Stop settling for “good enough” pharmacy procurement. Separate systems, manual work, and audits after the fact aren’t good enough. SureCost centralizes your entire pharmacy procurement process to prevent overspend at the point of purchase, with real-time visibility, automated compliance, and multi-vendor optimization all in one.

Company Background
Pharmacies were facing shrinking margins, opaque pricing, and manual processes that slowed operations and hurt profitability. SureCost was founded by Calvin Hunsicker, a pharmacist who saw firsthand how independent and long-term care pharmacies struggled with inefficiency and limited visibility. He believed there had to be a clearer and more streamlined way to purchase.

Hunsicker worked closely with pharmacy teams to design a system that brought simplicity to complexity and transparency to confusion. His vision was a single intelligent platform that empowers pharmacies to see clearly and act confidently.

SureCost unifies every vendor contract and purchase in one transparent interface. The platform automates compliance, identifies savings, and delivers real-time visibility across sites. With trusted data and actionable insights pharmacies can make faster decisions that improve performance.

Hunsicker’s mission was to help pharmacies get their time back. Every capability in SureCost reduces administrative burden and supports teams as they focus on care and community. SureCost exists to make pharmacies more efficient compliant and profitable so they can continue serving patients for generations.

Product Overview
SureCost is the industry’s most comprehensive pharmacy procurement platform, purpose-built for retail, LTC, and acute care environments. The platform centralizes purchasing across all vendors and locations, delivering real-time visibility into pricing, availability, compliance, and cost of goods. It eliminates manual comparisons, enforces purchasing rules, and ensures every order follows the best price and contracted agreements.

With SureCost, pharmacies reduce COGs, standardize purchasing decisions, maintain regulatory compliance, and streamline workflows for lean teams. The platform integrates directly with major pharmacy management systems and offers enterprise-level reporting, multi-site oversight, and automated vendor optimization, all designed to simplify procurement and support predictable, confident decision-making.

Features & Options
SureCost offers an integrated set of features that streamline procurement and deliver measurable savings. Pharmacies can:

• Automate price comparisons and purchase orders.
• Centralize vendor catalogs, agreements, and invoices.
• Track compliance across all contracts and purchasing activity.

Real-time visibility into costs and savings helps teams make fast, confident decisions. SureCost also includes:

• DSCSA-ready tracking
• Audit-ready reporting
• Multi-vendor optimization
• Customizable workflows
• Integrations with major pharmacy systems

Built for Retail, LTC, & Acute Pharmacies
SureCost supports multi-location retail pharmacies, LTC operations, and health system purchasing environments by unifying all vendors, contracts, and locations into a single, transparent platform.

The platform includes:

• Automated vendor comparisons
• Real-time COGS visibility
• Invoice management
• Compliance verification
• Purchase order automation
• User role controls
• Centralized agreement management
• DSCSA tracking
• Full reporting dashboards
• Integrations with 350+ vendors and leading PMS/ERP systems

Testimonial
“ SureCost combines all our vendors into one screen in any way our pharmacy may want to view availability and pricing. It’s also very easy to describe to another purchaser on my team.”
— Chris Bayrd, Regional Purchaser, Guardian of Maine

Key Customers/Markets Served SureCost Serves:

• Retail pharmacies
• Long-term care pharmacies
• Specialty pharmacies
• Hospital and health system pharmacies
• Multi-site pharmacy groups

More than 10,000 pharmacy locations use SureCost to reduce COGs, maintain compliance, and streamline procurement.