EU MDR

EU MDR certification cost calculator

CE marking: estimate Notified Body fees and implementation cost. This uses published fee schedules, then lets you add internal and external implementation costs. It is not legal or financial advice.

Calculator

Start with three inputs, then adjust advanced options if needed.

Common scenarios
Pick a preset to pre-fill the calculator.
Device class
Notified Body route (Class IIa, IIb, III).
Readiness
QMS running, evidence partial
Consolidates evidence quality into one slider (affects review effort ranges).
Just startingSome docs draftedQMS running, evidence partialEvidence mostly completeSubmission ready
Company size in scope (FTE)
Used only to suggest an audit-day range. Adjust to match your NB quote.
25
Advanced options
Fee schedule
Use published schedules or your own quote.
Rates and some normal day ranges are from a published Notified Body fee schedule. Your Notified Body may differ.
Surveillance audit days per year
So your ongoing estimate is not fantasy.
2
Implementation cost inputs
Internal and consultant effort (not NB fees).
Internal hours
Hourly rate (EUR)
Consultant days
Day rate (EUR)
Lab testing budget (EUR)
Clinical investigation budget (EUR)
Override the day assumptions
If you have an NB quote, set the exact audit and review days.
Audit days
TD review days
CEAR days
Estimated Year 1 total (range)
€59,411 to €71,761
Notified Body fees€28,561 to €40,911
Internal effort€21,250
Consultant support€9,600
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Ongoing annual estimate (range)
€6,946 to €14,806 / year
What is driving the estimate
  • Fee schedule: BSI MDR fees (EUR, 2025 schedule)
  • Device class: IIa
  • Readiness: QMS running, evidence partial
  • FTE in scope: 25
  • TD review days (range): 4 to 6
  • Audit days (heuristic range): 2 to 4
Optional add-ons

Toggle these if they apply. The range will update.

Disclaimer: Planning tool only. Published fees and structures vary by Notified Body and by scope. Audit duration is influenced by effective number of personnel and process complexity; adjust to match your NB quote.
Methodology and sources

Summary of the baseline ranges and the sources behind them. Open to see the methodology details and links.

The Notified Body portion is estimated from published fee schedules. For example, BSI publishes MDR fees including an application fee, audit day rate, and technical documentation assessment day rate, plus typical day ranges for technical documentation review and clinical evaluation review.

You can switch fee schedules (BSI, TUV SUD, or your own custom rates) and adjust the assumed number of audit and review days. The goal is to turn unknown into a transparent model you can tweak to match quotes you receive.

Internal and consultant costs are added as optional line items because they vary widely by device novelty, evidence quality, and how much rework you do pre-submission. The calculator shows what typically drives costs and where teams lose time and money (incomplete files, unclear evidence, repeated corrective cycles).

BSI MDR Fees for Conformity Assessment Activities (EUR) (effective 1 Jan 2025): application fee, audit day rate, technical documentation assessment day rate, clinical evaluation assessment day rate, and typical day ranges for some reviews. BSI fee schedule (EUR)

TUV SUD MDR conformity assessment procedures page: published hourly rates for audits and technical documentation assessment, plus an application management fee per case. TUV SUD MDR procedures

European Commission document linking to published MDR fee pages across Notified Bodies. EC MDR NB fees index

List of standard fees transparency requirement (Notified Bodies shall publish standard fee lists). Article 46 standard fees

Team-NB Code of Conduct: auditor day is defined on an 8 hours/day basis (used for hourly to daily conversions).

Note: Not all categories have reliable public typical cost numbers (for example lab testing and clinical investigation). For those, this tool uses user-entered budgets rather than inventing defaults.

How AI Gap Analysis reduces MDR cost risk

Notified Body rates are fixed. The variable is how many extra review days you trigger when your evidence is hard to verify.

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  • Recommendations (what to fix next)

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FAQ

What costs does this include?

It estimates Notified Body fees (application, audits, technical documentation review, and optional items) based on published fee schedules. It also lets you add internal effort, consultant effort, lab testing budget, and clinical investigation budget as optional inputs.

Why is it a range?

Public fee schedules publish rates and sometimes typical day ranges, but actual effort depends on file completeness, device complexity, and the audit scope.

Are these the same fees for every Notified Body?

No. Notified Bodies publish their own fees and structures. The EU Commission provides a document that links to fee pages across multiple Notified Bodies so you can cross-check and adapt the model.