DEXA Scans in Glendale, CA

Two verified imaging centers in Glendale offer DEXA. Broadway Imaging Center is at 140 N. Glendale Avenue near Broadway, a few blocks east of Brand Boulevard downtown. Marcia Ray Breastlink Women's Imaging Center is at 222 W. Eulalia Street in south Glendale, near the Glendale Memorial Hospital campus. Text or call (786) 420-6630 and we'll match you with the closer location and set up your appointment.

Booked through Dexascans.com, a comprehensive body composition DEXA starts at $149. Bone density testing runs $199, and the complete health package — body composition plus bone density and visceral fat assessment — is $249. HSA and FSA cards are accepted, and these self-pay rates are often lower than what hospital imaging departments charge for comparable scans.

Not for body composition — you can book that scan directly, no paperwork required. Bone density is different only if you want insurance to pay: carriers generally require a physician's order, the same one doctors at Adventist Health Glendale or USC Verdugo Hills Hospital write for osteoporosis screening. Self-pay bone density scans need no referral at all.

It depends on the scan. Bone density DEXA is frequently covered when a physician deems it medically necessary — common for postmenopausal women and adults with risk factors. Body composition scans are wellness services and almost always self-pay, starting at $149 through Dexascans.com. Both scan types can be paid with HSA or FSA funds.

Yes — the radiation dose is roughly one-tenth of a chest X-ray, less than you absorb in a normal day of background exposure. You lie still on an open table for 10-15 minutes while the scanner arm passes overhead. No injections, no enclosed tube, no recovery time.

Four things a scale can't: total and regional body fat percentage, lean muscle mass in each arm, leg, and your trunk, visceral fat around the organs, and bone mineral density. Whether you're logging miles on the Beaudry Loop or logging hours at a desk on Brand Boulevard, it's the complete structural picture of your body from a single pass.

Block out about half an hour. Check-in is quick, the scan itself takes 10-15 minutes, and your full report — body fat, lean mass, visceral fat, and bone density — arrives within 24 hours. Easy to fit in before work downtown or between errands at the Americana at Brand.

InBody and other bioelectrical impedance devices estimate composition from an electrical signal, so results can swing 5-8% with hydration, food, and time of day. DEXA measures tissue directly with X-ray attenuation, holding accuracy to about ±1-2% no matter what you drank that morning. It's the reference method research labs use to validate every other device.

Yes. Marcia Ray Breastlink Women's Imaging Center at 222 W. Eulalia Street is a dedicated women's imaging facility — an American College of Radiology Breast Center of Excellence — that performs DEXA bone density scans alongside mammography and ultrasound. It sits near the Glendale Memorial Hospital campus in south Glendale. Text or call (786) 420-6630 to arrange an appointment.

The Verdugo Mountains are Glendale's gym: the Beaudry Loop, the push up to Tongva Peak, the trails of Deukmejian Wilderness Park, and road climbs like Chevy Chase Drive. Athletes putting in that work use DEXA to confirm training is building lean mass and preserving bone — measurable proof, scan over scan, that the miles are paying off.