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Healthgrades

Provider search and ratings platform for patients

As of 30 August 2026, Healthgrades is free to use. Healthgrades is a healthcare marketplace where patients can search for doctors, dentists, and specialists, read reviews, and book appointments online. Softwr lists it under Healthcare. Healthgrades is made by Healthgrades Inc, launched in 1998, available on Web, iOS, Android.

Overview

What Healthgrades does

Healthgrades is a healthcare marketplace where patients can search for doctors, dentists, and specialists, read reviews, and book appointments online.

What people use it for

  • Patient Care
  • Medical Records
  • Practice Management
  • Telehealth

The honest half

Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Healthgrades.

  • Healthgrades is free for consumers and monetizes through a separate B2B arm (b2b.healthgrades.com) selling 'Claim your profile' provider listings, health-system quality solutions, and life-sciences advertiser placements, none of which publish public pricing, per the vendor's own site structure.

Cross-shopped

What people choose instead of Healthgrades

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Pricing

What Healthgrades costs

Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.

Patient

Free

  • Find doctors
  • Read reviews
  • Book appointments

Capabilities

Features

  • Provider Search

  • Reviews and Ratings

  • Appointment Booking

  • Provider Profiles

  • Insurance Verification

  • Practice management systems

    Integration with Practice management systems

  • HIPAA

    HIPAA security feature

  • Cloud deployment

    Supports cloud deployment

  • Web support

    Available on web

  • Mobile support

    Available on mobile

Behind it

Who makes Healthgrades

Company
Healthgrades Inc
Based in
Denver, CO
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