A side-by-side look at the Cms and Medicare Fee Schedule Rates MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Cms for biology & bioinformatics work as a local process; choose Medicare Fee Schedule Rates for biology & bioinformatics. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
search_datasets, get_dataset, dataset_info.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | M Medicare Fee Schedule Rates | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Biology & Bioinformatics | Biology & Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 39/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | — |
| Auth | No auth required | No auth required |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | — |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 3 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Cms | View Medicare Fee Schedule Rates |
search_datasetsFind CMS dataset IDs + titles by keyword. CMS publishes Medicare/Medicaid open data (provider data, spending, enrollment, drug pricing, quality measures, hospitals, nursing homes, ACOs, etc.). Searches the CMS DCAT catalog client-side over each dataset title/description/keywords. Returns the datase…get_datasetPull rows from a CMS dataset by datasetId (UUID from search_datasets). Returns an array of row objects whose keys are the dataset columns. Supports paging (size/offset), full-text keyword search across the dataset, and exact-match column filters via filters: {COLUMN: VALUE} (column names match the…dataset_infoMetadata for a CMS dataset by datasetId: title, description, total row count, last-modified date, themes/keywords, and downloadable resources (CSV files, data dictionaries). Use after search_datasets to inspect a dataset before pulling rows.No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"cms-3": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-cms"
]
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for Medicare Fee Schedule Rates yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.