Calcium score test in North Carolina

What a calcium score costs in North Carolina

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 45 facilities we track in North Carolina, we list a price for 18. They run from $99 at Cone Health Imaging at Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville to $200, with a midpoint of $150 — above the $113 midpoint across every state we track. Of the markets where we list 3 or more prices, the cheapest is Greensboro, with a median of $99.

We list 5 North Carolina facilities at $99 or less. 3 North Carolina facilities say they will book a scan without a referral.

Most of what we list in North Carolina belongs to a handful of operators: Charlotte Radiology (11 locations), Raleigh Radiology (7 locations), Cone Health (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 North Carolina coverage spans 15 metro areas, deepest in Charlotte with 12 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.