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NPPES NPI Registry MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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NPPES NPI Registry MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago. It exposes 4 tools. Last commit 10 Oct 2026.

Look up US healthcare providers and organisations by NPI.

Uptime history 13 days of history
13 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
4
Tools
read from the server
111 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 10 Oct 2026

What changed 6

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 30 September 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

9 Oct a tool changed version4 times that day
8 Oct a tool changed version
30 Sep a tool changed version
and 3 more, back to 30 September 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check NPPES NPI Registry MCP by usefulapi every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 15 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add nppes-npi-registry --transport http https://nppes-npi-registry.usefulapi.io/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nppes-npi-registry": {
      "url": "https://nppes-npi-registry.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.nppes-npi-registry]
url = "https://nppes-npi-registry.usefulapi.io/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nppes-npi-registry": {
      "url": "https://nppes-npi-registry.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nppes-npi-registry": {
      "url": "https://nppes-npi-registry.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 4

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

nppes
nppes_lookup_npi
Look up a single healthcare provider by their exact 10-digit National Provider Identifier (NPI). Returns the full registry record: basic info, addresses, taxonomies/specialties, identifiers and other names. NPPES Read API v2.1.
nppes_search
Full-power search of the NPPES NPI Registry across ANY combination of criteria — individual name, organization name, NPI number, taxonomy/specialty, and location. Use nppes_search_individuals / nppes_search_organizations for the common cases; use this when you need mixed or advanced criteria. The API requires at least one meaningful search parameter. NPPES Read API v2.1.
nppes_search_individuals
Search for INDIVIDUAL healthcare providers (NPI-1: doctors, nurses, therapists, etc.) by name, specialty (taxonomy) and/or location. Provide at least one meaningful criterion beyond a location. Name fields support a trailing '*' wildcard (min 2 chars before it). NPPES Read API v2.1.
nppes_search_organizations
Search for ORGANIZATION healthcare providers (NPI-2: hospitals, clinics, group practices, pharmacies, labs, etc.) by organization name, specialty (taxonomy) and/or location. The organization_name field supports a trailing '*' wildcard (min 2 chars before it). NPPES Read API v2.1.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://nppes-npi-registry.usefulapi.io/mcp streamable-http answering 71 ms 15 min ago

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NPPES NPI Registry MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can NPPES NPI Registry MCP by usefulapi do?
It exposes 4 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: nppes_lookup_npi, nppes_search, nppes_search_individuals, nppes_search_organizations. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
Is NPPES NPI Registry MCP by usefulapi working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 111 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect NPPES NPI Registry MCP by usefulapi?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does NPPES NPI Registry MCP by usefulapi need an API key?
No. NPPES NPI Registry MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 4 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is NPPES NPI Registry MCP by usefulapi?
It answers our handshake in 111 ms on average, which is faster than 81% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is NPPES NPI Registry MCP by usefulapi open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.