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 84 of 231.
The 8 largest groups in Bakersfield
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
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
- Elida GuzmanMarriage & Family Therapist1649822214
- Enrique GuzmanCase Manager/Care Coordinator1366086399
- Estefania Guzman, LCSWClinical Social Worker1720635261
- Jacqueline Guzman, OTOccupational Therapist1861266322
- Kelly GuzmanPhysician Assistant1548874407
- Leslie GuzmanBehavior Technician1386229375
- Marilyn GuzmanBehavior Technician1134968522
- Melissa GuzmanCase Manager/Care Coordinator1144746074
- Stephanie GuzmanCase Manager/Care Coordinator1497226807
- Fatima Guzman Nunez, SLP-ASpeech-Language Assistant1356213631
- Adriana Guzman SantosPsychologist1780551796
- Mayren Guzman-DiazFamily Nurse Practitioner1952293771
- Benjamin Ha, MDFamily Medicine Physician1356418206
- Md Moksedul Habib, M.D.Specialist1780647313
- Namaz Habroun, B.A.Case Manager/Care Coordinator1710181185
- Selamawit HabtomDoula1952245706
- Adam HackerCase Manager/Care Coordinator1497104129
- Jennifer HackerCase Manager/Care Coordinator1245552454
- Maraam Haddad, ASW, CADC-IIClinical Social Worker1790209153
- Veronica HaddadMarriage & Family Therapist1043926041
- Amber HafeliMarriage & Family Therapist1972086635
- Noah HagarBehavior Technician1235817479
- Brice HagenStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1144174970
- Raeann HaggardCase Manager/Care Coordinator1184235244
- Tauseef Haider, MDFamily Medicine Physician1194803312
- Darren HaileyAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1700411386
- David Hair, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1518173939
- Roxan Hakami-Tafreshi, DDSDentist1245801190
- Dalia HakimPharmacist1922583814
- Omid Hakimian, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1124187794
- Hovhannes Hakobyan, PHARMDPharmacist1124473988
- Gerard Halaska, MDInternal Medicine Physician1245399856
- Emma Hale, LCSWClinical Social Worker1841550431
- Kenneth Hale, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1801816442
- Molly Hale, AUDAudiologist-Hearing Aid Fitter1437635604
- Oshia Hale, RASAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1427101252
- Trent HaleDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1609433887
- Mariam HaleemBehavior Technician1962354134
- Damion HallMarriage & Family Therapist1568117844
- Elizabeth Hall, LCSWClinical Social Worker1396154217
- Halie HallAthletic Trainer1114620127
- Lynous Hall, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician1023109873
- Michelle HallClinical Social Worker1952881088
- Patricia Hall, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1699717736
- Raymond Hall, CADC IIAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1851426217
- Sarah HallBehavior Technician1841759362
- Shona HallDoula1932509502
- Thomas Hall, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1689735276
- William Hall, MDPediatrics Physician1801424502
- Angelous Hall Simmons, RW8444Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1366954505
The largest California cities
- Los Angeles69,537
- San Diego52,937
- San Francisco38,143
- Sacramento33,083
- San Jose20,925
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.
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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.