The primary care data are near real time, longitudinal and representative of the UK population and can be linked to a range of health-related datasets.
CPRD is a government research service and operates on a cost-recovery basis. We do not charge for data but we do apply charges to cover the cost of delivering our real world data access service including processing, governance and access infrastructure. We ensure charges are applied fairly and consistently, broadly determined by the amount of effort and approvals required.
All prices quoted are exclusive of VAT.
The prices below are applicable from April 2023. Prices are subject to change.
- Data access licensing options
- Linked data access fees
- Algorithm-derived data access fees
- Data redelivery charges
- Feasibility services
- Synthetic data access fees
- Platform provider licensing
Data access licensing options
Access to CPRD data can be provided by a multi-study annual licence or on a single study licence basis.
Multi-study annual licence (MSL) to CPRD primary care data
Data from CPRD GOLD and CPRD Aurum can be accessed for any number permitted studies within the licence terms over a 12-month period:
| Features | Basic* | Standard* | Full |
| Price | £45,000 | £82,500 | £363,000 |
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| CPRD Aurum Primary Care Database via Multi Study Licence | ü | ü | ü |
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*Basic and Standard Licences can only be assigned to non-commercial organisations
Single study dataset licence
Enables access to CPRD primary care datasets which may be sourced from CPRD GOLD, CPRD Aurum or both databases for a single specific approved study to be conducted within CPRD Safe . These fees will depend on the duration of the study in the CPRD Safe workspace and Virtual Machine(s) (VMs) usage. For more information on how the below pricing model fits together, please see the section on "Sensible pay as you go pricing" on CPRD Safe features: a guide for users.
Primary care data access fee plus CPRD Safe workspace fees
| Workspace Licence | 12 Month |
| Tier 1* | £83,850 |
| Tier 2** | £20,600 |
*VM usage allocation included - £4,400
**Tier 2 workspaces can only be assigned to non-commercial organisations - VM usage allocation - £2,200
| Virtual Machine Specification | Hourly Running cost |
| Standard 32GB | £0.60 |
| Premium 64GB | £0.90 |
Additional virtual machine usage allocation
Each single study CPRD Safe workspace contains a Virtual Machine (VM) usage allocation within the fee, additional VM usage allocation can be purchased.
| Additional VM usage allocation | £2,200 |
If study duration is longer than initially anticipated, the CPRD Safe workspace can be renewed on an annual basis.
| 12 month renewal | £7,650 |
Linked data access fees
| Dataset type | Dataset | Single study dataset fee | Multi-study licence fee |
| Linked NHS Digital datasets: |
| £4,400 per dataset | £16,500 per dataset |
| Linked Small Area Level datasets1 |
| £600 per dataset | £5,500 for all datasets |
| Linked NHS Digital National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) datasets | Cancer registration Tumour and Treatment data | £4,400 | £16,500 |
| Cancer registration data + SACT or RTDS data | £14,100 | N/A | |
| Cancer registration data + SACT + RTDS data | £16,300 | N/A | |
| Linked COVID-19 datasets | Second Generation Surveillance System (SGSS) only | £4,400 | N/A |
| COVID-19 Hospitalisation in England Surveillance System (CHESS) only | £4,400 | N/A | |
| SGSS and CHESS together | £7,700 | N/A | |
| Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC) Critical Care dataset | £7,700 | N/A |
1 Single-study requests for patient and practice level for the same Small Area Level dataset will be charged £600 only, for e.g., patient level IMD alone is £600, patient level and practice level IMD together is £600. Single-study requests for two different Small Area Level datasets will be charged at £600 each, e.g., patient level RUC and practice level IMD is £1,200.
Algorithm-derived data access fees
| Basic / Standard | Full | |||
| Dataset type | Single study dataset fee | Multi-study licence fee | Single study dataset fee | Multi-study licence fee |
| Pregnancy Register and Mother-Baby Link2 | £1,800 | £7,000 | £7,000 | £27,900 |
| Mother-Baby Link | £600 | N/A | £2,800 | N/A |
| Ethnicity Record | £1,800 | £7,000 | £7,000 | £27,900 |
2 The Pregnancy Register and Mother-Baby Link fees include access to both the CPRD GOLD and CPRD Aurum versions of these registries, i.e. customers may request one version or both versions for a single data access fee. Customers who licence Pregnancy Register data will also be entitled to Mother-Baby Link data without additional charge, subject to the necessary RDG approvals being in place.
Data redelivery charges
Redelivery charges apply where multiple data requests are submitted for the same study protocol.
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| Primary Care | Linked data* | NCRAS (top up cost) | |
| Basic / Standard** | £5,500 | £1,100 | £12,800 - £16,300 |
| Full | £11,000 | £2,200 | £12,800 - £16,300 |
*For Individual study dataset licence, linked data must also include primary care data as it cannot be provided separately.
**Basic and Standard can only be assigned to non-commercial organisations
Feasibility services
| Feasibility requirements | CPRD Simple Feasibility count | CPRD Complex Feasibility count | Client-led RDG approved Feasibility Study |
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| Fee | £2,000 | £14,000 | £15,000 |
*For counts provided by the Interventional Research team only, optional addition of Geolocation (+£1,000) and/or CPRD-created code list (+£1,500).
**For counts provided by the Interventional Research team only. If the clinical trial protocol is not accurately/thoroughly represented in 8 criteria, extra criteria may be considered on discussion with CPRD.
For organisations that do not currently hold a CPRD multi-study licence, the feasibility study data fee is £15,000 ex VAT, plus any additional fees for researcher time (fees exclude VAT). A data fee will not apply to MSL holders that already hold a licence for the requested data.
To request a feasibility service or find out more, please email enquiries@cprd.com, or for CPRD Simple Feasibility counts download the Feasibility count form.
Synthetic data access fees
The synthetic datasets require a non-negotiable Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) to be put into place with CPRD.
| Used for teaching | Not used for teaching* | ||
| Medium-fidelity datasets | CPRD GOLD and CPRD Aurum Sample Datasets together | £0 | £0 |
| High-fidelity datasets* | CPRD Cardiovascular disease synthetic dataset | £1,100 | £200 |
| CPRD COVID-19 symptoms and risk factors synthetic dataset | £1,100 | £200 |
*For non-teaching applications like complex statistical analyses as well as machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) research applications.
Platform provider licensing
CPRD MSL clients may use third party organisations to host CPRD data, using proprietary platform tools to visualise or analyse CPRD data in simpler ways, that do not require knowledge and experience of analysis tools. All Platform Providers must be accredited by CPRD before they can offer this service to MSL clients.
| Feature | Standard | Full | Government Regulator |
| Accreditation | £5,000 | £5,000 | £5,000 |
| Data Delivery* | £40,000 | £40,000 | £0 |
| Client Hosting** | £10,000 | £50,000 | £0 |
| Client Analysis*** | £100,000 | £100,000 | £0 |
* Includes 2 GOLD and Aurum deliveries per 12 month period
** Charged on a per-MSL client basis
*** Charged on a per-MSL client basis, only applicable if provider wishes to analyse CPRD data on behalf of MSL clients
Please contact enquiries@cprd.com for further information or if you have any questions.