# Eastern Pennsylvania Orthopedic Associates: Agent-Direct Score D (46.2%)

Site: http://www.epoa-philadelphia.com
Report: https://directindex.org/r/centercityorthopedics.com
Scanned: 2026-10-24 (Provisional, with the action test and the assistant citation check still to come. The hatched part of the bar isn't measured yet.)
Eastern Pennsylvania Orthopedic Associates is hard for agents to use.
AI assistants can't open Eastern Pennsylvania Orthopedic Associates's website, so they go by what other sites say about it.

## Direct links
- Book directly: https://www.centercityorthopedics.com/request-appointment (on the business's own site)
- Phone: +12157355911
- Address: 255 S 17th St, 19103-6200, Philadelphia

## Nearby, also direct
Places near Eastern Pennsylvania Orthopedic Associates that take a booking or an order on their own website, with no marketplace in between.
- Ellie Mental Health (0 m): https://directindex.org/r/elliementalhealth.com
- LifeStance Therapists & Psychiatrists Philadelphia (0 m): https://directindex.org/r/lifestance.com
- Rittenhouse Smiles (10 m): https://directindex.org/r/rittenhousesmiles.com
- Leonard Parris, Dmd (10 m): https://directindex.org/r/emergencydentist247.com
- Body Therapy by Tanya Slattery (20 m): https://directindex.org/r/bodytherapyphilly.com

## What to fix first
- **The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included.** (+25 points) A plain fetch was refused (http_403). Only a real browser got the page. Every AI crawler and agent gets turned away the same way, so Reachable scores 0 and the rest is measured on the page as the browser rendered it. Ask the host to let the AI user agents through. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/blocking-ai-crawlers-without-knowing
- **No list of services and prices found.** (+7 points) Agents answer 'what do they treat and what does it cost?' from directories instead. Add a page that lists services and prices as text, and link to it from the homepage. Guide: https://directindex.org/guides/menu-pdf-ai

## Already right
- **robots.txt lets AI crawlers in.** There's no robots.txt, which means everything is allowed.
- **Structured data found (LocalBusiness).** address, phone, opening hours
- **Appointments on your own site.** Agents can book an appointment without going through a marketplace.

## Where it stands
468 of 810 in Philadelphia dentists, clinics and vets. Top 58% of the sites scanned in this index.

| What the top 10% of the index does | Top 10% | This site |
|---|---|---|
| Take bookings or orders on their own domain | 98% | yes |
| Publish the menu or price list as HTML | 5% | no |
| Let AI crawlers in (no block at the server or in robots.txt) | 94% | no |
| Structured data with address, phone and hours | 29% | yes |
| Have an llms.txt | 33% | no |

Nearest places in the index: Ellie Mental Health (B, 3 m, https://directindex.org/r/elliementalhealth.com); Rittenhouse Plastic Surgery (C, 3 m, https://directindex.org/r/rittenhouseps.com); LifeStance Therapists & Psychiatrists Philadelphia (C, 3 m, https://directindex.org/r/lifestance.com); Rittenhouse Smiles (B, 8 m, https://directindex.org/r/rittenhousesmiles.com); Chestnut Hill Allergy & Asthma Associates, LLC (D, 9 m, https://directindex.org/r/philadelphia-allergy.com); Leonard Parris, Dmd (C, 11 m, https://directindex.org/r/emergencydentist247.com); Rittenhouse Dental Group (D, 16 m, https://directindex.org/r/rittenhousedentist.com); Body Therapy by Tanya Slattery (B, 17 m, https://directindex.org/r/bodytherapyphilly.com); Wolgin Endodontics (C, 17 m, https://directindex.org/r/wolginendogroup.com); Drs. Steinberg & Wegner's Office (C, 95 m, https://directindex.org/r/dentistryinphiladelphia.com).

## What assistants answer
The assistants haven't been asked about this business yet. They're asked about the top-ranked businesses in each city index, and about any business as soon as it's claimed. Claim this page to be included.

The assistants were asked 12 everyday questions about Philadelphia dentists, clinics and vets and named 62 places. Eastern Pennsylvania Orthopedic Associates wasn't one of them. See who was named: https://directindex.org/city/philadelphia-clinics/recommended


See what an AI agent reads on this site: https://directindex.org/r/centercityorthopedics.com/agent-view

## Businesses like Eastern Pennsylvania Orthopedic Associates in Philadelphia dentists, clinics and vets

| Group | Sites | Avg score | A or B | This site |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Businesses of the same kind in Philadelphia dentists, clinics and vets | 810 | 48% | 19% | 46.2% |

The best of the businesses of the same kind in Philadelphia dentists, clinics and vets: Mount Airy Family Dental (A 87.7%, https://directindex.org/r/gilbertdentalcenter.com); Pet Dermatology Center (A 87.5%, https://directindex.org/r/petdermphilly.com); Art of Smile - Center For Cosmetic Orthodontics (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/artofsmilephiladelphia.com); Comprehensive Foot and Ankle Center (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/myprofootcare.com); Corner Dentistry (B 84.6%, https://directindex.org/r/cornerdentistryphilly.com).

With the two fixes above (The site turns away every visitor that isn't a browser, AI agents included; No list of services and prices found), the score would be about 95.4%, which would be first of 810 in Philadelphia dentists, clinics and vets.

## The direct record
What agents get for Eastern Pennsylvania Orthopedic Associates, as JSON: https://directindex.org/api/direct/centercityorthopedics.com
- Book: https://www.centercityorthopedics.com/request-appointment (own site; found by the scan of 2026-10-24, not yet tested)
- Order: none on record
- Menu: none on record
- Hours: none on record
- Phone: +12157355911
- Stable links that count: https://directindex.org/go/centercityorthopedics.com/book

## Can an agent transact?
Measured, not scored (the score stays at spec v1.0).
- UCP profile (/.well-known/ucp, Google and Shopify's Universal Commerce Protocol): no
- ACP discovery document (/.well-known/acp.json, OpenAI and Stripe's Agentic Commerce Protocol): no
- MCP server card (/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): no
- Ordering vendor that takes agent orders (Square, Toast, or a vendor whose terms allow agents): no

Only a real browser got this page (a plain fetch got http_403); Readable and Actionable were measured on the rendered page.

## Score breakdown
| Component | Points | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Reachable | 0 | 25 |
| Readable | 15 | 25 |
| Actionable | 15 | 15 (the action test: pending) |
| Cited | 0 | 0 (the assistant citation check: pending) |

## Agent readiness (Cloudflare)
Not measured for this scan.
- JSON-LD for the business: yes

Keep watching this business (https://directindex.org/r/centercityorthopedics.com/plan): the assistants are asked again every month, and you see what changed. 2 EUR a month or 19 EUR a year.
Deep report: https://directindex.org/r/centercityorthopedics.com/deep. Ten questions phrased the way people ask them, each assistant's full answer, the eight nearest similar places, the fix plan and a PDF. 5 EUR, paid once. Reading and scanning stay free. These few euros pay for the questions sent to the assistants and for the servers.
Methodology: https://directindex.org/methodology · Rescan now: https://directindex.org/scan?url=centercityorthopedics.com&force=1