DEXA Scans in San Angelo, TX

Both verified locations are Shannon campuses: Shannon Medical Center downtown at 120 E. Harris Ave and Shannon South at 3501 Knickerbocker Road on the southwest side. Text or call Dexascans.com at (786) 420-6630 and we book whichever campus suits you.

Through Dexascans.com it's $149 for body composition, $199 for a bone density test, and $249 for the complete package covering body comp, bone density, and visceral fat. HSA and FSA funds work for all three.

For a body composition scan, no, Shannon's own DXA body-comp program is offered without a physician referral, and Dexascans.com books wellness scans directly. Bring a doctor's order only if you want a bone density test billed to insurance as medical screening.

Often, yes, when a physician's order documents medical necessity, and Medicare covers screening DXA outright for those who qualify. Body composition is treated as self-pay wellness at the $149 Dexascans.com rate.

It's about one-tenth of a chest X-ray, below what a normal day of background radiation in West Texas. That tiny dose is exactly why DEXA works for repeat tracking, not just one-time diagnosis.

Bone mineral density, lean muscle by body region, and fat mass including the visceral fat packed around your organs. A scale gives you one number; DEXA tells you what that number is made of.

You're on the table 10-15 minutes and out the door in about 30, with results delivered within 24 hours. It's an errand, not a procedure.

Considerably, bioimpedance devices drift 5-8 percent with hydration, which in dry West Texas summers is a real variable. DEXA measures tissue directly at ±1-2 percent and adds bone and visceral fat data no gym device produces.

The downtown campus at 120 E. Harris Ave is the short trip, about ten minutes from the gate via Houston Harte Expressway. Airmen in southwest housing near the Bluffs or Bentwood may find Shannon South on Knickerbocker Road quicker.

Service members held to body-comp standards, Angelo State athletes tracking lean mass, and retirees across the Concho Valley who want bone density checked before a fall makes the diagnosis. If your health plan for the year has a measurable goal, DEXA is how you keep score.