Healthcare AI Prototype Cost Calculator
Get a transparent estimate for your healthcare AI build in 2 minutes. Five questions, three pricing tiers, an instant range — and a detailed PDF report with sample SOW, recommended team composition, and a 12-week timeline.
Pricing reflects 785+ healthcare implementations and 30+ AI features Taction Software® has shipped in production — including ambient documentation, clinical copilots, predictive analytics, and EHR-integrated AI.
Our pricing tiers (so you don’t have to guess)
- $45K Discovery Sprint — 6-week proof-of-concept on de-identified or synthetic data. Includes architecture, model selection, and a working demo.
- $95K Production-Ready Sprint — 8–12 weeks. PHI-grade pipeline, BAAs in place, audit logging, deployable to your cloud.
- $145K Pilot-Ready Sprint — 12–16 weeks. Includes one EHR integration (Epic / Cerner / Athena / Allscripts), full HIPAA controls, and a 1-clinic pilot launch plan.
- $250K+ Custom Engagement — multi-EHR integration, on-prem deployment, or 6-month+ engagements.
The calculator below routes you to the right tier based on your actual requirements — no sales call needed to see the number.
Use case
What’s in your detailed PDF report
After you see the tier and price range above, enter your email to unlock:
- Granular cost breakdown (compliance overhead, integration cost, deployment cost, contingency)
- Sample Statement of Work (SOW) for the recommended tier
- Recommended team composition (engineering, ML, clinical, compliance roles)
- Week-by-week 12-week timeline
- 3 included deliverables specific to your use case (RPM, ambient docs, clinical copilot, etc.)
- Reference architecture diagram
Frequently asked questions
Pricing is driven by four factors: data sensitivity (Real PHI vs. de-identified vs. synthetic), EHR integration scope (none / single / multi-EHR), deployment target (cloud / on-prem / hybrid), and timeline urgency. The calculator above weights each factor according to our pricing model derived from 785+ healthcare engagements since 2013.
Real PHI requires a HIPAA-grade ingest pipeline, signed BAAs with every PHI handler in the chain (including AI providers), audit logging that meets §164.312(b), and either AWS / Azure / GCP HIPAA infrastructure or an on-prem deployment plan. The $15K covers the engineering hours required to build that compliance overhead correctly the first time.
Epic and Cerner-Oracle integrations require building a SMART on FHIR app, going through the vendor’s app review (Epic App Orchard / Cerner Code), provisioning a sandbox tenant, and writing the FHIR R4 resource handlers. The $30K covers a single EHR; multi-EHR adds $25K per additional system.
No — it’s a calibrated estimate based on the tier most likely to fit your inputs. Real engagements include a 30-min discovery call where we validate scope and produce a fixed-price SOW. The calculator gives you a defensible number to take to your CFO before that call.
The calculator clamps you to the $45K Discovery Sprint with a note: 6 weeks is realistic for a proof-of-concept; production timelines are typically 8–12 weeks with PHI in scope. We don’t recommend trying to ship production AI in under 6 weeks — the compliance work alone takes 3–4 weeks.
Yes — every result page generates a unique URL you can email to your CFO, head of clinical informatics, or CTO. The shared URL pre-fills the same answers and reproduces the estimate. The PDF report can also be forwarded.
Want to validate this estimate?
Book a 30-minute call with a Taction Software® healthcare AI architect. We’ll review your inputs, validate the tier, and walk through the SOW. No commitment.
Or jump to the HIPAA-AI Readiness Self-Audit first — most successful AI builds start with knowing where your compliance gaps are before scoping the engineering.