Calcium score test in Colorado

What a calcium score costs in Colorado

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 42 facilities we track in Colorado, we list a price for 16. They run from $99 at South Denver Heart Center in Littleton to $225, with a midpoint of $199 — above the $113 midpoint across every state we track. Of the markets where we list 3 or more prices, the cheapest is Colorado Springs, with a median of $150.

We list 1 Colorado facility at $99 or less. 3 Colorado facilities say they will book a scan without a referral.

Most of what we list in Colorado belongs to a handful of operators: UCHealth (5 locations), Invision Sally Jobe (5 locations), Health Images (5 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 Colorado coverage spans 8 metro areas, deepest in Denver with 26 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.