# ClearCarePulse Care-Site Alternatives

> ClearCarePulse Care-Site Alternatives is a paid API for AI agents from clear-care-pulse.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns alternative care sites (ASCs, imaging centers, FQHCs, urgent care) for a given procedure compared to a hospital, with cost savings delta for each option.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://clear-care-pulse.vercel.app/api/care/alternatives
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/clearcarepulse-care-site-alternatives-7f49b2f0
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_jiPLVbr51_DO8GGiObBYd

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability clearcarepulse-care-site-alternatives-7f49b2f0
```

Example prompt: I need my knee MRI but the hospital quote seems really expensive — can you find me alternative care sites like imaging centers or ambulatory surgery centers near zip code 30033 that offer the same procedure for less, and show me the cost difference for each?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a patient or advocate needs to compare facility types for the same procedure and wants to quantify savings from avoiding a hospital setting. Prefer this over a general price search when the user already knows the hospital price and wants actionable site alternatives with cost deltas.

## Known failure modes

- Procedure not recognized or no alternative sites found for the given zip — returns empty results or 404
- Zip code out of service area — returns error indicating no coverage
- Invalid or missing required parameters — returns 400 with parameter validation message
- Payment not processed — x402 payment required error before data is returned

## How this service works

Care-site alternatives for healthcare and patient-advocate agents. Compares ASCs, imaging centers, FQHCs, and urgent care against the hospital for the same procedure, with the cost delta.

## Output

A list of alternative care settings (ASCs, imaging centers, FQHCs, urgent care clinics) for the requested procedure, each with facility name, type, estimated cost, and the dollar cost delta versus the hospital baseline price.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "procedure"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "zip": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "zip"
      },
      "lang": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "lang"
      },
      "procedure": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "procedure"
      },
      "current_setting": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Where currently scheduled (default: hospital outpatient)"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/clearcarepulse-care-site-alternatives-7f49b2f0/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from clear-care-pulse.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/clear-care-pulse.vercel.app/llms.txt)