---
title: "Get non-insurance payer categories"
method: GET
path: "/api/non-insurance-payers/v1/categories"
tags: ["v1"]
---

# Get non-insurance payer categories

`GET /api/non-insurance-payers/v1/categories`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://pre-api.joincandidhealth.com`
- URL: `https://pre-api.joincandidhealth.com/api/non-insurance-payers/v1/categories`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Returns a paginated list of all non-insurance payer categories.

Non-insurance payer categories are simply strings and are not stored as a
separate object in Candid. They are created when added to at least one
non-insurance payer's `category` field and are deleted when there are no
longer any non-insurance payers that contain them.

## Query parameters

- `search_term` string
- `limit` integer
- `page_token` string

## Response `200`

Response with status 200

- NonInsurancePayersV1NonInsurancePayerCategoriesPage
  - `prev_page_token` string
  - `next_page_token` string
  - `items` string[], required

## Changes

- **2026-09-17** `24b2d80d577a`: 1 breaking, 1 warning, 4 info
  - the response's body type changed from no type to `object` for status `200`
  - deleted the `header` request parameter `Authorization`
  - the endpoint scheme security `OAuthScheme` was added to the API
  - added the optional property `next_page_token` to the response with the `200` status
  - …2 more
- **2026-09-12** `3a81ee81d4ed`: 1 info
  - api operation id `getCategories` removed and replaced with `v1_getCategories`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/joincandidhealth/apis/api-reference/changes/api/non-insurance-payers/v1/categories/get.md)

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