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 165 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. Carlos ValdezBehavior Technician1689477481
  2. Hailey ValdezBehavior Technician1871468710
  3. Jose Valdez, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1386607174
  4. Kevin Valdez, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1114629649
  5. Mario Valdez, D.D.S.General Practice Dentistry1033128111
  6. Priscila ValdezBehavior Technician1881574580
  7. Sydney Valdez, MA,LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1700520871
  8. Victor Valdez, B.A.Mental Health Counselor1265753560
  9. Sulema ValdiviaBehavior Technician1417811233
  10. Roy Joshua ValdiznoRegistered Nurse1265353841
  11. Elizabeth ValdovinosCase Manager/Care Coordinator1164830279
  12. Ashley ValenciaBehavior Technician1801773627
  13. Felipe ValenciaMental Health Counselor1023459575
  14. Graciela ValenciaBehavior Technician1700641529
  15. Jennifer ValenciaClinical Social Worker1154858967
  16. Maribel ValenciaBehavior Technician1013476563
  17. Rosa Valencia, M.A.Mental Health Counselor1861566994
  18. Trinity ValenciaBehavior Technician1679314751
  19. Laurie Valencic, LCSWClinical Social Worker1841386455
  20. Viviana ValenteBehavior Technician1437795473
  21. Lauren Valentine, AMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1619443496
  22. Diana Valenzuela, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1336887074
  23. Ivana ValenzuelaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1720572688
  24. Jeanette ValenzuelaMental Health Counselor1659904688
  25. Julianna ValenzuelaBehavior Technician1841984077
  26. Kristina Valenzuela, BS BUSINESS ADMINISTCase Manager/Care Coordinator1700973005
  27. Mary ValenzuelaPediatric Physical Therapist1477862274
  28. Stephanie ValenzuelaCounselor1134599301
  29. Toni ValenzuelaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1598505554
  30. Arleni ValerioMental Health Counselor1467965574
  31. Fritzi ValladaresClinical Social Worker1902275175
  32. Amairani ValleMarriage & Family Therapist1306722152
  33. Manuel ValleCounselor1700297082
  34. Michele ValleSpeech-Language Assistant1023953049
  35. Refugio ValleMental Health Counselor1588855589
  36. Vianey VallesMental Health Counselor1396353124
  37. Rosa VallieuCase Manager/Care Coordinator1922657626
  38. Vedavathy Vallurupalli, MDAnesthesiology Physician1043283542
  39. Ricardo ValverdeSocial Worker1033299268
  40. Charles Valyan, D.C.Chiropractor1730451535
  41. Thuy-Lan Van, PHARMDPharmacist1346518123
  42. Robin Van Buren, CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1093953929
  43. James Van Der Heyden, P.A.Medical Physician Assistant1154660553
  44. Vanessa Van Der Linden, MSNutritionist1255098596
  45. Mindy Van NeckMental Health Counselor1710499173
  46. Lyle Van ScyocBehavior Technician1114782943
  47. Caitlin Van Wormer, AMFT; APCCMarriage & Family Therapist1538608179
  48. Denise Van Wormer, CADC IIAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1760250054
  49. Rebecca Vance-FreelandSchool Counselor1497642045
  50. Jennifer Vancleave, D.C., L.ACChiropractor1861764193

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.