DEXA Scans in Paducah, KY

Our published Paducah location is Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital at 1530 Lone Oak Road, on the US 45 corridor south of downtown. It's a hospital radiology department, so scans are performed on clinical-grade DEXA equipment. To schedule, text or call Dexascans.com at (786) 420-6630 and we'll arrange your appointment.

Scans booked through Dexascans.com are priced flat: $149 for a full body composition analysis, $199 for a bone density test, and $249 for the complete package including visceral fat assessment. HSA and FSA funds are accepted, and these rates generally come in below typical hospital imaging department charges for comparable scans.

Body composition scans require no referral — you book directly. Bone density scans billed through insurance normally need a physician's order; doctors affiliated with Baptist Health Paducah and Mercy Health - Lourdes order them regularly for osteoporosis screening. If you're self-paying for a bone density test, you can skip the order entirely.

Often, for bone density: Medicare and most commercial plans cover DEXA every two years when it's medically necessary and physician-ordered — relevant in a region with a large retiree population. Body composition testing is a self-pay wellness service starting at $149, and both scan types can be paid with HSA/FSA cards.

Yes. DEXA's X-ray dose is about one-tenth of a chest X-ray — less than a typical day of natural background radiation. The test is painless, takes 10-15 minutes on an open table, and requires essentially no preparation; for bone density scans you may simply be asked to hold calcium supplements the day before.

Body fat percentage overall and by region, lean muscle mass in your arms, legs, and trunk, visceral fat around the abdominal organs, and bone mineral density. For Greenway Trail runners and for adults watching for bone loss alike, that's four clinically meaningful numbers from one short scan.

Budget about 30 minutes at the Lone Oak Road campus including check-in; scanning itself takes 10-15 minutes, and you'll receive your results report within 24 hours. It fits easily around errands on the Lone Oak Road retail corridor or a workday downtown by the river.

Considerably. Handheld and platform bioimpedance devices estimate composition from how current travels through the water in your body, so results shift 5-8% with hydration. DEXA measures tissue directly with low-dose X-ray at about ±1-2% accuracy — the reference standard in sports science and the reason hospitals use it for diagnosis.

Yes — bone density testing is part of the radiology services at the Lourdes campus on Lone Oak Road, and it's the Paducah location listed on this page. Because the listing doesn't include a direct clinic line, text or call Dexascans.com at (786) 420-6630 and we'll coordinate the scheduling for you.

Because western Kentucky's race calendar rewards structured training: the Iron Mom Half Marathon each spring, 5Ks through Bob Noble Park, and long runs on the Greenway Trail. DEXA verifies the outcome — real lean-mass gains, real fat loss, stable bone density — instead of relying on how the scale happens to read that morning.