# Hospital Supply Chain Benchmark (CMS HCRIS)

> Hospital Supply Chain Benchmark (CMS HCRIS) is a paid API for AI agents from www.stratalize.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns hospital supply cost as a percentage of operating expense benchmarks by bed size and state, sourced from CMS HCRIS cost reports.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.stratalize.com/api/x402/hospital-supply-chain-benchmark
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/hospital-supply-chain-benchmark-cms-hcris-cae72ee9
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_3k18A7tX7vVtu6TeSp1qI

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 hospital-supply-chain-benchmark-cms-hcris-cae72ee9
```

Example prompt: Pull the CMS HCRIS hospital supply chain benchmark for Florida hospitals with around 300 beds — I need supply cost as a percentage of operating expense to build a cost reduction case.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need supply chain cost benchmarks derived specifically from CMS HCRIS cost reports, segmented by state and hospital bed size. Ideal for hospital CFOs, supply chain consultants, or AI agents building materials management cost reduction cases or value-based care financial models. Prefer over generic healthcare cost databases when you need cryptographically verified, CMS-sourced benchmarks with granular bed-size segmentation.

## Known failure modes

- State not recognized or invalid state code — returns validation error
- Bed size value outside supported range — returns out-of-range error
- No benchmark data available for the specified state/bed size combination — returns empty or null result
- Payment not received or insufficient USDC balance — returns 402 Payment Required
- Upstream CMS HCRIS data temporarily unavailable — returns 503 or stale data indicator

## How this service works

Stratalize — attested finance, legal, healthcare, and compliance intelligence. Signed, independently verifiable receipt on every call (trust.stratalize.com/verify). Hospital supply chain benchmarks — supply cost as a percentage of operating expense by bed size and state from CMS HCRIS data. Source: CMS HCRIS cost reports. Use when benchmarking supply chain efficiency or building a materials management cost reduction case

## Output

Returns supply cost as a percentage of operating expense benchmarked against CMS HCRIS peer data, filtered by the specified state and bed size. Response is ML-DSA-65 cryptographically signed with a verifiable receipt at trust.stratalize.com/verify.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "state": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Request parameter: state"
  },
  "bed_size": {
   "type": "number",
   "description": "Request parameter: bed size"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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