DEXA Scans in Flagstaff, AZ

Flagstaff has two verified network clinics, both in the medical district just north of downtown: Northern Arizona Radiology at 77 W. Forest Ave, beside the Flagstaff Medical Center campus, and SimonMed Flagstaff at 1000 N. Humphreys, Suite 100, reachable at (928) 223-0200. Text or call (786) 420-6630 and we'll match you with the closer scanner and a time that fits your training week.

Booked through Dexascans.com, a comprehensive body composition scan starts at $149. A bone density test is $199, and the complete health package (body composition, bone density, and visceral fat assessment) is $249. HSA and FSA payments are accepted, and self-pay pricing is often well below what hospital imaging departments charge for comparable scans.

Not for body composition. You can book that scan directly, no paperwork required. A bone density DEXA billed to insurance for osteoporosis screening usually does need a physician's order, the same way it works for patients referred through Northern Arizona Healthcare. If you'd rather skip the referral, self-pay bone density scans are available at $199.

Often yes for bone density: when a physician orders the test as medically necessary (for example, osteoporosis screening coordinated through a Flagstaff Medical Center provider) insurance frequently covers it. Body composition scans for fitness and wellness purposes are typically self-pay, starting at $149, and HSA/FSA cards work for both.

Yes. The scan uses a very low-dose X-ray, roughly one-tenth of a standard chest X-ray, and living at Flagstaff's 7,000-foot elevation already exposes you to more natural background radiation each day than a scan delivers. It's painless and non-invasive, and table time is only 10-15 minutes.

Total and regional body fat percentage, lean muscle mass in each arm, leg, and the trunk, visceral fat around the organs, and bone mineral density, one scan, one report. For runners stacking mileage at altitude, that regional lean-mass data shows whether a hard block built muscle or quietly ate into it.

Budget about 30 minutes door to door, including check-in; the scan itself runs 10-15 minutes. You'll have a full results report within 24 hours, quick enough to scan in the morning and still make a lunchtime loop of Buffalo Park.

InBody and other bioelectrical impedance devices estimate composition from an electrical signal, and readings can swing 5-8% with hydration, a real problem in Flagstaff's dry mountain air, where athletes often test partially dehydrated. DEXA measures tissue directly with X-ray at roughly ±1-2% accuracy, which is why research labs and sports scientists treat it as the test the research uses.

Constantly. Flagstaff has hosted elite altitude camps since the run-up to the 1968 Olympics, and professionals working with groups like HYPO2 routinely bookend a three-to-five-week camp with body composition testing. A DEXA at the start and end of a Flagstaff block shows exactly how lean mass and fat responded to the added training stress at 7,000 feet.

This is a town where the NAU men's cross country program has won multiple NCAA titles and recreational runners share Buffalo Park with Olympians. DEXA gives that community two things a scale can't: regional lean-mass tracking through high-mileage blocks, and bone mineral density screening, critical for distance runners, who carry elevated risk of low bone density and stress injury.