List of prices notified to Kela
Kela publishes a list of the prices of substitutable medicinal product packs and the price corridors established on the basis thereof at least 7 days before the first day of each quarter.
Information about the list
The list contains all substitutable medicinal product packs for whose price corridors Kela has set an upper limit based on price notifications. Each price corridor’s upper limit and the reference prices apply for the entire duration of the quarter.
Generally available medicinal product packs whose price does not exceed the upper limit of the price corridor at the beginning of the quarter belong to the same price corridor. However, the packs included in a price corridor may change during the quarter because pharmaceutical companies can change pack prices every 2 weeks.
Up-to-date information on the medicinal product packs included in each price corridor and their prices is available in Kela’s Medicinal Products Database. Go to the Medicinal Products Database.
Substitutable medicinal product packs and their prices at the beginning of the quarter
- List 4/2026 (published on 23 September 2026, updated on 24 September 2026, Excel in Finnish)
- List 3/2026 (published on 22 June 2026, Excel in Finnish)
Columns in the list
- Substituutioryhmäkoodi (Substitution group code) = 10-digit code of the substitution group.
- Vnr = Nordic Article Number. 6-digit code identifying the product pack.
- Myyntihinta (sis. alv) (Retail price (incl. VAT)) = Retail price including value-added tax. Retail prices are calculated using a formula defined in the Government Decree on the price determination of drugs (in Finnish, finlex.fi).
- * = The medicine belongs to a price corridor. The price of the medicine does not exceed the upper limit of the price corridor, and the medicine is generally available according to the price notification submitted to Kela.
- Viitehinta (Reference price) = The highest price for which a customer can get reimbursement.
- Hintaputken yläraja (Upper limit of a price corridor) = If a medicine’s price exceeds the upper limit, the pharmacy must substitute it with a less expensive substitutable medicine.
- Lääkenimi (Product name) = The trade name of the medicine.
- Vahvuus (Strength) = Amount of active substance in the medicine.
- Pakkauskoko (Pack size) = The size of a medicinal product pack, such as the number of tablets the pack contains.
- Lääkemuotonimi (Pharmaceutical form) = The form the medicine is in, such as a tablet, a cream or a solution for injection.
- Haltija (Holder) = Holder of the marketing authorisation.
- Lääkeaine (Medicinal substance) = Name of the active substance or group of active substances.