Drug Prices

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US drug price benchmarks — what a pharmacy PAYS and what Medicare PAYS OUT.

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Tools

nadac_price

What a US retail pharmacy actually PAYS to acquire a drug — the National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC), surveyed and published weekly by CMS. Look up by drug name ("atorvastatin 20 mg", "gener

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nadac_history

Weekly price history for one drug NDC — how the pharmacy acquisition cost (NADAC) moved over time. Use for "has the price of this generic gone up", shortage-driven price spikes, or generic erosion aft

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asp_payment_limit

What Medicare Part B PAYS for a drug administered by a provider — the quarterly ASP payment limit, set by statute at 106% of the manufacturer-reported Average Sales Price. Look up by HCPCS J-code ("J9

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drug_price_compare

Put the two US drug price benchmarks side by side for one drug — what a pharmacy pays to acquire it (NADAC, weekly) against what Medicare Part B pays a provider for it (ASP limit, quarterly). Use to s

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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/drug-prices/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/drug-prices/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"nadac_price","arguments":{}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("nadac_price", {});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("us drug price benchmarks — what a pharmacy pays and what medicare pays out");