diff --git a/backend/src/cyclone/api.py b/backend/src/cyclone/api.py
index e5010e9..0446dc0 100644
--- a/backend/src/cyclone/api.py
+++ b/backend/src/cyclone/api.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from typing import Any, AsyncIterator
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI, File, HTTPException, Query, Request, UploadFile
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
-from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse, StreamingResponse
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse, Response, StreamingResponse
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from cyclone import __version__, db
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ from cyclone.parsers.parse_999 import parse_999_text
 from cyclone.parsers.parse_ta1 import parse_ta1_text
 from cyclone.parsers.serialize_270 import serialize_270
 from cyclone.parsers.serialize_999 import serialize_999
+from cyclone.parsers.serialize_837 import SerializeError as SerializeError837, serialize_837
 from cyclone.parsers.batch_ack_builder import build_ack_for_batch
 from cyclone.parsers.validator_835 import validate as validate_835
 from cyclone.pubsub import EventBus
@@ -1212,6 +1213,58 @@ def get_claim_detail_endpoint(claim_id: str) -> dict:
     return body
 
 
+@app.get("/api/claims/{claim_id}/serialize-837")
+def serialize_claim_as_837(claim_id: str):
+    """Return the claim as a regenerated X12 837P file (SP8).
+
+    Loads the ClaimOutput from the persisted ``raw_json`` and runs the
+    outbound serializer. Returns 404 if the claim doesn't exist, 422 if
+    the stored payload has no parseable ClaimOutput (data integrity
+    issue, not a transient failure).
+    """
+    with db.SessionLocal()() as s:
+        row = s.get(Claim, claim_id)
+        if row is None:
+            return JSONResponse(
+                {"error": "Not found", "detail": f"Claim {claim_id} not found"},
+                status_code=404,
+            )
+        if not row.raw_json:
+            return JSONResponse(
+                {
+                    "error": "Unprocessable",
+                    "detail": f"Claim {claim_id} has no raw_json; cannot serialize",
+                },
+                status_code=422,
+            )
+        try:
+            claim_obj = ClaimOutput.model_validate(row.raw_json)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            return JSONResponse(
+                {
+                    "error": "Unprocessable",
+                    "detail": f"Claim {claim_id} raw_json is malformed: {exc}",
+                },
+                status_code=422,
+            )
+
+    try:
+        text = serialize_837(claim_obj)
+    except SerializeError837 as exc:
+        return JSONResponse(
+            {"error": "Unprocessable", "detail": str(exc)},
+            status_code=422,
+        )
+
+    return Response(
+        content=text,
+        media_type="text/x12",
+        headers={
+            "Content-Disposition": f'attachment; filename="claim-{claim_id}.x12"'
+        },
+    )
+
+
 @app.get("/api/claims/{claim_id}/line-reconciliation")
 def get_claim_line_reconciliation(claim_id: str) -> dict:
     """Per-line reconciliation view for the ClaimDrawer tab.
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_api_serialize_837.py b/backend/tests/test_api_serialize_837.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..746a9d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/tests/test_api_serialize_837.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+"""Tests for the GET /api/claims/{id}/serialize-837 endpoint (SP8)."""
+import io
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+
+from cyclone.api import app
+
+
+def _seed_claim(client: TestClient) -> str:
+    fixture = Path("tests/fixtures/co_medicaid_837p.txt").read_text()
+    r = client.post(
+        "/api/parse-837",
+        files={"file": ("claim.txt", io.BytesIO(fixture.encode()), "text/plain")},
+        headers={"Accept": "application/json"},
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 200, r.text
+    claim_id = r.json()["claims"][0]["claim_id"]
+    return claim_id
+
+
+def test_endpoint_returns_x12_attachment():
+    with TestClient(app) as client:
+        claim_id = _seed_claim(client)
+        r = client.get(f"/api/claims/{claim_id}/serialize-837")
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    assert r.headers["content-type"].startswith("text/x12")
+    cd = r.headers["content-disposition"]
+    assert "attachment" in cd
+    assert f"claim-{claim_id}.x12" in cd
+    assert r.text.startswith("ISA*")
+
+
+def test_endpoint_404_for_missing_claim():
+    with TestClient(app) as client:
+        r = client.get("/api/claims/CLM-DOES-NOT-EXIST/serialize-837")
+    assert r.status_code == 404
+    body = r.json()
+    assert body["error"] == "Not found"
+    assert "CLM-DOES-NOT-EXIST" in body["detail"]
+
+
+def test_endpoint_regenerated_text_round_trips_through_parser():
+    """The endpoint's body should be a parseable 837 — round-trip test."""
+    from cyclone.parsers.parse_837 import parse
+    from cyclone.parsers.payer import PayerConfig
+
+    with TestClient(app) as client:
+        claim_id = _seed_claim(client)
+        r = client.get(f"/api/claims/{claim_id}/serialize-837")
+    assert r.status_code == 200
+    result = parse(r.text, PayerConfig(name="CO_MEDICAID"))
+    assert result.claims, "endpoint body didn't parse back to any claims"
+    assert result.claims[0].claim.claim_id == claim_id
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