---
title: "Create Payment Method"
method: POST
path: "/provider/patients/{patient_id}/payment_methods"
tags: ["PaymentMethod"]
---

# Create Payment Method

`POST /provider/patients/{patient_id}/payment_methods`

Exactly one of `rainforest_id` or `stripe_id` must be provided. Practices on Hint Payments
(Rainforest) submit a `rainforest_id`; practices on Stripe submit a `stripe_id`.

## Path parameters

- `patient_id` string, required

## Request body

- ProviderPatientsPaymentMethodsControllerCreateBody
  - `rainforest_id` string — Tokenized payment method id from Rainforest. Required if the practice uses Hint Payments.
  - `stripe_id` string — Tokenized payment method id from Stripe. Required if the practice uses Stripe.

## Response `201`

Successful response

---

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