# Medicaid NADAC Drug Pricing Scraper (`thetatech-data/cms-nadac-drug-pricing-scraper`) Actor

Query official Medicaid NADAC (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) weekly drug prices from Medicaid.gov. Filter by NDC, drug name, or year. Public open data — no login.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/thetatech-data/cms-nadac-drug-pricing-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Theta Tech](https://apify.com/thetatech-data) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, AI
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## 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.

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

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# README

## Medicaid NADAC Drug Pricing Scraper

Query **official Medicaid.gov NADAC** (National Average Drug Acquisition Cost) weekly pharmacy acquisition cost reference data by NDC, drug name, brand/generic classification, and OTC flag.

Dataset: [NADAC 2026](https://data.medicaid.gov/dataset/fbb83258-11c7-47f5-8b18-5f8e79f7e704) (and prior years 2021–2025).

No login. No ToS-hostile scraping.

### Medicaid NADAC drug pricing API

Official public federal open data via HTTP — no login. Filter, page, and export clean JSON for analytics and agents.

### Use cases

- **Payer / PBM analytics** — benchmark acquisition costs by NDC
- **Pharmacy / wholesale** — track NADAC per unit and effective dates
- **HEOR / market access** — brand vs generic (`B`/`G`) classification pricing
- **AI agents** — structured drug pricing JSON from federal open data

### Example input

```json
{
  "year": 2026,
  "ndcDescriptionContains": "AMOXICILLIN",
  "maxItems": 50
}
```

```json
{
  "ndc": "24385005452",
  "year": 2026
}
```

### Output highlights

`ndc`, `ndcDescription`, `nadacPerUnit`, `effectiveDate`, `pricingUnit`, `otc`, `classificationForRateSetting`, `correspondingGenericNadacPerUnit`, `asOfDate`, `datasetYear`, `source`.

### Pricing

**Free** on the Apify Store. You only pay Apify platform usage for your runs.

### Legal

Public Medicaid.gov open data via the official datastore API. Theta Tech LLC (`thetatech-data`).

### Related

- [CMS Open Payments Scraper](https://apify.com/thetatech-data/cms-open-payments-scraper)
- [CMS Hospital Quality / Care Compare Scraper](https://apify.com/thetatech-data/cms-hospital-quality-scraper)
- [CMS Medicare Physician Scraper](https://apify.com/thetatech-data/cms-medicare-physician-scraper)
- [CMS Nursing Home Care Compare Scraper](https://apify.com/thetatech-data/cms-nursing-home-scraper)
- [Medicaid NADAC Drug Pricing Scraper](https://apify.com/thetatech-data/cms-nadac-drug-pricing-scraper)

# Actor input Schema

## `year` (type: `integer`):

Calendar year dataset (2021–2026). Default 2026.

## `ndc` (type: `string`):

Exact National Drug Code (11-digit as published).

## `ndcDescriptionContains` (type: `string`):

Case-insensitive substring on ndc_description (client-side).

## `classification` (type: `string`):

Rate-setting classification: G = generic, B = brand.

## `otcOnly` (type: `boolean`):

If true, keep only over-the-counter products.

## `prescriptionOnly` (type: `boolean`):

If true, keep only prescription (non-OTC) products.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum NADAC rows to push.

## `pageSize` (type: `integer`):

API page size (1–500).

## `delayMs` (type: `integer`):

Polite delay between pages.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "year": 2026,
  "ndcDescriptionContains": "AMOXICILLIN",
  "otcOnly": false,
  "prescriptionOnly": false,
  "maxItems": 500,
  "pageSize": 100,
  "delayMs": 200
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

Dataset of NDC-level NADAC prices.

# 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 = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("thetatech-data/cms-nadac-drug-pricing-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 = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("thetatech-data/cms-nadac-drug-pricing-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 '{}' |
apify call thetatech-data/cms-nadac-drug-pricing-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,thetatech-data/cms-nadac-drug-pricing-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/jsKiprgNsm2YsfXl7/builds/AOwqx8ydq9zIrggfq/openapi.json