NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in El Centro, CA

1,783 individual NPPES records list a practice address in El Centro, 130th of 812 California cities. The largest group is rehabilitation counselor: 223, 13% of the city's records, against 0% across California. Page 24 of 36.

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El Centro in California

  • Rank in California130th of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.2% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups30.8% of all records
  • Rehabilitation Counselor rank1st of the 10 California cities with the most

Compared with California as a whole, El Centro has 165× the state's share of rehabilitation counselor records and 0.33× its share of behavior technician records.

Providers in El Centro, alphabetically

  1. Natalia NunezHealth Educator1457026528
  2. Sandra NunezBehavior Technician1679278923
  3. Carolina Nunez-GarciaTechnician1649615238
  4. Diana NunoCase Manager/Care Coordinator1215780432
  5. Dunia NunoLicensed Vocational Nurse1902491806
  6. Ida Obeso-Martinez, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1831629252
  7. Luz OceguedaMarriage & Family Therapist1134580368
  8. Zulema OceguedaCounselor1073073912
  9. Ariadna OcegueraAssistant Behavior Analyst1871472522
  10. Alejandra OchoaCounselor1679603930
  11. Elida OchoaCounselor1851876155
  12. Kaitlyn Offhaus, RDRegistered Dietitian1225671902
  13. Mariah OjedaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1942982400
  14. Richard OjedaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1962231415
  15. Florentino OlivasCounselor1023155959
  16. Courtney OlsonBehavior Analyst1326518762
  17. Danielle OlsonSocial Worker1003325739
  18. Robert Olson, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1891863460
  19. Shalma OlveraOther Technician1851050280
  20. Adriana OntiverosCase Manager/Care Coordinator1669658209
  21. Melissa OntiverosStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1316548571
  22. Lucian Oprea, MD.Internal Medicine Physician1033329792
  23. Philame Oronan, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1740338631
  24. Aylin OrozcoOther Technician1194477331
  25. Elizabeth Orozco Bermudez, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1598464380
  26. Alexis Ortega, NPPediatrics Physician1972221984
  27. Christopher OrtegaCommunity Health Worker1508747999
  28. Fernando Ortega, NPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1164118956
  29. Pamela OrtegaOther Technician1336804764
  30. Rosa OrtegaRehabilitation Counselor1750402186
  31. Diana OrtizDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1194581538
  32. Elizabeth OrtizDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1356289086
  33. Francisco Ortiz, LPTLicensed Psychiatric Technician1891945382
  34. Monserrat OrtizAssistant Behavior Analyst1972319648
  35. Paola OrtizOther Technician1609535848
  36. Anna Ortiz-DiazRehabilitation Counselor1104410018
  37. Katherine Osaki, PA-CPhysician Assistant1467761486
  38. Mark Osterloh, M.D.Ophthalmology Physician1073750097
  39. Diana OsunaRehabilitation Counselor1376978056
  40. Nohemi OsunaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1780517599
  41. Keyla Osuna CervantesAmbulatory Women's Health Care Registered Nurse1922795350
  42. Stacie OteroClinical Social Worker1942611587
  43. Xuan Ouyang, DOPsychiatry Physician1477202034
  44. Stephanie PachecoCase Manager/Care Coordinator1609597723
  45. Israel PadillaPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician1336027424
  46. Jaime PadillaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1598223752
  47. Patricia Padilla, MSN, APRN, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1235901661
  48. Denise Page-DemorstCase Manager/Care Coordinator1861679243
  49. Dayana PalaciosBehavior Technician1477056398
  50. Roxanna PalaciosCounselor1356766711

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 Centro, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,783 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 Centro - 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 Centro 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 Centro is weighted toward Rehabilitation Counselor (223 clinicians, followed by Day Training/Habilitation Specialist with 208 and Counselor with 118). 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 Centro reports roughly 4.6 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.

Of California's most common specialties, General Practice Dentistry is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a El Centro practice address, a coverage gap El Centro patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For El Centro 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 Centro, CA?

There are 1,783 registered healthcare providers in El Centro, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in El Centro?

The most common specialties in El Centro are Rehabilitation Counselor, Day Training/Habilitation Specialist, Counselor, Licensed Vocational Nurse, Behavior Technician. Rehabilitation Counselor has the most providers with 223.

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.