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 44 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. Nelly Elias Hernandez, RNRegistered Nurse1366111890
  2. Kim Eliff, RADT-1Case Manager/Care Coordinator1376929992
  3. Amy Elit, AGACNPAcute Care Nurse Practitioner1972069631
  4. Priscila ElizaldeBehavior Technician1073013090
  5. Angela EllefsonBehavior Technician1619661550
  6. Huong ElliottMarriage & Family Therapist1821184748
  7. Reagan ElliottMarriage & Family Therapist1750175204
  8. Stacy ElliottAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1861160772
  9. Wendy Elliott, LCSWClinical Social Worker1548417546
  10. Ellis Ellis, RPHPharmacotherapy Pharmacist1821073685
  11. Matthew EllisPeer Specialist1215784210
  12. Carie Ellison, PA-CPhysician Assistant1447496906
  13. Amy EllsworthFamily Nurse Practitioner1922332998
  14. Tamar Elly, LCSWClinical Social Worker1144450768
  15. Afnan ElmaghrabiMarriage & Family Therapist1629551031
  16. Eva ElseaBehavior Technician1720816036
  17. Lobna EltibyPharmacist1396350260
  18. David Ely, R.N.Adult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1598852063
  19. Samantha EmeaharaMarriage & Family Therapist1770163198
  20. Gary Emmerson, D.C.Chiropractor1942756440
  21. Nga Emmerson, RNCommunity Health Registered Nurse1669653788
  22. Margaret Emmitt, ACSWSocial Worker1407231087
  23. Viridiana EncinasCommunity Health Worker1740069608
  24. Sabrina EncisoBehavior Technician1508401951
  25. Timothy EngSocial Worker1578811881
  26. Helen Engelhardt, R.N, LMFTPsychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1164504502
  27. Matthew EngleAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1518757467
  28. Ashley English, RN, PHNRegistered Nurse1306342233
  29. Maidiana English, PA-CPhysician Assistant1487906715
  30. Jennifer Engstrom, MDAnesthesiology Physician1619050119
  31. Muriel Enos, RNC.,PSY.DPsychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1730302134
  32. Sirena Enright, LMFT 107005Marriage & Family Therapist1396161048
  33. Liza Enriquez, N.PFamily Nurse Practitioner1093137499
  34. Nallely EnriquezCommunity Health Worker1053186940
  35. Sarah Ensinger OdonnellDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1780391698
  36. Rigoberto EquihuaCommunity Health Worker1770398232
  37. Melisa Erick, MDAnesthesiology Physician1700921442
  38. Stephen EricksonPhysical Therapist1043420177
  39. Tracy ErntMarriage & Family Therapist1093804452
  40. Elvira EscamillaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1033375431
  41. Melissa EscamillaBehavior Technician1154252708
  42. Abigail EscobarSocial Worker1629540315
  43. Adriana EscobarRehabilitation Practitioner1013419209
  44. Elizabeth EscobarCounselor1043689292
  45. Verenice Escobar-TzintzunCommunity Health Worker1922836758
  46. Alejandra EscobedoBehavior Technician1134016611
  47. Christian EscobedoBehavior Analyst1235925785
  48. Jessica EscobedoBehavior Technician1538864632
  49. Victor EscobedoPeer Specialist1679433247
  50. Reina Escolero, RNRegistered Nurse1568823342

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.