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 3 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. Angelica Ahonen, DNP, APRNGerontology Nurse Practitioner1427974450
  2. Jeremy Ahrendt, D.C.Chiropractor1477079796
  3. Refat AhsanStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1790623676
  4. Alyssa AhumadaSocial Worker1538932165
  5. Rocio Ahumada, AMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1528769742
  6. Jeneal AinsworthBehavior Technician1952986069
  7. Anais Aiono, ABATBehavior Technician1962066969
  8. Lubna Ajmal, M.DPediatrics Physician1760661516
  9. Kenneth AkalRehabilitation Practitioner1265143986
  10. Nolan AkamatsuBehavior Technician1881459352
  11. Andrew Akamine, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1427655661
  12. Roghiyeh AkhavanGeneral Practice Dentistry1245621416
  13. Abdulaziz Akila, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1831016633
  14. Kanani AkionaBehavior Technician1386483790
  15. Leyla AlahmadStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1386466217
  16. Christa Alair-Murtagh, AMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1265191324
  17. Ronnie Alas, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1306267026
  18. Gabriela Alatorre, MSW, PPSCSocial Worker1235815283
  19. Janessa AlatorreBehavior Analyst1245037258
  20. Allison Alba, ACSWClinical Social Worker1538794623
  21. Denisse AlbaPeer Specialist1023796661
  22. Denisse AlbaBehavior Technician1124837620
  23. Frances AlbaCommunity Health Registered Nurse1497490726
  24. Sheremiah Alba, M.S. SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1245171743
  25. Taniztli Albarran Duenas, RADTAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1902454879
  26. Nichole AlbertPeer Specialist1700519196
  27. Alan Albright, MFTMarriage & Family Therapist1558506907
  28. Gabriela AlcalaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1720862444
  29. Mayra Alcala ZunigaBehavior Technician1003491077
  30. Denise AlcantarBehavior Technician1659176709
  31. Maria AlcantarMental Health Counselor1831760859
  32. Ruby AlcantaraCommunity Health Worker1992446090
  33. Alexander Alcaraz, D.M.D.Pediatric Dentistry1740467513
  34. Arasha Alcaraz, LMFTMarriage & Family Therapist1215424825
  35. Matthew AldanaMarriage & Family Therapist1285396945
  36. Nicole AldayBehavior Technician1598652836
  37. Genevieve Aldridge, OTR/LOccupational Therapist1609828011
  38. Ignacio AlegreCounselor1093510505
  39. Karina Alejo, LCSWClinical Social Worker1891491767
  40. Sharina Dyan AlejoMental Health Counselor1174022867
  41. Hripsime AleksanianSpecialist1619786589
  42. Nancy AlemanClinical Social Worker1760970313
  43. Ramon Aleman Navas, DDSDentist1114808029
  44. Lindsay AlexCounselor1982145447
  45. Athena Alexander, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1225417322
  46. Darrlyn Alexander, CAADECase Manager/Care Coordinator1073826863
  47. Michelle Alexander, LCSWClinical Social Worker1942779400
  48. Riley AlexanderBehavior Technician1235005760
  49. Sierra AlexanderCommunity Health Worker1841868767
  50. Edward Alexson, M.D.Hematology & Oncology Physician1154363141

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.