provider_payments
Look up Sunshine Act data on payments from pharmaceutical and device companies to a physician by NPI, including total payments, type breakdown, and top payers.
Instructions
Look up pharmaceutical and device company payments to a physician (Sunshine Act data). Returns total payments, breakdown by type, and top paying companies. Source: CMS Open Payments (public domain).
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| npi | Yes | 10-digit NPI number of the physician |
Implementation Reference
- src/tools.js:184-193 (schema)Defines the provider_payments tool schema, including its name, description, price ($0.02), endpoint (/agent/v1/providers/payments), and input schema (requires a 10-digit NPI number). This is the tool definition using Zod for validation.
// --- Physician Payments (CMS Open Payments — free, no license) --- { name: 'provider_payments', description: 'Look up pharmaceutical and device company payments to a physician (Sunshine Act data). Returns total payments, breakdown by type, and top paying companies. Source: CMS Open Payments (public domain).', price: '$0.02', endpoint: '/agent/v1/providers/payments', schema: { npi: z.string().describe('10-digit NPI number of the physician'), }, }, - src/index.js:17-63 (registration)Registers all tools (including provider_payments) from MCP_TOOLS via server.tool(). The handler makes an HTTP POST to the tool's endpoint (/agent/v1/providers/payments), passes the params as JSON body, and handles responses including 402 (payment required), errors, and success responses with billing info.
function createMcpServer() { const s = new McpServer({ name: 'mymedi-ai', version: '1.2.1' }); for (const tool of MCP_TOOLS) { s.tool(tool.name, tool.description, tool.schema, async (params) => { const toolDef = getToolByName(tool.name); if (!toolDef) { return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: `Unknown tool: ${tool.name}` }], isError: true }; } try { const response = await fetch(`${API_BASE_URL}${toolDef.endpoint}`, { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', ...(API_KEY && { 'X-API-Key': API_KEY }), 'X-Agent-ID': 'mcp-client', 'User-Agent': '@mymedi-ai/mcp-server/1.2.1', }, body: JSON.stringify(params), }); if (response.status === 402) { const paymentInfo = await response.json(); return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify({ error: 'payment_required', message: `This tool costs ${toolDef.price} per call. Register at ${API_BASE_URL}/bot-marketplace/register for an API key with 10 free starter credits, or pay per call with on-chain USDC (no signup) via the x402 protocol.`, price: toolDef.price, register: `${API_BASE_URL}/bot-marketplace/register`, ...paymentInfo, }, null, 2) }], isError: true, }; } if (!response.ok) { const error = await response.json().catch(() => ({ message: response.statusText })); return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify({ error: true, status: response.status, ...error }, null, 2) }], isError: true }; } const data = await response.json(); const creditsSpent = response.headers.get('X-Credits-Spent'); const creditsRemaining = response.headers.get('X-Credits-Remaining'); if (creditsSpent) { data._billing = { creditsSpent: parseInt(creditsSpent, 10), creditsRemaining: creditsRemaining ? parseInt(creditsRemaining, 10) : undefined, priceUSD: toolDef.price }; } return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify(data, null, 2) }] }; } catch (err) { return { content: [{ type: 'text', text: JSON.stringify({ error: true, message: err.message, hint: 'Ensure MCP_API_BASE_URL and MCP_API_KEY environment variables are set.' }, null, 2) }], isError: true }; } }); } return s; }