Independence Blue Cross

Independence Blue Cross (IBX) is the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association licensee for southeastern Pennsylvania (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties) and a subsidiary of Independence Health Group, Inc., the parent holding company that consolidated IBX, AmeriHealth (commercial, including AmeriHealth New Jersey and the AmeriHealth Administrators TPA business), and the AmeriHealth Caritas family of Medicaid managed care plans in 2013. The company has called Philadelphia home for more than 85 years, serves nearly three million members directly, and — through Independence Health Group — supports roughly nine million covered lives across commercial, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, CHIP, dental, vision, and behavioral health lines of business. Independence Health Group reported consolidated revenue of $36.3 billion for 2025. To satisfy the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule (CMS-9115-F), IBX publishes three HL7 FHIR R4 (4.0.1) APIs from its `eapics.ibx.com` gateway and developer portal at `devportal.ibx.com`: a SMART-on-FHIR / OAuth 2.0 secured Patient Access API for Medicare Advantage and Keystone HMO CHIP members, a public Da Vinci PDex Plan-Net Provider Directory API, and a public Da Vinci US Drug Formulary (USDF) API. The provider also publishes monthly Transparency in Coverage machine-readable files (in-network rates, allowed amounts, prescription drugs) for three carrier brands — Keystone Health Plan East, QCC Insurance Company, and Independence Assurance Co, Inc.

Independence Blue Cross publishes 4 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Formulary API, Patient Access API, Provider Directory API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Healthcare, Health Insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Managed Care, and Medicare.

The Independence Blue Cross catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Independence Blue Cross’ developer surface includes sandbox, getting-started guide, support, code examples, authentication, developer portal, documentation, and 59 more developer resources.

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54.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 36/100 agent ready Front door AI 1/6 silent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

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4 published contracts 3 Agent Skills 8 Features 6 Use Cases

Healthcare Health InsuranceBlue Cross Blue ShieldManaged Care Medicare Medicare Advantage Medicaid CHIP Commercial Dental Vision Behavioral Health Pharmacy Benefits Interoperability FHIR SMART on FHIR CMS Patient Access Provider Directory Drug Formulary Transparency In Coverage

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Health Information Management

BC-2900

Patient Access

GET /patient/v1/fhir/.well-known/smart-configuration GET /patient/v1/fhir/Patient GET /patient/v1/fhir/Coverage

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 54.0/100 · developing

Contract Quality 12.5 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 9.8 / 17

Access Clarity 7.4 / 17

Operational Transparency 1.7 / 11

Contract Governance 3.2 / 10

Discoverability 6.7 / 9

Regulatory Posture 7.2 / 15

Agent readiness — 36/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Health regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics does not apply to this provider. The published contracts declare no write operations, and a read-only API cannot create-or-update. The facet is excluded from this provider's denominator entirely — not scored zero. A reference or data API is not deficient for being unable to upsert.

The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks
Protected Resource Metadata +5 pts — a served /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource carrying `resource` (documented), and naming its authorization_servers (verified)
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document +5 pts — a parsing /.well-known/ucp.json or acp.json declaring a version and at least one service, OR (0.27) a live x402 payment challenge from _data/x402-adoption.json — `self` when its endpoints are on the provider's own domain, `platform` when they are on a vendor's

2 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 43.4 — up to +11.3 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 15.8 — up to +10.9 composite points
Contract Quality scores 58.8 — up to +10.3 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Healthcare (FHIR)	undeclared	-	-	-
Payer Interoperability (CAQH CORE, X12, Da Vinci, WEDI)	undeclared	-	-	-
US NPI Health Provider Registry (CMS NPPES)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 4

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

HL7 FHIR

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

SMART on FHIR

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Independence Blue Cross Transparency In Coverage Data

Monthly machine-readable JSON files published under 45 CFR Part Â§147.211 / the Transparency in Coverage rule for three carrier brands operated by Independence Blue Cross: Keyst...

Independence Blue Cross Formulary API

Public Da Vinci USDF FHIR R4 drug formulary resources.

Independence Blue Cross Patient Access API

FHIR R4 Patient Access resources for member-authorized access.

Independence Blue Cross Provider Directory API

Public Da Vinci Plan-Net FHIR R4 provider directory resources.

Postman Collections 3

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Independence Blue Cross Drug FHIR Formulary API

POSTMAN

Independence Blue Cross Drug FHIR Formulary Patient Access API

POSTMAN

Independence Blue Cross Drug FHIR Formulary Provider Directory API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Independence Blue Cross Drug FHIR Formulary API

OPEN COLLECTION

Independence Blue Cross Drug Formulary FHIR API

OPEN COLLECTION

Independence Blue Cross Drug FHIR Formulary Patient Access API

OPEN COLLECTION

Independence Blue Cross Patient Access FHIR API

OPEN COLLECTION

Independence Blue Cross Drug FHIR Formulary Provider Directory API

OPEN COLLECTION

Independence Blue Cross Provider Directory FHIR API

OPEN COLLECTION

Agent Skills 3

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

independence-blue-cross-check-drug-coverage

AGENT SKILL

independence-blue-cross-find-in-network-provider

AGENT SKILL

independence-blue-cross-member-health-record-access

AGENT SKILL

Independence Blue Cross API pricing

Not yet checked against Independence Blue Cross's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-23 from devportal.ibx.com/; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Developer Sandbox freemium	Free
CMS Patient Access (Production) freemium	Free
Provider Directory (Public) free	Free
Drug Formulary (Public) free	Free
Transparency In Coverage Machine-Readable Files free	Free

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Patient Access FHIR requests (production): not publicly published; reasonable-use enforcement requests per second
Provider Directory FHIR requests: not publicly published; reasonable-use enforcement requests per second
Drug Formulary FHIR requests: not publicly published; reasonable-use enforcement requests per second

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Independence Blue Cross's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Independence Blue Cross Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Independence Blue Cross Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Independence Blue Cross

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Independence Blue Cross Finops

FINOPS

Features 8

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

HL7 FHIR R4 Patient Access API

SMART on FHIR / OAuth 2.0 secured member access (Medicare Advantage and Keystone HMO CHIP populations) to AllergyIntolerance, CarePlan, Condition, Coverage, DiagnosticReport, En...

HL7 FHIR R4 Provider Directory API

Public, unauthenticated Da Vinci PDex Plan-Net FHIR Provider Directory exposing Practitioner, PractitionerRole, Organization, OrganizationAffiliation, Location, HealthcareServic...

HL7 FHIR R4 Drug Formulary API

Public Da Vinci USDF Drug Formulary surface exposing MedicationKnowledge and List resources for the Independence Blue Cross covered drug list.

SMART App Launch 1.0.0 OAuth 2.0 with PKCE

SMART configuration advertises `client-public`, `sso-openid-connect`, `launch-standalone`, `client-confidential-symmetric`, `context-standalone-patient`, `permission-offline`, a...

CARIN Blue Button / Da Vinci / US Core Conformance

Patient Access aligns with CARIN BB, CPCDS, US Core 3.1.1, and Da Vinci PDex. Provider Directory implements Da Vinci PDex Plan-Net. Drug Formulary implements Da Vinci USDF.

Developer Portal Self-Service

devportal.ibx.com provides documentation, registration (`/cmssignin/`), sandbox services, and per-app credentials. App onboarding support is at AppOnboardingSupport@ibx.com.

Transparency In Coverage Machine-Readable Files

Monthly published in-network rate, allowed amount, and prescription drug JSON files for Keystone Health Plan East, QCC Insurance Company, and Independence Assurance Co, Inc. at ...

No Public GitHub Organization

Independence Blue Cross does not maintain a public api-evangelist-discoverable GitHub organization for its FHIR developer surface; SDKs, sample code, and documentation are distr...

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Independence Blue Cross Context

23 classes · 12 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Independence Blue Cross — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Independence Blue Cross API Rules

0 rules ·

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 3

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Independence Blue Cross Formulary Api Overlay

4 actions · update · independence-blue-cross-formulary-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Independence Blue Cross Patient Access Api Overlay

5 actions · update · independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Independence Blue Cross Provider Directory Api Overlay

5 actions · update · independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

JSON Schema 6

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

IBX Coverage (CARIN BB subset)

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

IBX ExplanationOfBenefit (CARIN BB subset)

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

IBX Location (Da Vinci Plan-Net subset)

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

IBX Organization (Da Vinci Plan-Net subset)

12 properties

JSON SCHEMA

IBX Patient (US Core 3.1.1 subset)

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

IBX Practitioner (Da Vinci Plan-Net subset)

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Independence Blue Cross Health Plan Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 6

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Independence Blue Cross Coverage Search Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Independence Blue Cross Explanation Of Benefit Search Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Independence Blue Cross Medication Knowledge Search Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Independence Blue Cross Organization Search Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Independence Blue Cross Patient Read Example

11 fields

EXAMPLE

Independence Blue Cross Practitioner Search Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Independence Blue Cross Authentication

oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Independence Blue Cross Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Independence Blue Cross Scopes

4 scopes · authorizationCode

4 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Independence Blue Cross Agentic Access

60 operations

60 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 6

What developers build with this provider.

Member Health Record Aggregation

Consumer health apps allow Independence Medicare Advantage and Keystone HMO CHIP members to consent to share their clinical, claims, encounter, medication, and immunization hist...

Provider Directory Lookups

Member-facing tools, broker apps, and care navigation tools query the public Da Vinci Plan-Net Provider Directory FHIR API to find in-network Practitioners, PractitionerRoles, O...

Drug Formulary Browsing

Members, prescribers, and pharmacy apps query the public USDF Drug Formulary FHIR API to confirm whether a medication is covered, the tier, and any prior authorization requireme...

Payer-To-Payer Data Sharing

When a member switches plans, the Patient Access surface can inform payer-to-payer exchange workflows aligned with Da Vinci PDex to migrate clinical history.

Price Comparison & Cost Transparency

Researchers, employers, and consumer cost-transparency tools ingest the monthly Transparency in Coverage machine-readable files for Keystone Health Plan East, QCC, and IAC to co...

Clinical & Quality Reporting

Population health partners ingest member-authorized FHIR data to support HEDIS measure capture, risk adjustment, care-gap closure, and SDOH reporting.

Integrations 10

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Independence Health Group

Independence Blue Cross is a subsidiary of Independence Health Group, Inc., the 2013 holding company that also owns AmeriHealth (commercial) and majority-owns AmeriHealth Carita...

AmeriHealth Caritas

Majority-owned (61.3%) by Independence with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as a 38.7% co-owner; runs Medicaid managed care, CHIP, D-SNP, LTSS, and Marketplace plans across t...

AmeriHealth New Jersey

Independence operates AmeriHealth Insurance Company of New Jersey, a commercial payer serving roughly 209,000 New Jersey members.

AmeriHealth Administrators

National third-party administrator (TPA) serving self-funded health plans, carriers, and administrators with business process outsourcing.

Tandigm Health

Independence-affiliated value-based primary care enablement company supporting coordinated, proactive care for primary care physicians.

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Independence Blue Cross is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association serving Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties in PA.

CMS Interoperability Framework

APIs exist to satisfy the CMS-9115-F Interoperability and Patient Access final rule for Medicare Advantage and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) populations.

HL7 FHIR R4

All three APIs implement HL7 FHIR 4.0.1 with SMART App Launch 1.0.0 security, CARIN BB, Da Vinci PDex / Plan-Net, and Da Vinci USDF guidance.

SMART on FHIR / OAuth 2.0 / OIDC / PKCE

Standard SMART App Launch authorization code flow and PKCE flow back the Patient Access security model. SMART configuration is published at the well-known endpoint on eapics.ibx...

Carrier Brands

Underwriting carriers include Keystone Health Plan East, QCC Insurance Company, Independence Assurance Co, Inc., and Keystone Health Plan East HMO products. Each publishes its o...

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Solutions 8

Packaged solutions this provider offers.

Commercial Health Plans

Group commercial coverage for individuals, families, small and mid-sized businesses, large employers, municipalities, unions, and education boards in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Medicare Advantage

Keystone 65 HMO, Personal Choice 65 PPO, and related Medicare Advantage products including PA and re-entered NJ MA markets in 2024. Patient Access FHIR API is required for this ...

Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Keystone HMO CHIP covers eligible children in southeastern Pennsylvania under the Pennsylvania CHIP program; CHIP members are in scope for the Patient Access API.

Medicaid (Through AmeriHealth Caritas)

Medicaid managed care delivered through the AmeriHealth Caritas subsidiary family (Keystone First, AmeriHealth Caritas Pennsylvania, AmeriHealth Caritas DC, AmeriHealth Caritas ...

Dental

IBX Dental coverage offered through Keystone and United Concordia networks for commercial, Medicare, and individual buyers.

Vision

Vision coverage and provider network delivered through partner vision networks for commercial and Medicare buyers.

Behavioral Health

Behavioral health benefits embedded in commercial, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid lines; PerformCare (operated by AmeriHealth Caritas) supports PA behavioral health.

Pharmacy Benefits

Pharmacy benefits administration including the covered drug list (formulary) surfaced via the Drug Formulary FHIR API.

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Resources

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Sandbox

Sandbox

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Portal

Portal

Login

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Swagger

Swagger

Documentation

Documentation

Swagger

Swagger

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

WellKnown

X-MCPServerCandidate

X-MCPServerCandidate

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 11

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Spectral

Spectral

JSONLD

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conventions

DataModel

Vocabulary

JSONLDContext

JSONStructure

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Build 7

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

Examples

PostmanWorkspace

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Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Compliance

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Authentication

Learn 1

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Deprecation

Support

ContactUs

ContactSupport

RateLimits

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

DaVinciPlanNet

Plans

FinOps

Company 6

The organization behind the API

Website

NewsBlog

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

Blog

Other 14

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Hosts

Vendors

CapabilityMap

Registration

CMSFinalRule

CARINBlueButton

DaVinciPDex

DaVinciUSDF

USCore

SMARTAppLaunch

Affiliates

TransparencyInCoverage

TransparencyInCoverage

Pinterest

AntiFraud

AntiFraud

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Source (apis.yml)

aid: independence-blue-cross
name: Independence Blue Cross
description: 'Independence Blue Cross (IBX) is the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association licensee for southeastern Pennsylvania
  (Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties) and a subsidiary of Independence Health Group, Inc., the
  parent holding company that consolidated IBX, AmeriHealth (commercial, including AmeriHealth New Jersey and the AmeriHealth
  Administrators TPA business), and the AmeriHealth Caritas family of Medicaid managed care plans in 2013. The company has
  called Philadelphia home for more than 85 years, serves nearly three million members directly, and — through Independence
  Health Group — supports roughly nine million covered lives across commercial, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, CHIP, dental,
  vision, and behavioral health lines of business. Independence Health Group reported consolidated revenue of $36.3 billion
  for 2025. To satisfy the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule (CMS-9115-F), IBX publishes three HL7 FHIR R4
  (4.0.1) APIs from its `eapics.ibx.com` gateway and developer portal at `devportal.ibx.com`: a SMART-on-FHIR / OAuth 2.0
  secured Patient Access API for Medicare Advantage and Keystone HMO CHIP members, a public Da Vinci PDex Plan-Net Provider
  Directory API, and a public Da Vinci US Drug Formulary (USDF) API. The provider also publishes monthly Transparency in Coverage
  machine-readable files (in-network rates, allowed amounts, prescription drugs) for three carrier brands — Keystone Health
  Plan East, QCC Insurance Company, and Independence Assurance Co, Inc.'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/independence-blue-cross/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - scopes
  - security
  - sandbox
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/independence-blue-cross.png
tags:
- Healthcare
- Health Insurance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Managed Care
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage
- Medicaid
- CHIP
- Commercial
- Dental
- Vision
- Behavioral Health
- Pharmacy Benefits
- Interoperability
- FHIR
- SMART on FHIR
- CMS
- Patient Access
- Provider Directory
- Drug Formulary
- Transparency In Coverage
tags_raw:
- Healthcare
- Health Insurance
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Managed Care
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage
- Medicaid
- CHIP
- Commercial
- Dental
- Vision
- Behavioral Health
- Pharmacy Benefits
- Interoperability
- FHIR
- SMART On FHIR
- CMS
- Patient Access
- Provider Directory
- Drug Formulary
- Transparency In Coverage
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-08-15'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
common:
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/independence-blue-cross-rules.yml
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/independence-blue-cross-jsonschema-spectral-rules.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/independence-blue-cross-context.jsonld
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/independence-blue-cross-lifecycle.yml
- type: Hosts
  url: hosts/independence-blue-cross-hosts.yml
- type: Vendors
  url: vendors/independence-blue-cross-vendors.yml
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/independence-blue-cross-capability-edges.yml
  name: Independence Blue Cross Business Capability Map
- type: Swagger
  url: openapi/_original/independence-blue-cross-cms-swagger.json
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/independence-blue-cross-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/independence-blue-cross-well-known.yml
- type: X-MCPServerCandidate
  url: mcp/independence-blue-cross-mcp.yml
  note: 'Renamed from MCPServer 2026-09-03 (roadmap#247): the manifest self-describes as status: candidate — a tool list derived
    from the published API contracts, not an existing server. The scorer already read the manifest and reported mcp_server
    correctly; the MCPServer type was crediting the artifact-type surfaces with a server that does not exist.'
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/independence-blue-cross-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://www.ibx.com/privacy-policy/hipaa-compliance.html
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/independence-blue-cross-problem-types.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/independence-blue-cross-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/independence-blue-cross-conventions.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/independence-blue-cross-data-model.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/independence-blue-cross-sandbox.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://www.ibx.com/developer-resources/index.html
- type: Support
  url: https://www.ibx.com/contact-us/index.html
- type: Examples
  url: examples/independence-blue-cross-patient-read-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/independence-blue-cross-coverage-search-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/independence-blue-cross-explanation-of-benefit-search-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/independence-blue-cross-practitioner-search-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/independence-blue-cross-organization-search-example.json
- type: Examples
  url: examples/independence-blue-cross-medication-knowledge-search-example.json
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/independence-blue-cross/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/independence-blue-cross-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/independence-blue-cross-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/independence-blue-cross-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/independence-blue-cross-scopes.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://devportal.ibx.com/
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ibx.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://devportal.ibx.com/documentation/
- type: Swagger
  url: https://www.ibx.com/scripts/custom/swagger/cmsSwagger.json
- type: Authentication
  url: https://eapics.ibx.com/patient/v1/fhir/.well-known/smart-configuration
- type: Registration
  url: https://devportal.ibx.com/cmssignin/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.ibx.com/htdocs/custom/tnc/Developer%20Portal%20TandC.pdf
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.ibx.com/privacy-policy
- type: Login
  url: https://www.ibx.com/login
- type: CMSFinalRule
  url: https://www.cms.gov/priorities/key-initiatives/burden-reduction/interoperability
- type: CARINBlueButton
  url: https://hl7.org/fhir/us/carin-bb/history.html
- type: DaVinciPDex
  url: https://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pdex/history.html
- type: DaVinciPlanNet
  url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pdex-plan-net/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.davinci-pdex-plan-net
- type: DaVinciUSDF
  url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-drug-formulary/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.davinci-drug-formulary
- type: USCore
  url: https://hl7.org/fhir/us/core/STU3.1.1/
- type: SMARTAppLaunch
  url: https://hl7.org/fhir/smart-app-launch/1.0.0/
- type: Affiliates
  url: https://www.ibx.com/about-us/affiliates
- type: ContactUs
  url: mailto:AppOnboardingSupport@ibx.com
- type: ContactSupport
  url: https://www.ibx.com/contact-us
- type: NewsBlog
  url: https://news.ibx.com/
- type: TransparencyInCoverage
  url: https://www.ibx.com/resources/for-members/transparency-in-coverage.html
- type: Facebook
  url: https://www.facebook.com/ibx
- type: Twitter
  url: https://www.twitter.com/ibx
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/ibxphilly
- type: Instagram
  url: https://www.instagram.com/ibxfearless/
- type: Pinterest
  url: https://pinterest.com/IBXBlueCross/
- type: AntiFraud
  url: https://www.ibx.com/anti-fraud
- type: Plans
  url: plans/independence-blue-cross-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/independence-blue-cross-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/independence-blue-cross-finops.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/independence-blue-cross-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/independence-blue-cross-context.jsonld
- type: JSONStructure
  url: json-structure/independence-blue-cross-health-plan-structure.json
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: HL7 FHIR R4 Patient Access API
    description: SMART on FHIR / OAuth 2.0 secured member access (Medicare Advantage and Keystone HMO CHIP populations) to
      AllergyIntolerance, CarePlan, Condition, Coverage, DiagnosticReport, Encounter, ExplanationOfBenefit, Goal, Immunization,
      Location, Medication, MedicationDispense, MedicationRequest, Observation, Organization, Patient, Practitioner, PractitionerRole,
      and Procedure FHIR R4 resources.
  - name: HL7 FHIR R4 Provider Directory API
    description: Public, unauthenticated Da Vinci PDex Plan-Net FHIR Provider Directory exposing Practitioner, PractitionerRole,
      Organization, OrganizationAffiliation, Location, HealthcareService, InsurancePlan, and Endpoint resources for the Independence
      Blue Cross network.
  - name: HL7 FHIR R4 Drug Formulary API
    description: Public Da Vinci USDF Drug Formulary surface exposing MedicationKnowledge and List resources for the Independence
      Blue Cross covered drug list.
  - name: SMART App Launch 1.0.0 OAuth 2.0 with PKCE
    description: SMART configuration advertises `client-public`, `sso-openid-connect`, `launch-standalone`, `client-confidential-symmetric`,
      `context-standalone-patient`, `permission-offline`, and `permission-patient` capabilities. Authorize at `member.ibx.com/patientaccesssvc/oauth2/v1/authorize`,
      exchange at `eapics.ibx.com/oauth2/v2/token`.
  - name: CARIN Blue Button / Da Vinci / US Core Conformance
    description: Patient Access aligns with CARIN BB, CPCDS, US Core 3.1.1, and Da Vinci PDex. Provider Directory implements
      Da Vinci PDex Plan-Net. Drug Formulary implements Da Vinci USDF.
  - name: Developer Portal Self-Service
    description: devportal.ibx.com provides documentation, registration (`/cmssignin/`), sandbox services, and per-app credentials.
      App onboarding support is at AppOnboardingSupport@ibx.com.
  - name: Transparency In Coverage Machine-Readable Files
    description: Monthly published in-network rate, allowed amount, and prescription drug JSON files for Keystone Health Plan
      East, QCC Insurance Company, and Independence Assurance Co, Inc. at `www.ibx.com/cmstic/?brand={khpe|qcc|iac}`.
  - name: No Public GitHub Organization
    description: Independence Blue Cross does not maintain a public api-evangelist-discoverable GitHub organization for its
      FHIR developer surface; SDKs, sample code, and documentation are distributed through the dev portal rather than open-source
      repositories.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Member Health Record Aggregation
    description: Consumer health apps allow Independence Medicare Advantage and Keystone HMO CHIP members to consent to share
      their clinical, claims, encounter, medication, and immunization history with third-party personal health record (PHR)
      apps.
  - name: Provider Directory Lookups
    description: Member-facing tools, broker apps, and care navigation tools query the public Da Vinci Plan-Net Provider Directory
      FHIR API to find in-network Practitioners, PractitionerRoles, Organizations, and Locations across southeastern PA.
  - name: Drug Formulary Browsing
    description: Members, prescribers, and pharmacy apps query the public USDF Drug Formulary FHIR API to confirm whether
      a medication is covered, the tier, and any prior authorization requirements before filling.
  - name: Payer-To-Payer Data Sharing
    description: When a member switches plans, the Patient Access surface can inform payer-to-payer exchange workflows aligned
      with Da Vinci PDex to migrate clinical history.
  - name: Price Comparison & Cost Transparency
    description: Researchers, employers, and consumer cost-transparency tools ingest the monthly Transparency in Coverage
      machine-readable files for Keystone Health Plan East, QCC, and IAC to compare in-network rates and allowed amounts.
  - name: Clinical & Quality Reporting
    description: Population health partners ingest member-authorized FHIR data to support HEDIS measure capture, risk adjustment,
      care-gap closure, and SDOH reporting.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Independence Health Group
    description: Independence Blue Cross is a subsidiary of Independence Health Group, Inc., the 2013 holding company that
      also owns AmeriHealth (commercial) and majority-owns AmeriHealth Caritas (Medicaid managed care).
  - name: AmeriHealth Caritas
    description: Majority-owned (61.3%) by Independence with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan as a 38.7% co-owner; runs
      Medicaid managed care, CHIP, D-SNP, LTSS, and Marketplace plans across thirteen states plus DC.
  - name: AmeriHealth New Jersey
    description: Independence operates AmeriHealth Insurance Company of New Jersey, a commercial payer serving roughly 209,000
      New Jersey members.
  - name: AmeriHealth Administrators
    description: National third-party administrator (TPA) serving self-funded health plans, carriers, and administrators with
      business process outsourcing.
  - name: Tandigm Health
    description: Independence-affiliated value-based primary care enablement company supporting coordinated, proactive care
      for primary care physicians.
  - name: Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
    description: Independence Blue Cross is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association serving Bucks,
      Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties in PA.
  - name: CMS Interoperability Framework
    description: APIs exist to satisfy the CMS-9115-F Interoperability and Patient Access final rule for Medicare Advantage
      and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) populations.
  - name: HL7 FHIR R4
    description: All three APIs implement HL7 FHIR 4.0.1 with SMART App Launch 1.0.0 security, CARIN BB, Da Vinci PDex / Plan-Net,
      and Da Vinci USDF guidance.
  - name: SMART on FHIR / OAuth 2.0 / OIDC / PKCE
    description: Standard SMART App Launch authorization code flow and PKCE flow back the Patient Access security model. SMART
      configuration is published at the well-known endpoint on eapics.ibx.com.
  - name: Carrier Brands
    description: Underwriting carriers include Keystone Health Plan East, QCC Insurance Company, Independence Assurance Co,
      Inc., and Keystone Health Plan East HMO products. Each publishes its own Transparency in Coverage machine-readable files.
- type: Solutions
  data:
  - name: Commercial Health Plans
    description: Group commercial coverage for individuals, families, small and mid-sized businesses, large employers, municipalities,
      unions, and education boards in southeastern Pennsylvania.
  - name: Medicare Advantage
    description: Keystone 65 HMO, Personal Choice 65 PPO, and related Medicare Advantage products including PA and re-entered
      NJ MA markets in 2024. Patient Access FHIR API is required for this population under CMS-9115-F.
  - name: Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
    description: Keystone HMO CHIP covers eligible children in southeastern Pennsylvania under the Pennsylvania CHIP program;
      CHIP members are in scope for the Patient Access API.
  - name: Medicaid (Through AmeriHealth Caritas)
    description: Medicaid managed care delivered through the AmeriHealth Caritas subsidiary family (Keystone First, AmeriHealth
      Caritas Pennsylvania, AmeriHealth Caritas DC, AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware, AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana, AmeriHealth
      Caritas North Carolina, AmeriHealth Caritas New Hampshire, AmeriHealth Caritas Ohio, AmeriHealth Caritas Florida, First
      Choice by Select Health of South Carolina, and Blue Cross Complete of Michigan).
  - name: Dental
    description: IBX Dental coverage offered through Keystone and United Concordia networks for commercial, Medicare, and
      individual buyers.
  - name: Vision
    description: Vision coverage and provider network delivered through partner vision networks for commercial and Medicare
      buyers.
  - name: Behavioral Health
    description: Behavioral health benefits embedded in commercial, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid lines; PerformCare (operated
      by AmeriHealth Caritas) supports PA behavioral health.
  - name: Pharmacy Benefits
    description: Pharmacy benefits administration including the covered drug list (formulary) surfaced via the Drug Formulary
      FHIR API.
- type: Blog
  url: https://news.ibx.com/feed/
apis:
- aid: independence-blue-cross:transparency-in-coverage
  name: Independence Blue Cross Transparency In Coverage Data
  description: 'Monthly machine-readable JSON files published under 45 CFR Part Â§147.211 / the Transparency in Coverage rule
    for three carrier brands operated by Independence Blue Cross: Keystone Health Plan East, QCC Insurance Company, and Independence
    Assurance Co, Inc. Files cover in-network negotiated rates, out-of-network allowed amounts, and prescription drug pricing
    across medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, and plan domains.'
  humanURL: https://www.ibx.com/resources/for-members/transparency-in-coverage.html
  baseURL: https://www.ibx.com/cmstic/
  tags:
  - Transparency In Coverage
  - Machine-Readable Files
  - Pricing
  - Regulatory
  tags_raw:
  - Transparency In Coverage
  - Machine Readable Files
  - Pricing
  - Regulatory
  properties:
  - type: Index
    url: https://www.ibx.com/cmstic/?brand=khpe
  - type: Index
    url: https://www.ibx.com/cmstic/?brand=qcc
  - type: Index
    url: https://www.ibx.com/cmstic/?brand=iac
  - type: Regulation
    url: https://www.cms.gov/healthplan-price-transparency
- aid: independence-blue-cross:independence-blue-cross-formulary-api
  name: Independence Blue Cross Formulary API
  description: Public Da Vinci USDF FHIR R4 drug formulary resources.
  humanURL: https://devportal.ibx.com/documentation/
  baseURL: https://eapics.ibx.com/formulary/v1/fhir
  tags:
  - Formulary
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/independence-blue-cross-formulary-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/independence-blue-cross-formulary-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Portal
    url: https://devportal.ibx.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://devportal.ibx.com/documentation/
  - type: Swagger
    url: https://www.ibx.com/scripts/custom/swagger/cmsSwagger.json
  - type: CapabilityStatement
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/patient/v1/fhir/metadata
  - type: SmartConfiguration
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/patient/v1/fhir/.well-known/smart-configuration
  - type: AuthorizeURL
    url: https://member.ibx.com/patientaccesssvc/oauth2/v1/authorize
  - type: TokenURL
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/oauth2/v2/token
  - type: Registration
    url: https://devportal.ibx.com/cmssignin/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.ibx.com/htdocs/custom/tnc/Developer%20Portal%20TandC.pdf
  - type: ContactEmail
    url: mailto:AppOnboardingSupport@ibx.com
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/independence-blue-cross-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-patient-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-coverage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-explanation-of-benefit-schema.json
  - type: CapabilityStatement
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/provider/v1/fhir/metadata
  - type: ImplementationGuide
    url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pdex-plan-net/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.davinci-pdex-plan-net
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-practitioner-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-organization-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-location-schema.json
  - type: CapabilityStatement
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/formulary/v1/fhir/metadata
  - type: ImplementationGuide
    url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-drug-formulary/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.davinci-drug-formulary
- aid: independence-blue-cross:independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api
  name: Independence Blue Cross Patient Access API
  description: FHIR R4 Patient Access resources for member-authorized access.
  humanURL: https://devportal.ibx.com/documentation/
  baseURL: https://eapics.ibx.com/patient/v1/fhir
  tags:
  - Patient Access
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/independence-blue-cross-patient-access-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Portal
    url: https://devportal.ibx.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://devportal.ibx.com/documentation/
  - type: Swagger
    url: https://www.ibx.com/scripts/custom/swagger/cmsSwagger.json
  - type: CapabilityStatement
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/patient/v1/fhir/metadata
  - type: SmartConfiguration
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/patient/v1/fhir/.well-known/smart-configuration
  - type: AuthorizeURL
    url: https://member.ibx.com/patientaccesssvc/oauth2/v1/authorize
  - type: TokenURL
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/oauth2/v2/token
  - type: Registration
    url: https://devportal.ibx.com/cmssignin/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.ibx.com/htdocs/custom/tnc/Developer%20Portal%20TandC.pdf
  - type: ContactEmail
    url: mailto:AppOnboardingSupport@ibx.com
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/independence-blue-cross-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-patient-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-coverage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-explanation-of-benefit-schema.json
  - type: CapabilityStatement
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/provider/v1/fhir/metadata
  - type: ImplementationGuide
    url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pdex-plan-net/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.davinci-pdex-plan-net
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-practitioner-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-organization-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-location-schema.json
  - type: CapabilityStatement
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/formulary/v1/fhir/metadata
  - type: ImplementationGuide
    url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-drug-formulary/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.davinci-drug-formulary
- aid: independence-blue-cross:independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api
  name: Independence Blue Cross Provider Directory API
  description: Public Da Vinci Plan-Net FHIR R4 provider directory resources.
  humanURL: https://devportal.ibx.com/documentation/
  baseURL: https://eapics.ibx.com/provider/v1/fhir
  tags:
  - Provider Directory
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/independence-blue-cross-provider-directory-api-overlay.yaml
  - type: Portal
    url: https://devportal.ibx.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://devportal.ibx.com/documentation/
  - type: Swagger
    url: https://www.ibx.com/scripts/custom/swagger/cmsSwagger.json
  - type: CapabilityStatement
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/patient/v1/fhir/metadata
  - type: SmartConfiguration
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/patient/v1/fhir/.well-known/smart-configuration
  - type: AuthorizeURL
    url: https://member.ibx.com/patientaccesssvc/oauth2/v1/authorize
  - type: TokenURL
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/oauth2/v2/token
  - type: Registration
    url: https://devportal.ibx.com/cmssignin/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.ibx.com/htdocs/custom/tnc/Developer%20Portal%20TandC.pdf
  - type: ContactEmail
    url: mailto:AppOnboardingSupport@ibx.com
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/independence-blue-cross-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-patient-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-coverage-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-explanation-of-benefit-schema.json
  - type: CapabilityStatement
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/provider/v1/fhir/metadata
  - type: ImplementationGuide
    url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-pdex-plan-net/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.davinci-pdex-plan-net
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-practitioner-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-organization-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/independence-blue-cross-location-schema.json
  - type: CapabilityStatement
    url: https://eapics.ibx.com/formulary/v1/fhir/metadata
  - type: ImplementationGuide
    url: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-drug-formulary/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.us.davinci-drug-formulary
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-10-12'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v5

Independence Blue Cross API — frequently asked questions

Does Independence Blue Cross have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 4 APIs from Independence Blue Cross, including Independence Blue Cross Transparency In Coverage Data, Independence Blue Cross Formulary API and Independence Blue Cross Patient Access API, and 1 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Independence Blue Cross API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 3 OpenAPI specifications for Independence Blue Cross, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Independence Blue Cross API?

Independence Blue Cross documents its authentication (oauth2 · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Independence Blue Cross Authentication.

How much does the Independence Blue Cross API cost?

APIs.io lists 5 pricing plans for Independence Blue Cross, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Independence Blue Cross API ready for AI agents?

Independence Blue Cross has a Kin Score of 54.0 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 35.9 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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