# Photon Patient Benefits API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/photon/photon-patient-benefits-api/  
**Provider:** Photon — https://apis.io/providers/photon/  
**Base URL:** https://clinical-api.photon.health/graphql  
**Documentation:** https://docs.photon.health/reference/patient-benefits-api

Photon Patient Benefits API is one of 5 APIs that [Photon](https://apis.io/providers/photon/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include GraphQL, Benefit Check, and Coverage. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

Photon's GraphQL Patient Benefits API for managing patient benefits and enabling pharmacy benefit checks (coverage options, copay, and formulary) during the prescribing workflow. Served over the same GraphQL endpoint via mutations such as createBenefit and generateCoverageOptions.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **GraphQL** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/photon/refs/heads/main/graphql/photon-clinical-api-schema.json
- **Documentation** — https://docs.photon.health/docs/benefit-check-documentation
- **APIReference** — https://docs.photon.health/reference/patient-benefits-api
- **Authentication** — https://docs.photon.health/docs/authentication

## Other Photon APIs (4)

- [Photon Clinical API](https://apis.io/apis/photon/photon-clinical-api/)
- [Photon Agent discovery API](https://apis.io/apis/photon/photon-agent-discovery-api/)
- [Photon Newsletter API](https://apis.io/apis/photon/photon-newsletter-api/)
- [Photon Onboarding API](https://apis.io/apis/photon/photon-onboarding-api/)

## Tags

GraphQL, Benefit Check, Coverage

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/photon/photon-patient-benefits-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/photon/.