Calcium score test in South Carolina

What a calcium score costs in South 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 26 facilities we track in South Carolina, we list a price for 13. They run from $150 at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence to $199, with a midpoint of $199 — above the $113 midpoint across every state we track. Of the markets where we list 3 or more prices, the cheapest is Myrtle Beach, with a median of $150.

Most of what we list in South Carolina belongs to a handful of operators: American Health Imaging (9 locations), McLeod Health (4 locations), Charlotte Radiology (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 South Carolina coverage spans 9 metro areas, deepest in Greenville with 5 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.