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 57 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. Stephen BakerRehabilitation Practitioner1598607301
  2. Tanya Baker, NPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1699184259
  3. Tate Baker, CMT, RYTMassage Therapist1356848725
  4. Teauna BakerIndependent Duty Corpsman1336851658
  5. Thomas BakerMental Health Counselor1649673237
  6. Titus Baker, IDCIndependent Duty Corpsman1386179810
  7. Travis Baker, DOPediatric Anesthesiology Physician1306341698
  8. Victoria BakerBehavior Technician1134787658
  9. Zh'Naia BakerBehavior Technician1649150152
  10. Ryan Baker-Barrett, BCBABehavior Analyst1225330467
  11. Mary Baker-Dove, RN, MS, MSN, MHCNS-BCase Management Registered Nurse1316768864
  12. Mary Baker-Ericzen, PHDIntellectual & Developmental Disabilities Psychologist1144330382
  13. Hazel Baker-HarveyBehavior Technician1265999239
  14. Ashley Bakhadj, DPTPhysical Therapist1992522353
  15. Omid Bakhtar, M.D.Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1598821589
  16. Torab BakhtiariHearing Instrument Specialist1124560131
  17. Clare Bakker, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1659214211
  18. Abraham BakongoIndependent Duty Corpsman1871982694
  19. Neena Bakshi, OTR/LPediatric Occupational Therapist1003865916
  20. Gloria Bakst, LICSWClinical Social Worker1316429467
  21. Isaac Bakst, MBBCHNeurology Physician1215027537
  22. Lawrence Bakur, D.C.Chiropractor1508965047
  23. Kristin Bala, MDMilitary Health Care Provider1487249850
  24. Christopher Baladad, PHARMDPharmacist1891564530
  25. Joan Balahadia, RNGeneral Practice Registered Nurse1609427814
  26. Noriko BalajadiaBehavior Technician1912893355
  27. Kavya BalajiBehavior Analyst1437811296
  28. Jorddy BalandranIndependent Duty Corpsman1285400580
  29. Lydia BalaoingBehavior Technician1669233516
  30. Alyssa Balasco, LCSWClinical Social Worker1306409941
  31. Maggie Mae Balat, RNRegistered Nurse1245419506
  32. Lilit Balayan, DMDDentist1518564822
  33. Kristin Balboa, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1639881519
  34. Alanna Balboni, MDAdult Reconstructive Orthopaedic Surgery Physician1851631113
  35. Joseph BalbuenaBehavior Technician1801444773
  36. Cyril Balce, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1407991664
  37. David Balch, MDSurgery Physician1164556353
  38. Thomas Balcom, MDSports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1932238227
  39. Angela BalcombBehavior Technician1891590360
  40. Shannon BalcombePharmacist1649809609
  41. Randall Baldassarre, M.D.Diagnostic Radiology Physician1568889921
  42. Janell BalderamosStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1053652719
  43. Angel BalderasBehavior Technician1427911700
  44. Anna Balderas, CPNPPediatric Nurse Practitioner1679093405
  45. Javier Balderas, DCChiropractor1184330219
  46. Krysta BalderstonMarriage & Family Therapist1164196341
  47. Morwenna Baldessari, M.A., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1134909757
  48. Kimberly Baldridge-CostaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1346068830
  49. Delaynie Baldwin, AMFT, APCCMarriage & Family Therapist1891377529
  50. Eric BaldwinCounselor1063062347

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.