# CMS Socrata Open Data API (data.cms.gov)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-socrata-open-data/  
**Provider:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services — https://apis.io/providers/cms/  
**Base URL:** https://data.cms.gov/data.json  
**Documentation:** https://data.cms.gov/

CMS Socrata Open Data API (data.cms.gov) is one of 41 APIs that [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services](https://apis.io/providers/cms/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Datasets, Medicare, Open Data, Provider Data, and SODA. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

data.cms.gov hosts hundreds of CMS datasets including Medicare Fee-for-Service utilization and payment data, Provider of Services files, Medicare Part B/D Prescriber summaries, Marketplace open enrollment data, and COVID-19 nursing home data, available via the data.cms.gov Data API (JSON) and the CMS Provider Data Catalog Socrata-compatible endpoints.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Website** — https://data.cms.gov/
- **Documentation** — https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/docs
- **Developer** — https://developer.cms.gov/data-cms/
- **DataAPI** — https://data.cms.gov/data-api

## Other Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services APIs (12)

- [CMS Data at the Point of Care (DPC) API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-data-at-the-point-of-care-dpc-api/)
- [CMS Finder API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-finder-api/)
- [CMS Quality Payment Program (QPP) Submissions API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-quality-payment-program-qpp-submissions-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services API Reference API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-api-reference-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Bulk Data API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-bulk-data-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Code Search API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-code-search-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Cost Search API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-cost-search-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Enrollments API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-enrollments-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Geography API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-geography-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Households & Eligibility API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-households-eligibility-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Insurance Issuers API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-insurance-issuers-api/)
- [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Insurance Plans API](https://apis.io/apis/cms/cms-insurance-plans-api/)

## Tags

Datasets, Medicare, Open Data, Provider Data, SODA, Socrata

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