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EDI with Cardinal Health, without the monthly fee

Everything Cardinal Health requires — orders in, acknowledgments, ship notices and invoices out — with pre-built certified maps. Setup in days, completely self-serve.

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What Cardinal Health requires

850

Purchase Order

The order a trading partner sends you. Process same day, never re-key.

855

Purchase Order Acknowledgment

Confirms what you can ship against the PO — quantities, dates, substitutions.

856

Ship Notice / ASN

The carton-level shipment mirror that must arrive before the freight does.

810

Invoice

Your bill for the shipment. Must reconcile with the PO and the ASN.

997

Functional Acknowledgment

The receipt for every document. Automatic, both directions, within minutes.

832

Price / Sales Catalog

Your item and price catalog, published to the partner.

846

Inventory Inquiry / Advice

Your sellable inventory positions — the heartbeat of drop-ship programs.

How EDISQ connects to Cardinal Health

Cardinal Health trades AS2 direct. EDISQ maintains the AS2 connection and certificates, registers your IDs, and loads the certified maps the moment you enable the partner:

1Enable Cardinal Health from the partner catalog — document maps load automatically.
2Cross-reference your data — vendor number, ship-to locations, item identifiers. The wizard flags anything missing.
3Run test scenarios in the sandbox — validated end-to-end before anything goes live.

Typical Cardinal Health setup with EDISQ: 2–4 days on the EDI side.

Pricing for Cardinal Health suppliers

No Cardinal Health-specific fees. First 25 documents/month free, then $0.50 per document, cheaper as volume grows — no VAN, mapping, or partner fees. Full pricing →

Cardinal Health EDI FAQ

How is Cardinal Health EDI different from retail EDI?

It is acknowledgment-driven: the 855 with per-line accept/backorder/reject codes carries more operational weight than the ASN does in most retail programs.

What item identifiers does Cardinal Health use?

NDC first, Cardinal item number second. Both appear on order and catalog lines, so the cross-reference has to hold in both directions.

What does EDI with Cardinal Health cost?

Per document only: first 25/month free, then from $0.50, decreasing with volume.