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What does a HIPAA risk assessment cost in Texas?

October 18, 2026

By the Galleon IT Solutions team

Healthcare-first managed IT engineers serving DFW and Houston since 2017.

The honest answer is a range, and what you should watch is what the money buys. A security risk analysis is the most-cited gap in OCR enforcement, so the test of any assessment is simple: does it produce a documented analysis of where your PHI lives, the threats to it, and a prioritized remediation plan you actually execute?

What drives the price up or down: the number of locations and users, how many systems touch PHI (EMR, imaging, lab, billing, email, texting), whether the assessor only scans or also interviews and inspects, and whether remediation tracking is included or sold separately.

What to be skeptical of: a free "assessment" that is really a sales audit, a questionnaire you fill out yourself with no inspection behind it, and a glossy report with no asset inventory. OCR does not ask whether you bought a report; it asks for the analysis and what you did about it.

For current planning ranges in our market, use our Texas pricing guide; the figures there are planning ranges, not quotes, and an exact price takes a scoping conversation. In Galleon's managed relationships the recurring risk analysis is part of the regulatory compliance work rather than a one-off purchase, which is also how the documentation stays current between assessments.

Frequently asked questions

HIPAA requires the analysis to be current, which in practice means reviewing it at least annually and after any significant change: new EMR, new location, new vendor, or an incident.

Small practices can use the HHS SRA tool, and it is better than nothing. The common failure is honesty about technical findings you cannot see without inspection: unpatched systems, open access, and backup gaps self-assessments miss.

Our HIPAA security risk assessment guide covers what good looks like. To scope one for your practice, call (972) 776-6366.