Calcium score test in New Jersey

What a calcium score costs in New Jersey

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 114 facilities we track in New Jersey, we list a price for 47. They run from $95 at Radiology Center at Harding in Harding Township to $150, with a midpoint of $99 — below the $113 midpoint across every state we track. Of the markets where we list 3 or more prices, the cheapest is Lakewood, with a median of $99.

We list 36 New Jersey facilities at $99 or less.

Most of what we list in New Jersey belongs to a handful of operators: RadNet / New Jersey Imaging Network (22 locations), Hackensack Meridian Health (14 locations), South Jersey Radiology Associates (11 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 New Jersey coverage spans 8 metro areas, deepest in Newark with 32 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.