# Medicare API: Search hospitals > Finds U.S. hospitals by name, city and state, or ZIP code, with Medicare overall and patient survey star ratings, contact details, and Care Compare links. Ratings may be unavailable for some hospitals. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Medicare. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/medicare.gov/search-hospitals - Method: `medicare.gov/search_hospitals`, version 1 - Website: medicare.gov - Returns: hospital name, overall and patient survey star ratings, type, ownership, emergency services, address, phone, Care Compare link - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1ยข with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `state` | string | no | | Optional state name or two-letter code to narrow a name search, such as California or CA. | | `search` | string | yes | `"Phoenix, AZ"` | Hospital name, city and state, or ZIP code, such as Cedars-Sinai, Phoenix, AZ, or 90048. | | `max_results` | integer | no | `5` | Maximum number of hospitals to return, such as 20 (up to 100). Default 20. | ## Output From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "search": "Phoenix, AZ", "max_results": 5 } ``` Its output: ```json { "hospitals": [ { "city": "PHOENIX", "phone": "(602) 839-2000", "state": "AZ", "address": "1111 EAST MCDOWELL ROAD", "zip_code": "85006", "ownership": "Voluntary non-profit - Other", "hospital_name": "BANNER - UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PHOENIX", "hospital_type": "Acute Care Hospitals", "care_compare_link": "https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/hospital/030002/view-all/", "emergency_services": "Yes", "overall_star_rating": 3, "cms_certification_number": "030002", "patient_survey_star_rating": 2 }, { "city": "PHOENIX", "phone": "(602) 943-2381", "state": "AZ", "address": "250 EAST DUNLAP AVENUE", "zip_code": "85020", "ownership": "Voluntary non-profit - Private", "hospital_name": "HONOR HEALTH JOHN C. LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER", "hospital_type": "Acute Care Hospitals", "care_compare_link": "https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/hospital/030014/view-all/", "emergency_services": "Yes", "overall_star_rating": 3, "cms_certification_number": "030014", "patient_survey_star_rating": 3 }, { "city": "PHOENIX", "phone": "(602) 344-5011", "state": "AZ", "address": "2601 EAST ROOSEVELT STREET", "zip_code": "85008", "ownership": "Government - Local", "hospital_name": "VALLEYWISE HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER", "hospital_type": "Acute Care Hospitals", "care_compare_link": "https://www.medicare.gov/care-compare/details/hospital/030022/view-all/", "emergency_services": "No", "overall_star_rating": 1, "cms_certification_number": "030022", "patient_survey_star_rating": 3 } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"medicare.gov/search_hospitals","input":{"search":"Phoenix, AZ","max_results":5}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - What are the Medicare star ratings for hospitals near ZIP code 60614? Show me the top 10. - Find Mayo Clinic hospitals in Minnesota and give me their overall and patient survey star ratings plus phone numbers. - List hospitals in Boise, ID with emergency services, ownership type, and addresses. - On medicare.gov, look up Johns Hopkins Hospital and tell me its patient survey rating and Care Compare link. - Pull up to 50 hospitals in Houston, TX from Medicare's Care Compare with their overall star ratings so I can compare them. ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "search" ], "properties": { "state": { "type": "string", "description": "Optional state name or two-letter code to narrow a name search, such as California or CA." }, "search": { "type": "string", "minLength": 1, "description": "Hospital name, city and state, or ZIP code, such as Cedars-Sinai, Phoenix, AZ, or 90048." }, "max_results": { "type": "integer", "default": 20, "maximum": 100, "minimum": 1, "description": "Maximum number of hospitals to return, such as 20 (up to 100)." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "hospitals" ], "properties": { "hospitals": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "hospital_name", "overall_star_rating", "patient_survey_star_rating", "hospital_type", "ownership", "emergency_services", "address", "city", "state", "zip_code", "phone", "care_compare_link", "cms_certification_number" ], "properties": { "city": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "City." }, "phone": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Telephone number." }, "state": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Two-letter state code." }, "address": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Street address." }, "zip_code": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "ZIP code." }, "ownership": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Hospital ownership." }, "hospital_name": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Hospital name" }, "hospital_type": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Type of hospital." }, "care_compare_link": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Hospital page on Medicare Care Compare." }, "emergency_services": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Whether the hospital has emergency services, Yes or No." }, "overall_star_rating": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ], "description": "Medicare overall star rating from 1 to 5, or null if not rated." }, "cms_certification_number": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "CMS certification number for the hospital.", "x-fous-developer": true }, "patient_survey_star_rating": { "type": [ "integer", "null" ], "description": "Summary patient survey star rating from 1 to 5, or null if not rated." } }, "additionalProperties": false }, "description": "Hospitals ranked by name match for name searches." } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [Medicare API: Search nursing homes](https://fous.com/methods/medicare.gov/search-nursing-homes.md): Finds U.S. nursing homes on Medicare Care Compare by name, city and state, or ZIP code. 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