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
position: Consumer
access: Partner
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
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: 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: [email protected]