DEXA Scans in Jackson, NJ

Health Village Imaging at 27 S Cooks Bridge Rd, Suite 1-6, on the Hackensack Meridian Health Village campus near County Line Road, performs DEXA scans for Jackson residents; the office line is (888) 271-9729. The easiest route is to let Dexascans.com handle it, text or call (786) 420-6630 and we schedule the appointment 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 together) is $249. HSA and FSA cards are accepted, so pre-tax dollars work fine.

Not for a body composition scan, that's a self-pay wellness service you can book directly. A bone density test ordered for a medical reason typically comes with a physician's referral, which also opens the door to insurance coverage.

Often, yes, when a physician's order documents medical necessity, most plans cover bone density testing, and Medicare covers screening DXA. Body composition scanning is considered wellness rather than medical, so that portion is self-pay through Dexascans.com.

No. The dose is roughly one-tenth of a standard chest X-ray, which is less radiation than you absorb from a normal day of background exposure. It's among the gentlest imaging exams performed at the Jackson facility.

Three things in one pass: lean muscle mass and body fat mapped region by region, bone mineral density, and visceral fat, the deep abdominal fat tied to heart and metabolic risk. Together they give a far more complete picture than weight or BMI alone.

Table time is only 10 to 15 minutes, and the full visit runs about half an hour, easy to fit in before errands along County Line Road. Results are delivered within 24 hours.

Substantially. Bioimpedance devices like InBody can swing 5 to 8 percent based on hydration alone, while DEXA measures tissue directly with accuracy of about plus or minus 1 to 2 percent. DEXA also adds bone density and visceral fat, which no handheld or scale-based device can report.

Health Village Imaging sits in Jackson's northeast corner near the Lakewood border, on S Cooks Bridge Rd just off County Line Road. From the Six Flags side of town, hop on I-195 east or follow County Line Road across the township. Most of Jackson reaches the campus in 15 to 20 minutes.

Westlake's active 55+ residents are exactly who screening DXA was designed for, since bone loss is silent until a fracture happens. But it's not only for retirees: women approaching menopause, anyone with a family history of osteoporosis, and long-term users of certain medications benefit from a baseline too.