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 272 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. Gladys EscobedoBehavior Technician1417644113
  2. Jorge EscobedoCounselor1730431446
  3. Jose EscobedoCounselor1114206539
  4. Marisol EscobedoPsychologist1669145140
  5. Oscar Escobedo, MDGeneral Practice Physician1689250888
  6. Renata EscobedoMental Health Counselor1174903868
  7. Xanath EscobedoBehavior Technician1124844048
  8. Trevor Escobedo Corn, M.A.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1639846884
  9. Carolina Escobedo SanchezBehavior Technician1760091631
  10. Fabian Escorza, CMTMassage Therapist1245833714
  11. Alexa EscotoBehavior Technician1902612195
  12. Carolina Escoto, LPTLicensed Psychiatric Technician1104188119
  13. Tyler EscotoBehavior Analyst1447736418
  14. Carlo Raphael Escudero, PA-CPhysician Assistant1053918011
  15. Pamela Escudero, OTOccupational Therapist1831389493
  16. Ronnie Escudero, P.A.-CSurgical Physician Assistant1235188145
  17. Christiana Eseller, COTA/LOccupational Therapy Assistant1033765771
  18. Dasia Esener, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1790994523
  19. Ali Esfandiari, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1215239603
  20. Raheleh Esfandiari, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician1235320185
  21. Rambod Esfandiari, O.D.Optometrist1285876524
  22. Kyle Esguerra, OTR/L, OTD, CNSOccupational Therapist1790463578
  23. Devin EshelmanPeer Specialist1548852098
  24. Robyn EshelmanBehavior Technician1760037220
  25. David Eshom, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1134348295
  26. Duncan EshomGeneral Practice Dentistry1962353920
  27. Raheleh Eskandar Pour Khorami, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1407157894
  28. Armen Eskandari, MDGastroenterology Physician1043653413
  29. Caroline Eskander, PSYDClinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist1740956853
  30. Peter Eskander, MDOtolaryngology Physician1932849403
  31. Abraham Eskenazi, MDInternal Medicine Physician1093774168
  32. Syndi Eskridge, PEER SUPPORTPeer Specialist1619720133
  33. Atefeh Eslami, PAMedical Physician Assistant1659765378
  34. Ehliyhan Eslava-DeandaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1902624588
  35. Karina EslingerSpeech-Language Assistant1184376337
  36. Fariha Esmail, MDHospitalist Physician1720212210
  37. Pearl Grace EsmallaAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1386910362
  38. Maria Lourdes EsoAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1982133666
  39. Gabriel Espana Ixtlilco, RNRegistered Nurse1104560747
  40. Vanessa Thea EspanolaRegistered Nurse1649888017
  41. Adriana EsparzaFamily Psychologist1699583096
  42. Alejandro EsparzaMilitary Health Care Provider1003765629
  43. Dara EsparzaRehabilitation Practitioner1376266155
  44. Edmundo Esparza, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1730882564
  45. Ezequiel Esparza, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1356375497
  46. Janet EsparzaCounselor1306022421
  47. Liliana Esparza, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1528959541
  48. Rocio EsparzaBehavior Technician1306560628
  49. Sophia Esparza, ACSWClinical Social Worker1386169837
  50. Theresa EsparzaCounselor1265808059

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.