DEXA Scans in Berkley, MI

Yes — Berkley has two verified providers of its own. Balanced Health & Wellness at 2770 Coolidge Hwy offers DEXA body composition scanning, and Be Well Medical Center at 1964 W. Eleven Mile Rd offers both body composition and bone densitometry. Text or call (786) 420-6630 and Dexascans.com will book the right one for you.

Booked through Dexascans.com, a body composition scan is $149, a bone density test is $199, and the complete health package — body composition, bone density, and visceral fat — is $249. HSA and FSA cards are accepted, and there are no hidden facility fees.

No referral is needed for a body composition scan — it's a self-pay wellness service you can book directly. A bone density test can also be self-booked, though if you want insurance to consider covering it, you'll need a physician's order documenting medical necessity first.

Often, yes — when a physician orders it for a documented medical reason, and Medicare covers screening DXA for those who qualify. Be Well Medical Center on 11 Mile is a physician-led practice, which makes the ordered-test route straightforward. Body composition scans, by contrast, are considered wellness testing and are self-pay at $149 through Dexascans.com.

Very safe. A DEXA scan uses roughly one-tenth the radiation of a single chest X-ray — less than you absorb from a normal day of background exposure. That's why many people in Berkley rescan every few months to track progress without concern.

Three things a bathroom scale never will: your fat mass and lean muscle mass (region by region — arms, legs, trunk), your bone mineral density, and your visceral fat, the metabolically risky fat around your organs. Together they give a clinical baseline you can retest against over time.

Plan on about 30 minutes door to door, with only 10-15 minutes of that lying on the scanner table. You stay fully clothed and nothing touches you. Results arrive within 24 hours through Dexascans.com.

Considerably. InBody and other bioimpedance devices estimate body fat from an electrical signal, and readings can swing 5-8% based on hydration alone. DEXA measures tissue directly with X-ray at ±1-2% accuracy and adds bone density and visceral fat — data no gym analyzer provides.

Balanced Health & Wellness at 2770 Coolidge Hwy — the downtown district runs along 12 Mile and then down Coolidge toward 11 Mile, so the clinic sits within the downtown footprint itself. If you can walk to the CruiseFest parade route, you can walk to a DEXA scan.

They're two of the most common groups on the schedule. Hospital employees from the Beaumont campus just past Jaycee Park book scans for precise personal baselines, while adult athletes who run the Woodward corridor or play Berkley's tennis courts use DEXA to confirm they're holding lean mass and bone density as they age.