# CMS Hospital General Info — Star Ratings & Quality Measures (`compute-edge/cms-hospital-general-scraper`) Actor Extract every Medicare-certified US hospital from CMS Care Compare — 5,400+ facilities with overall star rating, mortality/safety/readmission/patient-experience measure counts, hospital type, ownership, emergency services, birthing-friendly designation, and contact info. - **URL**: https://apify.com/compute-edge/cms-hospital-general-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Compute Edge](https://apify.com/compute-edge) (community) - **Categories:** Lead generation - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 1 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing from $3.00 / 1,000 results This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## CMS Hospital General Information Scraper Extract the **complete CMS Hospital General Information directory** — every **Medicare-certified hospital in the United States** (~5,400 facilities) with the official **overall star rating**, quality-of-care measure counts across mortality / safety / readmission / patient experience / timely & effective care, hospital type, ownership, emergency-services availability, birthing-friendly designation, and full contact info. This is the same primary-source dataset that powers Medicare's public **Care Compare** site. It is the canonical regulator-maintained hospital roster, refreshed quarterly by CMS. ### Data fields | Field | Description | |-------|-------------| | `facilityId` | CMS Certification Number (CCN) | | `facilityName` | Hospital name | | `address`, `city`, `state`, `zipCode`, `county` | Location | | `phone` | Hospital main number | | `hospitalType` | Acute Care, Critical Access, Childrens, Psychiatric, Veterans, Department of Defense | | `hospitalOwnership` | Voluntary non-profit / Proprietary / Government / Tribal (with sub-classifications) | | `emergencyServices` | Whether the hospital provides emergency services | | `birthingFriendly` | Meets CMS Birthing-Friendly designation criteria | | `overallRating` | Overall CMS 5-star rating | | `mortalityMeasures*` | Total / Better / Worse / Same than national rate (mortality group) | | `safetyMeasures*` | Total / Better / Worse / Same (safety of care group) | | `readmissionMeasures*` | Total / Better / Worse / Same (readmissions group) | | `patientExperienceMeasuresTotal` | Count of HCAHPS patient-experience measures reported | | `timelyEffectiveMeasuresTotal` | Count of timely-effective-care measures reported | ### How to scrape CMS hospital data 1. *(Optional)* Set `state`, `city`, `county` to scope a region. 2. *(Optional)* Set `hospitalType` — e.g. `Acute Care`, `Critical Access`, `Childrens`. 3. *(Optional)* Set `hospitalOwnership` — e.g. `Voluntary non-profit`, `Proprietary`. 4. *(Optional)* Enable `emergencyServicesOnly` for ER-equipped hospitals. 5. *(Optional)* Set `minOverallRating` for quality filtering (e.g. 4+ stars). 6. *(Optional)* Enable `birthingFriendlyOnly` for the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation. 7. Set `maxResults` (0 = unlimited). 8. Click **Start**. ### Pricing Pay-per-result: **$0.003 per hospital record**. The full directory (~5,400 hospitals) costs about $16. Most users run state- or system-scoped queries. ### Input example ```json { "state": "TX", "hospitalType": "Acute Care", "minOverallRating": 4 } ```` ### Output example ```json { "facilityId": "010001", "facilityName": "SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER", "city": "DOTHAN", "state": "AL", "zipCode": "36301", "phone": "(334) 793-8701", "hospitalType": "Acute Care Hospitals", "hospitalOwnership": "Government - Hospital District or Authority", "emergencyServices": true, "overallRating": 4, "mortalityMeasuresTotal": 8, "safetyMeasuresBetter": 3 } ``` ### Use cases - **Healthcare B2B sales**: medical devices, EHR vendors, group purchasing, facility management — segment hospitals by type, ownership, region, or rating tier. - **Provider network design**: payer / TPA network adequacy & quality screening. - **Health policy & journalism**: nationwide analysis of quality-measure outcomes. - **Pharmaceutical / biotech sales**: prospect by hospital type and rating tier. - **Real-estate / capital projects**: identify acute-care hospitals by region with ownership. ### FAQ **How fresh is the data?** CMS refreshes the underlying Care Compare dataset quarterly. Every run hits the live API. **Are individual quality-measure scores included?** This Actor returns the per-group **measure counts** (how many measures are better / worse / same than national). For per-measure raw scores, CMS publishes a separate dataset; we can build a sibling Actor on request. **Why is the CCN (CMS Certification Number) useful?** It is the universal hospital identifier across CMS datasets — joins to claims data, MedPAR, Hospital Compare measure files, Provider of Services file, and more. ### Legal Data sourced from data.cms.gov — the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services public Provider Data Catalog. Records are public federal data. No authentication bypass. Facility-level data only — no patient PHI. # Actor input Schema ## `state` (type: `string`): Filter by US state code (e.g. 'CA', 'TX'). Leave blank for all. ## `city` (type: `string`): Exact city/town match (uppercase). ## `county` (type: `string`): Exact county match (uppercase). ## `facilityName` (type: `string`): Substring match against hospital name. ## `hospitalType` (type: `string`): Substring match. Examples: 'Acute Care', 'Critical Access', 'Childrens', 'Psychiatric', 'Veterans'. ## `hospitalOwnership` (type: `string`): Substring match. Examples: 'Voluntary non-profit', 'Proprietary', 'Government', 'Tribal'. ## `emergencyServicesOnly` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, only hospitals offering emergency services. ## `minOverallRating` (type: `integer`): Only include hospitals with overall rating ≥ this value. 0 = no minimum. ## `birthingFriendlyOnly` (type: `boolean`): If enabled, only hospitals meeting CMS's Birthing-Friendly designation criteria. ## `maxResults` (type: `integer`): Maximum hospital records to return. 0 = unlimited (full directory is ~5,400). ## Actor input object example ```json { "state": "", "city": "", "county": "", "facilityName": "", "hospitalType": "", "hospitalOwnership": "", "emergencyServicesOnly": false, "minOverallRating": 0, "birthingFriendlyOnly": false, "maxResults": 500 } ``` # Actor output Schema ## `dataset` (type: `string`): No description # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("compute-edge/cms-hospital-general-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("compute-edge/cms-hospital-general-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call compute-edge/cms-hospital-general-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=compute-edge/cms-hospital-general-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "CMS Hospital General Info — Star Ratings & Quality Measures", "description": "Extract every Medicare-certified US hospital from CMS Care Compare — 5,400+ facilities with overall star rating, mortality/safety/readmission/patient-experience measure counts, hospital type, ownership, emergency services, birthing-friendly designation, and contact info.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "E2IlEs0gtC3mqIqJs" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/compute-edge~cms-hospital-general-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-compute-edge-cms-hospital-general-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/compute-edge~cms-hospital-general-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-compute-edge-cms-hospital-general-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/compute-edge~cms-hospital-general-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-compute-edge-cms-hospital-general-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "state": { "title": "State (two-letter)", "type": "string", "description": "Filter by US state code (e.g. 'CA', 'TX'). Leave blank for all.", "default": "" }, "city": { "title": "City", "type": "string", "description": "Exact city/town match (uppercase).", "default": "" }, "county": { "title": "County", "type": "string", "description": "Exact county match (uppercase).", "default": "" }, "facilityName": { "title": "Hospital Name", "type": "string", "description": "Substring match against hospital name.", "default": "" }, "hospitalType": { "title": "Hospital Type", "type": "string", "description": "Substring match. Examples: 'Acute Care', 'Critical Access', 'Childrens', 'Psychiatric', 'Veterans'.", "default": "" }, "hospitalOwnership": { "title": "Hospital Ownership", "type": "string", "description": "Substring match. Examples: 'Voluntary non-profit', 'Proprietary', 'Government', 'Tribal'.", "default": "" }, "emergencyServicesOnly": { "title": "Emergency Services Only", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, only hospitals offering emergency services.", "default": false }, "minOverallRating": { "title": "Minimum Overall Star Rating (1–5)", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 5, "type": "integer", "description": "Only include hospitals with overall rating ≥ this value. 0 = no minimum.", "default": 0 }, "birthingFriendlyOnly": { "title": "Birthing-Friendly Designation Only", "type": "boolean", "description": "If enabled, only hospitals meeting CMS's Birthing-Friendly designation criteria.", "default": false }, "maxResults": { "title": "Max Results", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 20000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum hospital records to return. 0 = unlimited (full directory is ~5,400).", "default": 500 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```