The Entities API from Loa Healthcare Pricing API — 3 operation(s) for entities.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Loa Healthcare Pricing Entities API
version: 0.1.0
description: Search source-labeled U.S. healthcare providers and hospitals, compare medical prices, and submit reviewed data updates.
termsOfService: https://www.loacare.com/terms
contact:
name: Loa
url: https://www.loacare.com/api-partnership
license:
name: Loa Terms of Service
url: https://www.loacare.com/terms
servers:
- url: /api/v1
tags:
- name: Entities
paths:
/entities/search:
get:
operationId: searchEntities
summary: Search provider and hospital entities
security:
- {}
- ProviderApiKey: []
parameters:
- name: q
in: query
schema:
type: string
- name: type
in: query
schema:
type: string
enum:
- hospital
- provider
- name: state
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Two-letter state code or full state name. Unknown states return InvalidEntitySearch.
- name: limit
in: query
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 50
responses:
'200':
description: Entity search results with request_id and pagination.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/EntitySearchResponse'
'400':
description: InvalidEntitySearch.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'401':
description: ApiClientUnauthorized.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'403':
description: ApiClientDisabled or ApiClientScopeDenied.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'429':
description: ApiRateLimited.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
tags:
- Entities
/entities/{slug}:
get:
operationId: getEntity
summary: Get one entity profile by exact Loa slug or entity_pages.id
security:
- {}
- ProviderApiKey: []
parameters:
- name: slug
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: Exact Loa slug, or entity_pages.id for local/API clients.
- name: type
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- hospital
- provider
responses:
'200':
description: Entity profile with provenance.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityProfileResponse'
'400':
description: InvalidEntityType.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'401':
description: ApiClientUnauthorized.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'403':
description: ApiClientDisabled or ApiClientScopeDenied.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'404':
description: EntityNotFound.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'429':
description: ApiRateLimited.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
tags:
- Entities
/entities/{slug}/prices:
get:
operationId: getEntityPrices
summary: Get source-labeled prices for one entity by exact Loa slug or entity_pages.id
security:
- {}
- ProviderApiKey: []
parameters:
- name: slug
in: path
required: true
schema:
type: string
description: Exact Loa slug, or entity_pages.id for local/API clients.
- name: type
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
enum:
- hospital
- provider
- name: cpt_code
in: query
schema:
type: string
description: Optional CPT code filter. Repeat or comma-separate values, max 25 codes.
- name: limit
in: query
schema:
type: integer
minimum: 1
maximum: 100
responses:
'200':
description: Resolved prices with provenance and explicit unavailable rows.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityPricesResponse'
'400':
description: InvalidEntityType or InvalidEntityPricesRequest.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'401':
description: ApiClientUnauthorized.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'403':
description: ApiClientDisabled or ApiClientScopeDenied.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'404':
description: EntityNotFound.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'429':
description: ApiRateLimited.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
tags:
- Entities
components:
schemas:
ProfileFieldProvenance:
type: object
required:
- authority
- source_type
- source_label
- confidence
properties:
authority:
type: string
source_type:
type: string
source_label:
type: string
confidence:
type: string
loa_reviewed_at:
type:
- string
- 'null'
ErrorResponse:
type: object
required:
- request_id
- error
properties:
request_id:
type: string
error:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedError'
ResolvedEntity:
type: object
required:
- id
- entityType
- slug
- canonicalName
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
entityType:
type: string
enum:
- hospital
- provider
slug:
type: string
canonicalName:
type: string
city:
type:
- string
- 'null'
state:
type:
- string
- 'null'
ComparableResolvedPrice:
type: object
required:
- entityPageId
- cptCode
- codeType
- priceCents
- priceKind
- label
- provenance
properties:
entityPageId:
type: string
format: uuid
cptCode:
type: string
codeType:
type: string
procedureDescription:
type: string
serviceCategory:
type: string
priceCents:
type:
- integer
- 'null'
priceKind:
type: string
label:
type: string
payerName:
type: string
planName:
type: string
setting:
type: string
billingClass:
type: string
component:
type: string
sourceRowId:
type: string
basePriceIndexId:
type: string
overlayRelationship:
type: string
provenance:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Provenance'
EntityProfile:
type: object
required:
- id
- entityType
- slug
- canonicalName
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
entityType:
type: string
enum:
- hospital
- provider
slug:
type: string
canonicalName:
type: string
displayName:
type:
- string
- 'null'
city:
type:
- string
- 'null'
state:
type:
- string
- 'null'
zipCode:
type:
- string
- 'null'
address:
type:
- string
- 'null'
phone:
type:
- string
- 'null'
website:
type:
- string
- 'null'
npi:
type:
- string
- 'null'
ccn:
type:
- string
- 'null'
hpfId:
type:
- string
- 'null'
dataQualityScore:
type:
- number
- 'null'
updatedAt:
type: string
metadata:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
EntityPricesResponse:
type: object
required:
- request_id
- entity
- prices
- pagination
- provenance
properties:
request_id:
type: string
entity:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ResolvedEntity'
prices:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ResolvedPrice'
pagination:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
provenance:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Provenance'
ResolvedPrice:
allOf:
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/ComparableResolvedPrice'
- type: object
properties:
comparableMrfPrice:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ComparableResolvedPrice'
EntitySearchResult:
type: object
required:
- id
- entity_type
- slug
- canonical_name
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
entity_type:
type: string
enum:
- hospital
- provider
slug:
type: string
canonical_name:
type: string
display_name:
type:
- string
- 'null'
city:
type:
- string
- 'null'
state:
type:
- string
- 'null'
zip_code:
type:
- string
- 'null'
data_quality_score:
type:
- number
- 'null'
updated_at:
type: string
EntityProfileResponse:
type: object
required:
- request_id
- entity
- provenance
- profile_field_provenance
properties:
request_id:
type: string
entity:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/EntityProfile'
provenance:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Provenance'
profile_field_provenance:
type: object
additionalProperties:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProfileFieldProvenance'
NamedError:
type: object
required:
- code
- message
properties:
code:
type: string
message:
type: string
Pagination:
type: object
required:
- limit
- returned
properties:
limit:
type: integer
returned:
type: integer
Provenance:
type: object
required:
- authority
- confidence
- caveats
properties:
authority:
type: string
source_type:
type: string
sourceType:
type: string
source_label:
type: string
sourceLabel:
type: string
sourceUpdatedAt:
type: string
loaReviewedAt:
type: string
confidence:
type: string
enum:
- high
- medium
- low
caveats:
type: array
items:
type: string
EntitySearchResponse:
type: object
required:
- request_id
- results
- pagination
- provenance
properties:
request_id:
type: string
results:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/EntitySearchResult'
pagination:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
provenance:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Provenance'
securitySchemes:
ProviderApiKey:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: x-api-key
description: Optional provider API key for metered clients. Local public reads still work without a key.
externalDocs:
description: Loa healthcare pricing API documentation
url: https://www.loacare.com/api-partnership
x-provenance:
method: harvested
publisher: Loa Healthcare Pricing API
source: https://www.loacare.com/api/v1/openapi.json
note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)