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Medical Equipment Depreciation Calculator
Calculate straight-line depreciation, accumulated depreciation, and current book value for medical equipment.
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Medical Equipment Depreciation Calculator guidance
Annual depreciation = (purchase price - salvage value) / useful life. Book value = purchase price - accumulated depreciation.
Input meaning
- Purchase price: enter the measured, quoted, or hospital-approved value.
- Salvage value: enter the measured, quoted, or hospital-approved value.
- Useful life: enter the measured, quoted, or hospital-approved value in years.
- Equipment age: enter the measured, quoted, or hospital-approved value in years.
Result interpretation
- Use the result as a planning estimate, not as a final approval by itself.
- Record the assumptions used so Procurement, Biomedical, Facilities, Finance, and vendors can review the same basis.
Assumptions
- Accounting depreciation is not the same as replacement priority or clinical usefulness.
- Follow hospital finance policy for official depreciation records.
Biomedical use
- Use this calculator during RFQ preparation, technical evaluation, acceptance planning, service review, or biomedical workload planning.
How to identify the required values
Use these examples and common working ranges to choose values from gauges, labels, manuals, datasheets, RFQs, service reports, CMMS records, or hospital planning assumptions.
| Field | Example value | Common range | Tip |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purchase price | Example: 100000. | Use total awarded equipment price before recurring service and consumables. | Use the same currency for every cost input. |
| Salvage value | Example: 0. | Often zero for medical equipment unless a trade-in, buyback, or disposal value is approved. | Use approved salvage, buyback, or trade-in value only. |
| Useful life | Example: 10 years. | Common accounting life may be 5-10 years; follow hospital finance policy. | Use the finance-approved useful life. |
| Equipment age | Example: 3 years. | Use age since commissioning or finance capitalization date, depending on the purpose. | Use age from commissioning or capitalization date. |
Common ranges are starting points for hospital planning. For final procurement, acceptance testing, electrical design, medical gas design, radiation shielding, dialysis water systems, or clinical use, replace the example values with site-specific data and vendor-confirmed figures.
Input Checklist
Confirm these values before relying on the output for procurement, PM, or service planning.
- Purchase price
- Salvage value
- Useful life
- Equipment age
Safety And Engineering Notes
Use calculator outputs as planning estimates and verify critical systems with calibrated measurement or qualified engineering review.
- Accounting depreciation is not the same as replacement priority or clinical usefulness.
- Follow hospital finance policy for official depreciation records.
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