`jp_nhi_drug_price`

Pack: jp-nhi-drug-prices · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/jp_nhi_drug_price for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Look up the official Japanese health-insurance (NHI) price of a drug as the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW, 厚生労働省) publishes it in the list of drugs covered by insurance (薬価基準収載品目リスト): brand name, active ingredient, specification and unit (the price is per that unit), manufacturer, NHI price in yen, whether the product is an originator (先発品), a generic (後発品) or a quasi-originator (準先発品), whether the generic is eligible for add-on payment, the list code (the 12-character drug price list / YJ code), listing and transitional-period notes, and the date the current edition applies from. Categories: oral (内用薬), injection (注射薬), external (外用薬), dental (歯科用薬剤); only the categories asked for are read. The list is Japanese with no Latin ingredient names: search with the katakana or kanji brand or ingredient (キイトルーダ, アムロジピン, 武田薬品), words are ANDed and full/half width and hiragana/katakana are folded, or pass the 12-character code. Every answer states the list edition and its applies-from date; a zero-match answer says which categories were searched. Example: query=“キイトルーダ”, category=“injection”.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes	Japanese brand name, ingredient name or manufacturer words (all must match), or a 12-character drug price list code.
`category`	string	no	oral, injection, external, dental, or all (default).
`limit`	number	no	Maximum drugs returned (1-50, default 10); total_matches gives the full count.

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "キイトルーダ",
  "category": "injection",
  "limit": 3
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/jp-nhi-drug-prices/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"jp_nhi_drug_price","arguments":{"query":"キイトルーダ","category":"injection","limit":3}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('jp_nhi_drug_price', {
  "query": "キイトルーダ",
  "category": "injection",
  "limit": 3
});

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`query`	object
`found`	boolean
`total_matches`	number
`returned`	number
`drugs`	array
`searched`	object
`data_as_of`	string \| null
`source`	string
`caveat`	string
`empty_reason`	string
`note`	string
`applies_from`	string \| null

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "query": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "query": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "category": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "found": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "total_matches": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "returned": {
      "type": "number"
    },
    "drugs": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "category_ja": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "yj_code": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "ingredient": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "specification": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "brand_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "manufacturer": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "nhi_price_yen": {
            "type": [
              "number",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "price_unit": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "product_type": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "generic_addon_eligible": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "originator_with_same_form_generic": {
            "type": "boolean"
          },
          "marks": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "transitional_expiry": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "note": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          },
          "listed_on": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ]
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      }
    },
    "searched": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "list": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "scope": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "categories": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "category": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "rows": {
                "type": "number"
              },
              "size_label": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ]
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "rows_searched": {
          "type": "number"
        },
        "unread_categories": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "category": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "reason": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "data_as_of": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "caveat": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "empty_reason": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "note": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "applies_from": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": true
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the jp-nhi-drug-prices pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jp-nhi-drug-prices": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/jp-nhi-drug-prices/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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