DEXA Scans in Lima, OH

Lima's verified provider is Mercy Health - St. Rita's Women's Wellness Center Imaging at 770 W. High St, a block from the St. Rita's Medical Center campus just west of downtown. It's a dedicated women's imaging center offering DEXA bone density scanning alongside 3D mammography and ultrasound. Text or call Dexascans.com at (786) 420-6630 to arrange an appointment.

Booked through Dexascans.com, body composition analysis starts at $149, a bone density test is $199, and the complete health package (body composition, bone density, and visceral fat assessment) is $249. HSA and FSA payments are accepted, and self-pay rates like these usually run well below hospital list prices.

For body composition, no, you can book directly. For a bone density scan billed to insurance, plan on a physician's order; doctors across Mercy Health - St. Rita's and Lima Memorial Health System order DEXA routinely for osteoporosis screening. Self-pay bone density involves no referral.

Bone density DEXA is commonly covered when medically necessary. Postmenopausal screening is the textbook case, and Medicare covers it on a standard schedule. Body composition scans are wellness services, self-pay from $149. Both scan types can be paid with HSA or FSA funds.

Yes. The dose is roughly a tenth of a chest X-ray, under what an ordinary day of background radiation. You lie on an open, padded table for 10-15 minutes, fully clothed. No needles, no tunnel, no downtime. You could scan before a shift and go straight to work.

The core test is bone mineral density, the T-score physicians use to diagnose osteopenia and osteoporosis, and DEXA technology also quantifies body fat and lean muscle by region plus visceral fat. One low-dose scan, one detailed report, delivered within 24 hours.

About 30 minutes door to door, with 10-15 minutes of scan time. The West High Street location is a block from St. Rita's and minutes from every Lima neighborhood, from Faurot Park's west side to the Northside, so it fits easily into a normal day.

An InBody-style device pushes a small electrical current through your body and estimates composition, with results that swing 5-8% on hydration alone. DEXA images tissue directly with low-dose X-ray at about ±1-2% accuracy, and it's the only one that measures bone density, which no impedance scale can touch.

Yes, that's precisely where Lima's verified DEXA provider sits. The Women's Wellness Center Imaging office at 770 W. High St is steps from the St. Rita's campus on the West Market Street medical corridor, so many patients pair the scan with other appointments. Text (786) 420-6630 to book.

Lima's economy is physical (the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center building the Abrams, Ford's largest engine plant, the Cenovus refinery) and decades of that work show up in muscle and bone. DEXA quantifies both, while UNOH Racers, OSU Lima students, and Rotary Riverwalk runners use the same scan to measure what their training is actually building.