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 59 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. Teleni Ballard, RNAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1205361318
  2. Thomas BallardAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1043023617
  3. Yvette BallardLicensed Vocational Nurse1528352036
  4. Gina Ballas, RPHPharmacist1598130072
  5. Jerasimos Ballas, M.D.Maternal & Fetal Medicine Physician1871767384
  6. Melanie Ballatore-Weinfeld, PH.D.,Clinical Psychologist1508123118
  7. Danielle BallestaRegistered Dietetic Technician1780346528
  8. Andrea BallesterosBehavior Analyst1720753130
  9. Arlyn BallesterosBehavior Technician1497337232
  10. Danielle BallesterosBehavior Technician1770457640
  11. Lauren BallesterosBehavior Technician1366288813
  12. Maria BallesterosMental Health Counselor1285330027
  13. Nichole BallesterosBehavior Technician1114683232
  14. Gina BallestreosCounselor1003057704
  15. Brittany Ballew, MD, MSStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1780476051
  16. Itzel BallewMarriage & Family Therapist1629315015
  17. Megan BallewPharmacist1396465563
  18. Justin BallezaPhysical Therapist1376969113
  19. Justin BalliIndependent Duty Corpsman1659231462
  20. Larry Ballinger, DPMPodiatrist1659326783
  21. Nicole BallinghoffBehavior Analyst1144741240
  22. Gonzalo Ballon-Landa, M.D.Infectious Disease Physician1326266081
  23. Johni BalloutPharmacist1881150944
  24. Kimber Ballow, APCCProfessional Counselor1356171607
  25. Allen BalmeoBehavior Technician1609640457
  26. Vandana Baloda, MDAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1013569706
  27. Michelle BaloghHealth Educator1740814136
  28. Sydney BaloghBehavior Technician1386211142
  29. Ben Balough, MDOtology & Neurotology Physician1083687594
  30. Gregory Balourdas, M.D.Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Physician1194856427
  31. Nyra Balquiedra, PHARM DPharmacist1225281884
  32. Nicholas BaltarNeurology Physician1144089798
  33. Daniel BaltazarBehavior Technician1386107787
  34. Eliza BaltazarBehavior Technician1750146304
  35. Hailey BaltazarBehavior Technician1316788144
  36. Leah Baltazar, RNRegistered Nurse1720534456
  37. Wilfred Baltazar, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1790798031
  38. Yuriana BaltazarBehavior Technician1467319814
  39. Amabelle Baltazar-Dennis, RN, BSN, PHNRegistered Nurse1194054833
  40. Deborah Baltazar-Moore, LMTMassage Therapist1306435524
  41. Ann Balthazor, R.D. C.D.Registered Dietitian1679763478
  42. Elvira BaltierraCase Manager/Care Coordinator1720631369
  43. Brandon BaltodanoBehavior Technician1225907439
  44. Lauryn BaltripIndependent Duty Corpsman1528764396
  45. Justine Ann Baltrus, M.A.Marriage & Family Therapist1285040709
  46. Arthi BaluInternal Medicine Physician1851738108
  47. Jennifer Baluca, RNRegistered Nurse1447572110
  48. Bryan Balvaneda, PHDClinical Psychologist1467036137
  49. David Balyozian, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1487180642
  50. Salina Bambic, LCSWClinical Social Worker1568082717

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.