DSCT coronary angiography cost breakdown
| Cost category | Unit costs (in €) | Costs per examination (in €) |
| Equipment costs | ||
| Siemens Somatom Definition | 1 612 000.00 | 24.79 |
| Separate CT workstation | 68 310.00 | 2.10 |
| DSCT full service contract (per year) | 114 850.00 | 14.13 |
| Dual-head injector | 42 513.00 | 0.65 |
| Injector service contract (per year) | 2200.00 | 0.27 |
| Electricity, water and IT connectivity (per year) | 10 575.50 | 1.73 |
| Occupancy costs (40 m2) (per year) | 7508.40 | 1.23 |
| Financing costs (interest rate 5.0%) (per year) | 44 627.00 | 5.49 |
| Materials and supplies costs | ||
| Contrast agent (Ultravist® 370) (100 cm3) | 6.50 | 6.95 |
| Saline (500 cm3) | 0.73 | 0.15 |
| Intravenous cannula (18G) (including disinfectant and dressing) | 0.62 | 0.62 |
| Dual syringe kit with tubing and connector | 9.09 | 9.09 |
| Disposable ECG electrode | 0.23 | 0.90 |
| Archiving (PACS) | 1.35 | 1.35 |
| Personnel costs | ||
| Physician (per year) | 107 359.20 | 18.64 |
| Radiographer (per year) | 49 920.00 | 10.50 |
| Total | 98.60 | |
DSCT, dual-source computed tomography; IT, information technology; PACS, picture archiving and communication system.