NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Santa Ana, CA

8,904 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Santa Ana, 18th of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 1,625, 18% of the city's records, against 18% across California.

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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 Santa Ana

  1. Behavior Technician1,625
  2. Mental Health Counselor684
  3. Marriage & Family Therapist678
  4. Clinical Social Worker433
  5. Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor407
  6. Registered Nurse281
  7. Counselor247
  8. Social Worker216

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Santa Ana in California

  • Rank in California18th of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.9% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups33.5% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, Santa Ana has 12.5× the state's share of community health registered nurse records and 0.50× its share of student in an organized health care education/training program records.

Providers in Santa Ana, alphabetically

  1. Cristina Aamot, NPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1356563167
  2. Rebecca AaronRehabilitation Practitioner1891550034
  3. Rana AbakerBehavior Technician1609613884
  4. Marlene Abarca, ACSWClinical Social Worker1932592284
  5. Mildred AbazanDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1295693505
  6. Farah Abbassi, DMD, MSDEndodontics1528117165
  7. Tabitha Abbey, NONEBehavior Technician1285206938
  8. Pratyusha AbbireddiBehavior Technician1932059169
  9. Vincenzo AbbondanzaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1891573150
  10. Celesta AbbottBehavior Technician1093509499
  11. Abdol Hamid Abdali Hajiabadi, P.A.Medical Physician Assistant1285747964
  12. Karissa AbdallahMental Health Counselor1770219214
  13. Serge Abdishoo, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1336162759
  14. Amir AbdoPharmacist1275411969
  15. Abigail AbeBehavior Technician1043089790
  16. Kingsley AbelBehavior Technician1114512340
  17. Maria Abenes, PSYClinical Psychologist1073076899
  18. Priscilla Abji, LCSWClinical Social Worker1356763346
  19. Joaquin AboitizBehavior Technician1811659345
  20. Yara Abou Habib, LESpecialist1982388351
  21. Hamza AbouabdallaInterpreter1659239861
  22. Kareem Abraham, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1104865096
  23. Dajana AbramsBehavior Technician1548122815
  24. Corazon AbuegLicensed Vocational Nurse1942844410
  25. Maria AcevedoMental Health Counselor1023412061
  26. Maria Aceves, CPHWCommunity Health Worker1093993305
  27. Maria AcevezCounselor1851591655
  28. Briana AchmadBehavior Technician1508514027
  29. Alisa AcostaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1689395469
  30. Andrea AcostaLicensed Vocational Nurse1215635909
  31. Ariana AcostaMental Health Counselor1750151213
  32. Coral AcostaRehabilitation Practitioner1962212183
  33. Liliana Acosta, BAMental Health Counselor1083740781
  34. Magdalena AcostaMental Health Counselor1396958534
  35. Manuel Acosta, DCChiropractor1497626014
  36. Nelson AcostaSocial Worker1417680356
  37. Paola Acosta, AMFT/APCCMarriage & Family Therapist1790515757
  38. Sara AcostaRehabilitation Practitioner1174260756
  39. Valerie Acosta, NONEBehavior Technician1386300051
  40. Melinda Acosta Black, LCSWClinical Social Worker1962056820
  41. Alicia AcunaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1245612597
  42. Paige Acuna, PPSSchool Counselor1265310486
  43. Amy AdairMental Health Counselor1205240447
  44. Diamond AdamesBehavior Technician1235987991
  45. Thomas AdamoBehavior Technician1053917955
  46. Brianna AdamsBehavior Technician1922683093
  47. Chardonnay AdamsBehavior Technician1386312064
  48. Jayda AdamsBehavior Technician1386328458
  49. Jayla AdamsLicensed Vocational Nurse1598562969
  50. Jesse AdamsMassage Therapist1780258293

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

Santa Ana, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 8,904 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 Santa Ana - 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 Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana is weighted toward Behavior Technician (1,625 clinicians, followed by Mental Health Counselor with 684 and Marriage & Family Therapist with 678). 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, Santa Ana reports roughly 22.9 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.

Of California's most common specialties, Internal Medicine Physician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Santa Ana practice address, a coverage gap Santa Ana patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana, CA?

There are 8,904 registered healthcare providers in Santa Ana, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Santa Ana?

The most common specialties in Santa Ana are Behavior Technician, Mental Health Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist, Clinical Social Worker, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 1,625.

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.