Calcium score test in Kentucky

What a calcium score costs in Kentucky

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 17 facilities we track in Kentucky, we list a price for 5. They run from $45 at TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital in Bowling Green to $150, with a midpoint of $100 — below the $113 midpoint across every state we track.

We list 2 Kentucky facilities at $99 or less. 4 Kentucky facilities say they will book a scan without a referral.

Most of what we list in Kentucky belongs to a handful of operators: Baptist Health (Kentucky) (3 locations), Norton Healthcare (2 locations), Bluegrass Regional Imaging (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 Kentucky coverage spans 8 metro areas, deepest in Louisville 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.