generated: '2026-08-14'
method: searched
source: https://fhir.epic.com/Documentation?docId=cms_prior_auth_playbook
docs:
- https://fhir.epic.com/Developer/Index
- https://fhir.epic.com/Documentation?docId=epiconfhirrequestprocess
- https://www.epic.com/about/
note: >-
  Epic Systems publishes no price list of any kind. The EHR platform itself is
  sold enterprise-direct to health systems under a negotiated contract with no
  public rate card, no online sign-up and no self-serve purchase path; that part
  is a plain "contact us" enterprise sale. What Epic DOES state publicly is the
  cost posture of its DEVELOPER programs, and those statements are recorded
  below because they are the tiers a developer actually chooses between. Epic on
  FHIR is explicitly free: "Epic on FHIR offers free app creation services and
  API access to all developers." Vendor Services is a separate, optional
  membership program offering individualized assistance and connectivity testing
  - Epic does not publish its fee. Both are gates on ACCESS, not metered API
  pricing: neither program bills per API call, and production access is granted
  by each connected health system rather than purchased from Epic.
pricing_model: enterprise-contract + free developer program
metered_api_billing: false
public_price_list: false
currency: USD
plan_count: 2
plans:
- name: Epic on FHIR
  audience: any developer
  price: 0
  price_display: Free
  currency: USD
  billing_period: null
  self_serve: true
  included:
  - Free app creation
  - API access to the documented FHIR R4 / STU3 / DSTU2 surface
  - Public sandbox with published test patients and Bulk Data test Group
  - API specifications, Try It console, and OAuth 2.0 / SMART on FHIR documentation
  limits:
  - Sandbox use is self-serve; PRODUCTION access still requires each connected health system to download and enable the app.
  - No published rate limits; per-customer InterConnect throughput applies (see rate-limits/).
  url: https://fhir.epic.com/Developer/Index
  source_quote: Epic on FHIR offers free app creation services and API access to all developers.
- name: Vendor Services
  audience: Epic community members and vendors seeking hands-on support
  price: null
  price_display: Not published
  currency: null
  billing_period: null
  self_serve: false
  included:
  - Optional suite of benefits including individualized assistance with an app's data exchange
  - General technical support
  - Basic / limited connectivity testing tools
  - Application creation and API access (same self-service app-creation process as Epic on FHIR)
  limits:
  - Membership program; Epic publishes no fee, term, or tier structure for it.
  url: https://vendorservices.epic.com/
  note: >-
    Non-community members can JOIN Vendor Services to create applications and
    receive support. Epic states the benefits but not the cost, so price is
    recorded as null rather than guessed.
adjacent_programs:
  note: Named by Epic as accelerators attached to certain product categories, not as purchasable plans.
  programs:
  - name: Toolbox
    detail: Support available to qualifying product categories.
  - name: Showroom
    url: https://showroom.epic.com/
    detail: Designation/listing surface where qualifying products are highlighted to Epic customers.
enterprise_platform:
  detail: >-
    The Epic EHR itself (Hyperspace, MyChart, Cogito, and the clinical modules)
    is licensed to health systems under negotiated enterprise agreements. No
    price, tier, or quote calculator is published anywhere on epic.com.
  contact: https://www.epic.com/contact/
related:
  rate_limits: rate-limits/epic-systems-rate-limits.yml
  sandbox: sandbox/epic-systems-sandbox.yml