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 111 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. Athena NavarroBehavior Technician1760064364
  2. Celeste NavarroPeer Specialist1699459933
  3. Erica NavarroCounselor1760909386
  4. Esmeralda NavarroCounselor1831542018
  5. Liza NavarroCommunity Health Registered Nurse1750563508
  6. Lusmila NavarroMental Health Counselor1275841728
  7. Marina NavarroBehavior Technician1629536792
  8. Mario Navarro, PA-CPhysician Assistant1740067347
  9. Melvin Navarro, PHDClinical Psychologist1265524524
  10. Rommel Navarro, PHARM.DPharmacist1740695840
  11. Ruby NavarroStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1497835581
  12. Sutton Navarro, RAD-TAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1396419974
  13. Laura Navarro-TorresCommunity Health Worker1538906664
  14. Veronica NavasBehavior Technician1518818400
  15. Rosaura NavejasMental Health Counselor1750894705
  16. Alan Nayes, MDGeneral Practice Physician1386676955
  17. Jacqueline NazerauMental Health Counselor1124550660
  18. Maryam Nazeri, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1598938326
  19. Zauhra Nazery-Guillen, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1508746306
  20. Ugochi Ndubizu, RNRegistered Nurse1104491950
  21. Cedre'Aunna Neal, ABATBehavior Technician1730745860
  22. Passion NealHome Health Aide1093581001
  23. Shantel NealBehavior Technician1699564716
  24. Micah NeatherlinBehavior Technician1912612250
  25. Isil NecefMarriage & Family Therapist1982957007
  26. Leticia Nedilskyj, P.A-CPhysician Assistant1962461392
  27. Juliana NeelyBehavior Analyst1295194611
  28. Mahdere Negash, RNCommunity Health Registered Nurse1598945941
  29. Brenda NegreteMental Health Counselor1750891826
  30. Stacie NegreteLicensed Vocational Nurse1881173920
  31. Joann Neighbors, RNAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1174621270
  32. Rebecca NeilMental Health Counselor1669662441
  33. Jasmin NeiraBehavior Technician1740045392
  34. Allen NelsonStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1548757610
  35. Brian Nelson, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1508366964
  36. Casey Nelson, M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1407117302
  37. Penny Nelson, NONEBehavior Technician1801566955
  38. Kristy Nenadal, NURSE PRACTITIONERNurse Practitioner1487378089
  39. Barbara NesbittPhysical Therapy Assistant1275072340
  40. Gail Neuman, RN, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1760898431
  41. Ronald Neuman, MDSurgery Physician1164465076
  42. Ariana NevarezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1710775648
  43. Mindy Newton, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1336173707
  44. Stephanie Newton, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1467046268
  45. Crystal-Andrea NewvineRehabilitation Practitioner1578046819
  46. Adrian NgAnesthesiology Physician1972044246
  47. Anna NgWomen's Health Nurse Practitioner1730787151
  48. Emily Ng, BCBABehavior Analyst1710487327
  49. Eve Ng, FNP-CInterventional Pain Medicine Physician1568105898
  50. Dean Nghiem, PAPhysician Assistant1639252448

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.