The phrase "a cost ceiling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to budgeting, finance, or pricing strategies where there is a maximum limit on costs.
Example: "The project was successful because we adhered to a cost ceiling that prevented overspending."
Alternatives: "cost limit" or "maximum cost".
Commercial media companies are to ask the Government for tough restrictions to be placed on the BBC's internet activities, including a cost ceiling on its internet budget and a demand that it provide links to the news services of its competitors.
Insurance services often include deductibles which behave in the same fashion as a cost ceiling of consumer payment.
But civil servants in the research ministry fought hard for the project; finally, the minister allowed it to go ahead with a cost ceiling of €1.06 billion and first plasma scheduled for 2015.
In 2008, there was a cost ceiling of 900 SEK (about 100 EUR) for health care visits per year in Sweden whereafter the visits were free of charge.
A cost ceiling for using SPF is also set up, beyond which all medical costs are borne by the insured individual until next financial year.
In their view any change in work habits/protocols could affect the business, presumably because of the perception that in private veterinary practice there is a cost ceiling and any additional cost would decrease profit.
The cost-effectiveness acceptability curves for patient perceived recovery show the probability that manipulative therapy in addition to UMC is cost-effective at a certain cost ceiling ratio.
Since we abstract from any bias (or irrationality), we can provide insights under which condition a cost cap tariff should be chosen, even though it offers a higher variable rate than the concurrently offered pay-per-use tariff and a higher cost ceiling than the concurrently offered flat rate tariff.
This contract will be subject to a per-patient cost ceiling.
The following year, Gilead and WHO agreed on a tiered price of $20/vial for VL and mucosal leishmaniasis in developing countries; in August 2009, Gilead reduced the price further to $18/vial and committed to update the price annually depending on its production cost, with a price ceiling of $20 (personal communication, G. Alton, 2009).
There is a government-imposed patient's cost ceiling for health care, meaning that no patient needs to pay more than €100 during a 12-month period, and no patient needs to pay more than €200 for prescription drugs covered by the benefits.
