Which AI providers offer a HIPAA BAA?
As of 19 August 2026, of 16 AI model offerings tracked, 2 have clear public evidence, 12 are conditional or gated, and 2 have no public evidence.
- Clear public evidence: Azure OpenAI Service, Claude via Google Vertex AI
- Conditional, sales-gated, or partial: OpenAI API, Anthropic API, Claude via AWS Bedrock, Gemini via Vertex AI, AWS Bedrock (platform), Mistral La Plateforme, Cohere API, Cohere via AWS Bedrock, Llama via AWS Bedrock, Llama via Azure AI, xAI API, DeepSeek via Fireworks AI
- No public evidence: Mistral via Azure AI, DeepSeek API (first-party)
Business Associate Agreement availability across major AI model offerings, with sources and verification dates. The cell answers: Will they sign a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement covering this offering?
Statuses below are evidence grades, not endorsements, “no public evidence”
means we could not verify it from public sources, not that the answer is no.
◐Yes, sales-gated
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-18
OpenAI provides a BAA for the API only after a gated email request and review, matching the yes_sales_gated definition.
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●Yes, public
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-16
Microsoft’s official Q&A page confirms that Azure OpenAI Service is HIPAA‑eligible, and Microsoft’s HIPAA offering states they will sign a BAA for in‑scope services.
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◐Yes, sales-gated
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-18
Anthropic’s own privacy page confirms a BAA exists for the API but can only be activated after the primary owner signs it and coordinates with sales, satisfying the sales‑gated criteria.
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◐Yes, sales-gated
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-18
AWS offers a BAA through its Artifact portal and lists Amazon Bedrock as a HIPAA‑eligible service, so a HIPAA BAA can be signed for Claude via Bedrock, but access is gated behind the sales/account process.
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●Yes, public
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-17
Google's own support page shows the HIPAA BAA is accepted self-serve in the Cloud console (Review and Accept / I Accept), so it is publicly available with no sales gate — not yes_sales_gated. The cited cloud.google.com/security/compliance/hipaa page itself states "Google will enter into Business Ass
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◐Yes, sales-gated
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-14
Google's own compliance page states it "will enter into Business Associate Agreements with customers as necessary under HIPAA" and lists Vertex AI among BAA-covered products, so no_public_evidence is wrong; execution is routed through an account manager per Google's FAQ, making it yes_sales_gated ra
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◐Yes, sales-gated
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-18
AWS lists Amazon Bedrock as a HIPAA‑eligible service and explicitly requires a Business Associate Agreement, which is only available through the gated AWS Artifact portal.
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◐Yes, sales-gated
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-18
Mistral's own trust center publicly lists a "HIPAA Compliance with Mistral AI" document stating it offers a BAA for qualifying services, so there is public evidence the BAA exists but it is gated behind a qualification/access-request process (yes_sales_gated), not no_public_evidence.
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?Unclear
confidence: low · verified 2026-08-15
Public HIPAA page lists Azure services in scope but does not explicitly include Mistral, and a Microsoft staff answer states compliance is not guaranteed, leaving coverage unclear.
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Cohere API
Cohere model, served by Cohere (first-party)
◐Yes, sales-gated
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-17
Verified verbatim on Cohere's own security page that a standard BAA can be executed, but qualification requires contacting a sales representative, matching yes_sales_gated.
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◐Yes, sales-gated
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-18
AWS lists Amazon Bedrock (excluding Fable and Mythos) as HIPAA‑eligible and requires entering into an AWS BAA, which applies to Cohere models served via Bedrock.
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◐Yes, sales-gated
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-16
AWS lists Amazon Bedrock as a HIPAA‑eligible service and explicitly requires a signed AWS Business Associate Agreement before use.
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Llama via Azure AI
Meta model, served by Microsoft Azure (Azure AI Foundry / Models-as-a-Service)
◔Partial
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-16
The provider’s own Q&A explicitly states it cannot confirm model‑by‑model HIPAA coverage, so coverage for Llama is not publicly verified.
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xAI API
xAI model, served by xAI (first-party)
◐Yes, sales-gated
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-18
The provider offers a BAA request form, indicating the agreement is available but gated behind a sales/approval process.
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○No public evidence
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-16
DeepSeek's privacy policy states the service is not intended for health data and provides no public BAA information, so no public evidence of a HIPAA BAA exists.
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◐Yes, sales-gated
confidence: high · verified 2026-08-18
The provider’s own FAQ confirms a BAA can be provided but only after a sales request, matching the definition of yes_sales_gated.
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