NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Ponce, PR

3,338 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Ponce, 2nd of 92 Puerto Rico cities. The largest group is students in training: 974, 29% of the city's records, against 8% across Puerto Rico.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

The 8 largest groups in Ponce

  1. Students in training974
  2. Clinical Psychologist245
  3. General Practice Physician230
  4. Pharmacist141
  5. Clinical Social Worker137
  6. Internal Medicine Physician116
  7. Registered Nurse79
  8. Pharmacy Technician75

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Ponce in Puerto Rico

  • Rank in Puerto Rico2nd of 92 cities by records
  • Share of the state8.3% of Puerto Rico's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups43.4% of all records
  • Students in training rank2nd of the 10 Puerto Rico cities with the most

Compared with Puerto Rico as a whole, Ponce has 3.8× the state's share of case manager/care coordinator records and 0.44× its share of psychologist records.

Providers in Ponce, alphabetically

  1. Alberto Abreu, M.D.Specialist1306821830
  2. Bianca Abreu-CarloStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1558006304
  3. Bethsy Acevedo, DMDOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1346952611
  4. Lorieva Acevedo, MDGeneral Practice Physician1245270560
  5. Marienid AcevedoOccupational Therapy Assistant1992343347
  6. Paola AcevedoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1689351157
  7. Sharon AcevedoPediatrics Physician1669841169
  8. Van Acevedo VargasStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1487391439
  9. Carlos AcostaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1134712540
  10. Daviana AcostaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1427805886
  11. Domingo Acosta AlbinoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1245912229
  12. Migdalia Acosta Figueroa, R.N.Registered Nurse1891012944
  13. Ignacio Acosta FloresStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1710872296
  14. Luis Acosta Garcia, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1083688154
  15. Caleb Acosta MarichalStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1497677017
  16. Amanda Acosta MirabalStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1558105916
  17. Jimmy Acosta OrtizCommunity Health Worker1447776869
  18. Bianca Adames ValentinStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1275343071
  19. Gabriela AdamsClinical Psychologist1225655681
  20. Chris Marie Adams VegaSpecialist1912477225
  21. Daianna Adams Zambrana, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1093075111
  22. Javier Adorno, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1669536504
  23. Natalia Adorno CarvajalStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1427694959
  24. Aldrick Adorno-Adorno, MSPsychologist1285579326
  25. Evelyn Agostini Rodriguez, MDInternal Medicine Physician1104934041
  26. Georgina Aguirre, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1932177367
  27. Glorimar Aguirre CintronCase Manager/Care Coordinator1144069469
  28. Gaddiel Ahmed-RoblesStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1316877947
  29. Viviana Alameda Bonilla, RNGeneral Practice Registered Nurse1134835929
  30. Gustavo Alayon, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1740104660
  31. Gerardo Alayon Anta, M.D.Cardiovascular Disease Physician1508855644
  32. Marcia Alayon-Rosario, MDSurgery Physician1508205246
  33. Marco Albarran Portilla, MDNephrology Physician1720050230
  34. Stephanie Albelo Ortiz, THLSpeech-Language Assistant1457899502
  35. Evian AlbertSpeech-Language Pathologist1780910588
  36. Marybel Albertorio, DIETITIANRegistered Dietitian1144419011
  37. Vilmary AlbertorioPediatric Occupational Therapist1407227150
  38. Joel Albino BurgosRegistered Nurse1720609845
  39. Xavier Albino Flores, M.D.General Practice Physician1013367275
  40. Edgardo Albino Rivera, PHARMDPharmacist1790495869
  41. Diego Alcala, M.DPediatrics Physician1023058674
  42. Francisco Alcala, M.D.General Practice Physician1790960797
  43. Jeikel Alcantara SuarezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1306768197
  44. Jose Alcazar Sabathie, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1992777817
  45. Diana Alcedo De ObarrioStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1245151265
  46. Alana AlejandroStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1255226270
  47. Carlos AlemanStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1114744414
  48. Juan AlemanPharmacy Technician1528374584
  49. Zaimara Alemar AcevedoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1942143078
  50. Ashie Aleno, M.D.General Practice Physician1225156268

The largest Puerto Rico cities

  1. San Juan8,960
  2. Bayamon2,958
  3. Guaynabo2,143
  4. Caguas2,093
  5. Carolina1,535

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How to read this directory

Ponce, Puerto Rico appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 3,338 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 Ponce - 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 Ponce 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 Ponce is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (974 clinicians, followed by Clinical Psychologist with 245 and General Practice Physician with 230). 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 Puerto Rico's population, Ponce reports roughly 104.1 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 Puerto Rico's most common specialties, Counseling Psychologist is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Ponce practice address, a coverage gap Ponce patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Ponce 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 Ponce, PR?

There are 3,338 registered healthcare providers in Ponce, PR, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Ponce?

The most common specialties in Ponce are Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Clinical Psychologist, General Practice Physician, Pharmacist, Clinical Social Worker. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program has the most providers with 974.

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.