Calcium

MeasuredUseful

The calcium circulating in your blood.

Tightly controlled by the body, so it says less about bone health than people expect.

How we rate it: Useful

Worth doing for a specific reason: a risk factor, a symptom, an age group.

This rating and the description above were written against published screening guidelines by someone who is not a clinician, and are awaiting review by one. We would rather say that than imply an authority we do not have.

Check-ups that include it

In 80 of the 93 check-ups we track, 86%. Cheapest first.

and 68 more.

Also sold as

Every one of these names refers to this same test. Resolving them to one canonical entry is what makes an honest comparison possible.

  • serum calcium
  • calcium total
  • total calcium

Information here is for comparing packages, not for diagnosing yourself. Talk to a doctor about which tests you actually need.