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RateCard Health

By ratecardhealth.com Verified namespace

Healthcare B2B trade-publication ad rate cards: price bands, 2026 price index, free sample.

WebsiteHealth & science
Connect to RateCard Health
Checks passed
12 / 22

2 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
125 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
5

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Outdated check

Last connection measurement is over 24 hours old. Current availability is unknown.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
310
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
312

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 125 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name ratecardhealth.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 5 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 125 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 125 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Fail
    Parameters documented

    5 of 7 parameters have a description (71%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-11-02T03:43:20.788387Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using RateCard Health

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http ratecard-health https://ratecardhealth.com/mcp

Capabilities

Tools 5

get_free_sample

The 10 free sample rows of the RateCard Health database (full fields, exact prices) — the same rows as the public sample CSV.

Discovered
get_price_index

Aggregate ad-price benchmarks (CC BY 4.0) across healthcare B2B rate cards: median/quartile entry prices and derived CPMs (rounded, or banded; medians only for groups with 5+ rate cards), by format, category and price band. Optionally filter by group_type (all, format, category, entry_price_band) or group name.

Discovered
get_publication

Public details for one publication: publisher, audience, circulation, open rate/CTR, entry ad unit with price band, names of other ad units, rate-card year, last verified date, official media kit link and page URL. Look up by slug or (partial) name.

Discovered
list_categories

List the publication categories and format groups covered, with counts and page URLs.

Discovered
search_publications

Search the RateCard Health index of healthcare B2B trade publications, association e-newsletters and journals that publish advertising rate cards. Filter by category (e.g. dental, pharmacy, nursing, health IT), format (e-newsletter, print, dedicated email) and/or a free-text query (name, publisher, audience). Returns name, publisher, category, format, stated circulation/open rate, entry ad price BAND (exact only for the 10 free-sample rows) and the public page URL.

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

View status
Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected125 ms5

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