A cardiac CT angiogram uses contrast and a fast CT to image the coronary arteries directly, showing narrowing rather than estimating risk from calcium alone. It is the step up from a calcium score, and the partner centres price it as such.
Includes a contrast injection and breath holds.
Higher than a calcium score, which is about 1 mSv, and lower than an invasive angiogram.
A partner centre's published non-covered price for a 3D cardiac-vessel CT with contrast. (≈$209)
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.
The coronary arteries themselves: where plaque sits, how much narrowing it causes, and anatomical variants. It sees non-calcified plaque a calcium score is blind to.
It does not measure whether a narrowing is actually limiting blood flow, which is a functional question answered by stress testing or invasive measurement. It also carries a contrast load and a real radiation dose, so it is not a casual add-on.
Suits: Adults with an intermediate or high calcium score, chest pain under investigation, or a strong family history who want the arteries mapped rather than scored.
Should not have it: People with significant kidney impairment or a contrast allergy, because of the contrast. Anyone with a zero calcium score and no symptoms, for whom the extra dose usually buys little.
A calcium score is a cheap, low-dose number. This is a map. Start with the score unless there is a reason not to, and escalate to the angiogram if the score or the symptoms warrant it. A partner centre prices both, which makes the escalation a decision rather than a package.
Not itemised on the three tiers this site prices. A partner centre prices it standalone at ≈₩280,000; Hanaro's Gold program includes a cardiac calcium score rather than an angiogram. Confirm which of the two your program actually contains.
