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 66 of 66.
The 8 largest groups in El Cajon
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
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
- Hiba ZakuGeneral Practice Dentistry1770192015
- George Zambrana, P.APhysician Assistant1104836659
- Monica ZamoraCase Manager/Care Coordinator1265893572
- Dahermelin Zamudio ZamudioAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1578442844
- Lauren ZanardiAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1700312246
- James Zapf, RN, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1326539065
- Jose Zaragoza, CADC-CAS C23651214Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1174051650
- Venice ZaragozaBehavior Technician1770209959
- Yesenia ZavalzaClinical Social Worker1750675112
- Suhail Zavaro, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1730258195
- Samarya ZayaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1033833041
- Natalia Zeitounian, RNDiabetes Educator Registered Nurse1326571431
- Karina ZengStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1265379713
- Alexis ZepedaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1952033490
- Ramona Zepeda, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1891252912
- Adan ZermenoBehavior Technician1356167548
- Chutima Zhao, DACMAcupuncturist1730853193
- Tailun Zhao, M.D.Retina Specialist (Ophthalmology) Physician1952659203
- Ashley Zigler, ATCAthletic Trainer1417577206
- Hanna ZittelOccupational Therapist1942156930
- Amanda Zora, PSYDPsychologist1457729485
- Netaliya ZoraStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1235822065
- Alex ZubakCounselor1841570827
- Holli ZuckermanRegistered Nurse1275157836
- Katelin ZulloMarriage & Family Therapist1588193510
- Luis ZunigaBehavior Technician1346129863
- Michelle ZvirzinAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1962657684
The largest California cities
- Los Angeles69,537
- San Diego52,937
- San Francisco38,143
- Sacramento33,083
- San Jose20,925
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.
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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.