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What it is

Healthgrades helps people find doctors and hospitals, review provider information and arrange appointments. Doctor searches can be narrowed by insurance, distance, availability, patient reviews, gender, age and specialty. Users with an account can save doctors and request or book online appointments for featured doctors. The service is available on Android, iOS and the web, and also offers articles, appointment guides, slideshows, videos and quizzes about conditions and procedures. Healthgrades says its profiles feature more than 10 million patient ratings, with reviews confirmed and audited before publication. Each provider listed in the National Provider Identifier Registry has a free profile that providers can claim and add details to. Hospitals and medical groups can pay to promote provider profiles, which are marked sponsored. The free consumer service is advertiser supported. Providers can subscribe to an Elevated Profile for $49.95 a month; that subscription renews automatically until canceled. Healthgrades Choice considers experience, hospital quality, patient satisfaction and medical sanctions, and providers cannot pay for or influence the designation. Patient Favorite has separate rating, review, licensing and sanctions requirements.

Spec sheet

Purpose
Healthgrades helps people find and connect with doctors and hospitals, read patient reviews, and book appointments.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Support
Healthgrades directs customers to an online form for customer support.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Company
A Healthgrades press release states that the company was founded in 1998 and headquartered in Denver.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Care management
A Healthgrades account lets users save doctors and request or book online appointments for featured doctors.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Editorial content
Healthgrades offers articles, appointment guides, slideshows, videos, and quizzes about conditions and procedures.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Healthgrades Choice
The Healthgrades Choice designation uses experience, hospital quality, patient satisfaction, and medical sanctions criteria, and providers cannot pay for or influence it.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Hospital ratings
Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance based on patient outcomes and adjusts its methodology for patient risk factors such as age, gender, and medical condition.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Integrations and partnerships
Healthgrades says its online care and prescription features are powered by partnerships with Optum Perks Online Care and Optum Perks.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Patient Favorite
Patient Favorite requires a rating of at least 4.0, six total reviews, five written reviews in the past five years, and an active license without sanctions or malpractice claims.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Prescription discounts
The free account page describes Healthgrades Rx, powered by Optum Perks, as a way to save on prescription medicine.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Provider advertising
Hospitals and medical groups can pay to promote provider profiles, which Healthgrades marks as sponsored.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Provider profiles
Every provider listed in the National Provider Identifier Registry has a free Healthgrades profile that providers can claim and add details to.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Reviews
Healthgrades says its profiles feature more than 10 million patient ratings and that reviews are confirmed and audited before publication.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Search
Doctor search can be filtered by insurance, distance, availability, patient reviews, gender, age, and specialty.Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com

Plans and prices

Healthgrades for consumers Free Free to use; advertiser supported Read 7 Oct 2026 · healthgrades.com
Elevated Profile $49.95 a month $49.95 per month For providers; subscription renews automatically until canceled Read 7 Oct 2026 · premium.healthgrades.com
Elevated Profile $479.40 a year $479.40 annually For providers; subscription renews automatically until canceled Read 7 Oct 2026 · premium.healthgrades.com

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Doctor search includes insurance and availability filters.
  • Users can save doctors and request or book featured appointments.
  • Profiles include patient ratings and audited reviews.
  • Free consumer service is available on Android, iOS and web.
  • Healthgrades Choice cannot be bought or influenced by providers.

Limits

  • The free consumer service is advertiser supported.
  • Promoted provider profiles are sponsored.
  • Elevated Profile costs $49.95 a month and renews automatically.

Who it suits

Healthgrades suits people looking for local doctors or hospitals, comparing provider information and reviews, or seeking appointments with featured doctors. Providers can claim their listed profiles, while hospitals and medical groups can pay for sponsored promotion.

Verdict

Healthgrades combines provider search, patient ratings and appointment options with health-related editorial content. Readers should distinguish sponsored profile promotion from the provider designations described separately.

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