Calcium score test in Louisiana

What a calcium score costs in Louisiana

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 27 facilities we track in Louisiana, we list a price for 4. They run from $75 at CHRISTUS Highland Medical Center — Imaging in Shreveport to $125, with a midpoint of $87 — below the $113 midpoint across every state we track.

We list 3 Louisiana facilities at $99 or less.

Most of what we list in Louisiana belongs to a handful of operators: Diagnostic Imaging Services (4 locations), Cardiovascular Institute of the South (3 locations), LCMC Health (3 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 Louisiana coverage spans 10 metro areas, deepest in New Orleans with 6 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.