---
title: "Payer Search"
method: GET
path: "/eligibility-checks/v1/payer/search"
tags: ["v1"]
---

# Payer Search

`GET /eligibility-checks/v1/payer/search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://pre-api.joincandidhealth.com`
- URL: `https://pre-api.joincandidhealth.com/eligibility-checks/v1/payer/search`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Searches for payers that match the query parameters.

## Query parameters

- `page_size` integer
- `page_token` string: A token that can be used to retrieve the next or previous page of results
- `query` string

## Response `200`

Response with status 200

- PreEncounterEligibilityChecksV1PayerSearchResponse
  - `next_page_token` string: A token that can be used to retrieve the next or previous page of results
  - `prev_page_token` string: A token that can be used to retrieve the next or previous page of results
  - `total` integer, required
  - `items` PreEncounterEligibilityChecksV1StediPayerItem[], required
    - `score` integer, required
    - `payer` PreEncounterEligibilityChecksV1StediPayer, required
      - `stedi_id` string, required
      - `display_name` string, required
      - `primary_payer_id` string, required
      - `aliases` string[], required
      - `names` string[], required
      - `transaction_support` unknown, required
      - `employer_identification_numbers` string[]
      - `payer_enrollment` unknown
      - `parent_payer_group` string
      - `coverage_types` string[]
  - `stats` unknown, required

## Changes

- **2026-09-17** `24b2d80d577a`: 1 breaking, 1 warning, 7 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
  - for the `query` request parameter `page_token`, the type was generalized from no type to `string`
  - …5 more
- **2026-09-12** `3a81ee81d4ed`: 1 info
  - api operation id `payer-search` removed and replaced with `v1_payer-search`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/joincandidhealth/apis/api-reference/changes/eligibility-checks/v1/payer/search/get.md)

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