---
updatedAt: 2026-08-07T16:25:02.000Z
agentTools:
  projectIndex: https://docs.elationhealth.com/llms.txt
---

# Update Insurance Company

Replace an existing insurance company.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "InsuranceCompanySingleInstance": {
        "properties": {
          "address": {
            "maxLength": 200,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "aliases": {
            "description": "A string used to create alternate terms that will come up in search results (for example \"BC\" for Blue Cross).",
            "maxLength": 300,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "carrier": {
            "maxLength": 200,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "city": {
            "maxLength": 50,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "created_date": {
            "format": "date-time",
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "deleted_date": {
            "format": "date-time",
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "eligibility_payer_id": {
            "maxLength": 200,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "extension": {
            "maxLength": 6,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "external_vendor_id": {
            "description": "The ID used by a vendor to represent the carrier in their system.",
            "maxLength": 200,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "id": {
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "insurance_type": {
            "description": "An enumerator representing the type of insurance the carrier offers.",
            "oneOf": [
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/InsuranceTypeEnum"
              },
              {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/NullEnum"
              }
            ]
          },
          "is_credentialed": {
            "description": "Whether or not the practice has credentials to submit claims to the carrier.",
            "type": [
              "boolean",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "is_enrolled": {
            "type": [
              "boolean",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "patients": {
            "items": {
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": "array"
          },
          "payer_id": {
            "description": "The Payer ID of the insurance carrier.",
            "maxLength": 200,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "phone": {
            "maxLength": 20,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "plans": {
            "items": {
              "type": "integer"
            },
            "readOnly": true,
            "type": "array"
          },
          "practice": {
            "format": "int64",
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "state": {
            "maxLength": 2,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "suite": {
            "maxLength": 40,
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "zip": {
            "maxLength": 10,
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "carrier",
          "practice"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "InsuranceTypeEnum": {
        "enum": [
          "Capitated",
          "Commercial",
          "Managed Medicaid",
          "Medicaid",
          "Medicare",
          "Medicare Advantage",
          "Medicare Supplement",
          "Self Pay",
          "Workers Compensation/Third Party Liability",
          "None"
        ],
        "type": "string"
      },
      "NullEnum": {
        "type": "null"
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "oauth2": {
        "flows": {
          "clientCredentials": {
            "scopes": {
              "act_as_user": "Impersonate a provider via X-On-Behalf-Of (combinable with apiv2 or system scopes)",
              "apiv2": "Full access to the API",
              "system/{resource_name}.read": "Read access to a specific resource",
              "system/{resource_name}.write": "Write access to a specific resource"
            },
            "tokenUrl": "/api/2.0/oauth2/token/"
          }
        },
        "type": "oauth2"
      }
    }
  },
  "info": {
    "contact": {
      "name": "Elation Health",
      "url": "https://www.elationhealth.com/"
    },
    "description": "Elation Health API v2.0",
    "title": "Insurance API",
    "version": "2.0.0"
  },
  "openapi": "3.1.0",
  "paths": {
    "/api/2.0/insurance_companies/{id}/": {
      "put": {
        "description": "Replace an existing insurance company.",
        "operationId": "insurance_companies_update",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "in": "path",
            "name": "id",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "format": "int64",
              "type": "integer"
            }
          }
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/InsuranceCompanySingleInstance"
              }
            }
          },
          "required": true
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/InsuranceCompanySingleInstance"
                }
              }
            },
            "description": ""
          }
        },
        "security": [
          {
            "oauth2": []
          }
        ],
        "summary": "Update Insurance Company",
        "tags": [
          "Insurance Companies"
        ],
        "x-el8-docs-category": "Insurance API",
        "x-el8-docs-versions": [
          "2.1",
          "2.0"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "description": "Sandbox Server",
      "url": "https://sandbox.elationemr.com"
    },
    {
      "description": "Production Server",
      "url": "https://api.app.elationemr.com"
    }
  ],
  "x-readme": {
    "proxy-enabled": true
  }
}
```