Calcium score test in New York

What a calcium score costs in New York

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 100 facilities we track in New York, we list a price for 35. They run from $110 at Southtowns Radiology – Orchard Park in Orchard Park to $150, with a midpoint of $135 — above the $113 midpoint across every state we track. Of the markets where we list 3 or more prices, the cheapest is Albany, with a median of $120.

Most of what we list in New York belongs to a handful of operators: Lenox Hill Radiology (52 locations), Catholic Health (6 locations), NYU Langone 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 New York coverage spans 11 metro areas, deepest in New York with 50 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.