How much does Basys.ai cost?

No public pricing; health plan sales process with savings based positioning.

What are the best alternatives to Basys.ai?

Based on documented capability coverage across the Agentic Index 14 point taxonomy, the closest alternatives to Basys.ai among healthcare agents are Cedar, Develop Health, OpenEvidence, XpertDox. Each is graded on the same public evidence, and no vendor pays for placement.

Does Basys.ai require human approval before an agent acts?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. Basys.ai publishes public evidence of human approval steps and guardrails, so an agent action can be held for review before it executes. Evidence basis: Documented escalation split: appropriate cases auto approved while complex cases are directed to clinicians, with interpretability and a transparency chat for members and providers, basys.ai and partner materials 2026-07-22. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Does Basys.ai have SOC 2, SSO and role based access control?

Partial under the Agentic Index verification standard. Basys.ai publishes some public evidence of security and identity controls, but narrower than the full set of SOC 2, single sign on (SSO) and role based access control (RBAC). Evidence basis: HIPAA compliant exchange via the X12 standard and secure positioning stated first party, but no named attestations in retrieved materials, basys.ai materials 2026-07-22. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Can Basys.ai be self hosted or run in a private VPC?

Partial under the Agentic Index verification standard. Basys.ai publishes some public evidence on deployment and data residency, but narrower than a documented self hosted or private VPC option. Evidence basis: SaaS delivery; no self host or residency options documented, basys.ai materials 2026-07-22. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

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Basys.ai

Q: Who is Basys.ai for?

health plans, TPAs, health systems

Also known as: basys.ai

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Healthcare agentindependentVerified 2026-07-22

Entry priceContact salesFull pricing detail

Payer side agentic AI for prior authorization and utilization management: encodes payer policies with generative AI, auto approves up to 90 percent of requests, and routes complex cases to clinicians. Mayo and Eli Lilly backed.

basys.ai is a payer side agentic AI platform for prior authorization, utilization management, clinical auditing, and fraud, waste, and abuse review.

Its engine, trained on over 10 million patient records and claims through its Mayo Clinic data partnership, automates encoding of payer policies with generative AI and can auto approve up to 90 percent of prior authorization requests while directing complex cases to clinicians, with a generative AI chat feature answering member and provider transparency queries.

Founded in 2022 by Harvard health data science graduates Amber Nigam and Jie Sun, backed by Eli Lilly, Mayo Clinic, and Nina Capital, and distributed through a Smart Data Solutions partnership reaching health plans and TPAs. Processes requests over FHIR with X12 data exchange, positioned as integration light for health plan deployment.

Vendor details

Canonical URL

https://basys.ai

Funding status

$2.4M seed (2023) after oversubscribed pre-seed led by Nina Capital with Eli Lilly, Mayo Clinic, Two Lanterns, AMV, and Chaac participating

Company status

independent

Use cases & customers

Primary use cases

prior authorization auto-approval for health plansutilization managementclinical auditingfraud waste and abuse review

Target customers

health plansTPAshealth systems

Deployment options

SaaS

Integrations

FHIR standard for request processing and real time data connections; X12 standard for HIPAA compliant data exchange; positioned as plug and play, integration light; Smart Data Solutions partnership embeds it in payer clearinghouse workflows.

Sources & related URLs

Research sources

https://basys.ai/ https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/10/basys-ai-2-4m-prior-authorization-mayo-clinic-healthcare/amp https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/sponsored/helping-payers-transform-prior-auth-agentic-ai

Agentic Index coverage score

6.0 / 14 capabilities · 43%

Integrations & Tool Calling	Full
SourceFHIR standard request processing with real time data connections and X12 standard HIPAA compliant data exchange, positioned as plug and play, basys.ai payer pageread 2026-07-22
Workflow Orchestration	Partial
SourceAutomates the prior authorization decisioning pipeline end to end with auto approval and routing, though scope is a single decision workflow rather than cross system orchestration, basys.ai materialsread 2026-07-22
Knowledge Grounding & RAG	Full
SourceAutomated generative AI encoding of payer policies is the core technology, trained on over 10 million patient records with specialized disease area expertise in MSK, surgery, and cardiology, basys.ai materialsread 2026-07-22
Human Oversight & Guardrails	Full
SourceDocumented escalation split: appropriate cases auto approved while complex cases are directed to clinicians, with interpretability and a transparency chat for members and providers, basys.ai and partner materialsread 2026-07-22
Security, Identity & Governance	Partial
SourceHIPAA compliant exchange via the X12 standard and secure positioning stated first party, but no named attestations in retrieved materials, basys.ai materialsread 2026-07-22
Observability & Auditability	Partial
SourceInterpretable and explainable decisioning is a stated design goal with a transparency chat surface, though no audit console is documented, basys.ai materialsread 2026-07-22
Memory & State Persistence	Unable to verify
SourceNo documented persistent memory capability, basys.ai materialsread 2026-07-22
Deployment & Data Residency	Partial
SourceSaaS delivery; no self host or residency options documented, basys.ai materialsread 2026-07-22
Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs	Unable to verify
SourceSingle decisioning engine across UM modules without an agent or template library, basys.ai materialsread 2026-07-22
Triggers & Channel Coverage	Partial
SourceReal time processing driven by incoming authorization requests over FHIR; no broader trigger or channel machinery documented, basys.ai materialsread 2026-07-22
Model Flexibility & Routing	Partial
SourceHybrid generative AI plus deep learning engine documented, without customer model choice, basys.ai materialsread 2026-07-22
APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility	Unable to verify
SourceNo customer facing API, SDK, or extensibility surface documented beyond standards based intake, basys.ai materialsread 2026-07-22
Testing, Debugging & Optimization	Unable to verify
SourceNo customer facing testing or evaluation tooling documented, basys.ai materialsread 2026-07-22
Browser & Computer Use	Unable to verify
SourceOperates over FHIR and X12 data exchange, not browser or computer interface control, basys.ai materialsread 2026-07-22

The Agentic Index coverage score grades every vendor Full, Partial or Unable to verify against the same 14 buyer facing capabilities, from public evidence only. Each capability links to how all vendors in the index score on it. How this evidence is graded

Pricing

Contact sales

What is public

No pricing is published. Positioning emphasizes achieving target savings for health plan partners, with distribution direct and via Smart Data Solutions.

Variable cost rationale

Payer UM platforms typically price per member or per authorization volume; basys.ai does not publish its basis.

Sales call required

Yes, required for paid access

Free / trial

None public

Agentic Index verified 2026-07-22

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