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UnitedHealthcare Providers API

Provider demographics and directory

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

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

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. 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.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 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
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

UnitedHealthcare Providers 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Providers 1

Provider demographics and directory

GET
/providers/v1/demographics
UnitedHealthcare Provider Demographics
getProviderDemographics 2 params → 200400401404429

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is ProviderDemographics (13 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ProviderDemographics
object
Healthcare provider demographic and credentialing information
13 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

unitedhealthcare-providers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs UnitedHealthcare publishes across the network.

UnitedHealthcare Claims API
UnitedHealthcare Eligibility API
UnitedHealthcare Formulary API
UnitedHealthcare Patient Access API
UnitedHealthcare Prior Authorization API
UnitedHealthcare Provider Directory API
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