NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in San Marcos, CA

1,985 individual NPPES records list a practice address in San Marcos, 113th of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 553, 28% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 29 of 40.

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San Marcos in California

  • Rank in California113th of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.2% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups37.8% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, San Marcos has 4.9× the state's share of school counselor records and 0.49× its share of case manager/care coordinator records.

Providers in San Marcos, alphabetically

  1. Vanessa PinaBehavior Technician1063377083
  2. Rodina Pinuela, RN, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1194690933
  3. Megan PiperBehavior Technician1326932468
  4. Nick Pistone, CADC-IIAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1053449413
  5. David Pobran, D.C.Orthopedic Chiropractor1003832478
  6. Stephanie PoffAttendant Care Provider1487297685
  7. Timothy Pollard, DPTPhysical Therapist1538938311
  8. Rachel PomeroySpeech-Language Pathologist1154267805
  9. Liliana Ponce, LCSWClinical Social Worker1043511843
  10. Samuel Poniachik, M.DInternal Medicine Physician1467485078
  11. Jeidi PorrasBehavior Technician1538660972
  12. Sarah Porras, LCSWClinical Social Worker1225437973
  13. Emerito Posadas, MDPediatrics Physician1720093198
  14. Stephanie Posadas, DOFamily Medicine Physician1932736857
  15. Mike Posey, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1780706572
  16. Marlene Pountney Levesque, MDObstetrics & Gynecology Physician1174703680
  17. Amanda PowellSpeech-Language Pathologist1619463858
  18. Dushawn PowellSchool Social Worker1417815671
  19. Madison Pradels, ATCAthletic Trainer1174381271
  20. Brittany Pratt, LMTMassage Therapist1285220822
  21. Tory Prestera, MD.PHDOphthalmology Physician1346224557
  22. Amy Price, MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1437328762
  23. Brandalyn PriorDoula1679405674
  24. Annabel PrudencioBehavior Technician1619746914
  25. Cheryll Putt, MFTMental Health Counselor1699891754
  26. Eric QiBehavior Technician1861125304
  27. Jennifer Quail, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1538689310
  28. Stephen Quartucci, MSWSocial Worker1790207652
  29. Vanesa QueipoBehavior Technician1164318069
  30. Elizabeth QuesadaBehavior Technician1841771482
  31. Shanice QuijanoBehavior Technician1528863271
  32. Camellia Racu-Keefer, MDSurgery Physician1801979299
  33. Safwat Rafla, PAPhysician Assistant1366621336
  34. Akash RajaratnamPediatrics Physician1558942193
  35. Taylor RakeBehavior Technician1578140604
  36. Vrijlal Rakholia, R.PH.Pharmacist1770576415
  37. Donna Ramido, LVNAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1588100580
  38. Alyssa RamirezBehavior Technician1265156194
  39. Emilia Ramirez, PSYDClinical Psychologist1205345733
  40. Ila RamirezRehabilitation Practitioner1992516389
  41. Jose Ramirez, PAPhysician Assistant1497834402
  42. Lineth RamirezAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1154667905
  43. Violeta RamirezBehavior Technician1285337451
  44. Sarai Ramirez JuarezBehavior Technician1679271431
  45. Kathy Ramirez-FranciscoCase Manager/Care Coordinator1255097804
  46. Camellia Ramon, RACAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1154913051
  47. Ashley RamosBehavior Technician1235706995
  48. Chelsea RamosBehavior Technician1942841929
  49. Jose RamosBehavior Technician1659191773
  50. Olivia Ramos, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1629382064

The largest California cities

  1. Los Angeles69,537
  2. San Diego52,937
  3. San Francisco38,143
  4. Sacramento33,083
  5. San Jose20,925

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How to read this directory

San Marcos, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,985 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 Marcos - 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 Marcos 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 Marcos is weighted toward Behavior Technician (553 clinicians, followed by Marriage & Family Therapist with 101 and Pharmacist with 96). 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 Marcos reports roughly 5.1 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.

Of California's most common specialties, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a San Marcos practice address, a coverage gap San Marcos patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For San Marcos 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 Marcos, CA?

There are 1,985 registered healthcare providers in San Marcos, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in San Marcos?

The most common specialties in San Marcos are Behavior Technician, Marriage & Family Therapist, Pharmacist, Physical Therapist, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 553.

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.