{
  "query": {
    "country": "GB",
    "medicine": "atorvastatin 20mg",
    "matched_name": "atorvastatin",
    "strength": "20 mg"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "GBP",
    "unit": "per tablet",
    "value": 0.02604,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": 3629410,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-07-01",
    "to": "2026-07-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "reimbursement_price",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "July 2026 (PCA monthly data, England)",
    "note": "Net Ingredient Cost per unit: the Drug Tariff basic price, before dispenser discounts, fees, VAT and patient charges. England, community dispensing; NHSBSA management information, not an official statistic."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-14T21:31:37.993Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "gb-nhs-pca",
    "name": "Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Monthly Administrative Data",
    "publisher": "NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA)",
    "licence": "Open Government Licence 3.0 (United Kingdom); NHSBSA's dataset page adds: \"You may use the data freely, provided that you attribute the source.\" It also asks anyone producing a press or broadcast story from the data to contact its communications team; that is a request, not a licence condition.",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Source: NHS Business Services Authority, \"Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) Monthly Administrative Data\", NHSBSA Open Data Portal, https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/prescription-cost-analysis-pca-monthly-data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Totals are passed on as published; the average cost per unit (NIC divided by quantity) is calculated by ProofPrice.",
    "url": "https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/prescription-cost-analysis-pca-monthly-data"
  },
  "method": "From NHSBSA's Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) monthly table for the newest month published: for every presentation whose name starts with the medicine name (narrowed by any strength, form or extra word you gave), we add up Net Ingredient Cost (the Drug Tariff basic price of the quantity dispensed) and the quantity, over the unit of measure with the most prescription items, and divide: the average basic price the NHS in England reimbursed for the drug per tablet, capsule or ml. Aggregated by NHSBSA across all dispensers and suppliers; before dispenser discounts, fees and patient charges.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "The NHS in England reimbursed on average about £0.02604 per tablet in ingredient cost (Net Ingredient Cost: the Drug Tariff basic price, before dispenser discounts and fees) for Atorvastatin 20mg tablets, dispensed in the community in July 2026; roughly £0.73 for a 28-tablet supply. Based on 3,629,410 prescription items. This is what the NHS reimburses for the drug, not a shop price or what a patient pays. Average calculated by ProofPrice (Net Ingredient Cost divided by quantity) from the totals NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) publishes for July 2026 (management information, not an official statistic).",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "price_type_explained": "reimbursement_price: the basic price the NHS applies when it reimburses pharmacies (the Drug Tariff price for generics, the list price for branded products). Not a retail price.",
    "month": "202607",
    "unit_of_measure": "tablet",
    "prescription_items": 3629410,
    "total_quantity": 122773731,
    "total_net_ingredient_cost_gbp": 3197207.74,
    "average_cost_per_item_gbp": 0.88,
    "average_quantity_per_item": 33.8,
    "typical_pack": {
      "note": "Unit cost multiplied by the number of units; arithmetic for scale only, not a published pack price. NHS supplies are commonly 28 days.",
      "cost_for_28_units": "£0.73",
      "cost_for_28_units_gbp": 0.72916,
      "cost_for_56_units": "£1.46",
      "cost_for_56_units_gbp": 1.45832,
      "unit": "tablet"
    },
    "presentations": [
      {
        "presentation": "Atorvastatin 20mg tablets",
        "prescription_items": 3629410,
        "cost_per_unit_gbp": 0.02604,
        "cost_per_item_gbp": 0.88,
        "average_quantity_per_item": 33.8
      }
    ],
    "other_units_of_measure": [
      "ml"
    ],
    "note_other_units": "Presentations measured in another unit (e.g. ml for liquids) are not mixed into the headline."
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_847495eac15dacec16f7",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-14T21:31:37.993Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "reimbursement_price",
    "label": "Regulated reimbursement price",
    "meaning": "A price set or reimbursed by a regulator or health system: it is what that scheme pays, not necessarily what a consumer pays in a shop."
  }
}