# HealthData.gov

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/healthdata/  
**Website:** https://healthdata.gov  
**APIs profiled:** 1

HealthData.gov is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services open data platform providing public access to federal health datasets including Medicare claims, hospital quality ratings, drug utilization data, public health indicators, and data from agencies such as CMS, CDC, FDA, and NIH. The platform is powered by the Socrata Open Data API (SODA) and exposes every dataset through a consistent REST API using SoQL query language, enabling developers to build applications, conduct research, and create data visualizations from authoritative government health data.

## Kin Score — 34.3 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 34.3).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 35.2 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 31.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 31.5 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 26.9 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **HealthData.gov SODA API** — The Socrata Open Data API (SODA) provides programmatic access to all public datasets hosted on HealthData.gov. Each dataset is accessible through a unique eight-character identi...

## Security (1)

- **Healthdata Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Plans**

## Tags

Health, Open Data, Federal-Government, Medicare, Medicaid, Hospital Quality, Drug Utilization, Public Health, CDC, CMS, FDA, NIH, SODA, Socrata

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/healthdata/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.