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 37 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. Nicole-Starlet AquipelBehavior Technician1750048922
  2. Stacy Ann Aquipel, PSY.DClinical Psychologist1740733237
  3. Joan AquitaniaCommunity Health Registered Nurse1245085000
  4. Nawal ArabBehavior Technician1144892753
  5. Kiana ArabianStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1366333437
  6. Deema Arafah, MDPediatric Endocrinology Physician1235423856
  7. Gianna Bela AragaBehavior Technician1841161536
  8. Alyssa AragonBehavior Technician1932037611
  9. Darinka Aragon, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1114347291
  10. Emily AragonBehavior Technician1396607909
  11. Lauren Aragon, PHARMDPharmacist1689110827
  12. Madeline AragonBehavior Technician1043885049
  13. Natasha AragonBehavior Technician1982220646
  14. Mark AragonaCritical Care Certified Respiratory Therapist1639795057
  15. Lisa Arai, PHARM.D.Psychiatric Pharmacist1013947647
  16. Jorge Araiza NavarroBehavior Technician1184496184
  17. Zachary ArakelianPhysical Therapist1639032915
  18. Ann Araldi, OTRLPediatric Occupational Therapist1134257934
  19. Jennifer ArambulaBehavior Analyst1215354394
  20. Maria Arambula, LLMSWCase Manager/Care Coordinator1982029484
  21. Mayra ArambulaMental Health Counselor1760928451
  22. Celestine Arambulo, DOGeriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1477624377
  23. Gladis AranaClinical Social Worker1427783984
  24. Monserrat AranaBehavior Technician1619721602
  25. Theasil AranaCounselor1568931681
  26. Andres Aranda, IDCIndependent Duty Corpsman1528029881
  27. Melissa ArandaBehavior Technician1730970914
  28. Clarisse Jeane ArandiaBehavior Analyst1073181970
  29. Cynthia Araneta, MDPediatrics Physician1134261498
  30. Kylie ArangoBehavior Analyst1063915296
  31. Paula Arango, BABehavior Technician1316674732
  32. Marisol ArangureMental Health Counselor1861922890
  33. Reem Aranki, MSWClinical Social Worker1932699659
  34. Kayla Arantowicz, PA-CPhysician Assistant1669186581
  35. Raymond Arao, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1871178053
  36. Hamit Aras, DDS-PHDGeneral Practice Dentistry1124181813
  37. Venkateswari Arasu, PTPhysical Therapist1639505076
  38. Alicia AraujoCase Manager/Care Coordinator1811341175
  39. Bianca AraujoBehavior Technician1851026868
  40. Cynthia Araujo, RNAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1528498581
  41. Liliana AraujoBehavior Technician1699376814
  42. Anna Araujo Anderson, M.S.Nutritionist1689247181
  43. Rossana Aravena, DDSDentist1699118729
  44. Annette Araya, RNAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1679086342
  45. Beatriz ArballoBehavior Technician1679204770
  46. Elizabeth Arballo, MSWDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1841832979
  47. Melissa ArballoBehavior Technician1063168045
  48. Mikayla ArbelaezBehavior Technician1770406126
  49. Bridget ArbizoNurse's Aide1720834146
  50. Esmeralda ArbizoBehavior Technician1235735820

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.