---
title: "Bulk create insurance payors"
method: POST
path: "/insurancePayors/bulk"
tags: ["insurancePayors"]
---

# Bulk create insurance payors

`POST /insurancePayors/bulk`

## Request body

- object[]
  - `name` string, required
  - `externalIdentifiers` object[], required
    - `source` string, required
    - `value` string, required
    - `status` string
  - `source` string, required
  - `isHiddenFromPatients` boolean

## Response `201`

The created insurance payors

- InsurancePayorResponse[]
  - `_id` string — Luma's internal ID of an object.
  - `user` string — The ID of the root account user.
  - `deleted` 0 | 1 — Flag for logical deletion where 1 means deleted.
  - `createdBy` string — The ID of the user who created this object.
  - `updatedBy` string — The ID of the user who updated this object.
  - `createdAt` string, date-time — The date/time when this object was created.
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time — The date/time when this object was updated.
  - `name` string — The payor's legal/system name.
  - `friendlyName` string — Patient-facing display name, preferred over `name` when present.
  - `externalId` object — The payor's identifier in the practice's EHR.
    - `source` string
    - `value` string
  - `externalIdentifiers` object[] — Identifiers used to match and write back claims and eligibility data to third-party clearinghouses, such as NextGen Transaction Hub, Change Healthcare, or Waystar.
    - `source` 'nextgentransactionhub' | 'changehealthcare' | 'waystar' — The clearinghouse or vendor this identifier is for.
    - `value` string — The opaque identifier value used by that vendor.
    - `status` 'inactive' | 'testing' | 'live'
    - `pin` string — Waystar-specific identifier for this payor.
  - `address` string
  - `address2` string
  - `city` string
  - `state` string
  - `country` string
  - `postcode` string
  - `phone` string
  - `source` 'integrator' | 'manual' — Who owns this payor's fields. If `integrator`, the integrator owns all fields and overwrites Luma edits on every sync. If `manual`, the integrator only owns `name` and `externalId`; `friendlyName` and `externalIdentifiers` can be freely edited in Luma.
  - `isHiddenFromPatients` boolean — Whether this payor is excluded from patient-facing payor search.

## Other responses

- `401` — Not authenticated
- `403` — Access token does not have the required scope

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