A coronary calcium score is a rapid, low-dose CT scan that measures calcified plaque in the heart's arteries and returns a single score used to estimate cardiovascular risk. It takes about five minutes and requires no contrast injection.
No contrast injection required.
A low-dose, targeted acquisition.
A partner centre's published price for a 3D cardiac-vessel CT with contrast, which is coronary CT angiography rather than a calcium score. That centre's add-on coronary artery screening is ₩500,000.
Hanaro's Gold program lists a cardiac calcium score for both sexes at ₩2,000,000.
One week is the earliest an imaging slot can be held, and there is no referral step before it.
English report in your hands in two weeks on average, one week at the soonest and three at the latest. You also get a consultation on preliminary findings on the day of the screening, before you leave.
Programme contents and prices from each partner centre's own foreigner-facing published list, read 2026-08-05: KMI Global and Hanaro Medical Foundation's English site. Standalone per-test prices are a Korean partner centre's 비급여 (non-covered) posting, the itemised list 의료법 제45조 requires a clinic to publish, read the same day. Scheduling and report turnaround confirmed 2026-08-06 and 2026-10-14 respectively (https://global.kmi.or.kr/examination/foreigner_examination; https://en-mobile.hanaromf.com/program/prog01/prog01_01.jsp), measured 2026-08-05. Dollar figures are converted from each centre's won price at ₩1,342 = $1 (open.er-api.com, 2026-09-13). The won figure is the price; the pairing moves with the rate.
Calcified plaque in the coronary arteries, reported as a single score used alongside other risk factors to estimate cardiovascular risk.
A calcium score does not detect non-calcified ("soft") plaque or significant narrowing without calcium, and a score of zero does not rule out coronary artery disease. It lowers estimated risk, it does not eliminate it.
Suits: Adults with intermediate cardiovascular risk who want an objective data point alongside cholesterol and blood pressure: the population most published guidelines target this test at.
Should not have it: People already diagnosed with coronary artery disease, for whom the score adds little. A different, more detailed cardiac work-up is usually more appropriate. Discuss with your coordinator.
A calcium score is a screening-risk number, not a diagnostic map of blockages the way a CT coronary angiogram is. The angiogram uses contrast and a higher dose to show the arteries directly.
None of the tiers on this site itemise a coronary calcium score by name. The closest included tests are the Comprehensive tier's CT scan and cardiac ultrasound, or KMI's dedicated Cardiovascular precision program (see /pricing/). Confirm with your coordinator whether a calcium-score protocol specifically is available before booking on the strength of this page alone.
