specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Guardant Health
providerId: guardant-health
created: '2026-06-20'
modified: '2026-06-20'
reconciled: false
tags:
- Healthcare
- Precision Oncology
- Liquid Biopsy
- Genomics
- EMR Integration
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Guardant Health. Guardant Health does not bill a usage-metered
  public API; there are no per-call, per-token or per-request API charges to
  manage. Costs are clinical (per-test reimbursement for assays) and contractual
  (institutional EMR integration and biopharma data/software agreements for
  GuardantINFORM, GuardantConnect and Guardant Galaxy). This artifact records
  that no public API billing model exists to align to FOCUS.
notes: >-
  Reconciled false: no public, usage-based API billing exists. Meters below are
  illustrative cost dimensions a partner might track internally; they are not
  published Guardant billing meters. Update on reconciliation if a public API
  billing model is introduced.
sources:
- https://guardanthealth.com/precision-oncology/for-institutional-partners/emr-integration-services/
- https://guardanthealth.com/precision-oncology/biopharma-solutions/
- 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: Guardant Health
serviceCategory: Healthcare and Life Sciences
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Contract / Reimbursement
  billingFrequency: Contractual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Usage
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Guardant Health Precision Oncology
  ServiceCategory: Healthcare and Life Sciences
  ProviderName: Guardant Health
  PublisherName: Guardant Health
  InvoiceIssuerName: Guardant Health
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Contract / Reimbursement
meters:
- name: clinical_tests
  description: Clinical assays ordered/resulted, billed via payer reimbursement (illustrative cost dimension, not a published API meter).
  unit: tests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - assay
- name: partner_integration
  description: Institutional EMR integration agreements (illustrative cost dimension).
  unit: contracts
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
- name: biopharma_agreements
  description: Biopharma data/software licensing (GuardantINFORM, GuardantConnect, Guardant Galaxy) (illustrative cost dimension).
  unit: contracts
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: No public API usage exports exist; track clinical test volumes and contract spend via internal procurement and EMR reporting.
- name: Allocation
  description: Map test ordering and integration costs to clinical departments or biopharma programs.
- name: Optimization
  description: Optimize via contract negotiation and appropriate test utilization, not API-level metering.
- name: Accountability
  description: Assign owners for partner and biopharma agreements; review contractual spend on the agreement cycle.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com