Calcium score test in Georgia

What a calcium score costs in Georgia

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 62 facilities we track in Georgia, we list a price for 19. They run from $60 at Colquitt Regional Medical Center — Diagnostic Imaging in Moultrie to $300, 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 Gainesville, with a median of $109.

We list 2 Georgia facilities at $99 or less. 3 Georgia facilities say they will book a scan without a referral.

Most of what we list in Georgia belongs to a handful of operators: Northside Hospital (31 locations), American Health Imaging (11 locations), Piedmont (4 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 Georgia coverage spans 12 metro areas, deepest in Atlanta with 38 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.