NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in El Cajon, CA

3,277 individual NPPES records list a practice address in El Cajon, 72nd of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 524, 16% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 26 of 66.

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El Cajon in California

  • Rank in California72nd of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.3% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups35.6% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, El Cajon has 4.8× the state's share of addiction (substance use disorder) counselor records and 0.44× its share of internal medicine physician records.

Providers in El Cajon, alphabetically

  1. Daniel Henrie, D.C.Chiropractor1063841609
  2. Oreet Herbst, PTPhysical Therapist1669883922
  3. Kosmos HereticBehavior Technician1174216741
  4. Shannon HermanPhysical Therapist1881262897
  5. Karen Hermanson, D.C.Chiropractor1437139722
  6. Erin Hermes, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1194451864
  7. H Hermes, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1770649972
  8. Marc-Philippe Hermes, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1477800795
  9. Adriana HernandezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1346194701
  10. Angel HernandezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1073386397
  11. Caroline HernandezBehavior Technician1235987157
  12. Debra Hernandez, SUD COUNSELORAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1083903736
  13. Iris HernandezMental Health Counselor1154899607
  14. Leilani HernandezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1659036796
  15. Marissa Hernandez, MSWClinical Social Worker1073292660
  16. Paul HernandezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1932916079
  17. Rigoberto Hernandez, MDFamily Medicine Physician1669050548
  18. Yeimi HernandezBehavior Technician1417736760
  19. Viktor Hernandez-MoraClinical Social Worker1578347993
  20. Angela HerpkaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1265112445
  21. Julie Herrera, RADT-LAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1891454104
  22. Karletta HerreraAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1154064400
  23. Yeni Herrera, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1598541674
  24. Elizabeth Hersch, LCSWClinical Social Worker1053473157
  25. Tayler HessBehavior Technician1457123978
  26. Jordynne HesselrothBehavior Technician1710664586
  27. Casey Hetzel RamosDoula1417690975
  28. Augustus Heun, RBTBehavior Technician1114591708
  29. Jennifer Hiatt JohnsonMental Health Counselor1992949689
  30. Aaron HickenbottomStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1982394417
  31. Robert Hickman, PTOrthopedic Physical Therapist1952363111
  32. Jehlad HicksonBehavior Technician1649802018
  33. Misa Hidaka, M.DInternal Medicine Physician1528085594
  34. Amelia HidalgoMental Health Counselor1073766184
  35. Matthew HiegerAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1275999542
  36. Elizabeth Hiel, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1235253675
  37. Elizabeth HieshetterAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1871079210
  38. Celine Hijazeen, AMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1871463091
  39. Kaipo HillBehavior Technician1225741317
  40. Sherri Hill, DCChiropractor1982639985
  41. Susan HillAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1134308513
  42. Jameelah Hill-Palmer, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1649514365
  43. Isabella HillerMental Health Counselor1619729282
  44. Lakemba Hinton, CATCIRehabilitation Practitioner1740067446
  45. Hannah HirasunaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1346996303
  46. Kathleen HirasunaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1417205477
  47. Lisa Hitchcock, DPTPediatric Physical Therapist1295058246
  48. Bianca Hitt, LCSWClinical Social Worker1265577043
  49. Arie Ho, APRNPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1710741954
  50. Madeleine HoaglandRehabilitation Practitioner1215658752

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

El Cajon, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 3,277 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 El Cajon - 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 El Cajon 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 El Cajon is weighted toward Behavior Technician (524 clinicians, followed by Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor with 452 and Marriage & Family Therapist with 192). 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, El Cajon reports roughly 8.4 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 El Cajon 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 El Cajon, CA?

There are 3,277 registered healthcare providers in El Cajon, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in El Cajon?

The most common specialties in El Cajon are Behavior Technician, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist, Mental Health Counselor, Pharmacist. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 524.

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.