Calcium score test in Missouri

What a calcium score costs in Missouri

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 29 facilities we track in Missouri, we list a price for 17. They run from $50 at NKC Health Imaging — Tremont in Kansas City to $130, with a midpoint of $79 — below the $113 midpoint across every state we track. Of the markets where we list 3 or more prices, the cheapest is Kansas City, with a median of $50.

We list 9 Missouri facilities at $99 or less. 7 Missouri facilities say they will book a scan without a referral.

Most of what we list in Missouri belongs to a handful of operators: Mercy (7 locations), HCA Midwest Health (5 locations), St. Luke's (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 Missouri coverage spans 9 metro areas, deepest in Kansas City with 11 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.