Government & Legal

Medicare Scraper

Extract Medicare plan comparisons, provider directories, drug formularies, and coverage data from Medicare.gov. Powered by spider-browser .

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medicare.gov target

99.5% success rate

~4ms latency

Quick Start

Extract data in minutes

medicare-scraper.ts

import { SpiderBrowser } from "spider-browser";

const spider = new SpiderBrowser({
  apiKey: process.env.SPIDER_API_KEY!,
  stealth: 2,
});

await spider.connect();
const page = spider.page!;
await page.goto("https://www.medicare.gov/plan-compare/#/?fips=11001&year=2026");
await page.content(10000);

const data = await page.evaluate(`(() => {
  const plans = [];
  document.querySelectorAll(".plan-card").forEach(el => {
    const name = el.querySelector(".plan-name")?.textContent?.trim();
    const premium = el.querySelector(".monthly-premium")?.textContent?.trim();
    const rating = el.querySelector(".star-rating")?.getAttribute("aria-label");
    if (name) plans.push({ name, premium, rating });
  });
  return JSON.stringify({ total: plans.length, plans: plans.slice(0, 10) });
})()`);

console.log(JSON.parse(data));
await spider.close();

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Fetch API

Structured data endpoint

Extract structured JSON from medicare.gov with a single POST request. AI-configured selectors, cached for fast repeat calls.

POST /fetch/medicare.gov/

Plan namePlan typeMonthly premiumDeductibleStar ratingDrug coverage

Try it Fetch API Docs

curl

curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/medicare.gov/ \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"return_format": "json"}'

Python

import requests

resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/medicare.gov/",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"return_format": "json"},
)
print(resp.json())

Node.js

const resp = await fetch("https://api.spider.cloud/fetch/medicare.gov/", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ return_format: "json" }),
});
const data = await resp.json();
console.log(data);

Extraction