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 7 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. Carlos Alvarez, MDInternal Medicine Physician1891805610
  2. Carlos Alvarez, PAPhysician Assistant1023183282
  3. Chelsey AlvarezBehavior Technician1023797065
  4. Claudia AlvarezBehavior Technician1841765211
  5. David AlvarezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1982177036
  6. Elizabeth AlvarezDoula1740121805
  7. Erika AlvarezBehavior Technician1558128892
  8. Gerald Alvarez, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1801189790
  9. Jennifer AlvarezRehabilitation Practitioner1003758913
  10. Jocelyn AlvarezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1871178830
  11. Juan AlvarezBehavior Technician1780523555
  12. Louie AlvarezDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1194575761
  13. Mariah AlvarezBehavior Technician1275468407
  14. Mariana AlvarezPsychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1669036000
  15. Maritza AlvarezBehavior Technician1417734716
  16. Mikaela AlvarezBehavior Technician1932074796
  17. Monica AlvarezSocial Worker1780503979
  18. Noel AlvarezBehavior Technician1831876069
  19. Patricia AlvarezMarriage & Family Therapist1265819981
  20. Selena AlvarezBehavior Technician1326857954
  21. Veronica AlvarezMarriage & Family Therapist1114881760
  22. Bianca Alvarez JaureguiBehavior Technician1376409003
  23. Beatriz Alvarez MendozaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1205617289
  24. Enrique Alvarez VelaBehavior Technician1962268052
  25. Edith Alvarez ZepedaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1730859877
  26. Marissa Alvidrez, ASWSocial Worker1477918027
  27. Miriam Alzate, RNRegistered Nurse1477078616
  28. Paniz AmanatPharmacist1548096720
  29. Aliza AmayaBehavior Technician1578263307
  30. Daniel AmayaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1124815717
  31. Asia Ambernae SmithBehavior Technician1518701150
  32. Jasmin AmbrizAssistant Behavior Analyst1306551072
  33. Leslie AmbrizBehavior Technician1215724497
  34. Jesus Ambriz IbarraBehavior Technician1053280206
  35. Brittany Ambrose, DOEmergency Medicine Physician1205530664
  36. Mohammad AmerAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1750976924
  37. Alaine AmeyAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1477417558
  38. Ben Amey, SUDCC IV, ASW100859Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1871447045
  39. Dalfon AmeyClinical Social Worker1720933948
  40. Anjuli Amin, PH.D.Health Psychologist1215218839
  41. Hasmukh Amin, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1023014511
  42. Manish Amin, DOEmergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician1407813116
  43. Navinchandra Amin, MDInfectious Disease Physician1871524553
  44. Nimisha Amin, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1811149834
  45. Hussein Amiri, DMDDentist1306764998
  46. Vahdatyar Amirpour, M.D. INCOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1194838359
  47. Hasan Amjad, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1124966429
  48. Firooz Amjadi, M.D.Specialist1700839818
  49. Ashkan AmlashiClinical Psychologist1912308826
  50. Zaira AmmonsProfessional Counselor1538814058

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.