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 22 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. Peter AllenRegistered Respiratory Therapist1457835480
  2. Rachael Allen, D.OOphthalmology Physician1801275391
  3. Randi Allen, MDGeneral Practice Physician1477188324
  4. Richard Allen, MD, PHDOrthopaedic Surgery of the Spine Physician1962660175
  5. Sally AllenAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1558904573
  6. Stevani AllenBehavior Technician1861378424
  7. Susan AllenMarriage & Family Therapist1780939470
  8. Tanya Allen, M.S., MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1174714745
  9. Tasia AllenBehavior Technician1659165215
  10. Terrigene AllenLicensed Vocational Nurse1306123625
  11. Traci AllenAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1700362399
  12. Claudette Allen-Butler, LAADCAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1437455813
  13. Brenda Allen-Crain, B.S,C.A.T.CMental Health Counselor1346304565
  14. Jessie-Marie AllendorfProfessional Counselor1639844038
  15. Eve Allerton, PAPhysician Assistant1437275674
  16. Hallie AllexCase Manager/Care Coordinator1578223111
  17. Julie Alley, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1124144274
  18. Nathan Alley-Byrd, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1558924274
  19. Shaheed AllieMarriage & Family Therapist1174333751
  20. Bradley Allis, IDCIndependent Duty Corpsman1881167963
  21. Andrea Allison, BCBABehavior Analyst1316705924
  22. Bradford Allison, DEEP SEA IDCIndependent Duty Corpsman1407341639
  23. Deandre AllisonBehavior Technician1881396257
  24. Kevin Allison, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1942327846
  25. Margaret AllisonMarriage & Family Therapist1679166052
  26. Matthew Allison, MDPublic Health & General Preventive Medicine Physician1700988730
  27. Patience Allison, LCSWClinical Social Worker1093046682
  28. Fatima Alliyani-Narez, MSW, ASWSocial Worker1477310886
  29. Jaclyn Allman, LMFT, JDMarriage & Family Therapist1073268496
  30. Melissa Allman, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1699827758
  31. Esther Allmond, DPTPhysical Therapist1912556481
  32. Terry Allon, LCSWClinical Social Worker1851626477
  33. Erika Allred, M.D.Pediatric Nephrology Physician1073977120
  34. Matthew Allred, D.OObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1548521719
  35. Grant AllsCase Manager/Care Coordinator1649780339
  36. April AllshouseMental Health Counselor1982944146
  37. Steven Allsing, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1538274709
  38. Laura AlmadaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1821604059
  39. Robert AlmadaBehavior Technician1982387510
  40. Robert Almada, CHWCommunity Health Worker1114857786
  41. Isabella AlmaguerBehavior Technician1013843622
  42. Leticia AlmaguerBehavior Technician1366224206
  43. Hashem Fahad A Almahmoud, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1003312125
  44. Korie AlmanzaBehavior Technician1144877721
  45. Yessenia AlmanzaPeer Specialist1295461861
  46. Francis AlmarioCase Manager/Care Coordinator1194055707
  47. Jose Antonio Almario, MDGastroenterology Physician1467815944
  48. Abdullah Almasoud, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1740691435
  49. Christopher AlmazanDental Hygienist1154192888
  50. Krisha AlmazanBehavior Technician1639711328

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.