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 9 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. An AuPharmacist1821536855
  2. Evangela AugustPhlebotomy Technician1174217228
  3. Abigail Augustine, MS, CGCGenetic Counselor (M.S.)1528946803
  4. Nikita AulakhBehavior Technician1639096456
  5. Gor AvagyanAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1992411417
  6. Bobby Avalos, RADT-1Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1972166460
  7. Francis AvalosMental Health Counselor1013148014
  8. Vivian AvalosSpeech-Language Pathologist1073070025
  9. Diana Avalos MartinezBehavior Technician1205657939
  10. Mario Avalos RebollarStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1134777972
  11. Kierra Aved, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1851488696
  12. Alice AvetyanBehavior Technician1093460529
  13. Amanda AvilaBehavior Analyst1427679000
  14. Christian Avila, LCSWClinical Social Worker1093291064
  15. Conner AvilaBehavior Technician1811770324
  16. Cristina AvilaCase Manager/Care Coordinator1346848363
  17. Desiree Avila, M.A.Mental Health Counselor1427415330
  18. Erica AvilaSocial Worker1346573250
  19. Lilian AvilaSocial Worker1104256320
  20. Priscilla Avila, M.AMarriage & Family Therapist1063652576
  21. Yolanda Avila, CATC IIAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1316412505
  22. Heleni Avila LeonBehavior Technician1588486484
  23. Clara Avila MedranoBehavior Technician1912547423
  24. Lakshmi Avila-MartinezSocial Worker1235898842
  25. Marlon AvilesSocial Worker1730538901
  26. Jessica AvilezMarriage & Family Therapist1073173365
  27. Darlin AvinaBehavior Technician1912840596
  28. Elizabeth AvinaClinical Social Worker1093634461
  29. Omri AvrahamSocial Worker1932923000
  30. Hiam Awni, RBTOther Technician1952768913
  31. Alissa AyalaMarriage & Family Therapist1255893525
  32. Ana Ayala, MS, CCC, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1780301507
  33. Blanca Ayala, BAMarriage & Family Therapist1083834527
  34. Cherylle AyalaBehavior Technician1679285605
  35. Gabriela AyalaBehavior Analyst1942856612
  36. Joshua AyalaSpeech-Language Pathologist1497395875
  37. Aylin Ayala-RiosProfessional Counselor1477269397
  38. Mariella AyllonDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1427407642
  39. Bryan AyonBehavior Technician1790433266
  40. Cynthia AyorindeCommunity Health Worker1083308845
  41. Danny Ayoub, D.O.Family Medicine Physician1962937011
  42. William Ayoub, PA-CPhysician Assistant1619774304
  43. Alicia AyresBehavior Technician1902568439
  44. Christina AyresBehavior Technician1235984212
  45. Alisha AyubBehavior Technician1477328037
  46. Nancy Azadian, PH.D. LA.C. DNBAOAcupuncturist1598971061
  47. Usman AzeemRegistered Nurse1003659426
  48. Joanne Azer, D.O.Family Medicine Physician1275822850
  49. Emad Aziz, MDPsychiatry Physician1255383030
  50. Amir Azizi, L.ACAcupuncturist1710113246

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.