Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Healthcare.gov Marketplace API

The Healthcare.gov Marketplace API and accompanying Open Data Plan Finder exposes Qualified Health Plan (QHP) details, plan attributes, provider networks, and formularies for the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace states, enabling third-party plan comparison and enrollment experiences.

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Other Resources

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AgentSkill
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cms/refs/heads/main/skills/cms-search-marketplace-plans.md
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Developer
https://www.healthcare.gov/developers/
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Examples
https://github.com/CMSgov/marketplace-api-examples
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OpenData
https://data.healthcare.gov/

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: cms:healthcare-gov-marketplace
name: Healthcare.gov Marketplace API
tags:
- ACA
- Exchange
- Marketplace
- Plan Finder
- QHP
humanURL: https://www.healthcare.gov/developers/
baseURL: https://marketplace.api.healthcare.gov/api/v1/
properties:
- url: skills/cms-search-marketplace-plans.md
  type: AgentSkill
- url: https://www.healthcare.gov/developers/
  type: Developer
- url: https://github.com/CMSgov/marketplace-api-examples
  type: Examples
- url: https://data.healthcare.gov/
  type: OpenData
description: The Healthcare.gov Marketplace API and accompanying Open Data Plan Finder exposes Qualified
  Health Plan (QHP) details, plan attributes, provider networks, and formularies for the Federally-Facilitated
  Marketplace states, enabling third-party plan comparison and enrollment experiences.