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RateMDs Doctor Review Scraper
parseforge/ratemds-scraper
AutomationDeveloper toolsLead generation
Scrape doctor profiles, ratings, and patient reviews from RateMDs.com. Returns doctor name, specialty, location, overall and subcategory ratings, and full review text.
- Total users
- 19
- Monthly active
- 0
- Total runs
- 538
- Bookmarked
- 2
- Rating
- 5.0 (3)
- Last modified
- 9 days ago
Overview
RateMDs Doctor Review Scraper
Scrape doctor profiles, ratings, and patient reviews from RateMDs.com. Every doctor entry includes name, specialty, location, overall and subcategory ratings, and full review text. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.
RateMDs is the largest physician review site in North America, but its pages are designed for browsing, not bulk data extraction. Manually copying profiles and reviews is slow and error-prone. This Actor reads public RateMDs search results and doctor profile pages, returning each doctor with their ratings and reviews in a structured dataset.
| Who uses it | What they scrape RateMDs for |
|---|---|
| Healthcare market researchers | Analyze patient satisfaction trends across specialties and regions. |
| Reputation management agencies | Monitor doctor ratings and review sentiment for client reporting. |
| Medical practice administrators | Benchmark their practice against competitors on patient feedback. |
| Data analysts in health tech | Build datasets for predictive models on patient experience. |
What it does
This Actor collects doctor profiles, ratings, and patient reviews from RateMDs.com by specialty, name, or direct URL, and returns each doctor as a flat row with all associated reviews.
- 🔍 Direct URL mode: Paste any RateMDs search results page or doctor profile URL to scrape exactly that page.
- 📋 Search filter mode: Choose a specialty, doctor name, gender, or other filters to discover and scrape matching doctors.
- ✅ Verified and availability filters: Narrow results to verified doctors, those accepting new patients, offering online scheduling, or virtual visits.
Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.
What you can do with RateMDs data
📈 Track patient satisfaction trends.
A healthcare consultancy runs the scraper monthly across all specialties to report on regional shifts in doctor ratings.
🩺 Monitor competitor reputation.
A hospital marketing team scrapes profiles of nearby competing practices to compare overall and subcategory ratings.
🔍 Find doctors accepting new patients.
A health plan administrator filters by specialty and accepting new patients to build a referral directory for members.
📊 Build a training dataset for NLP.
A data scientist collects thousands of patient reviews to train a sentiment model on healthcare feedback.
Why choose this scraper
| What you get | |
|---|---|
| Structured data | Each doctor row includes name, specialty, location, overall rating, subcategory ratings (staff, punctuality, helpfulness, knowledge), and full review text. |
| No API key needed | Scrapes public RateMDs pages directly. No registration or authentication required. |
| Flexible input | Use a direct URL or combine specialty, name, gender, and availability filters to target exactly the doctors you need. |
| Export ready | Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML for immediate analysis in any tool. |
How it compares
This Actor competes directly with other RateMDs scrapers on Apify. Here is how it compares on key features.
| Feature | ParseForge | RateMDs Physician Review Scraper | RateMDs Doctor Review & Rating Scraper | RateMDs Physician Scraper 🩺 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full review text | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Not listed |
| Subcategory ratings (staff, punctuality, etc.) | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Not listed |
| Filter by accepting new patients | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Filter by virtual visits | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Filter by online scheduling | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Direct URL input | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
Configure the run
Drive the Actor from a direct RateMDs URL or from search filters like specialty, doctor name, gender, verified status, accepting new patients, online scheduling, and virtual visits. Filters run as each doctor is read so only matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.
A first run with the defaults:
{
"maxItems": 10,
"startUrl": "https://www.ratemds.com/best-doctors/?specialty=addiction-medicine"
}
A larger pull:
{
"maxItems": 200,
"startUrl": "https://www.ratemds.com/best-doctors/?specialty=addiction-medicine"
}
Pricing
Pay-per-result: $0.128 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.
| Results collected | Approximate cost |
|---|---|
| 100 results | $12.80 |
| 1,000 results | $128.00 |
| 10,000 results | $1280.00 |
New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.
Free users
Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.
Run it
- Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
- Open the RateMDs Doctor Review Scraper.
- Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
- Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.
Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.
Use with AI agents (MCP)
Give an AI agent live access to RateMDs through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:
claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/ratemds-scraper"
Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.
Troubleshooting
Why am I getting no results?
Check that your direct URL is a valid RateMDs search or profile page. If using filters, ensure the specialty or name matches existing doctors. Try a broader search first.
The scraper stops after a few doctors.
RateMDs may block rapid requests. Reduce the 'maxItems' value or increase the delay between requests in the advanced settings. Using a proxy may also help.
Some doctor fields are missing.
Not all doctors have complete profiles. Fields like subcategory ratings or reviews may be empty if the doctor has no reviews. The scraper returns what is publicly available.
The run takes too long.
Set a lower 'maxItems' limit. The scraper respects RateMDs' page load times; reducing the target count speeds up the run.
FAQ
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Do I need an API key or login to use this scraper? | No. The scraper reads public RateMDs pages directly. No authentication is required. |
| Can I scrape all doctors in a specific city? | Yes, use a direct URL to a RateMDs search results page filtered by city, or combine specialty and name filters to narrow results. |
| What data is included for each doctor? | Each doctor row includes name, specialty, location, overall rating, subcategory ratings (staff, punctuality, helpfulness, knowledge), and the full text of each patient review. |
| How many doctors can I scrape in one run? | You can set a maximum up to 1,000,000 doctors. The actual number depends on RateMDs results and your plan limits. |
| Does the scraper handle pagination? | Yes, it automatically follows pagination on search results pages to collect all matching doctors. |
| Can I scrape only verified doctors? | Yes, enable the 'Verified Doctors Only' checkbox in the input filters. |
| What export formats are supported? | Results can be exported as CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML. |
| Is this scraper legal to use? | Scraping public data from RateMDs is generally allowed, but you should review RateMDs' terms of service and respect robots.txt. This Actor is for legitimate data collection. |
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🆘 Need help? Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.
⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by RateMDs Inc. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.
Input
| Field | Type | What it does | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| maxItems | integer | Maximum number of doctors to collect per run. | 10 |
| startUrl | string | Direct URL to scrape. Use this OR search filters below, not both. Can be a search results page or a specific doctor profile page. | https://www.ratemds.com/best-doctors/?sp |
| specialty | string (65 options) | Filter by medical specialty. Use this OR startUrl above, not both. | not set |
| doctorName | string | Search for specific doctor names | not set |
| gender | string (3 options) | Filter by doctor gender. Options: 'male', 'female', or leave empty for all | not set |
| verified | boolean | Show only verified doctors | false |
| acceptingNewPatients | boolean | Show only doctors accepting new patients | false |
| onlineScheduling | boolean | Show only doctors with online scheduling available | false |
| virtualVisits | boolean | Show only doctors offering virtual visits | false |
Pricing
from $5.00 per 1,000 results
| Charged for | What it is | Price each |
|---|---|---|
| Actor Start | Charged when the Actor starts running. Number of events charged depends on Actor memory (one event per GB, minimum one event). | $0.085 to $0.128 |
| result | Single result in the default dataset. | $0.005 to $0.0075 |
Tiered: the lower figure is the price on a higher Apify plan. Billing and the free credit live on Apify.
API
One POST returns the dataset directly. Same shape for every scraper in the library, so swapping the slug is the only change.
curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~ratemds-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=$APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"helloWorld": 123
}' Examples
Input that runs as-is.
{
"helloWorld": 123
} Reviews
Rated 5.0 out of 5 across 3 reviews. Read them on Apify.
Issues
We build and maintain this scraper, so a problem with it comes to us. Report it on the Apify listing and the thread stays attached to the scraper where the next person can find it: open an issue.
Broken and urgent, or you would rather not post in public? Write to parseforge@protonmail.com and it reaches the people who wrote it.