Markup, Margin and Cash Price (Pharmacy Pricing Math)
Markup, gross margin and price for a pharmacy sale.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Acquisition cost
- 60 dollars
- Selling price
- 100 dollars
Result: Markup 66.67%, gross margin 40%.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Acquisition cost
- Selling price
- Markup on cost
- Gross margin on price
- A target margin, to price for
- Dispensing fee added to that price
How this is calculated
Citation
Stated arithmetic: markup is (price - cost) / cost and gross margin is (price - cost) / price, so margin = markup / (1 + markup) and markup = margin / (1 - margin). No primary source is needed for an identity.
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.