Pricing

Learn about NIA's no-cost pricing for obtaining Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data, using the Health and Aging Data (HaAD) Enclave, and establishing a MedRIC partnership. In addition, get an overview of the services and products included in each of these resources.

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Data Pricing & Services [Researcher and Partner Fees]

NIA does not charge you any fees to acquire and use CMS data.

CMS Data

$0

Annual Fee*

Our CMS Data Services

  • Data Construction
  • Data Validation
  • Data Documentation
  • Distribution of CMS Data to Your Study
  • Data File Updates based on Updates to Your Partner and CMS Authorization

*Pricing may change in the future.

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Enclave Pricing & Resources [Researcher and Partner Fees]

The free Health and Aging Data (HaAD) Enclave provides each Enclave user with software applications–including statistical software; free authorized datasets; and free support materials, as described below.

Enclave User

$0

Annual Fee*

Minimum No. of Accounts

1

Enclave Resources

  • MedRIC Data Documentation
  • MedRIC Data Files
  • MedRIC File Transfer Tool
  • MedRIC Sample Programs
  • MedRIC Sample Program Documentation
  • MS Excel and Word
  • Notepad++
  • R by default
  • SAS or Stata by request

Statistical Programmer

$0

Annual Fee

Access Requirements

Participate in at least One User Experience (UX) Study per Year

Failure to participate in at least one study will result in a $5,000 penalty fee.

Minimum No. of Accounts

1

Enclave Resources

  • MedRIC Data Documentation
  • MedRIC Data Files
  • MedRIC File Transfer Tool
  • MedRIC Sample Programs*
  • MedRIC Sample Program Documentation
  • MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word
  • Notepad++*
  • R, SAS, and Stata Software*

*Bolded items are resources that a Statistical Programmer has access to but a Research Writer/Analyst dos not.

Ideal For

Study team members who need to code and run statistical programs.

Research Writer/Analyst

$0

Annual Fee

Access Requirements

Participate in at least One User Experience (UX) Study per Year

Failure to participate in at least one study will result in a $3,000 penalty fee.

Minimum No. of Accounts

0

Enclave Resources

  • MedRIC Data Documentation
  • MedRIC Data Files
  • MedRIC File Transfer Tool
  • MedRIC Sample Program Documentation
  • MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word

Ideal For

Study team members who don't need to run statistical programs but do need statistical program outputs to do their work.

*Pricing may change in the future.

UX Studies

We conduct UX studies of our Enclave to identify potential ways to improve our Enclave design and/or documentation for Enclave users.

For more information about our UX Studies, refer to the UX Studies page.

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Partnership Pricing & Services [Partner Fees]

There are no fees associated with a MedRIC partnership or acquiring and updating an NIA Data Use Agreement (DUA) as a MedRIC partner. Learn about the services included in a free MedRIC partnership and free NIA DUA below.

MedRIC Partnership

$0

Annual Fee

We do not charge your survey any fees for our services, as the National Institute on Aging (NIA) covers our costs.

Our Services

  • Partnership webinars
  • Semi-populated CMS DUA request templates
  • Linkage of your survey data to CMS data
  • Raw and summary data files
  • CMS data documentation
  • Annual updates to CMS data types/ years
  • Secure tool for tracking your researchers' CMS data requests
  • Distribution of CMS data to your researchers

Initial CMS Data Access

$2,000

Annual Fee

Paid to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

CMS charges a $2,000 fee to review and process your CMS DUA request.

CMS & its Research Data Assistance Center (ResDAC) Services

  • CMS data webinars
  • Assistance with your CMS DUA request
  • CMS DUA

CMS Data Update

$2,000

Annual Fee

Paid to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

We add new data years and/or types to our CMS inventory annually. Each time your survey requests to add these data updates to your CMS DUA, your survey must pay a $2,000 fee to CMS.

CMS & ResDAC Services

  • Assistance updating your CMS DUA request
  • Updated CMS DUA

MedRIC Partnership

Initial & Updated NIA DUA

$0

Annual Fee

$0

Annual Fee

Our Services

  • Partnership Onboarding Sessions
  • DUA Request Materials for NIA DUAs
  • Semi-Populated CMS DUA Request Templates for CMS DUAs
  • Linkage of Your Study or Survey Data to CMS Data
  • Raw and Summary Data Files
  • CMS Data Documentation
  • Annual Updates to CMS Data Types/Years
  • Secure Tool for Tracking Your External Researchers' CMS Data Requests

NIA Services

  • Review DUA Requests
  • Assistance with Your DUA Request
  • DUA Issuance
  • Assistance Updating Your CMS DUA Request
  • Updated CMS DUA