DEXA scans in The Woodlands

Each DEXA provider in The Woodlands is listed on this page with its address and contact details, so you can see which is closest to Town Center, Hughes Landing, or Grogan's Mill. The listings carry their own contact details; to book through us, text or call Dexascans.com at (786) 420-6630.

Each provider sets its own pricing; Dexascans.com doesn't fix a township-wide rate. Cash-pay DEXA in The Woodlands usually falls in the $99-$250 range, depending on whether you book body composition, bone density, or both. Many clinics accept HSA/FSA cards, and those rates usually undercut what a hospital-based imaging department bills for the equivalent scan; confirm when you book.

Body composition scans are self-referred, pick a time and go. Bone density is the one to plan around: if you want insurance to pay, you'll usually need an order from your physician, the same order doctors at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands and Houston Methodist The Woodlands write for osteoporosis screening. Self-pay bone density skips the paperwork entirely.

Bone density scans ordered as medically necessary (post-menopausal screening, long-term steroid use, fracture history) are commonly covered. Body composition testing is wellness spending: self-pay at each clinic's own rate, typically $99-$250, and usually payable with HSA or FSA funds. If you're unsure which you need, text (786) 420-6630 and we'll sort out the coverage question before you book.

Yes, that's one of its advantages. The dose is a fraction of a chest X-ray, well under a typical day of background radiation, delivered while you lie on an open table for 10-15 painless minutes. Endurance athletes in The Woodlands commonly rescan each training season without approaching any meaningful exposure threshold.

Everything a serious training log needs: total and regional body fat percentage, lean mass by limb and trunk, visceral fat, and bone mineral density. For an IRONMAN Texas athlete it separates real fitness change from water weight; for everyone else it's the clinical baseline that wearables and gym scales can only approximate.

Plan on roughly 30 minutes including check-in; the scan itself is 10-15 minutes, so it slots easily around a Waterway lunch or a Market Street errand. Ask about results turnaround when you book.

InBody-style BIA readings bend with hydration, a real issue in Houston-area humidity, where you're rarely at baseline after training outdoors. Expect 5-8% swings from those devices versus DEXA's ±1-2% direct X-ray measurement. DEXA also reads bone density and visceral fat, which no impedance scale can measure at all.

The listings on this page show each provider's address and contact details, so you can see which is closest to the Waterway, Hughes Landing on Lake Woodlands, or Grogan's Mill near I-45, and book the one that fits your day.

Because a 140.6 build punishes guesswork. The Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas course swims Lake Woodlands and finishes on Waterway Avenue, and the athletes who race it use DEXA to confirm lean mass survives peak volume, monitor bone density under high mileage, and set body composition targets for race weight instead of estimating them.