Sample Drug Pricing Formats

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The 'Formulary Pricing' module automatically creates a file that can be used to update the patient prices in an external financial system.  If you want to do this, the file must be supplied to the staff that manages the financial system (e.g., by diskette, network, etc.).  Unless the export file is used, Ascend does not typically update prices in an external financial system.  Be sure to specify the file location and name on the main screen.

Format : Standard

The format of the export file is as follows (fixed-record length):

Field

Len

Position

Type

Charge code

16

1-16

Text

Patient Charge

12

17-28

Numeric

Drug name

35

29-63

Text

CR+LF

2

64-65

 

Drug name is a concatenation of the Drug Description + Dose + Units + '/' + Per + Units

 Example:

Charge Code Price Drug Name
55512121 5.38 ACETAMINOPHEN  DROPS   100 MG /  ML
55512122 19.88 ACETAMINOPHEN  SUPP   325 MG
55512123 0.70 ACETAMINOPHEN TAB   325 MG
55512124 1.14 POTASSIUM CHLORIDE 10% LIQ   20 MEQ / 15 ML

Format : Standard w/NDC

The format of the export file is as follows (fixed length records):

Field

Len

Position

Type

Charge code

12

1-12

Text

Patient Charge

12

13-24

Numeric

Drug name

30

25-54

Text

Dose Quantity 7 55-61 Numeric
Dose Units 7 62-68 Text
Per Quantity 7 69-75 Numeric
Per Units 7 76-82 Text
NDC 11 83-93 Text

CR+LF

2

 

 

 

Charge Code Price Drug Name Dose Qty Dose Units Per Qty Per Units NDC
55512121 5.38 ACETAMINOPHEN  DROPS 100 MG 0 ML 00536012372
55512122 19.88 ACETAMINOPHEN  SUPP 325 MG 0   08881602133
55512123 0.70 ACETAMINOPHEN TAB 325 MG 0   51079000219

 

Format: HMS:

The format of the export file is as follows ( fixed length records):

Field

Len

Position

Type

Charge code

12

1-12

Text

Patient Charge

10

13-22

Numeric

Drug name

29

23-51

Text

CR+LF

2

 

 

Example:

Charge Code Price Drug Name
55512121 0000005.38 ACETAMINOPHEN  DROPS   100 MG /  ML
55512122 0000019.88 ACETAMINOPHEN  SUPP   325 MG
55512123 0000000.70 ACETAMINOPHEN TAB   325 MG