The Brief If you're at risk of heart disease, you may want to find out your heart's calcium score. Dr. Khaled Khalaf from Vital Heart & Vein emphasizes the importance of the calcium heart score in evaluating the risk of coronary heart disease. About heart calcium testingWhat we know:There are two primary tests for assessing calcium in the heart: a plain calcium score and a coronary CT angiogram, which involves contrast in an IV. So, if I had ordered a plain calcium score, I would have never known it. What we don't know:Many insurance companies do not cover the cost of a calcium score test, which can be several hundred dollars.