specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: BodyTrace
providerId: bodytrace
created: '2026-07-05'
modified: '2026-07-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Remote Patient Monitoring
- RPM
- Cellular
- Medical Devices
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of BodyTrace spend. BodyTrace cost is driven by devices, not by API
  calls: each cellular device carries an annual per-device subscription that
  bundles the hardware, embedded cellular connectivity, the web interface, and API
  access. There is no separate metered API charge. The dominant cost driver is the
  count of active provisioned devices in the field; secondary costs are internal
  (the compute you run to poll or receive and store readings). Enterprise/volume
  agreements cover larger RPM programs.
notes: >-
  Per-device rates are not reconciled here; confirm with BodyTrace sales. The main
  FinOps lever is device fleet management - deprovision or reclaim inactive
  devices so you stop paying subscription for units no longer transmitting.
sources:
- https://www.bodytrace.com
- https://www.bodytrace.com/medical/
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: BodyTrace
serviceCategory: Healthcare and Medical Devices
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription-Based
  billingFrequency: Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: BodyTrace RPM Platform
  ServiceCategory: Healthcare and Medical Devices
  ProviderName: BodyTrace
  PublisherName: BodyTrace
  InvoiceIssuerName: BodyTrace
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Subscription-Based
meters:
- name: active_devices
  description: Count of provisioned cellular devices under subscription, the primary cost driver.
  unit: devices
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - deviceType
  - program
- name: device_year
  description: Device-years of subscription (device count times annual term).
  unit: device_years
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - deviceType
- name: internal_ingestion_compute
  description: Internal cost of polling or receiving and storing readings (no BodyTrace invoice).
  unit: hours
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - deployment
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Track active vs inactive devices and their transmission recency; an idle device still costs subscription.
- name: Allocation
  description: Tag devices by program, clinic, or patient cohort so subscription cost maps to internal cost centers.
- name: Optimization
  description: Reclaim and deprovision devices that have stopped transmitting; right-size fleet to enrolled-patient count; prefer pushed delivery to cut internal polling compute.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign a device-fleet owner; review device counts against active enrollment each billing cycle.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com