ZocDoc Doctor Finder

🏥 The most comprehensive ZocDoc scraper on Apify — extract doctor profiles, ratings, insurance info, availability, and reviews from ZocDoc.com with anti-bot bypass.

🏆 Why This Actor?

Feature	This Actor	Competitors
Price	$2/1K results	$5-10/1K
Anti-Bot Bypass	✅ Camoufox stealth	❌ Often blocked
Data Fields	25+ fields	5-8 fields
Insurance Plans	✅ Full list	❌ Missing
Availability	✅ Next appointment	❌ Not included
Education/Credentials	✅ Included	❌ Missing
Search + Profile	✅ Both modes	Usually 1 mode
Languages Spoken	✅ Included	❌ Missing

✨ Key Features

• 🔍 Specialty Search — Find doctors by specialty and location (dentists, dermatologists, etc.)
• 👨‍⚕️ Doctor Profiles — Deep extraction of individual doctor pages
• ⭐ Ratings & Reviews — Overall rating, bedside manner, wait time ratings, review count
• 🏥 Insurance Data — Full list of accepted insurance plans per doctor
• 📅 Availability — Next available appointment date
• 🎓 Education & Credentials — Medical school, board certifications, degrees
• 🌐 Languages — Languages spoken by each provider
• 🛡️ Anti-Bot Bypass — Camoufox stealth browser defeats detection

📥 Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchUrls	Array	[]	ZocDoc search URLs (copy from browser)
specialty	String	"primary-care-doctors"	Doctor specialty slug
location	String	"new-york-ny"	City and state slug
doctorUrls	Array	[]	Individual doctor profile URLs
maxResults	Integer	100	Max results per search (1-5,000)
proxyConfiguration	Object	Residential US	Proxy settings

Common Specialties

dentists, dermatologists, primary-care-doctors, psychiatrists, ob-gyns, ophthalmologists, orthopedic-surgeons, cardiologists, pediatricians, therapists

📤 Sample Output

{
  "doctorName": "Dr. Sarah Johnson",
  "firstName": "Sarah",
  "lastName": "Johnson",
  "credentials": "MD, FACP",
  "specialty": "Internal Medicine",
  "specialties": ["Internal Medicine", "Primary Care"],
  "overallRating": 4.92,
  "bedsideMannerRating": 4.95,
  "waitTimeRating": 4.88,
  "reviewCount": 347,
  "practiceName": "Manhattan Primary Care",
  "address": "51 East 25th Street, 4th Floor",
  "city": "New York",
  "state": "NY",
  "zipCode": "10010",
  "insuranceAccepted": ["Aetna", "Blue Cross Blue Shield", "Cigna", "UnitedHealthcare"],
  "nextAvailable": "2026-03-31T09:00:00",
  "acceptsNewPatients": true,
  "education": ["Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons"],
  "languages": ["English", "Spanish"],
  "gender": "Female",
  "yearsOfExperience": 15,
  "npi": "1234567890",
  "image": "https://d1k13df5m14swc.cloudfront.net/photos/...",
  "url": "https://www.zocdoc.com/doctor/sarah-johnson-md-12345"
}

💡 Use Cases

• Healthcare Market Research — Analyze doctor availability, ratings, and insurance coverage by region
• Insurance Network Analysis — Map which doctors accept specific insurance plans
• Provider Directory Building — Create comprehensive healthcare provider databases
• Competitive Intelligence — Compare practices by specialty, ratings, and patient volume
• Patient Access Analysis — Study appointment availability patterns across specialties

💲 Pricing

• $2.00 per 1,000 results — the most affordable professional ZocDoc scraper on Apify
• Platform usage fee: $0.005 per GB of memory
• Typical run: 100 doctors in ~3 minutes using ~512MB RAM

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⚙️ Technical Details

• Engine: Camoufox stealth browser (Firefox-based)
• Extraction: Embedded JSON state + API interception + HTML fallback
• Anti-Bot: Automatic bypass via browser fingerprint spoofing
• Proxy: Residential proxies recommended
• Runtime: Python 3.12 on Apify platform