Calcium score test in California

What a calcium score costs in California

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 244 facilities we track in California, we list a price for 24. They run from $125 at Valley Radiology Consultants — Escondido in Escondido to $450, with a midpoint of $206 — above the $113 midpoint across every state we track. Of the markets where we list 3 or more prices, the cheapest is San Diego, with a median of $175.

6 California facilities say they will book a scan without a referral.

Most of what we list in California belongs to a handful of operators: RadNet (64 locations), SimonMed Imaging (16 locations), RadNet Northern California (14 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 California coverage spans 28 metro areas, deepest in Los Angeles with 61 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.