1073716197
  47. Chun-Hsing Chen, DDS, MSOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1306029525
  48. Chung- Kwang Chen, MDInternal Medicine Physician1083610273
  49. Jannet ChenOccupational Therapist1497430573
  50. Jeffrey Chen, D.O.Internal Medicine Physician1952749186

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.