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There are 870 Primary Care Doctors in Encinitas, CA and 40% of those with reviews are rated 4-star or higher. Popular hospitals in the area include Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla and Tri-City Medical Center.
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Insurance
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of California (506)
  • UnitedHealthCare (500)
  • Blue Shield of California (495)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (491)
  • Health Net (488)
  • Cigna (475)
  • Aetna (446)
  • Anthem Blue Cross (444)
  • First Health (411)
  • Oscar Health (400)
  • Humana (310)
  • Clover Health (277)
  • Molina Healthcare (269)
  • ADVANTAGE Health Solutions, Inc. (207)
  • Anthem (200)
  • Sharp Health Plan (124)
  • Kaiser Permanente (92)
  • CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield (70)
  • MAPFRE Life Insurance Company of Puerto Rico (68)
  • MultiPlan (63)
  • Buckeye Community Health Plan (31)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona (29)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (22)
  • Commercial Insurance Company (17)
  • Coventry Health Care (14)
  • Health Net of California (12)
  • MVP Health Care (11)
  • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield (10)
  • First Choice Health (9)
  • SCAN Health Plan (9)
  • Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company (1)
  • Blue Care Network of Michigan (1)
  • Blue Care Network of Michigan (BCN) (1)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (1)
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of South Carolina (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc. d/b/a Florida Blue (1)
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (1)
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  • Delta Dental of Minnesota (1)
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  • Delta Dental of Washington (1)
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
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  • Florida Blue (1)
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (1)
  • Humana Benefit Plan of Illinois (1)
  • Humana Employers Health Plan of Georgia (1)
  • Humana Health Benefit Plan of Louisiana (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Ohio (1)
  • Humana Health Plan of Texas (1)
  • Humana Veterans (1)
  • Humana/CompBenefits (1)
  • HumanaOne (1)
  • Independence Blue Cross (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest (1)
  • Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (1)
  • Medicaid (1)
  • Medicaid of Alabama (1)
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  • Medicaid of Arkansas (1)
  • Medicaid of California (1)
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  • Medicaid of Hawaii (1)
  • Medicaid of Idaho (1)
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  • Medicaid of Kansas (1)
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  • Medicaid of Louisiana (1)
  • Medicaid of Maryland (1)
  • Medicaid of Massachusetts (1)
  • Medicaid of Michigan (1)
  • Medicaid of Minnesota (1)
  • Medicaid of Mississippi (1)
  • Medicaid of Missouri (1)
  • Medicaid of Montana (1)
  • Medicaid of Nebraska (1)
  • Medicaid of Nevada (1)
  • Medicaid of New Hampshire (1)
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  • Medicaid of New York (1)
  • Medicaid of North Carolina (1)
  • Medicaid of North Dakota (1)
  • Medicaid of Ohio (1)
  • Medicaid of Oklahoma (1)
  • Medicaid of Oregon (1)
  • Medicaid of Pennsylvania (1)
  • Medicaid of Rhode Island (1)
  • Medicaid of South Carolina (1)
  • Medicaid of South Dakota (1)
  • Medicaid of Tennessee (1)
  • Medicaid of Texas (1)
  • Medicaid of Utah (1)
  • Medicaid of Vermont (1)
  • Medicaid of Virginia (1)
  • Medicaid of Washington State (1)
  • Medicaid of West Virginia (1)
  • Medicaid of Wisconsin (1)
  • Medicaid of Wyoming (1)
  • Medicare of Oklahoma (1)
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  • Premera Blue Cross (1)
  • Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
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  • Regence Blue Shield of Washington (1)
  • Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon (1)
  • Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield (1)
  • United Concordia (1)
  • UnitedHealth Group (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Benefits of Texas (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare of California (1)
  • UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley (1)
  • UnitedHealthOne (1)
  • Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield (1)
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Gender

Gender
  • Female (440)
  • Male (430)

Distance

Distance
  • 1 mile (144)
  • 5 miles (304)
  • 10 miles (870)
  • 25 miles (4578)
  • 50 miles (6469)
  • 100 miles (25073)
  • National (438709)

Specialty

Specialty
  • Internal Medicine (335)
  • Family Medicine (333)
  • Pediatrics (178)
  • Geriatric Medicine (32)
  • Pediatric Medicine (15)
  • Adult Medicine (10)
  • Women's Health Medicine (9)
  • General Medical Practice (9)
  • Men's Health Medicine (8)
  • Age Management Medicine (5)
  • Family Medicine (Physician Assistant) (3)
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Age

Age
  • Under 40 (157)
  • 41-50 (215)
  • 51-60 (219)
  • 61-70 (133)
  • Over 70 (97)

Availability

Availability
  • Today (67)
  • Tomorrow (71)
  • Schedules online (9)
  • Accepts new patients (321)
  • Telehealth (473)

Language

Language
  • Afrikaans (1)
  • American Sign Language (1)
  • Arabic (16)
  • Arabic, Egyptian (1)
  • Armenian (1)
  • Bengali (3)
  • Bulgarian (1)
  • Chinese (10)
  • Chinese, Cantonese (2)
  • Chinese, Mandarin (6)
  • Danish (1)
  • Dutch (1)
  • Farsi (3)
  • Filipino (1)
  • French (15)
  • German (8)
  • Greek (3)
  • Gujarati (1)
  • Hebrew (1)
  • Hindi (9)
  • Hungarian (1)
  • Italian (4)
  • Japanese (1)
  • Khmer (1)
  • Korean (5)
  • Lao (1)
  • Malayalam (1)
  • Polish (2)
  • Portuguese (3)
  • Punjabi (1)
  • Romanian (2)
  • Russian (6)
  • Spanish (122)
  • Tagalog (2)
  • Taiwanese (2)
  • Ukrainian (1)
  • Urdu (3)
  • Vietnamese (9)
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Patient Satisfaction

Patient Satisfaction
  • 5 Stars (166)
  • 4 Stars And Higher (345)
  • 3 Stars And Higher (493)
  • 2 Stars And Higher (551)
  • 1 Star And Higher (579)

Affiliated Facility

Affiliated Facility
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (164)
  • Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (107)
  • Tri-City Medical Center (91)
  • Rady Children's Hospital San Diego (54)
  • UC San Diego Medical Center (53)
  • Scripps Green Hospital (49)
  • Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego (43)
  • Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center (37)
  • Palomar Medical Center Downtown Escondido (32)
  • Palomar Medical Center Poway (27)
  • Palomar Medical Center Escondido (15)
  • Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center (10)
  • Sharp Grossmont Hospital (8)
  • Sharp Memorial Hospital (8)
  • Optum-Vista (8)
  • Sharp Coronado Hospital (6)
  • Eisenhower Medical Center (4)
  • Kaiser Permanente Orange County-Anaheim Medical Center (3)
  • Community Regional Medical Center (2)
  • Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo (2)
  • Mountains Community Hospital (2)
  • Mercy Medical Center Merced (2)
  • Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center (2)
  • Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital (2)
  • Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center (2)
  • Alvarado Hospital Medical Center (2)
  • Clovis Community Medical Center (2)
  • Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (2)
  • Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District (2)
  • St. Francis Hospital (1)
  • Athol Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Dignity Health Arizona General Hospital (1)
  • Ascension Via Christi St. Francis (1)
  • Peterson Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Mattel Children's Hospital Ucla (1)
  • Children's Of Alabama (1)
  • Mission Community Hospital (1)
  • Adena Regional Medical Center (1)
  • St. Joseph Medical Center (1)
  • Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance (1)
  • Mercy Hospital Downtown-Bakersfield (1)
  • Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (1)
  • Hi-Desert Medical Center (1)
  • Mayo Clinic Hospital, Saint Marys Campus (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Park Medical Center (1)
  • St. James Healthcare (1)
  • Christian Hospital (1)
  • Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital (1)
  • CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Sulphur Springs (1)
  • Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital (1)
  • Franciscan Health Michigan City (1)
  • Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Providence Holy Family Hospital (1)
  • Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Placentia-Linda Hospital (1)
  • Northern Inyo Hospital (1)
  • Sutter Medical Center-Ose Adams Medical Pavilion (1)
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (1)
  • Adventist Health Glendale (1)
  • Memorial Medical Center (1)
  • Upper Valley Medical Center (1)
  • Cancer Treatment Center of America, Chicago (1)
  • Emanuel Medical Center (1)
  • UPMC Western Maryland (1)
  • Miami Valley Hospital (1)
  • Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center (1)
  • University of Maryland Shore Medical Center at Easton (1)
  • Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford (1)
  • Salem Hospital (1)
  • Heber Valley Hospital (1)
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  • Northbay Medical Center (1)
  • Wesley Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Vacaville Medical Center (1)
  • Swedish First Hill Campus (1)
  • Regional Medical Center of San Jose (1)
  • Baptist Medical Center (1)
  • Natividad Medical Center (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center (1)
  • John Muir Health-Concord Medical Center (1)
  • Kaweah Health Medical Center (1)
  • Abrazo Central Campus (1)
  • St. Mark's Hospital (1)
  • John Muir Health-Walnut Creek Medical Center (1)
  • Sutter Davis Hospital (1)
  • DCH Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Fallbrook Hospital (1)
  • Adventist Health White Memorial (1)
  • Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center (1)
  • Duke University Hospital (1)
  • MultiCare Tacoma General Hospital (1)
  • Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (1)
  • Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (1)
  • Capital Health Medical Center-Hopewell (1)
  • Southern California Hospital at Hollywood (1)
  • Bronson Lakeview Hospital (1)
  • Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center (1)
  • Vaughan Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Catalina Island Medical Center (1)
  • Brigham And Women's Hospital (1)
  • Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Temple (1)
  • Swedish Cherry Hill Campus (1)
  • Hoag Hospital Newport Beach (1)
  • AdventHealth Avista (1)
  • ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital (1)
  • Paradise Valley Hospital (1)
  • Saint Peter's University Hospital (1)
  • Intermountain Medical Center (1)
  • Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (1)
  • Bronson South Haven Hospital (1)
  • Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center (1)
  • Palo Pinto General Hospital (1)
  • Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Newborns (1)
  • New London Hospital (1)
  • Saint Joseph Hospital (1)
  • Huntington Hospital (1)
  • Mills-Peninsula Medical Center (1)
  • AdventHealth Central Texas (1)
  • Carroll Hospital Center (1)
  • Capital Health Regional Medical Center (1)
  • El Centro Regional Medical Center (1)
  • Bakersfield Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Slidell Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital (1)
  • Mercy Medical Center Redding (1)
  • Southwest Healthcare Temecula Valley Hospital (1)
  • Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka (1)
  • Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Nampa (1)
  • Palisades Medical Center (1)
  • Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital (1)
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Affirming Care
  • LGBTQ+ affirming (1)
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Primary Care Frequently Asked Questions

Medically reviewed by Meredith Goodwin, MD, FAAFP – Written by Megan Lentz
What is a primary care doctor?

Primary care physicians (PCPs) — also known as primary care providers — are a vital part of your preventive care and wellness. All your routine care needs such as annual physicals, vaccinations, and lab work can be addressed by your PCP.

A PCP can be a family medicine provider, internist, or some other healthcare professionals who practice general medicine.

By working with other members of your healthcare team, your PCP can help you manage your overall health.

How often should I see a PCP?

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It's recommended that you see a primary care doctor once a year. You may need to see them more often if you have new healthcare concerns or are living with a chronic health condition.

What procedures do PCPs perform?

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Primary care physicians can perform the following procedures:

This is not an exhaustive list. Reach out to your PCP to find out what they can do or what might need a referral to a specialist.

What conditions do PCPs treat?

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Primary care physicians can treat a wide range of symptoms and conditions. Some conditions your PCP may be able to treat are:

PCPs are also great resources for all of your health concerns. Even if you see your PCP for a condition that they don't directly treat, they can help refer you to a specialist.

Types of PCPs

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The following are specific types of primary care physicians:

  • Family practitioners can treat everyone in your family, regardless of age.
  • Internists only treat adults.
  • Geriatricians specialize in treating older adults.
  • Pediatricians specialize in treating babies and children under the age of 18.

You can also receive primary care from a physician's assistant (PA) or nurse practitioner (NP).

What should I ask a PCP?

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Top questions to ask a primary care physician during your next appointment include:

  • Do you have a specialty or area of interest?
  • Are there vitamins or supplements you recommend?
  • Do you recommend seeing a specialist? Can you refer me to one?
  • What are common health concerns for people my age? What can I do to reduce my risk?
  • Can I manage this condition with diet and lifestyle changes?
  • Is this test necessary? Are there other tests you recommend?
  • Do you have recommendations for managing my weight?
  • How much sleep should I get at night? What can I do to improve my sleep?
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