The Cleeerly analysis wasn't cheap -- about 800 bucks. But it was easy to get. In my case, the facility where I had my CTA-A done already has some affiliation with Cleerly; that is, they are listed on Cleerly's site as one they have a relationship with. But I still needed my doctor to formally request that the facility send the CTA to Cleerly. Then Cleerly ran its analysis and sent the report back to the imaging facility, which then sent it to both me and my doctor.

I think the key for you would just be having a doctor put the request in with whatever facility you had the CTA done at. You may need to do some legwork to track down contact info for Cleerly for them if they are unfamiliar with it. But it sounds like your primary care doctor is very willing to work with you and I think that would basically be all you need to make it happen.

I do recommend it at least based on my experience. It is good to get a visualization of exactly what my arteries look like and to know what amount of each type of plaque I have. Will be useful for monitoring progression over time and -- as I said before -- the hopeful side of me is still wondering if I have a higher-than-usual % of calcified plaque and if this makes my situation more favorable/less unfavorable than others. But I haven't had a cardiologist tell me that.