Cardinal Health

aid: cardinal-health
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cardinal-health/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Cardinal Health
description: Cardinal Health is a Fortune 15 global integrated healthcare services and products company that provides pharmaceutical
  distribution, medical-surgical product distribution, and customized solutions for hospitals, health systems, pharmacies,
  ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, and physician offices. Cardinal Health does not publish a public developer
  portal, but it exchanges high volumes of B2B trading data with customers and suppliers via standard X12 EDI transactions
  (850, 810, 855, 856, 846, 832, 867) over AS2, SFTP, and private API channels. Third-party EDI platforms such as Orderful,
  Crossfire, SPS Commerce, Zenbridge, DataTrans, Alluvia, ConnectPointz, and Spark Shipping offer managed connectors into
  Cardinal Health for order-to-cash, inventory, and supply-chain automation.
type: Index
kind: company
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
position: Consumer
access: Partner
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cardinal-health.png
tags:
- B2B
- Distribution
- EDI
- Healthcare
- Medical-Surgical
- Order-to-Cash
- Pharmaceutical
- Supply Chain
- Trading Partner
- Fortune 100
created: '2026-03-21'
modified: '2026-04-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: cardinal-health:edi-trading-partner
  name: Cardinal Health EDI Trading Partner Integration
  description: Cardinal Health operates an EDI trading partner program for customers and suppliers covering pharmaceutical
    distribution, medical products, and specialty pharmacy. Integrations use X12 EDI transactions including 850 Purchase Order,
    810 Invoice, 855 PO Acknowledgment, 856 Advance Ship Notice, 846 Inventory Inquiry, 832 Price/Sales Catalog, and 867 Product
    Activity Data. Connectivity is offered through AS2, SFTP, and API-fronted EDI through managed integrators. Onboarding
    is coordinated with Cardinal Health trading partner teams and typically spans six to ten weeks including mapping and conformance
    testing.
  humanURL: https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/services.html
  tags:
  - B2B
  - EDI
  - Healthcare
  - Supply Chain
  - Trading Partner
  properties:
  - url: https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/services.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/contact-us.html
    type: Contact
  x-features:
  - Purchase orders (EDI 850) and acknowledgments (EDI 855)
  - Invoicing (EDI 810) and advance ship notices (EDI 856)
  - Inventory inquiry (EDI 846) and product activity (EDI 867)
  - Price and sales catalog exchange (EDI 832)
  - AS2, SFTP, and API-fronted EDI connectivity
  - Managed partner onboarding and conformance testing
  - Support for medical-surgical and pharmaceutical segments
  x-use-cases:
  - Hospital and health system procurement automation
  - Retail and mail-order pharmacy replenishment
  - Ambulatory surgery center and physician office ordering
  - Manufacturer/distributor chargeback and rebate processing
  - GPO contract pricing and compliance reporting
  - Drug traceability and DSCSA-related data exchange
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cardinal-health-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.cardinalhealth.com/
- type: Products and Services
  url: https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/services.html
- type: About
  url: https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/about-us.html
- type: Investor Relations
  url: https://ir.cardinalhealth.com/
- type: Careers
  url: https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/about-us/careers.html
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/contact-us.html
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/notices/terms-and-conditions.html
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.cardinalhealth.com/en/notices/privacy-policy.html
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cardinal-health
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/cardinalhealth
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com