DEXA Scans in San Diego, CA

DeXA Body San Diego is our partner clinic for San Diego, at 4161 Kearny Villa Rd, Ste 120 in San Diego, CA. Book through Dexascans.com or call the clinic directly at (619) 870-0100.

Booked through Dexascans.com, a San Diego body composition scan is $149, a bone density test is $199, and $249 covers both plus visceral fat in one visit. Nothing is added at the clinic, and HSA and FSA cards work.

Body composition scans in San Diego are open booking: no doctor, no paperwork. The referral question only comes up for a bone density study you want billed to insurance, and paying cash for that one skips it too.

Often, yes, but only for bone density. If a physician orders the scan as medically necessary, say after a referral from a doctor at a San Diego County health system like UC San Diego Health & Scripps Health, insurance usually covers it. Body composition scans booked for fitness reasons are self-pay. HSA and FSA cards work for both.

Yes, and safe enough to repeat, which is why San Diego clients rescan every few months to track progress. The dose is about one-tenth of a chest X-ray, under a normal day of background exposure. It is an open table, not an enclosed tube, and you stay fully clothed.

Four things a scale cannot: body fat percentage overall and by region, lean muscle mass in each limb and your trunk, the visceral fat around your organs, and your bone mineral density. One pass at DeXA Body San Diego, one report.

Around half an hour door to door at DeXA Body San Diego, of which 10-15 minutes is table time. The full report lands in your inbox within 24 hours.

They are the same thing. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry abbreviates to DXA in clinical notes and to DEXA in everyday use — including on the San Diego listings above. One test, one machine.