DEXA Scans in Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh's published location is Precision Metrics Lab at 5001 Baum Blvd, Suite 475, in The Design Center building at Baum Boulevard and Morewood Avenue — where Shadyside, Bloomfield, and North Oakland meet. It is a locally owned body composition and performance lab whose DEXA scans are powered by DexaFit. Text or call (786) 420-6630 to book through Dexascans.com, or reach the lab at (412) 564-3383.

A comprehensive body composition DEXA scan booked through Dexascans.com is $149, and the complete package with visceral fat assessment is $249. Pricing is flat, there are no hidden fees, and HSA/FSA cards are accepted — well under what hospital-based imaging in Pittsburgh typically bills.

Body fat percentage (total and by region), lean muscle mass in your arms, legs, and trunk, visceral fat around your organs, and bone mineral density values including T-scores and Z-scores — plus DexaFit's AI-enhanced reporting on muscle health and longevity markers. It is a direct X-ray-based measurement, not an estimate, from a single 10-15 minute scan.

No. Precision Metrics Lab is a wellness-focused lab, so body composition DEXA scans are booked directly — no physician order, no gatekeeping. That is one reason athletes and data-driven Pittsburghers use it as their tracking baseline.

InBody and similar BIA devices pass a current through your body and estimate composition — results can swing 5-8% with hydration, food, or a workout earlier that day. DEXA measures tissue directly and repeats within ±1-2%, so a two-pound lean mass change between scans is signal, not noise. If you only scan a few times a year, accuracy is everything.

A DEXA scan delivers roughly one tenth the radiation of a chest X-ray — less than a normal day of background exposure — which is why quarterly tracking scans are routine. You lie on an open table, fully clothed, for 10-15 minutes. No tunnels, no injections, no discomfort.

Budget about 30 minutes door to door with 10-15 minutes on the table, and your full report lands within 24 hours. There is a parking garage next to the building on Morewood Avenue, so it is a realistic lunch-break errand from UPMC Shadyside, the university corridor, or Bakery Square.

Body composition scans are wellness services — self-pay, HSA/FSA eligible. On bone density, an honest distinction: Precision Metrics Lab's DEXA reports whole-body bone mineral density with T- and Z-scores for informational tracking, but it is not the clinical hip-and-spine bone density exam physicians order for osteoporosis diagnosis. If you need a diagnostic DXA billed to insurance or Medicare (which covers screening DXA with a qualifying order), that is performed at physician-referred radiology departments such as UPMC's imaging locations — text us and we will point you the right way.

Easily. From Carnegie Mellon, Morewood Avenue runs directly to the lab's corner at Baum Boulevard — minutes by car or bike. From Bakery Square and East Liberty, head west along Penn to Baum or Centre and you are there in about ten minutes. Suite 475 is on the fourth floor of The Design Center; weekday parking in the Morewood Avenue garage next door runs about $5-6.

Endurance athletes logging miles on the Three Rivers Heritage Trail who want lean-mass truth instead of scale noise; Pitt and CMU students and researchers who treat their own bodies like a dataset; East End hospital and tech workers benchmarking visceral fat; and anyone starting a serious body recomposition who wants a ±1-2% baseline before the work begins.