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NPILayer

com.npilayer/npilayer · v1.0.1

Look up U.S. healthcare providers by NPI, name, specialty and ZIP radius from CMS NPPES data.

Connect Remote server

Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http npilayer https://npilayer.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "npilayer": {
      "url": "https://npilayer.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "npilayer": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://npilayer.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Desktop
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://npilayer.com/mcp

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools 3 found in our last check

  • lookup_npi

    Look up a single U.S. healthcare provider or organization by its 10-digit National Provider Identifier (NPI), from CMS NPPES data. An NPI record identifies a provider; it does not indicate licensure, credentialing, network participation, or current practice status.

  • search_providers

    Search U.S. healthcare providers and organizations by name, location, or specialty, from CMS NPPES data. Provide at least one filter; an empty search returns an arbitrary page of providers rather than a meaningful result.

  • providers_near

    Find U.S. healthcare providers within a radius of a ZIP code or coordinate, from CMS NPPES data. Provide either "zip", or both "lat" and "lng". Distance is measured from each provider's primary practice location to the ZIP centroid (not an exact street address), since NPILayer's…

Headers

NameDescription
Authorization
Optional, secret
Optional "Bearer <NPILayer API key>". lookup_npi and search_providers work without it (rate-limited); providers_near needs a key or OAuth sign-in.

Details

Endpointhttps://npilayer.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP)
First published4 Nov 2026
Last updated4 Nov 2026
Registry namecom.npilayer/npilayer

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