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 43 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. Jailene ContrerasBehavior Technician1689476046
  2. Jaime Contreras, BS, CATCAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1669836664
  3. Jose ContrerasClinical Social Worker1053780411
  4. Katie ContrerasBehavior Technician1518688068
  5. Kaylen ContrerasBehavior Technician1467156398
  6. Salvador ContrerasBehavior Technician1861334328
  7. Sandra ContrerasBehavior Analyst1407572043
  8. Sandra ContrerasLicensed Vocational Nurse1417700154
  9. Serena ContrerasDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1144972712
  10. Stephanie ContrerasCommunity Health Worker1407628498
  11. Araceli Contreras MarquezSpeech-Language Assistant1730972951
  12. Jennifer Conway, LMFT 90715Marriage & Family Therapist1679748156
  13. Denetra CookBehavior Technician1114655370
  14. Ian Cook, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1659607315
  15. Kelly CookPhysician Assistant1821603978
  16. Regina CookRegistered Nurse1093270407
  17. Jyhia CooksBehavior Technician1598573297
  18. Wanda CooleyCase Manager/Care Coordinator1558705764
  19. Melissa Coombes, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1215491063
  20. Katherine CoonsDoula1477479905
  21. April Cooper, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1336772615
  22. Gary Cooper, LPTLicensed Psychiatric Technician1669502720
  23. Joel Cooper, PTPhysical Therapist1891775672
  24. Maribel CooperBehavior Technician1306593348
  25. Kimberly CopelandStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1962756882
  26. Alfred Coppola, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1679578090
  27. Carolyn Corbett, LCSWClinical Social Worker1164778437
  28. Tracy CorbettAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1407260540
  29. Michelle Corbett-LoeraAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1700023066
  30. Sandra CorbinStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1093078842
  31. Justin CordeiroStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1144763293
  32. Cynthia CordonBehavior Technician1184207342
  33. Antonette CordovaSocial Worker1225815608
  34. April Cordova, AMFT, APCCMarriage & Family Therapist1982360871
  35. Elliott CordovaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1821745951
  36. Rebecca CoreCommunity Health Worker1740829746
  37. Sherry CoreCase Manager/Care Coordinator1871620716
  38. Mary Corfman, PH.D.Contractor1801333117
  39. Eduardo CoriaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1255145652
  40. Gabriel CorkillBehavior Technician1932048766
  41. Edward Corley, ATCAthletic Trainer1871486001
  42. Desiree Cornelius BaileyBehavior Technician1245027234
  43. Larry CornettCase Manager/Care Coordinator1699948778
  44. Mary CornettCase Manager/Care Coordinator1962539833
  45. Beronica CoronaRegistered Nurse1396390266
  46. Jose CoronaBehavior Technician1306617915
  47. Juan Corona, P.A.Physician Assistant1043453202
  48. Maria CoronaLicensed Vocational Nurse1598330144
  49. Jasmin Corona MartinezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1790609188
  50. Jasmin CoronadoPeer Specialist1427947415

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.