DEXA Scans in Casa Grande, AZ

The published location is SimonMed Imaging - Casa Grande at 1664 E. Florence Blvd., Suite #18 — on the city's main east-west corridor, about two blocks west of Banner Casa Grande Medical Center. It is an accredited outpatient imaging center performing DEXA bone density scanning. Text or call (786) 420-6630 and Dexascans.com will book your appointment.

Booked through Dexascans.com: $149 for a body composition DEXA, $199 for a bone density test, and $249 for the complete package covering body composition, bone density, and a visceral fat assessment. The pricing is flat with no hidden fees, and HSA/FSA cards are accepted.

Not for body composition — that scan books directly, no physician involved. A doctor's order comes into play only if you want a bone density exam billed to insurance for osteoporosis screening; if you self-pay the $199 bone density test, no referral is required at all.

Yes. DEXA uses very low-dose X-ray — about one tenth of a chest X-ray, which is less than a normal day of background radiation in the Arizona desert. You lie on an open table, fully clothed, for 10-15 minutes; there is no tunnel, no injection, and no discomfort.

Four things a bathroom scale never will: total and regional body fat percentage, lean muscle mass broken out by arms, legs, and trunk, visceral fat around your organs, and bone mineral density reported as T-scores and Z-scores. It is a single 10-15 minute scan, and the same technology physicians order for osteoporosis screening.

Often, for bone density: SimonMed is an accredited imaging provider, so a bone density exam ordered by a physician — for example, one affiliated with Banner Casa Grande Medical Center — can be billed through insurance, and Medicare covers screening DXA for qualifying patients. Body composition scans are wellness services and self-pay at $149, HSA/FSA eligible.

Table time is 10-15 minutes; plan about half an hour door to door. Your complete report — body fat percentage, regional lean mass, visceral fat, and bone density scores — arrives within 24 hours, so a scan on the way past Florence Boulevard turns into usable numbers by tomorrow.

By a wide margin. InBody and similar bioimpedance devices estimate composition from an electrical signal and can swing 5-8% with hydration, meals, or a workout — a real problem in a desert city where hydration varies hour to hour. DEXA measures tissue directly with low-dose X-ray, holds ±1-2% accuracy, and is the only option that also reads bone density.

From Coolidge, State Route 287 runs straight into town and becomes Florence Boulevard — the clinic at 1664 E. Florence Blvd. sits just before Banner Casa Grande Medical Center (and yes, the Casa Grande Ruins you pass near Coolidge are the monument the city is named for, even though it sits outside city limits). From Eloy or Arizona City, take I-10 to the Florence Boulevard exit by the Promenade at Casa Grande and head west; from Maricopa, the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway brings you in from the northwest.

Three groups stand out: manufacturing and Lucid AMP-1 employees who want objective data on muscle, fat, and bone; retirees and winter residents from communities like Mission Royale establishing bone density baselines; and active adults who hike Casa Grande Mountain's trail system or play pickleball at Dave White Regional Park and want to track lean mass as they age.