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 72 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. Yolanda Garcia, LCSWClinical Social Worker1437588746
  2. Zulema Garcia, PAPhysician Assistant1871153783
  3. Zully GarciaBehavior Analyst1770082562
  4. Gabriel Garcia Barajas, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1215421102
  5. Juammy Garcia ChinchillaBehavior Technician1063174779
  6. Jose Garcia Corella, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1427735125
  7. Nathaly Garcia GalvanGeneral Practice Dentistry1841064151
  8. Gloria Garcia Jaracuaro, ASW123639Social Worker1700562394
  9. Marcos Garcia MartinezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1356190433
  10. Anai Garcia MoralesBehavior Technician1912711417
  11. Marisol Garcia Munguia, B.ACase Manager/Care Coordinator1831630839
  12. Ilse Garcia NavarroBehavior Technician1942164363
  13. Kenia Garcia SanchezBehavior Technician1003770421
  14. Rodrigo Garcia-Agredano, BADay Training/Habilitation Specialist1568949188
  15. Maria Garcia-Hernandez-Day Training/Habilitation Specialist1093557902
  16. Rene Garcia-LopezBehavior Technician1164386264
  17. Gabriel Garcia-NunezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1699300426
  18. Igor Garcia-Pacheco, M.D.Critical Care Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1770635690
  19. Ralph Garcia-Pacheco, M.D.Pulmonary Disease Physician1093923088
  20. Hamlet Garcia-Pena, M.D.General Practice Physician1285046136
  21. Arlette Garcia-RamirezBehavior Technician1033889449
  22. Fernando Garcia-Rodriguez, PTAPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician1114650827
  23. Teresa Garcia-Sandoval, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1790265775
  24. Christopher Gardiner, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1255724514
  25. Ruthie GardnerCase Manager/Care Coordinator1780834044
  26. Tonya Gares-Matney, MPT CERTIFIED MDTPhysical Therapist1831181908
  27. Jagdeep Garewal, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1427190487
  28. Manraj Garewal, DOPsychiatry Physician1720833411
  29. Briana GaribayBehavior Technician1023729464
  30. Eduardo GaribayBehavior Technician1093681728
  31. Elizabeth GaribayCase Manager/Care Coordinator1336597145
  32. Fayth GaribayBehavior Technician1942189097
  33. Lesly Garibay, CFTSOrthotic Fitter1205331519
  34. Sebastian GaribayBehavior Technician1396508693
  35. Babyruth GaringNurse Practitioner1750847745
  36. Madeline GarlandPhysical Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist1831725274
  37. Fermin Garmendia, MDFamily Medicine Physician1477057800
  38. Ashley Garness, R1596990125Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1558166678
  39. Inez GarnicaBehavior Technician1538901855
  40. Joshua GarnicaBehavior Technician1053992081
  41. Rhonda GaroneMarriage & Family Therapist1861985459
  42. Anita Garrett, P.A.-CPhysician Assistant1962527366
  43. Karen Garrett, PHD, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1861860447
  44. David Garrido, BAAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1891005815
  45. Douglas GarrisonCase Manager/Care Coordinator1245718766
  46. Kelly GarrisonBehavior Technician1891614368
  47. Eva GarrovilloPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1699247973
  48. Alyssa GarzaBehavior Technician1295389393
  49. Amber GarzaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1972635084
  50. Azalea GarzaCommunity Health Worker1689436099

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.