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. Page 102 of 179.

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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. Melissa Melchor BotelloMarriage & Family Therapist1003470667
  2. Ana MelendezClinical Social Worker1669857710
  3. Danny MelendezBehavior Technician1154953818
  4. Sydney MelendezMarriage & Family Therapist1053894683
  5. Trissa MelendrezMental Health Counselor1366002404
  6. Jacobed MelgarejoClinical Social Worker1649764689
  7. Gabriella MelladoMental Health Counselor1083704787
  8. Susan Mellen, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1134375843
  9. Isabel Melloni, MA PSYCHOLOGYAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1649354333
  10. Alyssa MeltonBehavior Technician1588491336
  11. Lisa MeltonMental Health Counselor1205922234
  12. Paul Meltzer, M.D.Specialist1982609145
  13. Amalia Mena, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1487806667
  14. David MenchacaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1346170107
  15. Irma MenchacaMental Health Counselor1699418350
  16. Amanda MendezMental Health Counselor1982035564
  17. Diana MendezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1306024831
  18. Elizabeth MendezBehavior Technician1811577224
  19. Ethan MendezBehavior Technician1114729001
  20. Jocelyn MendezBehavior Technician1104796127
  21. Juan Mendez, LCSW, PPSCClinical Social Worker1215866462
  22. Julissa MendezBehavior Technician1194604561
  23. Mayra MendezMental Health Counselor1487919577
  24. Rosalie Mendez, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1366194250
  25. Patricia MendiolaBehavior Technician1740014737
  26. Diana MendizabalSocial Worker1710567128
  27. Norma MendizabalBehavior Technician1083455141
  28. Albert MendozaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1588828792
  29. April Arra Mendoza, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1821228503
  30. Argenis Mendoza, PMHNP-BCNurse Practitioner1114639911
  31. Bianca Mendoza, BEHAVIOR TECHINICIANBehavior Technician1659980357
  32. Damian MendozaBehavior Technician1831015544
  33. Elizabeth Mendoza, B.A.Mental Health Counselor1871767285
  34. Elsa Mendoza, BEHAVIOR TECHNICIANBehavior Technician1518559392
  35. Evelyn MendozaMental Health Counselor1538680517
  36. Francisco Mendoza, MDFamily Medicine Physician1942750146
  37. Gabriela MendozaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1639023443
  38. Iliana MendozaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1679046619
  39. Jasmine Mendoza, NONEBehavior Technician1922677053
  40. Jaylene MendozaClinical Social Worker1790602571
  41. Jennifer MendozaClinical Social Worker1891343562
  42. Jessica MendozaBehavior Technician1194285858
  43. Joel MendozaClinical Social Worker1982077467
  44. Jorge MendozaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1134464860
  45. Leticia Mendoza, CASAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1134338254
  46. Lisa MendozaLicensed Vocational Nurse1326921164
  47. Marisol MendozaMarriage & Family Therapist1982738019
  48. Micaela Mendoza, BEHAVIOR TECHNICIANBehavior Technician1518550060
  49. Michelle MendozaClinical Social Worker1639852940
  50. Ricardo MendozaBehavior Technician1265306328

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.