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 167 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. Alexander VegaPeer Specialist1659135325
  2. Anelhi VegaBehavior Technician1073284725
  3. Charles P Vega, MDFamily Medicine Physician1427152016
  4. Cristian VegaBehavior Technician1518854132
  5. Cynthia VegaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1730693771
  6. Diana VegaCommunity Health Worker1265211247
  7. Dolores VegaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1003148420
  8. Ismael VegaLicensed Psychiatric Technician1376208140
  9. Joanna VegaBehavior Technician1295626372
  10. Joe VegaAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1073219085
  11. Noemi VegaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1467076380
  12. Roberto VegaHealth Information Technician1073084505
  13. Sandra VegaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1538313515
  14. Susana Vega, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1861960288
  15. Karen Vejar-IbarraMarriage & Family Therapist1831745033
  16. Ricardo Vela, BEHAVIOR ANALYSTBehavior Analyst1598267791
  17. Alma Velasco, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1306265798
  18. Diana VelascoCase Manager/Care Coordinator1023873510
  19. Diego VelascoBehavior Technician1740798149
  20. Jan VelascoCounselor1619570983
  21. Jemilyn VelascoDental Assistant1558787416
  22. Ana VelasquezMental Health Counselor1518258607
  23. Jeromy VelasquezBehavior Technician1700760493
  24. Kenya VelasquezBehavior Technician1962372318
  25. Monserrat Velasquez, ABATBehavior Technician1386200491
  26. Nancy VelasquezHealth Educator1295094993
  27. Venus VelasquezMedical-Surgical Registered Nurse1962271379
  28. Dana VelazquezCommunity Health Worker1134908130
  29. Isabel Velazquez, MSMarriage & Family Therapist1134367089
  30. Jennifer VelazquezClinical Social Worker1851904429
  31. Kadie Velazquez, SLPASpeech-Language Assistant1306182449
  32. Karla VelazquezBehavior Technician1275399370
  33. Marsela VelazquezMental Health Counselor1437627544
  34. Edgar Velazquez-MolinaMarriage & Family Therapist1669196184
  35. Chelsea Velick, BSN, RN, PHNRegistered Nurse1760009344
  36. Chelsey VelizPhysician Assistant1619844925
  37. Yanersy VelizBehavior Technician1306619762
  38. Svitlana VeljanovskiMarriage & Family Therapist1235809286
  39. Pilar VellaMental Health Counselor1568747129
  40. Tatianne Velo, M.D., MPHFamily Medicine Physician1629329263
  41. Breanna Veloz, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1871450049
  42. Devon VelozSpecialist1235900051
  43. Brianna VenturaBehavior Technician1821879362
  44. Karen Ventura, COTA/LOccupational Therapy Assistant1356179493
  45. Karla Ventura, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1780504423
  46. Noemi VenturaBehavior Technician1831057397
  47. Olga VenturaFamily Medicine Physician1982135802
  48. Sofia VenturinoAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1386130284
  49. Abel VeraCommunity Health Worker1124781885
  50. Lori Verdusco, RADTAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1508537713

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.