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.
MediOne's published price for a 3D cardiac-vessel CT with contrast, which is coronary CT angiography rather than a calcium score. Its own add-on coronary artery screening is ₩500,000.
MediOne's Basic program lists coronary calcium scoring CT for men. Hanaro's Gold program lists it 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. Meridiko's own operating figure.
English report in your hands, which is Meridiko's own delivery target rather than a centre's published figure. You 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, Hanaro Medical Foundation's English site and MediOne's English site. Standalone per-test prices are MediOne's 비급여 (non-covered) posting, the itemised list 의료법 제45조 requires a clinic to publish, read the same day. Report turnaround is Meridiko's own delivery target rather than a centre's published figure, and is labelled as ours where it appears (https://global.kmi.or.kr/examination/foreigner_examination; https://en-mobile.hanaromf.com/program/prog01/prog01_01.jsp; https://en.medionemedicalcenter.com/m1; https://medionemedicalcenter.com/115), measured 2026-08-05.
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.
