DEXA Scans in Grafton, ND

Unity Medical Center at 164 W 13th St in Grafton runs DEXA scans through its radiology department, including bone density testing, vertebral assessment, and advanced body composition scans. The hospital can be reached at (701) 379-3050, or Dexascans.com can handle the booking for you — text or call (786) 420-6630.

One scan produces three sets of numbers: bone mineral density (the osteoporosis screen), a full breakdown of lean muscle versus body fat by region, and visceral fat — the deep abdominal fat tied to heart and metabolic risk. It's the same X-ray technology used at the big hospital systems in Grand Forks and Fargo, available right in Walsh County.

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. Note that scans billed directly through the hospital or your insurance may be priced differently, so confirm when you book.

Not for a self-pay body composition scan — you can book that directly as a wellness service. A physician's order matters mainly if you want a bone density test billed to insurance, since coverage depends on documented medical necessity. Dexascans.com can walk you through which route fits your situation at (786) 420-6630.

Often, yes — bone density DXA is commonly covered when a physician orders it and documents medical necessity, and Medicare covers screening DXA for qualifying patients. Body composition scans are considered wellness testing and are self-pay. Since Unity Medical Center is a critical-access hospital, insurance-billed scans follow the hospital's own billing, separate from Dexascans.com package pricing.

Very. The radiation dose is roughly one-tenth of a chest X-ray — less than a day of ordinary background exposure, and a fraction of what you'd absorb on a flight out of Grand Forks. You lie still on an open table for 10-15 minutes; nothing encloses you and nothing touches you.

Plan on about 30 minutes at Unity Medical Center from check-in to walking out, with only 10-15 minutes of that spent on the scan table. Results booked through Dexascans.com come back within 24 hours.

Bioimpedance devices like InBody estimate body fat from an electrical signal, and the reading can swing 5-8% depending on hydration — a real issue if you've been working outside all day. DEXA measures tissue directly with X-ray at ±1-2% accuracy, and it adds bone density and visceral fat, which no gym scale can measure at all.

No — that's the point of this page. Grand Forks is about 40 miles away and Fargo nearly 120, but Unity Medical Center's radiology department puts a DEXA scanner right on West 13th Street in Grafton. For most of Walsh County, that turns a half-day trip down I-29 into a 30-minute local appointment.

Women 65 and older and men 70 and older are standard screening candidates, along with anyone with a fracture history, long-term steroid use, or a family history of osteoporosis. Around Grafton, that also means longtime farm and ag workers whose joints and bones have carried decades of harvest seasons — a baseline scan now makes every future scan more useful.