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 9 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. Maryam Afzali, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1366818353
  2. Zaynab AfzaliBehavior Technician1942083969
  3. Sheryl AganonBehavior Technician1295594109
  4. Lejla Aganovic, MDDiagnostic Radiology Physician1003807652
  5. Mariann Agapito, M.A., CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1194552950
  6. Neelam AgashePhysical Therapist1689027955
  7. Kathrina Agatep, DDSDentist1407976608
  8. Jonathan AgazaryanBehavior Technician1619840238
  9. William Agbo, PHARM.D.Pharmacist1437597275
  10. Carmel Agdeppa, DACM, L.ACAcupuncturist1174140057
  11. Alexander AgelidisInternal Medicine Physician1013595743
  12. Jonelle Agelopoulos, MS, CF-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1104671684
  13. Obiajulu AghaOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1871120113
  14. Zia Agha, MDInternal Medicine Physician1376551952
  15. Andre Aghekian, P.T.A.Physical Therapy Assistant1114219813
  16. Shadee Aghel, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1316885528
  17. Roxana Aghili, DOPediatrics Physician1851927883
  18. Alexandru AgiuIndependent Duty Corpsman1679945034
  19. Sophia Agne, RNAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1194406470
  20. Trayce AgnewBehavior Technician1407403199
  21. Christine Agnifili, RBTBehavior Technician1326739707
  22. Parag Agnihotri, M.D.Geriatric Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician1447351085
  23. Margaret Agosta, PHARMDPharmacist1932824398
  24. Nicole Agostinelli, M.D.General Practice Physician1124280391
  25. Jalal AgouliIndependent Duty Corpsman1629863626
  26. Ma Cariza Joy AgpaoaAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1083457428
  27. Kunal Agrawal, M.D.Vascular Neurology Physician1093074122
  28. Annamarie Agreda, RNRegistered Nurse1528941846
  29. Harmeet AgroiaPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician1730594995
  30. Elena Aguayo, COTA/LOccupational Therapy Assistant1619816121
  31. Frances Aguayo, BARehabilitation Practitioner1609905181
  32. Jennifer Aguayo, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1417104076
  33. Kiana AguayoBehavior Technician1851170021
  34. Yvette Aguayo, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1780909697
  35. Debra Agueda, RNCommunity Health Registered Nurse1033728688
  36. Jennifer Agueda, NP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1124578117
  37. Ashley AgueroChiropractor1861256760
  38. Peter Aguero, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1982120861
  39. Francisco AguiarAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1831871193
  40. Holly Aguigam, DDSDentist1083023444
  41. Eileen Aguila, HA7079Hearing Instrument Specialist1477143915
  42. Jacqueline AguilaMental Health Counselor1821517566
  43. Katrina AguilaPhysical Therapy Assistant1598939126
  44. Lorena Aguila, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1518977925
  45. Yesenia AguilaFamily Nurse Practitioner1245966092
  46. Alexis AguilarBehavior Technician1174472062
  47. Ali Aguilar, MA, AND BCBACase Manager/Care Coordinator1518122597
  48. Andre AguilarPhysical Therapy Assistant1346106697
  49. Arlene AguilarSpeech-Language Pathologist1245621580
  50. Bernardo AguilarAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1912602137

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.