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 49 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. Luis AvilaBehavior Technician1972425627
  2. Miranda AvilaBehavior Technician1447043666
  3. Rafael AvilaBehavior Technician1124729553
  4. Sarai AvilaBehavior Technician1083443832
  5. Shanna Avila, PAPhysician Assistant1639418874
  6. Vanessa Avila, BCBABehavior Analyst1790029429
  7. Martha Avila-JimenezClinical Social Worker1205575040
  8. Alexus AvilesRegistered Dietitian1508565896
  9. Amber AvilesBehavior Technician1083191266
  10. Anna AvilesBehavior Technician1285368902
  11. Charysse Marie Aviles, LCSWClinical Social Worker1508536582
  12. Erika AvilesBehavior Technician1598542227
  13. Johnny Aviles, HOSPITAL CORPSMANIndependent Duty Corpsman1659145316
  14. Julie Aviles, RDRegistered Dietitian1487587275
  15. Jasmine Avilez, MAMarriage & Family Therapist1649776980
  16. Alan AvinaRehabilitation Practitioner1073402863
  17. Anthony AvinaBehavior Technician1427918226
  18. Cheryl Avina, MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1841501582
  19. Luis AvinaBehavior Technician1538781323
  20. Stephany Avina, PSYDClinical Psychologist1992171318
  21. Vania AvinaBehavior Technician1548922131
  22. Sierra AvisBehavior Technician1346108578
  23. Anthony AvitabileSpeech-Language Pathologist1083259329
  24. Alexandra AvitiaBehavior Technician1013659820
  25. Alejandra Avitia Sanchez, PAPhysician Assistant1639880560
  26. Estefany AvonceBehavior Technician1881225225
  27. Theresa Avorh, REGISTERED NURSERegistered Nurse1740899822
  28. Holly Avriette, PHDClinical Psychologist1326152737
  29. Vadim Avulov, D.O.Surgery Physician1700121472
  30. George Awad, PHARM DPharmacist1073943452
  31. Hannah Awai, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1841473618
  32. Robert Awalt, PSY.D. AND LCSWPsychologist1790980829
  33. Stephanie Awalt, MAAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1831368372
  34. Maham AwanInternal Medicine Physician1700382231
  35. Danny AwarStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1336717974
  36. Linda Awdishu, BSCPHMPharmacist1093837403
  37. Marta Awdykovych, M.D.Pediatrics Physician1447265137
  38. Alina Aweau, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1568978989
  39. Nasiim AweisBehavior Technician1770357428
  40. Elizabeth Awodele, D.O.Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician1396183281
  41. Terr AwokoBehavior Technician1376244624
  42. Adenike Awolola, NPPrimary Care Nurse Practitioner1184263733
  43. Isaac Awolola, DNP, FNP-BC, ENP-CNurse Practitioner1083599229
  44. Alexandra Awrahem, PHARMDPharmacist1760221667
  45. Joyce Awramik, D.D.S.Dentist1932135357
  46. Kimberly AwramkoCounselor1154657922
  47. Andy Awwad, MDVascular & Interventional Radiology Physician1306378054
  48. Brittany AxelradPhysical Therapist1326548736
  49. Deanna Axler, MAStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1326425331
  50. Anna AxotisMarriage & Family Therapist1104205855

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.