Calcium score test in Alabama

What a calcium score costs in Alabama

A coronary artery calcium scan — CPT 75571 — is a non-contrast CT of the chest, scored for calcified plaque in the coronary arteries: a few minutes on the table, no contrast dye, no recovery. What the number means, and what it costs nationally.

Of the 21 facilities we track in Alabama, we list a price for 10. They run from $99 at Baptist Medical Center South — Calcium Score Screening in Montgomery to $199, with a midpoint of $162 — above the $113 midpoint across every state we track. Of the markets where we list 3 or more prices, the cheapest is Montgomery, with a median of $99.

We list 3 Alabama facilities at $99 or less. 4 Alabama facilities say they will book a scan without a referral.

Most of what we list in Alabama belongs to a handful of operators: American Health Imaging (5 locations), Baptist Health (Montgomery) (3 locations), ODC of Alabama (2 locations). Prices inside one system are often the same at every site, so if the nearest one is inconvenient, a sister location is usually the same number. Our Alabama coverage spans 9 metro areas, deepest in Birmingham with 5 facilities.

Insurers generally do not cover it as screening, which is why a cash price exists at all. Ask for the self-pay price by CPT code, and make sure you are not quoted a CT angiogram instead — a different, contrast-based test that costs several times more.