MedTech Manufacturing worked example
Sterilization Cost Per Unit with total sterilization batch cost of 12,000 $: a worked example
What does the result look like when total sterilization batch cost reaches 12,000 $? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use this when building device COGS, comparing sterilization methods (EO vs. gamma vs. e-beam), or evaluating load configuration changes.
The inputs for this scenario
- Total sterilization batch cost: 12,000 $ (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 4,800)
- Released sterile units: 2,400 devices (unchanged)
- Multi-product allocation factor: 1 x (unchanged)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Sterilization cost per unit ratio = total sterilization batch cost รท released sterile units) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 5 $ / unit for sterilization cost per unit, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 5 value for raw ratio.
- At this operating point the engine returns 1 x for conversion factor.
- At this operating point the engine returns 2,400 value for released sterile units.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where total sterilization batch cost sits at 4,800 $ and the headline result is 2 $ / unit, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 5 $ / unit.
- A figure at this level is achievable when total sterilization batch cost is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It assumes every released unit shares the batch cost equally and does not separately price reruns, re-sterilization, or units quarantined for parametric review.
Results at a glance
- Sterilization cost per unit: 5 $ / unit (headline result)
- Raw ratio: 5 value
- Conversion factor: 1 x
- Released sterile units: 2,400 value
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Sterilization Cost Per Unit calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.