One test has two prices and a cost nobody calculates
A lab sells a service whose real cost is reagents and consumables burned per sample, and it sells at two prices: cash to the patient, discounted to the contracted payer. Most labs know revenue precisely and cost approximately — and the difference between them is the profit.
Panels and pricing
A panel as a composite item
A panel is defined by the tests it contains, so it prices once and consumes its components automatically rather than being keyed test by test.
A price per payer
A price list per contracted company or clinic, so the right price applies when the payer is chosen rather than from memory.
What payers owe
A statement and debtor ageing per payer, so the monthly claim is built from a report rather than assembled from files.
The real cost
Reagent consumption
A test deducts its quantities from stock, so cost per sample appears and reagents are seen running low before they run out.
Expiry and batches
Reagents are tracked by batch and expiry, so what is nearing its date surfaces instead of being discovered on the bench.
Collection branches
Every collection point is a cost centre with its own revenue and expense, so you know which branch covers itself and which does not.
Common questions
Does it issue test results?
No. Hesbba runs the administrative and financial side: orders, billing, payers, stock and accounting. Issuing results and interfacing with analysers is the job of a dedicated LIS, and we do not claim to cover it.
Clinics refer patients to me
Each clinic is set up as a payer with its own prices and account, and a report shows the volume it referred alongside what it owes or is owed.
Also worth reading
- ERP platformHesbba's ERP brings sales, inventory, purchasing, payroll and accounting into one ledger, posting every document the moment you save it.
- AccountingAccounting software that creates entries from your invoices and expenses automatically, with a ready chart of accounts, a live trial balance and a full audit trail.
- Inventory & purchasingWarehouse software for multiple locations, receipt, issue and transfer notes, barcode stock counts, and inventory cost posted to the ledger on every movement.
- Clinics & medical centresClinic software covering appointments, insurance company accounts, doctor shares and medical supplies in one ledger.
- Dental clinicsDental software tracking a treatment plan across sessions, instalment collection, and work sent to an external dental lab.
- Pharmacies & clinicsSoftware for pharmacies and clinics that tracks items, expiry dates and batches, and links sales to stock and accounting.
Know what a sample costs you
Define one panel with its components and reagents, record ten samples, and read the margin.