Calcium score test in Virginia

What a calcium score costs in Virginia

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 37 facilities we track in Virginia, we list a price for 9. They run from $90 at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge to $250 (maximum out-of-pocket), with a midpoint of $111 — below the $113 midpoint across every state we track. Of the markets where we list 3 or more prices, the cheapest is Virginia Beach, with a median of $111.

We list 3 Virginia facilities at $99 or less.

Most of what we list in Virginia belongs to a handful of operators: Fairfax Radiology Centers (6 locations), Sentara (4 locations), Riverside Health (4 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 Virginia coverage spans 9 metro areas, deepest in Arlington with 18 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.