# Healthcare Provider Scraper — NPI Registry Leads (`hichemdev/npi-healthcare-scraper`) Actor

Scrape US healthcare providers from the official NPI registry: doctors, dentists, clinics and hospitals with specialty, license number, phone, fax and full address. Filter by specialty, state, city or ZIP. No API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/hichemdev/npi-healthcare-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Hichem Ben Moussa](https://apify.com/hichemdev) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 1,000 providers

This Actor is paid per event and usage. You are charged both the fixed price for specific events and for Apify platform usage.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
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.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## 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.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Healthcare Provider Scraper — NPI Registry Leads

Pull **US healthcare providers** straight from the official **CMS NPI registry** — doctors, dentists, clinics, pharmacies and hospitals — with **specialty, license number, phone, fax and full address**. No API key, no login.

Every record comes from the federal registry, so it's authoritative and free of the guesswork you get from scraped directories.

### What you can do with it

- 🧲 **Medical sales & lead gen** — build call lists by specialty and territory
- 🩺 **Healthcare recruiting** — find providers by specialty, city or state
- 💊 **Pharma & device targeting** — segment by taxonomy and license state
- 🏥 **Network / directory building** — populate a provider directory
- ✅ **Credential verification** — check NPI, license and active status

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `taxonomy` | string | Specialty, e.g. `Dentist`, `Family Medicine`, `Chiropractor`, `Pharmacy`. |
| `state` | string | Two-letter state code, e.g. `CA`, `TX`. |
| `city` | string | City — **narrow by city to pull far more records** (see note below). |
| `postalCode` | string | ZIP, wildcard supported (`902*`). |
| `organizationName` | string | Practice or facility name. |
| `firstName` / `lastName` | string | Individual provider name. |
| `npiNumbers` | array | Look up specific 10-digit NPIs directly. |
| `enumerationType` | select | Individuals only, organizations only, or both. |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max providers to scrape. |

#### Example

```json
{ "taxonomy": "Dentist", "state": "CA", "city": "Los Angeles", "maxResults": 1000 }
```

### Output

```json
{
  "npi": "1760813802",
  "type": "organization",
  "name": "101 DENTAL GROUP",
  "specialty": "Dentist, General Practice",
  "taxonomyCode": "1223G0001X",
  "licenseNumber": "54634",
  "licenseState": "CA",
  "status": "active",
  "phone": "(818) 999-9900",
  "fax": "(818) 999-9901",
  "address": "7259 OWENSMOUTH AVE",
  "city": "CANOGA PARK",
  "state": "CA",
  "postalCode": "913031530",
  "enumerationDate": "2013-11-27",
  "url": "https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1760813802"
}
```

Export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or pull live via the Apify API.

### Notes

- Data comes from the **official CMS NPI registry** — public federal data on provider *businesses*, including practice phone numbers.
- **Paging cap:** the registry only returns about 1,200 records per query. To pull a whole state, loop city by city (or ZIP by ZIP) rather than querying the state alone.
- `status: active` means the NPI is currently valid.

# Actor input Schema

## `taxonomy` (type: `string`):

Provider specialty, e.g. "Dentist", "Family Medicine", "Chiropractor", "Physical Therapist", "Pharmacy".

## `state` (type: `string`):

Two-letter US state code, e.g. CA, TX, NY.

## `city` (type: `string`):

City name, e.g. "Los Angeles". Narrowing by city lets you pull far more records.

## `postalCode` (type: `string`):

US ZIP code. Supports a wildcard, e.g. "902\*".

## `organizationName` (type: `string`):

Search by practice or facility name, e.g. "Mayo Clinic".

## `firstName` (type: `string`):

Provider first name (individual providers).

## `lastName` (type: `string`):

Provider last name (individual providers).

## `npiNumbers` (type: `array`):

Look up specific 10-digit NPI numbers directly. Overrides the search filters.

## `enumerationType` (type: `string`):

Limit to individuals or organizations.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of providers to scrape.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional. The CMS NPI registry is a public API and works without a proxy.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "taxonomy": "Dentist",
  "state": "CA",
  "npiNumbers": [],
  "enumerationType": "",
  "maxResults": 50,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

All scraped items as JSON.

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Browse results in the Apify Console.

# 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 = {
    "taxonomy": "Dentist",
    "state": "CA",
    "city": "",
    "postalCode": "",
    "organizationName": "",
    "firstName": "",
    "lastName": "",
    "npiNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 50
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("hichemdev/npi-healthcare-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 '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "taxonomy": "Dentist",
    "state": "CA",
    "city": "",
    "postalCode": "",
    "organizationName": "",
    "firstName": "",
    "lastName": "",
    "npiNumbers": [],
    "maxResults": 50,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("hichemdev/npi-healthcare-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "taxonomy": "Dentist",
  "state": "CA",
  "city": "",
  "postalCode": "",
  "organizationName": "",
  "firstName": "",
  "lastName": "",
  "npiNumbers": [],
  "maxResults": 50
}' |
apify call hichemdev/npi-healthcare-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,hichemdev/npi-healthcare-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/wOKROJO56BH3GyZYm/builds/TSeZhjeI25if2ztKR/openapi.json