---
title: "Search provider and hospital entities"
method: GET
path: "/entities/search"
---

# Search provider and hospital entities

`GET /entities/search`

## Query parameters

- `q` string
- `type` 'hospital' | 'provider'
- `state` string
- `limit` integer

## Response `200`

Entity search results with request_id and pagination.

- EntitySearchResponse
  - `request_id` string, required
  - `results` EntitySearchResult[], required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `entity_type` 'hospital' | 'provider', required
    - `slug` string, required
    - `canonical_name` string, required
    - `display_name` string, nullable
    - `city` string, nullable
    - `state` string, nullable
    - `zip_code` string, nullable
    - `data_quality_score` number, nullable
    - `updated_at` string
  - `pagination` Pagination, required
    - `limit` integer, required
    - `returned` integer, required
  - `provenance` Provenance, required
    - `authority` string, required
    - `source_type` string
    - `sourceType` string
    - `source_label` string
    - `sourceLabel` string
    - `sourceUpdatedAt` string
    - `loaReviewedAt` string
    - `confidence` 'high' | 'medium' | 'low', required
    - `caveats` string[], required

## Other responses

- `400` — InvalidEntitySearch.
- `401` — ApiClientUnauthorized.
- `403` — ApiClientDisabled or ApiClientScopeDenied.
- `429` — ApiRateLimited.

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