NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in San Diego, CA

52,937 individual NPPES records list a practice address in San Diego, 2nd of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 8,079, 15% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 16 of 1,059.

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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 San Diego

  1. Behavior Technician8,079
  2. Marriage & Family Therapist2,738
  3. Students in training2,098
  4. Clinical Social Worker2,036
  5. Mental Health Counselor1,778
  6. Pharmacist1,555
  7. Physical Therapist1,382
  8. Registered Nurse1,223

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

San Diego in California

  • Rank in California2nd of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state5.4% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups24.4% of all records
  • Behavior Technician rank2nd of the 10 California cities with the most

Compared with California as a whole, San Diego has 13.4× the state's share of independent duty corpsman records and 0.67× its share of general practice dentistry records.

Providers in San Diego, alphabetically

  1. Esmeralda Alba-CamposBehavior Technician1972113603
  2. Kathryn Alban, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1639387574
  3. Noora Albana, PHARMDPharmacist1538979539
  4. Rhowela AlbanaPharmacist1194219840
  5. Linda AlbanaaBehavior Technician1437846714
  6. Erica Albanese, L.AC.Acupuncturist1801542147
  7. Arath AlbanezBehavior Technician1255849006
  8. Kathia Albanez, ODOptometrist1194458489
  9. Estefany Albanez HernandezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1720620719
  10. Salvatore Albani, M.D.Pediatric Rheumatology Physician1962430967
  11. Karla Alfrey AlbanoOther Technician1669959433
  12. Aide AlbarranAssistant Behavior Analyst1194604496
  13. Cathy AlbarranBehavior Technician1023696200
  14. Shane AlbarranMassage Therapist1528343605
  15. Tamara AlbarranBehavior Technician1003501784
  16. Melody Albarran-Slovin, DNP, CPNP-PC, FNP-CPediatrics Physician1740953249
  17. Dania AlbatatBehavior Technician1477406528
  18. Rachelle Albay, PHARMDPharmacist1194125476
  19. John Albe, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1942384490
  20. Fernando Albelo, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1699477851
  21. Tiffany Alberg, PHARMDPharmacist1528543766
  22. Nuri Alberga, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1861020448
  23. Carmela Alberico, ASWClinical Social Worker1780009159
  24. Unna Albers, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1568495182
  25. Austin Albert, DOGeneral Practice Physician1841999547
  26. Devin AlbertRehabilitation Practitioner1033921440
  27. Mario Alberti, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1982705893
  28. Linda Albertini, BCBABehavior Analyst1033765797
  29. Elizabeth Albertolle, AG-ACNP, MSN, RNNurse Practitioner1861943391
  30. Gregory Alberton, M.D.Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician1457310179
  31. Kenneth Albertson, M.D.Neuroradiology Physician1497059976
  32. Merle Albin, MDInternal Medicine Physician1366590150
  33. Ashley Albinder, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1083484356
  34. Nicholas Albino, MDPediatrics Physician1740843499
  35. Michael Albo, M.D.Urology Physician1912938499
  36. Jay Albrandt, PTAPhysical Therapy Assistant1295099232
  37. Charles AlbrechtIndependent Duty Corpsman1043161151
  38. Nina Albrecht, RADTAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1730676578
  39. Adela Albrektsen, L.AC.Acupuncturist1942371083
  40. Kelsey Albright, PAPhysician Assistant1235653148
  41. Da Jung Albus, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1720536147
  42. Rhea AlcafarasPharmacist1568073922
  43. Betsabe AlcaideBehavior Technician1912858499
  44. Francisca AlcaideCase Manager/Care Coordinator1063937654
  45. Jennifer Alcaide, LCSWClinical Social Worker1649301854
  46. Kimberly Alcaide, RNRegistered Nurse1982363552
  47. Luis AlcalaBehavior Technician1306548995
  48. Stephanie Alcala, RDNRegistered Dietitian1174496038
  49. Alfredo Alcalaesparza, IDCIndependent Duty Medical Technicians1730157736
  50. Victor Alcalde, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1760828958

The largest California cities

  1. Los Angeles69,537
  2. San Francisco38,143
  3. Sacramento33,083
  4. San Jose20,925
  5. Fresno19,440

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How to read this directory

San Diego, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 52,937 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 San Diego - 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 San Diego 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 San Diego is weighted toward Behavior Technician (8,079 clinicians, followed by Marriage & Family Therapist with 2,738 and Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program with 2,098). 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, San Diego reports roughly 135.9 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 San Diego 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 San Diego, CA?

There are 52,937 registered healthcare providers in San Diego, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in San Diego?

The most common specialties in San Diego are Behavior Technician, Marriage & Family Therapist, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Clinical Social Worker, Mental Health Counselor. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 8,079.

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.