Calcium score test in Maryland

What a calcium score costs in Maryland

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 65 facilities we track in Maryland, we list a price for 38. They run from $125 at Johns Hopkins Medical Imaging — Green Spring Station in Lutherville to $250 (maximum out-of-pocket), with a midpoint of $140 — above the $113 midpoint across every state we track. Of the markets where we list 3 or more prices, the cheapest is Baltimore, with a median of $140.

Most of what we list in Maryland belongs to a handful of operators: Advanced Radiology (24 locations), RadNet / Community Radiology Associates (12 locations), Johns Hopkins Medicine (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 Maryland coverage spans 9 metro areas, deepest in Baltimore with 34 facilities.

Insurers generally do not cover it as screening, which is why a cash price exists at all. Maryland law requires some health plans to cover it: who qualifies, and which plans. 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.