DEXA Scans in Tarzana, CA

Tarzana's published DEXA location is Breastlink Women's Imaging Tarzana at 18133 Ventura Blvd, a RadNet-affiliated women's imaging center a few blocks from Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center. Text or call (786) 420-6630 and Dexascans.com will confirm availability and handle the booking.

Bone density. Breastlink Women's Imaging Tarzana runs DEXA as an osteoporosis screening exam — bone mineral density at the hip and spine, reported as T-scores and Z-scores — alongside its mammography and breast imaging services. If you want body composition DEXA (body fat percentage, lean mass, visceral fat), that is a different exam: Dexascans.com books it for $149 at other Los Angeles-area locations, so mention which scan you want when you text (786) 420-6630.

A bone density test is $199, a body composition scan is $149, and the complete package — body composition plus bone density plus a visceral fat assessment — is $249. Pricing is flat with no hidden fees, and HSA/FSA cards are accepted.

Only if you want it billed to insurance — insurance-billed bone density exams at an accredited imaging center like Breastlink Tarzana generally require a physician's order. A self-pay bone density scan booked through Dexascans.com needs no referral at all, and body composition scans never require one.

Often, yes — for bone density. Medicare covers screening DXA for qualifying patients, and Breastlink Women's Imaging Tarzana is a RadNet-affiliated accredited imaging provider, so insurance-billed bone density studies go through it with a physician's order. Body composition DEXA is a wellness service that insurers treat as self-pay; the $149 fee is HSA/FSA eligible.

The dose is extremely low: roughly one tenth of a chest X-ray, which is less than a single day of natural background radiation. That is precisely why DEXA is the standard for routine, repeated osteoporosis screening. The scan itself is painless — you lie on an open table, fully clothed, for 10-15 minutes.

Table time is 10-15 minutes, so plan roughly 30 minutes door to door on Ventura Boulevard. Results are delivered within 24 hours — for a bone density exam that means your T-scores and Z-scores, the numbers your physician uses to assess fracture risk.

Two reasons. First, accuracy: InBody and other bioelectrical impedance devices can swing 5-8% with hydration, meals, and workout timing, while DEXA measures tissue directly with low-dose X-ray at ±1-2%. Second, bone: no gym device reads bone mineral density at all — DEXA is the only consumer-accessible scan that does, whether that's the bone-density exam at the Ventura Blvd clinic or a full body composition scan booked through Dexascans.com.

Exit the 101 Ventura Freeway at Reseda Boulevard or Tampa Avenue and drop south to Ventura Boulevard; Breastlink Women's Imaging Tarzana is at 18133 Ventura Blvd, in the stretch of the Boulevard near the Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana campus. From most of Encino, Woodland Hills, Reseda, or Winnetka the drive runs about ten minutes outside rush hour.

Mostly three groups: women over 50 and postmenopausal women establishing or tracking a bone density baseline at a women's imaging center they already know; patients whose Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana physicians have ordered an osteoporosis screening; and hikers, runners, and lifters from the Caballero Canyon trails and Valley gyms — who use the local table for bone health and book body composition DEXA through Dexascans.com when they want the full fat-and-muscle picture.