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 306 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. Bryan FrazierCounselor1366847170
  2. Destiny FrazierBehavior Technician1457123564
  3. Jean Frazier, REGISTERED NURSEGeneral Practice Registered Nurse1255213393
  4. Suzanne Frazier, D.C.Chiropractor1154319846
  5. John Freda, DDSOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Dentistry1871237792
  6. Alianna FredelucesBehavior Analyst1568268076
  7. Amiel FredelucesIndependent Duty Corpsman1992082176
  8. Aliya Frederick, MD, PHDNeurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology Physician1548657992
  9. Anne Frederick, BSNAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1952641706
  10. Zachary FrederickBehavior Technician1013786367
  11. Justin Fredericks, DOGeneral Practice Physician1487356176
  12. Nicole FredericksCase Manager/Care Coordinator1669008983
  13. Melissa Frederickson, MS, CCC/SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1184255804
  14. Ryan Frederiksen, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1922260033
  15. Danielle FredricksSpeech-Language Pathologist1912554833
  16. Natalie Fredricks, MA, AMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1861160434
  17. Daniel Fredrickson, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1922256908
  18. Jenne FredricksonCounselor1891229506
  19. Sarah FredricksonLicensed Vocational Nurse1568691806
  20. Chun Che FreeStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1821929498
  21. Oceana Free, M.F.T.Marriage & Family Therapist1619031564
  22. Alison Freedman, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1902947005
  23. Charles Freedman, MDPediatrics Physician1528127149
  24. Christina Freedman, M.S.,CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1770192585
  25. Francine Freedman, CADC-CASAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1124503321
  26. Marni FreedmanMarriage & Family Therapist1689904203
  27. Skott Freedman, M.A., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1497905871
  28. Susan Freedman, LCSWClinical Social Worker1538213558
  29. Florence FreelandPhysical Therapist1770685554
  30. Stacy Freeland, LICENSED PROFESSIONAProfessional Counselor1447966791
  31. Bianca Freeland-MontgomeryStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1548140528
  32. Aimee FreemanMassage Therapist1619746898
  33. Aldra FreemanCase Manager/Care Coordinator1477945863
  34. Aurora Freeman, RDRegistered Dietitian1386501088
  35. Caitlyn Freeman, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1881328706
  36. Charlotte FreemanStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1982586319
  37. Courtney FreemanPhysical Therapist1669344065
  38. David Freeman, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1023195617
  39. Deborah Freeman, CADC-II, LAADC, CSCAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1255676136
  40. Grace FreemanBehavior Technician1083399182
  41. Hailey FreemanBehavior Technician1881296002
  42. Jaelyn FreemanBehavior Technician1841838729
  43. Karen Freeman, MS, RD, CSSDRegistered Dietitian1184922197
  44. Kay Freeman, MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1588795298
  45. Kimberly FreemanDoula1619776168
  46. Kylun FreemanBehavior Technician1659054427
  47. Lexie FreemanBehavior Technician1730808114
  48. Maria Laura Freeman, ODOptometrist1528490430
  49. Nathan Freeman, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1932272630
  50. Pikunjit Freeman, CMTMassage Therapist1740095686

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.