Premier, Inc. is an American healthcare company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and listed on the Nasdaq. Initially, it was a hospital buying group, pooling healthcare purchases to reduce prices.

Premier became a public company via an initial public offering in September 2013, raising $760 million. In 2019, two years after acquiring Stanson Health for $51.5 million, it bought the healthcare technology firm Medpricer for $35 million.

In 2020, Premier partnered with McLaren Health Care to acquire a minority stake in Prestige Ameritech, a manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PP). The following year, Michael J. Alkire was appointed as the CEO of the company.

In 2025, the company agreed to be taken private by an affiliate of Patient Square Capital, an investment management firm, in a $2.6 billion deal. The transaction was completed on November 25, 2025.

Awards

  • National Quality Forum's John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award (2016)
  • Cigna Well-Being Award for the years 2016,[citation needed] 2017,[citation needed] 2019[citation needed] and 2020