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 166 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. James VandervestPsychologist1275088940
  2. Kevin VannCase Manager/Care Coordinator1902084304
  3. Karen Vanoordt, MDGeneral Practice Physician1700112588
  4. Steve VarelaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1396251260
  5. Shireen Varga, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1043622509
  6. Amanda Vargas, D.O.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1215463732
  7. Ariana VargasMarriage & Family Therapist1093256638
  8. Axel VargasBehavior Technician1245900133
  9. Bradley VargasCommunity Health Registered Nurse1992107148
  10. Daisy VargasBehavior Technician1609665371
  11. Giannina VargasClinical Social Worker1811238819
  12. Guadalupe VargasAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1710521794
  13. Jenny Vargas, BEHAVIORAL THERAPISTBehavior Technician1801433214
  14. Jose VargasCounselor1053730630
  15. Rosalia VargasCommunity Health Worker1326854282
  16. Steven VargasBehavior Technician1366003915
  17. Carlos Vargas VirgenBehavior Technician1841093648
  18. Giselle Vargas-AshbyBehavior Technician1518897651
  19. Carrie VarkatzasMarriage & Family Therapist1164848263
  20. Ashley VasquezBehavior Technician1366339889
  21. Hector VasquezMental Health Counselor1508374166
  22. Jenna VasquezBehavior Technician1063232858
  23. Jenniffer Vasquez, LCSClinical Social Worker1588673438
  24. Kiana Vasquez, NONEBehavior Technician1669135208
  25. Lacey Vasquez, RNRegistered Nurse1083151401
  26. Leticia Vasquez, RNRegistered Nurse1538476338
  27. Luis VasquezMarriage & Family Therapist1912544891
  28. Mabel VasquezMental Health Counselor1598181356
  29. Michelle Vasquez, NPObstetrics & Gynecology Nurse Practitioner1871847012
  30. Veronica Vasquez Cardenas, BEHAVIOR TECHNICIANBehavior Technician1629823521
  31. Cyntia Vasquez-NandinoAssistant Health Information Record Technician1104433705
  32. Nanor VassilianMarriage & Family Therapist1710740766
  33. Karly Grace VaughnMarriage & Family Therapist1770294530
  34. Marshall VaughnBehavior Technician1346096815
  35. Kiana Vaught, MA, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1982018339
  36. Alberto VazquezRehabilitation Practitioner1619696457
  37. Alondra VazquezMarriage & Family Therapist1093291924
  38. Deana Vazquez, ABATBehavior Technician1104482645
  39. Fatima VazquezCounselor1245530617
  40. Grecia Vazquez, MAMarriage & Family Therapist1497389928
  41. Guadalupe VazquezClinical Social Worker1487081170
  42. Luisa VazquezBehavior Technician1083179303
  43. Melanny VazquezHealth Service Psychologist1093520520
  44. Miriam VazquezCounselor1770870560
  45. Moises VazquezCommunity Health Worker1972379832
  46. Narani VazquezBehavior Technician1679303879
  47. Ruth VazquezSpeech-Language Assistant1538967054
  48. Stephanie VazquezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1023869856
  49. Gabriela VazzanaBehavior Technician1245002781
  50. Rachel Veale, BA, BCATBehavior Technician1578338737

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.