Professional fees are the amount paid to a service provider for their services. They’re typically paid to a pharmacist and include dispensing fees, compounding fees or any other special service fees. Each jurisdiction has its own policies for these fees.
| Jurisdiction | Professional fee group | Policy |
|---|---|---|
| Ontario | COVID-19 | $13 per COVID-19 immunization administration. |
| Ontario | COVID-19 | $20 assessment fee for COVID-19 test (for screening individuals for symptoms); $42 in-store specimen collection fee for PCR COVID-19 test; $35 at-home self-collected COVID-19 specimen handling fee, including dispensing of self-collection kit; $15 at-home self-collected COVID-19 specimen handling fee (for school staff and students); $42 in-store point-of-care PCR testing, including specimen collection fee; up to $140 transportation fee (to transport specimens from pharmacy to laboratory). |
| Ontario | Dispensing fee | Dispensing fee of between $8.83 and $13.25 depending on the location of the pharmacy; higher fees are paid to pharmacies in rural areas. |
| Ontario | Medication review/management/assessment | $60/MedsCheck and $25/follow-up, $75/MedsCheck for Diabetes and $25/follow-up, $150/MedsCheck at Home; MedsCheck for long-term care home residents is funded as part of the long-term care capitation funding model. |
| Ontario | Pharmaceutical services | Pharmaceutical Opinion Program fee: $15 per intervention in collaboration with prescriber (Ontario Drug Benefit recipients only). |
| Ontario | Pharmaceutical services | Pharmacy Smoking Cessation Program fee: $40 for first consultation (once per year), $15 for primary follow-up counselling sessions (3 times per year = $45 total), $10 for secondary follow-up counselling sessions (4 times per year = $40 total), up to $125 annually; Ontario Drug Benefit recipients only. |
| Ontario | Vaccines and injections | $7.50 per influenza immunization administration. |
| Manitoba | Compounding | Up to $30 for compounding services in a pharmacy — in cases where drugs need to be compounded in sterile conditions, pharmacies are able to charge Pharmacare up to $60; Pharmacare considers a compounded drug an eligible benefit only if the main ingredient in the preparation is a Pharmacare benefit. |
| Manitoba | COVID-19 | $20 immunization fee. |
| Manitoba | Dispensing fee | Employment and Income Assistance Program: $6.95 maximum per prescription. |