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HHS API: Search healthcare providers

Finds US healthcare providers by name, place, specialty and provider type in the NPI Registry, with practice contact details and primary taxonomy. Results may include providers with similar names.

npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov (opens in a new tab)Version 1ReadNo sign-inVerified Nov 2, 2026

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 23, 2026, shown under Output.

City optionalcity

Practice city, for example "Cleveland".

Cleveland

Default .

Name, requiredname

Person or organization name, for example "John Smith" or "Cleveland Clinic".

Cleveland Clinic

State optionalstate

US state name or two-letter code, for example "Ohio" or "OH".

Ohio

Default .

Specialty optionalspecialty

Specialty in plain words, for example "cardiology" or "Family Medicine".

(default)

Max Results optionalmax_results

Maximum providers to return, for example 20 (up to 200).

3

Whole number from 1 to 200. Default 20.

Provider Type optionalprovider_type

Type of provider to find, for example "individual".

organization

One of any, individual, organization. Default any.

Output

From a run on Oct 23, 2026.
{  "providers": [    {      "name": "Cleveland Clinic",      "phone": "216-444-2136",      "active": "yes",      "npi_number": "1275791162",      "license_state": null,      "provider_type": "Organization",      "registry_link": "https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1275791162",      "practice_address": "9500 Euclid Ave, Department Of Radiology- HB6, Cleveland, OH 44195-0001",      "primary_specialty": "General Acute Care Hospital"    },    {      "name": "Cleveland Clinic",      "phone": "216-444-6781",      "active": "yes",      "npi_number": "1356508964",      "license_state": null,      "provider_type": "Organization",      "registry_link": "https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1356508964",      "practice_address": "9500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44195-0001",      "primary_specialty": "Chronic Disease Hospital"    },    {      "name": "Cleveland Clinic",      "phone": "216-526-5430",      "active": "yes",      "npi_number": "1336316389",      "license_state": null,      "provider_type": "Organization",      "registry_link": "https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1336316389",      "practice_address": "Cleveland Clinic 9500 Euclid Ave H35, Cardiothoracic Surgery,, Cleveland, OH 44195-0001",      "primary_specialty": "General Acute Care Hospital"    }  ]}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/search_providers
Returns
name, provider type, primary specialty, NPI number, practice address, phone, license state, active status, registry link

Use it from your agent

Give your agent this line. It reads SKILL.md, gets a Fous API key and connects the Fous MCP server. Its run then takes the method npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/search_providers with the inputs above.

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