DEXA Scans in Myrtle Beach, SC

DEXA in Myrtle Beach runs through OrthoSC, the Grand Strand's orthopedic group, with two offices: OrthoSC - Myrtle Beach (Market Common) at 3620 Walton Drive, Unit C-5 in the Market Common district, and OrthoSC - Myrtle Beach (Carolina Forest) at 210 Village Center Blvd in the Towne Center medical cluster. Text or call (786) 420-6630 and we'll confirm scan availability and book the closer office.

Through Dexascans.com, a comprehensive body composition scan starts at $149, bone density testing is $199, and the complete health package (body composition, bone density, and visceral fat) is $249. HSA and FSA cards are accepted, and flat published pricing compares well against hospital imaging along the Strand.

Body composition testing books directly with no referral. A bone density study billed to insurance typically needs a physician's order. And because OrthoSC is an orthopedic practice, the ordering, scanning, and follow-up can happen within one group. Self-pay bone density at $199 requires no referral at all.

For bone density, commonly. Medicare covers screening DXA on its standard schedule, which matters in one of America's biggest retirement destinations, and most commercial plans follow the same medical-necessity rules. Body composition scans are self-pay from $149; both types accept HSA/FSA payment.

Yes, it was designed for them. The dose is about a tenth of a chest X-ray, the scan is a painless 10-15 minutes on an open table, and it's the standard first-line test for osteoporosis screening. Most patients repeat it every one to two years to track bone changes.

Bone mineral density plus total and regional body fat and lean muscle mass, with a visceral fat estimate. One scan covering both the osteoporosis question and the fitness question. For a golfer working on durability or a beach runner in a marathon build, it's the whole picture at once.

Plan on about 30 minutes; the scan itself is 10-15 minutes and results are back within 24 hours. The Market Common office serves the city's south end and beachfront, while Carolina Forest covers the fast-growing west side. Neither is more than about 15 minutes from most of the Strand.

InBody-type bioimpedance devices estimate composition from an electrical signal and drift 5-8% with hydration, easy to trigger in beach heat. DEXA measures tissue directly at roughly ±1-2% accuracy and is the only consumer-accessible test that also reads bone mineral density, which is usually the point on the Grand Strand.

Both, that's exactly where OrthoSC's two Myrtle Beach offices sit. The Walton Drive office is inside the Market Common district on the former Air Force base, and the Village Center Boulevard office anchors Carolina Forest's Towne Center medical cluster. Text (786) 420-6630 to schedule at either.

Because both groups live on their skeletons. Retirees use the T-score to catch osteopenia years before a fracture, with an orthopedic group reading the result and handling any follow-up. Golfers playing the Strand's 80-plus courses, from Pine Lakes' 1927 'Granddaddy' onward, use the body composition side to keep the lean mass and bone strength a repeatable swing depends on.