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 143 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. Irene Saldana, PACMedical Physician Assistant1346338225
  2. Michelle SaldanaBehavior Technician1881153328
  3. Nancy SaldanaCommunity Health Worker1912346537
  4. Veronica SaldivarCase Manager/Care Coordinator1831500685
  5. David SalduaBehavior Technician1497525182
  6. Bita Saleh, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1619187598
  7. Nasim SalehinasabPharmacist1629884952
  8. Alma SalgadoBehavior Technician1902577661
  9. Bernard Josef Salgado, RNGeneral Practice Registered Nurse1467109868
  10. Brian SalgadoBehavior Technician1760235766
  11. Franco SalgadoBehavior Technician1801435011
  12. Israela SalgadoRegistered Nurse1215750740
  13. Maria SalgadoCommunity Health Worker1194589663
  14. Natalie SalgadoCommunity Health Worker1780390328
  15. Natalie SalgadoBehavior Technician1316774912
  16. Vanessa SalgadoBehavior Technician1184409179
  17. Noah SalinasAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1093479016
  18. Yesenia SalinasBehavior Technician1346012366
  19. Maria Salinas Torreslanda, SLPASpeech-Language Assistant1134849276
  20. Thomas SallieDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1518732619
  21. Maria Salmeron, BEHAVIOR TECHNICIANBehavior Technician1801521745
  22. Billie SalmonPeer Specialist1932807906
  23. Marcia Salomon, RNRegistered Nurse1255511150
  24. Cristina SalvadorLicensed Vocational Nurse1073037057
  25. Julie SalyardsMental Health Counselor1760037055
  26. Kaloni Sam, FNP-BCFamily Nurse Practitioner1306681929
  27. Mayra SamanoMarriage & Family Therapist1710429022
  28. Yesenia Samano, MSWSocial Worker1881384873
  29. Shahin Samimi, MDAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1477554335
  30. Neeta Sampat, LCSWClinical Social Worker1932793411
  31. Brianna SampleBehavior Technician1093591000
  32. Kristine Samson, BSN, RNRegistered Nurse1770300717
  33. Carol San Agustin, LCSWClinical Social Worker1467934620
  34. Jerry San MartinCase Manager/Care Coordinator1811573975
  35. Nazanin Sanaei, MDPediatrics Physician1477737161
  36. Anna Christina Sanches Marques De LimaBehavior Technician1629805452
  37. Alma Sanchez, ASWSocial Worker1649122987
  38. Araseli SanchezMental Health Counselor1598904211
  39. Carlos SanchezMental Health Counselor1831651173
  40. Catalina SanchezBehavior Technician1144023920
  41. Celeste SanchezMarriage & Family Therapist1538694260
  42. Christina Sanchez, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1841683109
  43. David Sanchez, MDGeneral Practice Physician1316162258
  44. David SanchezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1174013072
  45. Erica SanchezCounselor1952994428
  46. Esteban Sanchez, MSW, LCSWClinical Social Worker1265085997
  47. Griselda SanchezDoula1316386964
  48. Heather Sanchez, RNRegistered Nurse1952916009
  49. Jacqueline SanchezSocial Worker1457045882
  50. Jannet SanchezCommunity Health Worker1376907667

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.