PMH-BC exam cost and registration, application to test day

1. Confirm you meet the eligibility rules. They are checked at application, with no exceptions.
2. Apply online with ANCC. Applications are taken all year. If you hold a qualifying membership, claim the member price when you apply; the deadline for that is short (see the cost table).
3. Wait for approval. Approval arrives as an emailed Authorization to Test, and your window (120 days) runs from that notice.
4. Book a seat with Prometric, quoting the certification number you were assigned. You cannot book before the authorization arrives or after the window closes.
5. On test day, go to the Prometric center you booked.

If the window is about to close, you can buy one extension; the table gives its price and terms.

Testing happens only at Prometric centers, face to face. Remote proctoring exists only for the practice Readiness Test, not for the certification exam.

Prometric may charge to move or cancel an appointment, and a late cancellation forfeits the testing fee (the table gives the cutoff), so make changes early.

The same exam has four prices, from list down to the APNA member rate of $220; the table gives each one and the administrative share that is never refunded. Member rates do not combine, and the table also says which memberships count and how soon after applying the rate must be claimed. Later costs are the extension above, a retest (amount not published) and renewal at $350 list.