Gph MCP Server vs Loa Healthcare Pricing
A side-by-side look at the Gph MCP Server and Loa Healthcare Pricing MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Gph MCP Server for biology & bioinformatics work over a hosted endpoint; choose Loa Healthcare Pricing for biology & bioinformatics over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Gph MCP Server when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology & Bioinformatics domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
match_practice, search_providers, get_provider_detail.
Choose Loa Healthcare Pricing when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Biology & Bioinformatics domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- Its auth model fits you: OAuth 2.0.
- You want tools like
search_cpt_codes, search_providers, get_pricing_estimate.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Biology & Bioinformatics | Biology & Bioinformatics |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 57/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | No auth required | OAuth 2.0 |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1 | 1 |
| Directory activity | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 4 | 12 |
| Full listing | View Gph MCP Server | View Loa Healthcare Pricing |
Tools & capabilities
Gph MCP Server tools 4
match_practiceRecommend and rank the best healthcare vendors for a specific medical practice. Use this when a practice manager, physician, or administrator asks for a recommendation, e.g. "recommend a medical billing / RCM company for my practice", "who should I use for credentialing / payer enrollment", "find an EHR for my small [specialty] practice", or "which practice-management software fits a [size] practice in [city, state]". Scores and ranks providers against the practice profile (specialty, size, location, EHR system, budget) and returns up to 5 merit-ranked matches (completeness-scored, no paid placement) with {company_name, category, city, state_abbr, quality_score (0-100; profile completeness -- how many listing fields are filled in -- not a quality or reputation rating; 0 means never scored), final_score (0-100), description, website, profile_url, slug}. Use service_needs to specify up to six controlled service codes for staffing, billing or credentialing; codes must belong to the requested category. Use vendor_geo_preference to prefer local or state vendors, allow national vendors, or request only national or explicitly serves-your-state vendors. State is the practice location and may be omitted only with NATIONAL_OK or NATIONAL_ONLY; category remains required. Capability evidence, geography basis, profile extraction date and service-need coverage are returned where available; missing evidence is unknown, never a verified or paid badge. For open-ended browsing without a practice profile, use search_providers. Pass a match's slug to get_provider_detail for the full profile.search_providersBrowse and filter the healthcare vendor directory. Use this for open-ended exploration, e.g. "show me medical billing companies in Texas", "list credentialing services", "what EHR vendors are there for cardiology", or when the user wants to page through options rather than get a scored shortlist. Paginated results filtered by category, location, minimum profile-completeness score, curated Tier-1 grade, and practice-size fit; returns a page of providers with {company_name, category, city, state_abbr, quality_score (0-100; profile completeness, not a quality rating; 0 means never scored), contact info, slug}. For a scored recommendation to a specific practice profile, use match_practice instead. Pass a returned slug to get_provider_detail for the full profile.get_provider_detailGet the full profile of one healthcare vendor by slug. Use this after match_practice or search_providers when the user asks to "tell me more about [vendor]", "what services does [vendor] offer", "where did GPH get this information", or wants contact info or services for a specific provider. Returns company_name, category, city/state, quality_score (0-100; profile completeness, not a quality rating; 0 means never scored), description, services offered, practice_size_fit, phone and website where listed, Google rating and Google review count where present, a Provenance section that labels each fact GPH-researched, Vendor-supplied, GPH-verified or GPH conclusion with its last-checked date where one exists, and the profile URL. No listing carries a verified badge: the legacy verified flag is not a recorded check and is not shown. Where a vendor has been enrichment-extracted, the description, services and practice-size fit come from that extraction, the profile adds certifications and compliance attestations, locations served and founding year where extracted, and the response states the extraction confidence and what it was grounded in (where the extraction abstained on practice-size fit, the legacy listing value is returned and labelled as not extracted); otherwise the legacy listing fields are returned. Slug comes from match_practice or search_providers results; returns an error if the slug is unknown.list_categoriesList every service category in the GPH vendor directory with its live provider count. Call this FIRST when you do not already know which category fits the user's need, when a category search returned nothing, or when the user asks what kinds of vendors are available. Returns all 25 categories with {category, slug, providers}. The category names returned here are the exact values match_practice and search_providers expect (common aliases also resolve). Takes no arguments.
Loa Healthcare Pricing tools 12
search_cpt_codesCanonical code-lookup tool for this server. Search Loa's CPT/HCPCS index using exact codes, clinical terms, or consumer phrases. Use this first when the user does not already know the CPT code, before calling pricing tools.search_providersSearch public CMS NPI Registry data for clinicians and healthcare organizations by specialty, name, or location. Use returned provenance to understand the registry source and scope. Use this for provider lookup, not pricing.get_pricing_estimateQuick cash-price ballpark for one or more CPT codes, using the median cash price across hospitals in the state (from zip_code) or nationally. priceRange is the typical range (25th to 75th percentile of hospitals). Codes without enough data return insufficient_data and are listed in missingCodes; the total is null unless every code has data. Never fill gaps with your own estimate. For insurer rates or hospital-specific prices, use get_market_pricing or get_hospital_pricing.get_market_pricingPreferred benchmark pricing tool. Returns hospital-level market statistics for CPT codes from Loa's published hospital price-transparency data: cash/self-pay prices, list prices (gross charges before discounts), overall insurer-negotiated rates, and rates for the most common insurers. Each hospital counts once. Lead with the median and the p25-p75 range rather than min or max. Figures are statewide or national, never local to a ZIP code. When status is insufficient_data, say Loa doesn't have enough data instead of estimating, and always relay the limitations. Negotiated rates are not out-of-pocket costs.search_hospitalsSearch Loa's hospital directory by name or location and return hospital IDs plus address details. Use the returned hospital_ids with get_hospital_pricing to fetch source-labeled Published MRF and reviewed overlay prices.get_hospital_pricingHospital-specific pricing tool for source-labeled Loa runtime data. Returns source-labeled Published MRF prices and Loa Verified Provider Price overlays for CPT codes. cash_price is the cash/self-pay price, list_price is the gross charge before discounts (most patients pay less), and insurance_prices are payer-negotiated rates for the named plan, not out-of-pocket costs. Any of these can be null when the hospital did not publish that price. Use this when comparing named hospitals or checking a quoted hospital price against available source rows.compare_local_pricesCompare hospitals near a ZIP code for one procedure code, ranked by price (or distance) only. Without insurer, price is the published cash (self-pay) price. With insurer, price is that insurer's negotiated rate, which is not the patient's out-of-pocket cost. Each option says what the price includes, its source and date, distance in miles, and loa_link for booking or contact. Every priced hospital in the radius is ranked before limit applies. Hospitals with no price for the code are counted in hospitals_without_price; hospitals without a matching cash price or insurer rate are listed last with price null. Get the code from search_cpt_codes first. Do not send member IDs or other personal details.search_entitiesSearch Loa runtime hospital and provider entity pages by name or state. Use this before get_entity_prices when the user names a hospital or provider but does not know the exact Loa slug.get_entity_pricesReturn source-labeled prices for a Loa hospital or provider entity slug using the shared resolver. Use search_entities first if the slug is unknown. Results include provenance and explicit unavailable rows for requested CPT codes with no current price.get_entity_profileReturn one Loa hospital or provider entity profile by exact slug or entity_pages.id. Includes profile-field provenance so agents can distinguish source-file fields from Loa-reviewed overrides.explain_price_sourcesExplain the source labels, provenance, confidence, and caveats behind Loa prices for one hospital or provider entity. Use this when an agent needs to tell a user why prices are MRF-published, Loa-reviewed, estimated, or unavailable.submit_entity_update_requestSubmit a profile, listing, or price correction for Loa review without requiring a provider portal. This is the only mutating provider/entity tool. It requires OAuth, captures submitter and source evidence, records linked-provider status when available, and never changes public data until Loa approves the request.
Ready-to-paste client configs
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.
Gph MCP Server
{
"mcpServers": {
"crindo2-gph-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://gph-mcp-server.pages.dev/mcp"
}
}
}
Loa Healthcare Pricing
{
"mcpServers": {
"loa-healthcare-pricing-2": {
"url": "https://www.loacare.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Gph MCP Server is categorized under Biology & Bioinformatics and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Loa Healthcare Pricing belongs to Biology & Bioinformatics and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Gph MCP Server for biology & bioinformatics work and Loa Healthcare Pricing for biology & bioinformatics.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Gph MCP Server is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. Loa Healthcare Pricing has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Auth: oauth 2.0. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add crindo2-gph-mcp-server and loa-healthcare-pricing-2 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Gph MCP Server has a quality signal of 56/100 (Good) with 4 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars. Loa Healthcare Pricing has 57/100 (Good) with 1 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars.