Calcium score test in Texas

What a calcium score costs in Texas

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 179 facilities we track in Texas, we list a price for 68. They run from $49 at Ascension Providence Radiology in Waco to $400, with a midpoint of $149 — above the $113 midpoint across every state we track. Of the markets where we list 3 or more prices, the cheapest is Austin, with a median of $92.

We list 8 Texas facilities at $99 or less. 28 Texas facilities say they will book a scan without a referral.

Most of what we list in Texas belongs to a handful of operators: Touchstone Medical Imaging (20 locations), South Texas Radiology Imaging Centers (STRIC) (14 locations), SimonMed Imaging (13 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 Texas coverage spans 29 metro areas, deepest in Houston with 47 facilities.

Insurers generally do not cover it as screening, which is why a cash price exists at all. Texas law requires some health plans to pay up to $200 toward it: who qualifies, and which plans. 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.