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 123 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. Jessica Mariel PascualBehavior Technician1598644676
  2. Margaret Pascual, NPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1902686058
  3. Jerimarie PasiliaoAnesthesiology Physician1659803906
  4. Yancey PasillasCounselor1205034246
  5. Lisa Passalacqua, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1275140550
  6. Randi Passero, PA CPhysician Assistant1417933409
  7. Denise Patarello, RNAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1831768910
  8. Akta Patel, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician1689873382
  9. Ankini Ronak PatelPhysical Therapy Assistant1457248288
  10. Denny Patel, DPTOrthopedic Physical Therapist1922027291
  11. Dinesh PatelPharmacist1386200756
  12. Dolly PatelGeneral Practice Dentistry1225736051
  13. Hemesh Patel, D.O.Family Medicine Physician1184951451
  14. Jetan Patel, DDSDentist1104960574
  15. Minal Patel, PA-CPhysician Assistant1124611843
  16. Namita Patel, RD CDERegistered Dietitian1760976047
  17. Payal Patel, MPTPhysical Therapist1013967686
  18. Prakash Patel, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1578698858
  19. Rakesh Patel, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1255473781
  20. Roma Patel, M.D.Infectious Disease Physician1740523406
  21. Sagar PatelFamily Medicine Physician1831727304
  22. Shiya PatelBehavior Technician1619804556
  23. Vimal Patel, NPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1356187769
  24. Zerna PatelSocial Worker1548181084
  25. Briana PatinoMental Health Counselor1770154569
  26. Elizabeth PatinoSpeech-Language Assistant1285035626
  27. Kimberly PatinoBehavior Technician1699514224
  28. Karen PatrickAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1790221661
  29. Andrea PatrieCounselor1841781341
  30. Santi Pattara, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1982796165
  31. Jennifer PattersonSpeech-Language Pathologist1407797996
  32. Kimberly Patterson, MS, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1831030329
  33. Leanne PattersonBehavior Technician1275336018
  34. Leslie Patterson, SLPOccupational Therapist1407743008
  35. Robert Patterson, PSYD DOCTOR OF PSYCHPsychologist1730373887
  36. Rosa Patterson, BCBABehavior Analyst1376975987
  37. William PattersonClinical Social Worker1245926765
  38. Taelyr PattonClinical Social Worker1457854317
  39. Malea PatulaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1831982743
  40. Mariam Paul, MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1245567858
  41. Shilpi Paul, PHARMDPharmacist1538789854
  42. Pamela Paulson, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1982990875
  43. Kathryn Pavich, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1366535809
  44. Jamie Pavlat, ARDMSSonography Radiologic Technologist1801074117
  45. Sairel Payan, RNRegistered Nurse1467031930
  46. Luis PayesDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1659083558
  47. David Payne, MDOrthopaedic Surgery Physician1760492193
  48. Nicole Payne, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1124333430
  49. Andrea PazStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1376434118
  50. Annika PazBehavior Technician1073159018

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.