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 152 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. Kristin SmithMental Health Counselor1538654272
  2. Margarethe Smith, MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1598857708
  3. Marilyn Smith, LCSWClinical Social Worker1689766164
  4. Melissa SmithBehavior Analyst1730681537
  5. Michelle Smith, MBA, MFTTMarriage & Family Therapist1013386093
  6. Nicole SmithOccupational Therapist1376488585
  7. Quenisha SmithBehavior Technician1477424703
  8. Rhonda Smith, B.ACounselor1477642734
  9. Roxanne SmithAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1518784180
  10. Savannah Smith, NONEBehavior Technician1942966882
  11. Shannon Smith, CCAPPAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1205301157
  12. Suzette SmithCase Manager/Care Coordinator1437327657
  13. Carol Smithley, LVN,CDAAC,RASLicensed Vocational Nurse1629286091
  14. Marcella Smithson, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1497388136
  15. Kalon SnappAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1114672433
  16. Michael SnavelyLicensed Vocational Nurse1083471650
  17. Greg SneddenMental Health Counselor1467540245
  18. Dillon SnowAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1609682046
  19. Scott Snow, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1831287960
  20. Dori SnyderBehavior Technician1598225138
  21. Julie Snyder, RAD-TBehavior Technician1710735436
  22. Kacie Snyder, AC 11485Acupuncturist1245017755
  23. Andrew So, PASurgical Physician Assistant1093749533
  24. Smita Soans, MDFamily Medicine Physician1356309215
  25. Mary Elizabeth Sobral, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1831218015
  26. Jiuliana SohalAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1548195084
  27. Brenda SolanoClinical Social Worker1154931079
  28. Ernesto Solano, D.C.Chiropractor1861554545
  29. Tamara SolanoMarriage & Family Therapist1447060272
  30. Bertha SolaresMental Health Counselor1487019766
  31. Matthew SolaresBehavior Technician1659975126
  32. Pauline SolaresRegistered Nurse1073216800
  33. Iman SolimanPharmacist1073436556
  34. Alejandra SolisBehavior Technician1821979618
  35. Alison SolisBehavior Technician1114714912
  36. Brenda SolisBehavior Technician1780267179
  37. Felisa SolisCommunity Health Registered Nurse1437330610
  38. Hiram Solis, COUNSELOR -1Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1134215999
  39. Jonathan SolisMarriage & Family Therapist1366007767
  40. Marilyn Soliven MartinezBehavior Technician1417762824
  41. Daniel Solkamans, DCChiropractor1699845198
  42. Ian Solomon, DOFamily Medicine Physician1255742102
  43. Felipe SolorzanoBehavior Technician1619837291
  44. Melissa SolorzanoAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1437805173
  45. Xochilt SolorzanoBehavior Technician1023957750
  46. Thongsai Somkhit, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1396385092
  47. Eunji SonBehavior Technician1922704162
  48. Janice Son, AMFTMental Health Counselor1477048205
  49. Alicia SongSpeech-Language Pathologist1285400036
  50. Ji Soo SongPhysician Assistant1619792900

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.