DEXA Scans in Westport, CT

DexaFit Westport at 1555 Post Rd E — inside the SHERPA gym building on the Post Road East corridor near the Southport line — is the town's published DEXA location, reachable at (203) 418-0654. It's direct-book body-composition testing. You can also text or call Dexascans.com at (786) 420-6630 and we'll set it up.

Booked through Dexascans.com, body-composition DEXA starts at $149, bone density is $199, and the complete package — composition plus bone density and visceral fat — is $249. Pricing is flat, HSA/FSA cards work, and there are no facility fees layered on afterward.

Not at DexaFit Westport — body-composition scans are direct-book with no physician involved. If you specifically want a diagnostic bone-density exam billed to insurance, that usually requires an order from your doctor, the same workflow Norwalk Hospital (Nuvance Health) physicians use for osteoporosis screening.

Body-composition scans are wellness services — self-pay from $149, HSA/FSA eligible. Insurance coverage generally applies only to physician-ordered bone-density DXA deemed medically necessary, such as postmenopausal screening. Many Westport clients simply self-pay and skip the paperwork entirely.

Yes — the dose is about a tenth of a chest X-ray, far less than the flight out of Westchester or LaGuardia that many Westporters take monthly. The scan is open-table, painless, and takes 10-15 minutes fully clothed.

Plan on roughly 30 minutes at 1555 Post Rd E, with 10-15 minutes of scan time and results within 24 hours. It fits neatly between a Saugatuck-station arrival and dinner, or after a morning row on the river.

Total and regional body fat, lean muscle mass in each arm, leg, and trunk, visceral fat, and bone mineral density — one scan, one report. For Compo Beach runners and Saugatuck Rowing Club masters crews, the regional lean-mass data shows whether a season built muscle or quietly cost it.

InBody readings ride on hydration and can move 5-8% between sessions — enough to erase a real training effect. DEXA measures tissue directly with low-dose X-ray at ±1-2% accuracy, so a January scan and a June scan are genuinely comparable. It's the standard research labs use.

Yes — DexaFit Westport sits on Post Road East just west of the Southport line, making Greens Farms practically next door, Compo Beach a ten-minute drive up Compo Road South, and Saugatuck a straight run east on US-1. Norwalk and Fairfield residents reach it in about ten minutes too.

Because both live on precise margins. Metro-North commuters get a clinical health baseline in a 15-minute appointment with 24-hour results, and the town's rowers, runners, and 50+ athletes get the two numbers that matter most as training ages — lean mass and bone density. Text or call (786) 420-6630 to book.