Colombia Medicine Price Benchmarks — SISMED

Official source. No API key. Pay per record.

Who this is for and the decision it supports

Pharma market-access, health-economics and procurement teams benchmarking reported medicine prices in Colombia (SISMED).

One record answers: for this product/presentation and reporting channel/period, what were the minimum, maximum and average reported prices and volumes — a market-access and pricing benchmark.

Sample output

Real rows from a live run of this actor (first 5 rows, selected columns).

One full record from the same run, exactly as delivered:

{
  "record_id": "2019/06/01:ELABORA O IMPORTA EL MEDICAMENTO:VENTA:TRANSACCION PRIMARIA INSTITUCIONAL:1:NO DEFINIDO:19947958:CAJAS EN CARTULINA POR 3 PLAQUETAS POR 10 TABLETAS EN BLISTER PVDC BLANCO/ALUMINIO.:TABLETA CUBIERTA CON PELICULA:A02BA02:RANITIDINA:ORAL:LABORATORIO:NO DEFINIDO:0.00000:0.00000:0.00000:0.00000:0.0000000000",
  "fechacorte": "2019/06/01",
  "rolactordesc": "ELABORA O IMPORTA EL MEDICAMENTO",
  "tiporeportepreciodesc": "VENTA",
  "transaccionsismeddesc": "TRANSACCION PRIMARIA INSTITUCIONAL",
  "codigoium": "1",
  "nombreium": "NO DEFINIDO",
  "expedientecum": "19947958",
  "descripcioncomercial": "CAJAS EN CARTULINA POR 3 PLAQUETAS POR 10 TABLETAS EN BLISTER PVDC BLANCO/ALUMINIO.",
  "formafarmaceutica": "TABLETA CUBIERTA CON PELICULA",
  "atc": "A02BA02",
  "descripcion_atc": "RANITIDINA",
  "via_administracion": "ORAL",
  "tipoentidaddesc": "LABORATORIO",
  "unidadfacturadesc": "NO DEFINIDO",
  "valorminimo": 0,
  "valormaximo": 0,
  "valorpromedio": 0,
  "unidades": 0,
  "valortotal": 0,
  "source": "MinSalud SISMED - Colombia open data (datos.gov.co)",
  "source_dataset": "3he6-m866",
  "licence": "Colombia MinSalud / SISMED (datos.gov.co), CC BY-SA 4.0. Reproduced unchanged with attribution; ShareAlike applies to any redistributed database. Regulated medicine price reports only; no personal data (rolactordesc is a role type, not a person).",
  "attribution": "Ministerio de Salud y Proteccion Social - SISMED, Colombia",
  "caveat": "Reported medicine prices (SISMED): product x presentation x channel/role x period, with minimum, maximum, average price, units and total value. rolactordesc is a supply-chain role type (e.g. laboratory, wholesaler), not a person. Values are reported prices in Colombian pesos.",
  "observed_at": "2026-09-25T17:19:00Z"
}

What one record is

Each record is one SISMED report row: product (IUM/CUM, commercial name, ATC), pharmaceutical form, channel/role, reporting period, min/max/average price, units and total value.

Your first run

Paste this input and run it:

{
  "maxRecords": 10
}

Run it and get clean per-report price rows immediately. Here is a real record from that exact input:

{
  "record_id": "1:1:2017/01/01:ELABORA O IMPORTA EL MEDICAMENTO:CAJA DE COMPENSACIÓN FAMILIAR                         :COMPRA",
  "fechacorte": "2017/01/01",
  "rolactordesc": "ELABORA O IMPORTA EL MEDICAMENTO",
  "tiporeportepreciodesc": "COMPRA",
  "transaccionsismeddesc": "TRANSACCION PRIMARIA INSTITUCIONAL",
  "codigoium": "1",
  "nombreium": "NO DEFINIDO",
  "expedientecum": "1",
  "descripcioncomercial": "NO DEFINIDO",
  "formafarmaceutica": "NO DEFINIDO",
  "atc": "1",
  "descripcion_atc": "SIN DATO"
}

What the sample costs: $0.05 per record. The sample above delivers 10 records, so it costs at most $0.50.

Pulling in bulk

Raise Maximum records to pull the full historical SISMED panel. A buyer pulls the full SISMED panel to track price ranges by product, channel and period across the market.

To expand from the sample: raise Maximum records, and widen any filters shown in the input. You are billed only for records actually delivered, so a sample stays cheap and a full pull is predictable.

When to run it again

SISMED is republished periodically (dated cortes); the actor returns the full series (earliest periods first).

Update schedule: Periodic — datos.gov.co republishes SISMED on the agency's schedule (dated cortes). Verified live: records carry a fechacorte (reporting cut date) from the official datos.gov.co SISMED dataset.

How this is different

Colombia SISMED reported medicine prices — distinct from the US CMS reimbursement actor; different country, source and grain.

Limitations (source coverage vs product coverage)

• These are REPORTED prices (min/max/average) by channel, not a single transaction or a regulated ceiling.
• The current build returns records in source order (earliest cut dates first) and does not yet expose a period filter, so its best fit today is the full historical panel rather than only the newest corte.
• Coverage is what SISMED reporters submit.

FAQ

Are these regulated maximum prices?

No. They are reported min/max/average prices by channel from SISMED.

Can I pull only the latest corte?

Not in this build — no period filter yet, and records start from the earliest date. Pull the panel and filter your side.

What does an empty run mean?

The dataset returned no rows for the requested slice — raise Maximum records.

How much does it cost? You pay $0.05 per medicine price record delivered to your dataset (less on higher Apify plans). Set the record limit in the input to cap what a run can cost. Records that are not delivered are never charged.

How do I get the data out? Every run saves its records to an Apify dataset. You can download it as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML or HTML from the run page, or read it through the Apify API.

Can I run it on a schedule? Yes. Use Apify Schedules to run it daily, weekly or monthly, with the same input each time.

Can I call it from my own code? Yes. Call nexgensignal/co-medicine-price-records through the Apify API or the Apify Python and JavaScript clients, pass the same JSON input as the form, and read the dataset when the run finishes.

What happens if the source is down? The run ends with a clear status message, and nothing is charged for records that were not delivered.

Input fields

Every input this actor accepts, read from its input schema:

Field	Type	Default	Description
maxRecords	integer	500	Maximum records delivered and billed. You are billed only for records actually delivered. Raise it to pull the full set.

Output fields

Every field in each delivered record, read from its output schema:

Field	Type	Meaning
record_id	string	Composite source-native key.
fechacorte	string	Report cut-off date.
rolactordesc	string	Supply-chain role type (not a person).
tiporeportepreciodesc	string	Price report type.
transaccionsismeddesc	string	SISMED transaction type.
codigoium	string	IUM medicine code.
nombreium	string	IUM medicine name.
expedientecum	string	CUM registration file.
descripcioncomercial	string	Commercial description (product).
formafarmaceutica	string	Pharmaceutical form.
atc	string	ATC code.
descripcion_atc	string	ATC description.
via_administracion	string	Route of administration.
tipoentidaddesc	string	Reporting entity type.
unidadfacturadesc	string	Billing unit.
valorminimo	number	Minimum reported price.
valormaximo	number	Maximum reported price.
valorpromedio	number	Average reported price.
unidades	number	Units.
valortotal	number	Total value.
source	string	Data source.
source_dataset	string	Socrata resource id.
licence	string	Licence / public-domain notice.
attribution	string	Required attribution string.
caveat	string	Interpretation caveat.
observed_at	string	UTC timestamp the record was retrieved.

Related actors

• cms-procedure-reimbursement-records — US Medicare reimbursement benchmarks
• eu-regulatory-change-records — regulatory monitoring
• company-data-enrichment-api — resolve manufacturers to legal entities

Source, licence and how it is built

Source and licence are carried on every record (source, licence, attribution, observed_at). The actor reads only the official public endpoint, honours the source's robots and licence terms, and emits values unmodified with full provenance. Records are keyed on a stable id so re-runs upsert cleanly into a table you keep. Row delivery and billing are exactly equal: you are charged once per record delivered (push-then-charge), so an empty run costs nothing.

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