DEXA Scans in Georgetown, TX

The published provider in Georgetown is Prime Wellness and Longevity at 4871-2 Williams Dr, Suite 207, Georgetown, TX 78633, on the northwest Williams Drive corridor beside Sun City. The clinic operates its own in-house DEXA scanner. You can book through Dexascans.com by calling or texting (786) 420-6630, or reach the clinic directly at (512) 240-4456.

Medicare covers screening bone density DXA for qualifying patients (typically women 65+, men with risk factors, and anyone on medications like long-term steroids) when a physician orders it. That matters in a city where Sun City alone houses over 16,000 residents aged 55 and up. Body composition DEXA, by contrast, is a self-pay wellness service that Medicare does not cover.

Booked through Dexascans.com, a body composition scan is $149, a bone density scan is $199, and the complete package, body composition plus bone density plus a visceral fat report, is $249. HSA and FSA cards are accepted. Bone density scans ordered by your physician for medical necessity are often billable to insurance instead.

One pass of the scanner at the Williams Drive clinic produces four things: bone mineral density (the osteoporosis screen), total and regional lean muscle mass, body fat percentage, and visceral fat, the metabolically risky fat surrounding your abdominal organs. It is the same dual-energy X-ray technology hospitals like St. David's Georgetown use for clinical bone testing.

Not for body composition. You can self-book a wellness scan at Prime Wellness and Longevity with no referral. For bone density, no referral is required to pay cash, but if you want insurance or Medicare to cover it, you will need a physician's order documenting medical necessity, which your Georgetown primary care doctor can provide.

Yes. A DEXA scan delivers roughly one-tenth the radiation of a chest X-ray, under what a normal day of background exposure walking around Williamson County. Quarterly body composition scans to track training or weight loss keep you at a small fraction of the exposure of a single flight to the coast.

Plan on about 30 minutes door to door at the Williams Drive office, with only 10-15 minutes actually on the table. You lie still, fully clothed, while the arm passes over you. Results booked through Dexascans.com are delivered within 24 hours.

InBody and other bioelectrical impedance (BIA) devices estimate body fat from an electrical current, and hydration swings push their readings around by 5-8 percent, a hard workout or a big water bottle changes your result. DEXA images your actual tissue and repeats within 1-2 percent, which is why it is the reference standard researchers use to validate those gym devices.

From Sun City, the clinic is essentially at the community's doorstep, the Sedro Crossing business park sits on Williams Drive adjacent to the neighborhood, near Ronald Reagan Boulevard. From the Square downtown, drive northwest on Williams Drive about 15 minutes. West-side residents in Wolf Ranch can take D.B. Wood Road north past Lake Georgetown to Williams Drive.

Three groups book most often: Sun City and other 55+ residents screening bone density before a fracture reveals a problem; adults on weight-loss or GLP-1 programs confirming they are losing fat rather than muscle; and Georgetown's trail runners, golfers, and gym regulars who want training decisions driven by lean-mass data instead of a bathroom scale.