# OpenPayments CMS Scraper - Low-cost💲🔥🏥💊 (`delectable_incubator/openpayments-cms-scraper-low-cost`) Actor

🔎 Extract OpenPayments CMS records from search results with ease. Collect entity IDs, names, entity types, provider types, locations, profile URLs, and related payment data. Ideal for healthcare transparency research, compliance analysis and OpenPayments database intelligence 🩺📊💊

- **URL**: https://apify.com/delectable\_incubator/openpayments-cms-scraper-low-cost.md
- **Developed by:** [Prime Scrape](https://apify.com/delectable_incubator) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation, E-commerce, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.00005 / actor start

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

<p align="center">
<img src="https://i.ibb.co/jkNS73wX/readme.png" alt="OpenPayments CMS Scraper" width="100%">
</p>

---

## 🏥💊 OpenPayments CMS Scraper 🇺🇸 | Bulk Healthcare Transparency Data Scraper | Apify Actor

### 🚀 Extract OpenPayments CMS Data in Seconds (No Code)

The **OpenPayments CMS Scraper (Apify Actor)** is a powerful, scalable and **SEO-optimized healthcare transparency data extraction tool** designed to scrape public records from the CMS OpenPayments database.

Extract healthcare provider profiles, teaching hospitals, company records, specialties, addresses, and transparency datasets in bulk using simple OpenPayments search URLs.

Perfect for:

✅ Healthcare research

✅ Compliance monitoring

✅ Investigative journalism

✅ Pharmaceutical market intelligence

✅ Healthcare analytics

✅ AI training datasets

✅ Lead generation & enrichment

---

### 🔥 Why This OpenPayments Scraper?

✔ Best OpenPayments CMS scraper on Apify

✔ Supports **Bulk URL Scraping (Multi-URL Mode)**

✔ Automatically detects Providers, Hospitals & Companies

✔ Fast and scalable extraction engine

✔ Clean structured JSON / CSV / Excel output

✔ Healthcare transparency intelligence ready

✔ Ideal for analysts, journalists and compliance teams

✔ No coding required

---

### 🎯 What This Scraper Does (OpenPayments Data Extraction)

This Apify Actor extracts structured records directly from OpenPayments CMS search result pages.

#### 📌 Core Features

✅ Scrape OpenPayments Provider listings

✅ Scrape Teaching Hospital records

✅ Scrape Company profiles

✅ Bulk URL scraping support (SEO BOOST 🚀)

✅ Automatic entity type detection

✅ Smart pagination handling

✅ Extract healthcare provider information

✅ Extract specialties and classifications

✅ Extract addresses and locations

✅ Extract profile URLs

✅ High-speed extraction engine

✅ Clean structured dataset output

---

### ⚡ Input Configuration (Simple & Powerful)

#### 🔥 BULK URL MODE (SEO BOOST 🚀)

````

{
"urls": \[
"https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Provider\&Country=UNITED+STATES",
"https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Teaching+Hospital\&State=CA",
"https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Company\&Country=UNITED+STATES"
],
"maxItems": 500
}

```

---

### 📊 Extracted OpenPayments Data (Structured Output)

| Field          | Description                            |
| -------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| entityId       | Unique entity identifier               |
| entityType     | Provider, Teaching Hospital or Company |
| name           | Entity name                            |
| providerType   | Healthcare provider classification     |
| specialty      | Medical specialty                      |
| primaryAddress | Registered address                     |
| location       | City, State, Region                    |
| profileUrl     | Direct OpenPayments profile URL        |

---

### 💡 Use Cases (High Demand SEO Keywords)

This OpenPayments scraper is commonly used for:

🏥 Healthcare transparency research

💊 Pharmaceutical industry analysis

📊 Healthcare market intelligence

📰 Investigative journalism

⚖️ Compliance monitoring

🧬 Medical research datasets

🤖 AI healthcare training datasets

🏢 Provider and hospital intelligence

📈 Healthcare analytics dashboards

📡 Public records aggregation

---

### 🚀 Key Features (Apify SEO Optimized)

⚡ Bulk URL scraping support

🏥 Provider profile extraction

🏨 Teaching hospital extraction

🏢 Company profile extraction

📌 Smart pagination system

🧠 Automatic entity detection

📊 High-speed scraping engine

🔁 Auto retry & stability system

💾 Export-ready datasets

⚙️ Scalable cloud execution

🌎 Nationwide CMS OpenPayments coverage

---

### 📤 Output Formats Supported

✔ JSON (API Ready)

✔ CSV (Excel Analysis)

✔ Excel XLSX

✔ XML

✔ HTML

✔ NDJSON

---

### 📦 Example Output

```

{
"name": "A, SCOTT TAGA",
"profileUrl": "https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/physician/897511",
"entityType": "physician",
"entityId": "897511",
"providerType": "Physician",
"specialty": "Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians | Pathology | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology",
"primaryAddress": "1783 EL CAMINO REAL, MILLS-PENINSULA PATHOLOGY DEPT, BURLINGAME, CA 94010-3205",
"location": "Burlingame, California"
}

````

---

### 🔥 Why This is the BEST OpenPayments Scraper on Apify?

✔ Optimized for Apify search ranking

✔ Bulk URL support (rare feature)

✔ Healthcare transparency focus

✔ Enterprise-grade scalability

✔ Structured compliance datasets

✔ Fast extraction engine

✔ Clean export-ready output

✔ Perfect for healthcare intelligence workflows

---

### ❓ FAQ (SEO BOOST SECTION)

#### Can I scrape multiple OpenPayments URLs at once?

Yes — Bulk URL Mode is fully supported.

#### Does the scraper detect the entity type automatically?

Yes — Providers, Teaching Hospitals, and Companies are detected automatically.

#### Can I collect provider specialties?

Yes — specialties and classifications are extracted when available.

#### Is coding required?

No — this is a 100% no-code Apify Actor.

#### Can I export data?

Yes — JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML and NDJSON are supported.

#### Can I use this for healthcare research?

Absolutely. The actor is designed for healthcare transparency and compliance research workflows.

---

### 💸 Pricing

This scraper runs on a **pay-per-result pricing model**.

You only pay for successfully extracted records.

💳 **Price: $4.98 / 1,000 results**

---

### ⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) or the OpenPayments program.

It is an independent data extraction solution designed for publicly accessible information.

---

### 🔗 Related Actors (PrimeScrape Ecosystem)

We are building a complete **PrimeScrape Healthcare & Intelligence Suite**.

👉 More healthcare, business intelligence, research and compliance scraping tools coming soon.

---

### 🌍 PrimeScrape Ecosystem

Built for:

📊 Data Extraction

🏥 Healthcare Intelligence

🏢 Company Intelligence

📈 Market Research

🤖 AI Training Datasets

⚙️ Automation Pipelines

🔍 Public Records Analytics

🌐 Large Scale Data Collection

---

### 📬 Support

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Leave a review if you enjoy this scraper.

📩 Need a custom scraper, enterprise solution, or additional features?

Contact the PrimeScrape team directly through Apify.

**PrimeScrape — Data Extraction & Intelligence at Scale 🚀**

# Actor input Schema

## `urls` (type: `array`):

List of OpenPayments CMS search URLs to scrape. Supports all 3 search types:

• Individual Provider:
https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Provider&Country=UNITED+STATES

• Teaching Hospital:
https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Teaching+Hospital&City=New+york

• Company:
https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Company&Country=UNITED+STATES

⚠️ Each URL must be from openpaymentsdata.cms.gov. The scraper auto-detects the search type.
## `maxitems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of records to collect per URL.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "urls": [
    "https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Teaching+Hospital&State=CA",
    "https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Company&Country=UNITED+STATES"
  ],
  "maxitems": 30
}
````

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Teaching+Hospital&State=CA",
        "https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Company&Country=UNITED+STATES"
    ],
    "maxitems": 30
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("delectable_incubator/openpayments-cms-scraper-low-cost").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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "urls": [
        "https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Teaching+Hospital&State=CA",
        "https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Company&Country=UNITED+STATES",
    ],
    "maxitems": 30,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("delectable_incubator/openpayments-cms-scraper-low-cost").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 '{
  "urls": [
    "https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Teaching+Hospital&State=CA",
    "https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Company&Country=UNITED+STATES"
  ],
  "maxitems": 30
}' |
apify call delectable_incubator/openpayments-cms-scraper-low-cost --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=delectable_incubator/openpayments-cms-scraper-low-cost",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
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    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
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        "description": "🔎 Extract OpenPayments CMS records from search results with ease. Collect entity IDs, names, entity types, provider types, locations, profile URLs, and related payment data. Ideal for healthcare transparency research, compliance analysis and OpenPayments database intelligence 🩺📊💊",
        "version": "0.0",
        "x-build-id": "GAhWuR1rAD8PeaIm1"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~openpayments-cms-scraper-low-cost/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-delectable_incubator-openpayments-cms-scraper-low-cost",
                "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": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~openpayments-cms-scraper-low-cost/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-delectable_incubator-openpayments-cms-scraper-low-cost",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/delectable_incubator~openpayments-cms-scraper-low-cost/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-delectable_incubator-openpayments-cms-scraper-low-cost",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$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",
                "required": [
                    "urls",
                    "maxitems"
                ],
                "properties": {
                    "urls": {
                        "title": "OpenPayments Search URLs 🌐",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "List of OpenPayments CMS search URLs to scrape. Supports all 3 search types:\n\n• Individual Provider:\nhttps://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Provider&Country=UNITED+STATES\n\n• Teaching Hospital:\nhttps://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Teaching+Hospital&City=New+york\n\n• Company:\nhttps://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search?searchType=Company&Country=UNITED+STATES\n\n⚠️ Each URL must be from openpaymentsdata.cms.gov. The scraper auto-detects the search type.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "maxitems": {
                        "title": "Maximum Items per URL 📄",
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Maximum number of records to collect per URL.",
                        "default": 30
                    }
                }
            },
            "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
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```