Plans
Plans is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for HealthData.gov on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.
It defines 3 plans, with named plans including Anonymous Access, App Token (Free), Elevated Access (By Request).
Tagged areas include Health, Open Data, Federal Government, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Plans
Public datasets on HealthData.gov are freely accessible without any account or authentication. Anonymous requests share a common IP-based throttle pool with other unauthenticated callers from the same address, resulting in lower effective request limits. Suitable for exploratory queries and low-volume one-off data pulls.
Developers who register a free Socrata application token receive a dedicated per-token quota rather than sharing the IP-based pool. Registration requires only a free Socrata account. The platform does not throttle token-bearing requests unless they are determined to be abusive or monopolize shared resources. Recommended for all production applications and research workflows.
Organizations that need sustained high-volume API access beyond the standard app-token quota can contact Socrata / Tyler Technologies support to request elevated limits. Approval and terms are handled case-by-case; there is no published tier pricing for this level.