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 about a week. 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 are Meridiko's own operating figures, confirmed 2026-08-06, not a centre's published ones (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.
