# NPPES NPI Registry, free: People search API

> After we supply an NPI, we publish the parts of the NPI record that have public relevance, including the provider's name, specialty (taxonomy) and practice address.

NPPES NPI Registry's Free plan for the people search API costs $0.00 per 1,000 people. We check each provider's docs for 13 fields: Experience, Education, Skills, Headline and 9 more. NPPES NPI Registry's docs list none of the 13.
NPPES NPI Registry limits how many pages you get but gives no number.
In [our people search API benchmark](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt), this plan scores 54.9 out of 100. NPPES NPI Registry ranks 29th of 57 providers.
We rank 724 plans for people search APIs by price. Half the plans cost $4.75 or less per 1,000 people. This plan and 9 others tie for the lowest price per 1,000 people of the 724 plans. [See the best free people search API plan.](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt)
[PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack (/api/v1/search)](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/peoplesearch-im/5-pack-starter-post-api-v1-search/llms.txt) covers any number of people. PeopleSearch.im's $5 pack costs less up front than Coresignal's $49 monthly plan.
[GetProspect](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/getprospect/49-monthly-starter-post-v2-people-search-people-search/llms.txt), [QuickEnrich](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/quickenrich/399-monthly-gtm-unlimited-get-api-employees-dataset-search/llms.txt) and [AnyAPI](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/anyapi/top-up-from-10-manual-top-up-post-v1-run-people-search-quickenrich/llms.txt) are the best people search API providers in the Datacircle benchmark.

- This page: https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/nppes-npi-registry/free
- [People lookup API: best people search providers compared](https://datacircle.dev/best-people-search-api.txt)
- Get it: https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api-page?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Request: `GET https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api/`
- API key: not needed
- Its API docs: https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api-page?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- Sold by: NPPES NPI Registry (https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing)
- Checked: 2026-11-08

## In the answer

- Completeness: 0%

## Score

- Overall score: 54.9
- Price score: 100
- Accuracy score: 1
- Cost to get started score: 100
- Bundle score: 0
- Performance score: 100

## Price

- $ per 1,000 people: $0.00
- Per: page of 200
- Billing: free

## Aggregators

- Aggregators: none

## Charges

- Most per search: 1,200
- Also pays for: nothing else

## Not found

- $ per 1,000: $0.00

## In their words

- Their pitch: After we supply an NPI, we publish the parts of the NPI record that have public relevance, including the provider's name, specialty (taxonomy) and practice address.

## Data

- Freshness: 1 day
- Countries: United States
- Keep data: no API terms
- Use data: no API terms

## Plan

- Pay: $0

## Rate limit

- Batch: 1

## Speed

- Answer: in the call
- Median: 0.00 s

## The call

- You send: version "2.1", one of first_name, last_name, taxonomy_description, city, postal_code or country_code. Optional: number, enumeration_type, name_purpose, use_first_name_alias, organization_name, address_purpose, state, limit, skip
- Method: GET
- Path: /api/

## About the plan

- Plan: Free
- Who can get it: anyone

## The 10 fields the plan's answer can hold

NPI, enumeration type, provider first name, provider last name, taxonomies, primary practice location address, mailing address, practice location addresses, other identifiers, endpoints

## NPPES NPI Registry's plans (1)

- [NPPES NPI Registry, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/nppes-npi-registry/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 0% complete, 1 day

## NPPES NPI Registry's calls (1)

- `GET /api/`: [NPPES NPI Registry, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/nppes-npi-registry/free/llms.txt)

## NPPES NPI Registry's APIs (3)

- [NPPES NPI Registry: business verification API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/business-verification-apis/nppes-npi-registry/free/llms.txt)
- [NPPES NPI Registry: company discovery API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/company-discovery-apis/nppes-npi-registry/free/llms.txt)
- [NPPES NPI Registry: people search API pricing, 1 plan](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/nppes-npi-registry/free/llms.txt)

## NPPES NPI Registry: people search API alternatives

- [Loopster, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/loopster/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 15% complete, 1 day
- [The Swarm, free, 14-day free trial, POST /v3/profiles/fetch](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/the-swarm/free-14-day-free-trial-post-v3-profiles-fetch/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 85% complete, 1 day
- [Sumble, free, POST /v9/people, People](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/sumble/free-post-v9-people-people/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 23% complete, 1 day
- [Findymail, free](https://datacircle.dev/people-search-apis/findymail/free/llms.txt): $0.00 per 1,000, 8% complete, live

## Sources

From each provider's own pricing page and docs, and from what providers tell us. We read this row from these pages on 2026-11-08.

- https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/api-page?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/demo-api?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing
- https://www.cms.gov/regulations-and-guidance/administrative-simplification/nationalprovidentstand/dataDissemination?utm_source=datacircle.dev&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=people-search-api-pricing