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UnitedHealthcare

UnitedHealthcare Patient Access API

FHIR R4 Patient Access API for member health data

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UnitedHealthcare Patient Access API is one of 7 APIs that UnitedHealthcare publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Patient Access. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.uhc.com/fhir/R4.

3 operations 3 paths 2 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.uhcprovider.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
UnitedHealthcare Interoperability
License
UnitedHealthcare API Terms of Use
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

UnitedHealthcare Patient Access API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 Bearer token for FHIR API access

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Patient Access 3

FHIR R4 Patient Access API for member health data

GET
/Patient/{id}
UnitedHealthcare Get Patient Demographics
getPatient 1 param → 200401403404429
GET
/ExplanationOfBenefit
UnitedHealthcare List Explanation of Benefits
listExplanationOfBenefit 4 params → 200401403404429
GET
/Coverage
UnitedHealthcare List Coverage
listCoverage 2 params → 200401403429

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are FHIRPatient (8 properties), FHIRBundle (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FHIRBundle
object
FHIR R4 Bundle resource containing a collection of FHIR resources
6 properties
FHIRPatient
object
FHIR R4 Patient resource representing a UnitedHealthcare member
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

unitedhealthcare-patient-access-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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UnitedHealthcare Provider Directory API
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UnitedHealthcare Providers API
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API Details
ID
unitedhealthcare:unitedhealthcare-patient-access-api
Base URL
https://api.uhcprovider.com
Docs
https://apimarketplace.uhcprovider.com/#/
Provider
UnitedHealthcare
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