DEXA Scans in Victoria, TX

Victoria's two published DEXA locations are both DeTar Healthcare System hospital campuses: DeTar Hospital Navarro at 506 E. San Antonio St. near downtown, and DeTar Hospital North at 101 Medical Drive, at the corner of the Cuero Highway (US 87) and Zac Lentz Parkway on the city's north side. Both perform bone densitometry in their radiology departments. Text or call (786) 420-6630 and Dexascans.com will handle scheduling at whichever campus suits you.

A body composition DEXA scan is $149, a bone density test is $199, and the complete package — body composition plus bone density plus a visceral fat assessment — is $249. The pricing is flat with no hidden fees, and HSA/FSA cards are accepted.

If you want the exam billed to insurance, yes — hospital radiology departments like DeTar's bill bone densitometry to insurance with a physician's order documenting medical necessity. If you are paying self-pay, no referral is needed, and a body composition DEXA never requires one.

Very little — about one tenth of a chest X-ray, which is less radiation than you pick up from natural background sources in a single day. That low dose is why DEXA is the standard tool for repeat osteoporosis screening. You lie on an open table, fully clothed, for 10-15 minutes; nothing encloses you and nothing touches you.

Four measurements no scale or gym device can produce reliably: bone mineral density reported as T-scores and Z-scores, lean muscle mass broken out by arms, legs, and trunk, total and regional body fat percentage, and visceral fat — the fat stored around your organs. For many Victoria patients the bone panel is the reason for the visit; the body composition data comes from the same technology.

Often, for bone density: Medicare covers screening DXA for qualifying patients, and commercial insurance typically pays when a physician's order documents medical necessity — exams like these run through hospital radiology departments such as DeTar Hospital Navarro and DeTar Hospital North. Body composition scans are wellness services and are self-pay at $149, HSA/FSA eligible.

Table time is 10-15 minutes; plan about half an hour door to door. Results are delivered within 24 hours, so a scan on the way past the Loop 463 corridor turns into usable numbers by the next day.

For anything you plan to track over time, yes. InBody and other bioelectrical impedance devices estimate composition from an electrical signal and can swing 5-8% with hydration, meals, or a workout. DEXA measures tissue directly with low-dose X-ray, repeats within ±1-2%, and is the only option that also reads bone density — which matters in a town where both published scanners live in hospital radiology departments.

Coming down US 87 from Cuero, DeTar Hospital North is the first stop — it sits right where the Cuero Highway meets Zac Lentz Parkway (Loop 463). From Port Lavaca or the Formosa Plastics side via TX-185 and US 87, either campus works; DeTar Hospital Navarro is near downtown where the US 77 and US 59 business routes cross, a few minutes from Riverside Park.

Adults over 50 establishing an osteoporosis baseline are the core group — that is the exam DeTar's radiology departments run daily. Beyond them: plant and petrochemical workers from Caterpillar and Point Comfort logging physically hard careers, runners and paddlers from the Riverside Park and Athey Nature Sanctuary trails, and A&M-Victoria and Victoria College athletes who want measured body composition instead of estimates.