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 178 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. Kristina ZamoraBehavior Technician1740988799
  2. Monica Zamora, IMFMarriage & Family Therapist1992106546
  3. Taylor ZamoraBehavior Technician1619864717
  4. Tricia ZamoraBehavior Technician1073158416
  5. Miguel ZamudioBehavior Technician1043855133
  6. Cynthia ZanabriaCommunity Health Worker1396204764
  7. Fatimah ZananaBehavior Technician1669042693
  8. Oliver ZanazanianBehavior Technician1083173710
  9. G Zanchi, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1689816357
  10. Laurie ZanziDriver1922416148
  11. Gloria Zapata, MSWClinical Social Worker1356678213
  12. Maria ZapataLicensed Vocational Nurse1447945449
  13. Mariana ZapataCase Manager/Care Coordinator1477052843
  14. Ashley ZapienAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1104325836
  15. Rosalina Zaragoza, NONEBehavior Technician1437736287
  16. Annalucia ZarateBehavior Technician1194365601
  17. Bijan Zardouz, M.D.Neurological Surgery Physician1679621726
  18. Amer Zarka, M.D.Specialist1629096664
  19. Anali ZavalaBehavior Technician1952130908
  20. Corina ZavalaMental Health Counselor1982274262
  21. Laura ZavalaFamily Medicine Physician1376047597
  22. Marisa ZavalaBehavior Technician1326727272
  23. Natalie Zavala, MS, MFT INTERNMarriage & Family Therapist1053405795
  24. Edgar Zavaleta, RNPsychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1558841957
  25. Abel ZavalzaRegistered Nurse1518716760
  26. Carolina Zayas, RDRegistered Dietitian1043703473
  27. Kayti ZayasBehavior Technician1003500026
  28. Hamid Zehtab, DMDDentist1669404257
  29. Larisa Zeltser, D.O.Emergency Medicine Physician1780622720
  30. David ZepedaBehavior Technician1063208783
  31. German Zermeno, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1932212131
  32. Allen Zhang, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1245840909
  33. Kaixi ZhangMarriage & Family Therapist1760342869
  34. Qianqian Zhang, MSN RN CPNP-PCNurse Practitioner1538603089
  35. Ryan ZhuMental Health Counselor1518821107
  36. Amira ZiadehBehavior Technician1437619194
  37. Taija ZiegenfussSocial Worker1588275655
  38. Jessica ZifzalMental Health Counselor1760175376
  39. Linda Zimbelman - L.m.f.t., M.A., L.M.F.TMarriage & Family Therapist1184770059
  40. Robert Zimmer, D.D.S.Dentist1306997002
  41. Christopher Zimmerman, MD, MPHInternal Medicine Physician1891018065
  42. Samantha Zimmerman, N.P.Family Nurse Practitioner1962895334
  43. Frederick ZinnemannPeer Specialist1639855026
  44. Ahdad ZiyarAllergy & Immunology Physician1205330685
  45. Elaine Zoberman-Saltiel, M.D.Dermatology Physician1083614986
  46. Ayman Zraiqat, DDSDentist1508086950
  47. Karlie ZuckermanBehavior Technician1831916261
  48. Lily Zumaeta, MS RDRegistered Dietitian1609160175
  49. Angela Zuniga, RBTBehavior Technician1164985859
  50. Jolvina Zuniga, PSYDClinical Psychologist1790153690

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.