Patient portal development cost
Records, appointments, secure messaging and an EHR interface. Priced as a HIPAA-regulated patient app with EHR integration, at US rates and launch scope.
Planning range, not a quote. Every figure comes from the same engine the calculator runs on.
What makes it expensive
Compliance is engineering here, not paperwork: audit logging, key management, retention policy and access reviews all have to be built and then proven. On top of that, the EHR integration timeline is gated by the vendor review queue rather than by your team.
What is in scope
- HIPAA controls and full audit logging
- EHR or FHIR integration
- Secure messaging with clinicians
- Consent records and delegated access
Where the money goes
The six largest disciplines in this build. The calculator shows all 11, itemised down to individual features.
| Discipline | Hours | Share | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backend engineering | 1,900 | 27% | $280,000 |
| Cross-platform mobile | 890 | 12% | $125,000 |
| QA & testing | 1,175 | 11% | $115,000 |
| Security & compliance | 630 | 11% | $110,000 |
| DevOps & cloud | 610 | 9% | $95,000 |
| Project management | 610 | 8% | $80,000 |
The same product at four standards of finish
Identical answers, four levels of depth. This is usually the most useful comparison on the page, because it is the decision you actually control.
Standard is highlighted because that is what this example is configured at.
What it costs to keep running
Separate from the build, because operating cost scales with usage and development cost does not.
per month at 45,000 monthly users
22% – 28% of build cost
318 peak concurrent users