You can access the Open Payments Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "years": [2024],
10    "datasetTypes": ["general"],
11    "datasetIdentifiers": [],
12    "recipientNpi": "",
13    "recipientName": "",
14    "companyName": "",
15    "state": "",
16    "metadataOnly": False,
17    "csvUrlsOnly": False,
18    "maxItems": 20,
19}
20
21# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
22run = client.actor("automation-lab/open-payments-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
23
24# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
25print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
26for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
27    print(item)
28
29# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

CMS Open Payments Scraper for Physician Payment Data API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Open Payments Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Open Payments Scraper API in JavaScript

Open Payments Scraper API through CLI

Open Payments Scraper OpenAPI definition

Open Payments Scraper API

CMS Open Payments — Pharma & Device Payments to Doctors

commonelements/cms-open-payments

Download pharmaceutical and device company payments to physicians from the CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act) database. Filter by state, company, payment type, and year. 14M+ payment records. No API key required.

Harry Schoeller

Cms Open Payments Scraper

fortuitous_pirate/cms-open-payments-scraper

CMS Open Payments - Pharma to Physician Payments. Structured data export for lead generation, enrichment, and competitive research.

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CMS Open Payments Crawler - Physician Pharma Payment Data

jungle_synthesizer/openpayments-cms-crawler

Crawl physician payment records from the CMS Open Payments database (Sunshine Act). Extract payments from pharma and device companies to physicians. Filter by state, specialty, payer, payment type, year, and minimum amount.

BowTiedRaccoon

CMS Open Payments Scraper - Physician Sunshine Act API

pink_comic/cms-open-payments-search

Scrape CMS Open Payments Sunshine Act data for pharma and medical-device payments to physicians and teaching hospitals. Search by doctor/NPI, company, state, specialty, payment type, year, and amount; export records for healthcare compliance, journalism, sales intelligence, and research.

Ava Torres

CMS Open Payments Search

ryanclinton/cms-open-payments

Search the **CMS Open Payments** database for payments made by pharmaceutical and medical device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals across the United States. Access **15 million+ general payment records** and **750,000+ research payment records** per year, covering 2018 through 2024.

Ryan Clinton

Cms Open Payments Data

jeeves_is_my_copilot/cms-open-payments-data

Public data actor with normalized output.

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💊 CMS Open Payments Scraper — Pharma-to-Doctor

nexgendata/cms-open-payments-scraper

Scrape CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act) records — physician name, NPI, payment amount, payment type, manufacturer, drug or device, date. Filter by physician, NPI, manufacturer, year. ProPublica Dollars-for-Docs alternative for pharma compliance officers, healthcare journalists, academic researchers.

NexGenData

OpenPayments Scraper

parseforge/openpayments-scraper

Automate healthcare payment data collection from the CMS Open Payments database. Extract detailed financial relationships between providers and medical companies including research payments, general payments, and ownership interests. Ideal for researchers, compliance teams, and transparency work.

ParseForge

5.0

HHS Open Payments Intelligence MCP — CMS Drug & Device $

andrew_avina/hhs-open-payments-mcp

Search the CMS Open Payments (Sunshine Act) database via a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Track financial relationships between pharmaceutical companies and physicians: speaking fees, consulting payments, royalties, research funding, and other transfers of value. This Ap...

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NPI Registry Scraper

crawlergang/npi-registry-scraper

Scrape the CMS National Provider Identifier (NPI) Registry, the official database of all US healthcare providers. Search by name, state, specialty, or organization, or look up a specific provider by NPI number.