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coronary Plaque ROI Calculator

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Volume
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Payer Mix
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Costs
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Results

Volume & Clinical Mix

Tell us about your CCTA program volume and how often plaque analysis applies.

Percentage of CCTA cases approved for plaque analysis

Billed cases/yr 300

Reimbursement & Payer Mix

Select your site type and enter your payer mix to calculate weighted reimbursement.

Medicare
Commercial
Other

Payer mix must total 100%

Medicare (office/imaging)
$
Medicare (hospital outpatient)
$
Commercial
$
Other Payers
$
Avg. payment/case $1,060
Gross annual revenue $222,600

Cost & Time Assumptions

Enter your current costs to calculate net benefit and payback period.

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Enter 0 if not using an outsourced service

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Default 2 min reflects cvi42 | Plaque automation

Optional Strategic Inputs

% increase in CCTA referrals from offering plaque

Your ROI Summary

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Outsourced Model Revenue
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Circle Model Revenue
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Circle Benefit

Base Numbers

Plaque cases billed per year —
Average payment per case —
Total Revenue —

① Outsourced Model Revenue

− Total Outsource Costs —
= Outsourced Model Revenue —
  • Outsourced plaque analysis adds a handoff and can slow turnaround.
  • Local teams have less control over the workflow.
  • Moving patient imaging data outside the facility can create more privacy, security, and IT review friction.
  • An outsourced model can reduce the ability for the local site to capture reimbursement for the analysis service.
  • Clinical teams rely on the vendor's platform, validation, and QA process, rather than owning the full workflow.
  • External workflows may be harder to align with local reporting, PACS, and cardiology operations than embedded software.
  • Potentially higher cost per case.
  • It can be tougher to build local protocols, train staff, and make plaque assessment a routine part of the CCTA workflow.

② Circle Model Revenue

− Circle Cost —
= Circle Model Revenue —
  • Circle AI automates segmentation, which speeds up plaque quantification.
  • Circle quantifies calcified, non-calcified, and low-attenuation plaque, to improve risk stratification beyond stenosis severity.
  • Circle runs directly within the CCTA workflow, without sending studies to an outside service.
  • Local processing helps shorten study turnaround time.
  • In-house analysis lets sites capture and retain reimbursement for plaque imaging.
  • In-house processing reduces PHI privacy and security risk.
  • The output includes vessel-level and total plaque summaries and integrated CAD-RADS support.

③ Circle Benefit

Circle Model Revenue —
− Outsourced Model Revenue —
= Circle Benefit —
  • Keeps reimbursement in-house.
  • cvi42 | Elevate flexible subscription model makes software costs more predictable than a case-based outsourced model.
  • Because Circle's unified platform spans multiple service lines, the software cost can be amortized over more studies, improving margin potential once plaque volume grows.
  • Outsourced models can leave part of the economic value with the vendor, whereas Circle allows the provider to own the workflow and the revenue opportunity.

* Estimates are based on user-entered assumptions and publicly available reimbursement data. Actual results may vary. All amounts shown in USD based on CMS published rates. Not a guarantee of reimbursement.