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 31 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. Jenell AndersonBehavior Technician1780549626
  2. Jensen AndersonBehavior Technician1093694564
  3. Jessica AndersonClinical Social Worker1710639869
  4. Jill Anderson, CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1831146760
  5. Joan Anderson, CTRS, RTC, ACCRecreation Therapist1376755561
  6. Joseph Anderson, PHARMDPharmacist1053125914
  7. Julianna AndersonBehavior Technician1245933381
  8. Justin Anderson, PA-CPhysician Assistant1366105074
  9. Kandiss AndersonPhysical Therapist1497369243
  10. Karen Anderson, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1932237302
  11. Karen Anderson, LCSWClinical Social Worker1952765257
  12. Kathryn Anderson, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1134558471
  13. Kathryn Anderson, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1730640707
  14. Katrina AndersonCase Manager/Care Coordinator1144551441
  15. Kelly Anderson, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1073996393
  16. Kendell Anderson, D.O.Internal Medicine Physician1285028191
  17. Kenneth Anderson, D.O.Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1437172533
  18. Kochia AndersonBehavior Analyst1407639339
  19. Kristin Anderson, MD, MPHStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1962732354
  20. Kristine Anderson, MSWBehavior Technician1124375795
  21. Lara AndersonOrthopedic Physical Therapist1942767439
  22. Lara AndersonCounselor1366307860
  23. Lauren Anderson, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1225474406
  24. Leslie Anderson, MD M.ED.Forensic Pathology Physician1720573009
  25. Lindsay AndersonClinical Social Worker1184379463
  26. Lindsey Anderson, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1962912352
  27. Lisa Anderson, OTOccupational Therapist1265738025
  28. Madeleine Anderson, ASWMental Health Counselor1205351871
  29. Malia AndersonBehavior Technician1740050699
  30. Mandy Anderson, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician1982812392
  31. Marissa Anderson, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1265843064
  32. Mark AndersonCounselor1952735680
  33. Mary Anderson, PTPhysical Therapist1104212943
  34. Maryann Anderson, ANP ADULT NURSE PRACAdult Health Nurse Practitioner1861272569
  35. Megan Anderson, PHDClinical Psychologist1083758601
  36. Megan Anderson, OTR/LPediatric Occupational Therapist1902171101
  37. Megan Anderson, IDCIndependent Duty Corpsman1265837090
  38. Melina AndersonBehavior Technician1669175931
  39. Michael Anderson, D.C.Chiropractor1578734596
  40. Morgan AndersonClinical Psychologist1558774281
  41. Nancy Anderson, LACAcupuncturist1174758312
  42. Nicole Anderson, LCSWClinical Social Worker1679766380
  43. Nicole Anderson, PTPhysical Therapist1700051307
  44. Patience AndersonBehavior Technician1669197877
  45. Quinn AndersonSpeech-Language Pathologist1801596788
  46. Renee Anderson, M.A., BCBABehavior Analyst1952774028
  47. Robin Anderson, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1760986947
  48. Sarah Anderson, DACMAcupuncturist1023710662
  49. Sparkle AndersonBehavior Technician1447137997
  50. Stephanie AndersonPeer Specialist1629588264

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.