Ayushman Card Hospital List: How to Find One Near You
The official empanelled-hospital search is at hospitals.pmjay.gov.in. How to use it, what to confirm before you travel, and what to do if you are not eligible.
Where is the official Ayushman card hospital list?
At hospitals.pmjay.gov.in, the National Health Authority's own search tool. That is the list. Everything else is a copy.
This matters more than it sounds. Hospitals join the scheme and leave it, and some are suspended while under audit. A list republished on a blog was accurate on the day it was copied and has been decaying since. Use the government's search, not a reproduction of it.
How to search
- Open the portal and choose your state.
- Choose your district.
- Choose the speciality you need - cardiology, oncology, orthopaedics and so on.
- Choose the hospital type: public, private, or both.
The results give you the hospital name, address, contact details, and the specialities it is empanelled for.
Step three is the one people skip. A hospital can be empanelled under the scheme for some treatments and not for others. Searching without the speciality filter produces a list of hospitals near you, not a list of hospitals that will treat your condition under the scheme.
Ring before you travel
Two questions, and both are worth asking:
- "Are you currently active under PM-JAY?" Empanelment is not permanent. Hospitals are suspended and reinstated, and the portal is not always the same day as reality.
- "Are you empanelled for this specific treatment?" This is the one that saves a wasted journey with a sick relative in the car.
Take the Ayushman card and a photo ID for the beneficiary, and ask the hospital what else its Ayushman desk needs before admission.
If you are not eligible
This is worth saying plainly, because it is the more common situation among people searching for this. PM-JAY is targeted at specific households rather than being available to everyone. Eligibility is set by the National Health Authority against defined criteria, and many people who look for it discover they do not qualify.
If that is you, the route to cashless hospital treatment is a private health insurance policy, where the equivalent question is which hospitals sit in your insurer's cashless network. The mechanics are genuinely similar: a network you check before you need it, a pre-authorisation at admission, and a desk in the hospital that handles it.
Two things worth reading in that case:
- How a cashless claim actually works, including the timelines an insurer must meet.
- How much cover you need, which is the first question rather than which plan to buy.
- What a private health policy actually pays once a procedure is priced, since a cashless network is only half the answer.
Why we have not printed a hospital list here
Because it would be wrong within weeks, and a stale list on a health page is worse than no list. The number of empanelled hospitals, the eligibility rules and the cover amount are all set by the National Health Authority and all change.
The official portal is the only source that is current by definition. Our job here is to point you at it and tell you how to use it properly.
FAQs
How do I find an Ayushman Bharat empanelled hospital near me?
Use the National Health Authority's own search at hospitals.pmjay.gov.in. Select your state, then district, then the speciality you need, then whether you want public or private hospitals. The results list hospital names, addresses, contact details and the specialities each is empanelled for.
Is the hospital list on other websites reliable?
Treat it as a starting point only. The government portal is the sole authoritative list, and any list republished elsewhere is a copy of the official data at some past date. Hospitals join and leave the scheme and some are temporarily suspended, so a copied list decays from the day it is published.
Should I call the hospital before going?
Yes, and ask two specific questions: whether the hospital is currently active under the scheme, and whether it is empanelled for your particular treatment. A hospital can be in the scheme for some specialities and not others, and empanelment status changes.
What if I am not eligible for Ayushman Bharat?
PM-JAY is targeted at defined households rather than being universal, so many people who search for it do not qualify. The alternative route to cashless hospital treatment is a private health insurance policy, where the equivalent of the empanelled list is your insurer's cashless network hospital list.
What should I take to the hospital?
The Ayushman card and a photo ID for the person being treated. Ask the hospital's Ayushman desk what else it needs before admission, since requirements vary between states and hospitals.
Finding an empanelled hospital
| Official portal | hospitals.pmjay.gov.in - the National Health Authority's own search. Verified live in July 2026. |
|---|---|
| How to search | select state, then district, then speciality, then hospital type (public, private or both). |
| What the results show | hospital name, address, contact details and the specialities it is empanelled for. |
| Before you travel | phone the hospital and confirm it is currently active under the scheme AND empanelled for your condition. Status changes and some hospitals are temporarily suspended. |
| A caution on other lists | any non-government page publishing a hospital list is a copy of the official data at some past date. Treat it as a starting point, never as the answer. |
| If you are not eligible | PM-JAY is targeted at specific households rather than being universal, so many people searching for it will not qualify. Private health insurance is the alternative route to cashless treatment. |
Details of eligibility, cover amount and the current network size are set by the National Health Authority and change. We deliberately do not republish those figures here - check them on the official portal, which is the only source that is current by definition.
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