Alta View Hospital
9660 S 1300 E, W130
Sandy, UT 84094
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Book a DEXA scan in Sandy, Utah, the Salt Lake County city at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. DEXA quantifies body fat, lean muscle, and bone density in one short, low-dose scan.
A full body DEXA scan measures body fat %, lean muscle, and bone density in one pass
A licensed medical professional reads every scan
Re-scan later and compare the two reports side by side
The scan takes about 10 minutes. Results land in your inbox the next day.
Sandy occupies the bench where the Salt Lake Valley meets Little Cottonwood Canyon, which makes it the front door to Alta and Snowbird and gives its east side some of the valley's best trail access, from the Bell Canyon trailhead to the ravines of Dimple Dell Regional Park. The city has two published DEXA options: Alta View Hospital at 9660 S 1300 E, W130, the Intermountain hospital serving the southeast valley, and Revitalize Medical Solutions at 11075 S State St, Suite 21 on the State Street corridor. Sandy is also a sports town in its own right as the home of Real Salt Lake at America First Field. Between canyon athletes, soccer families, and a large suburban workforce, DEXA gives Sandy residents both the hospital-based bone density exam and the performance-oriented body composition scan, each measured to clinical accuracy.
Clients reach the city's two published DEXA locations from every part of Sandy and the neighboring communities.
Each ZIP code above has a clinic listed on this page. Not on the list? The ZIP codes above are the Sandy area's main ones, not a limit — call (786) 420-6630 and we'll point you to the nearest clinic.
The 2 clinics listed further down this page run that scan for Sandy, covering 2 ZIP codes across the area. A DEXA scan measures your body fat percentage, how much lean muscle you carry in each limb, the visceral fat around your organs, and your bone mineral density. It takes about 10 minutes and you get the numbers in writing.
Weighing it against an InBody reading or a smart scale? See how the three measure up . Deciding between the two scan types? See our guides to the body composition scan and the bone density test.
With Alta and Snowbird up the canyon and the Bell Canyon and Dimple Dell trails out the back door, Sandy's mountain athletes use DEXA to measure what the vertical is doing, lean muscle by region and body fat percentage, precisely.
For Sandy's working families, a DEXA scan at Revitalize Medical Solutions on State Street or Alta View Hospital is an efficient annual health benchmark: fat mass, muscle mass, visceral fat, and bone density in a single visit.
Alta View Hospital on 1300 East gives southeast valley adults a hospital-based path to DEXA bone density testing, with T-scores that establish a baseline and catch osteopenia before it becomes osteoporosis.
Alta View Hospital serves the Sandy area. Its address, phone, and hours are listed further down this page.
Your report arrives within 24 hours of the scan, covering body fat percentage, regional lean mass, visceral fat, and bone density.
Cash-pay DEXA scans typically run $99–$250 depending on the clinic and scan type — each listing's price is confirmed when you book. HSA/FSA cards are accepted at most clinics.
Use the location finder to pick the clinic nearest Sandy and book a time that works
You lie still on the table, fully clothed. Wear something without metal. You do not need to fast
Your body composition and bone density report arrives by email within 24 hours
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Alta View Hospital, at 9660 S 1300 E, W130 in Sandy, UT, runs DEXA scans for the Sandy area. Book through Dexascans.com to schedule your appointment.
There is no single Sandy price: clinics publish their own rates, and cash-pay DEXA scans generally land between $99 and $250 by scan type. That still usually undercuts the $300-plus hospital imaging departments bill for comparable scans. Ask the clinic for its current rate when scheduling — HSA/FSA funds work at most.
Only if you want insurance to pay. Self-pay booking at Alta View Hospital needs no referral for either scan type; an insurance-billed bone density exam does need your physician to order it first.
Often, yes, but only for bone density. If a physician orders the scan as medically necessary, say after a referral from a doctor at a Salt Lake County health system like Intermountain Alta View Hospital, insurance usually covers it. Body composition scans booked for fitness reasons are self-pay. HSA and FSA cards work for both.
Yes. Nothing is injected and nothing encloses you: at Alta View Hospital you lie on an open table for 10-15 minutes while the scanner arm passes overhead. The X-ray dose is roughly a tenth of a chest X-ray.
One scan in Sandy produces your body fat percentage, a limb-by-limb lean mass breakdown, a visceral fat reading, and bone mineral density. That combination is why a DEXA report replaces a stack of separate measurements, including the bone-density study a Intermountain Alta View Hospital physician would order on its own.
Plan on 30 minutes in Sandy — check-in, then 10-15 minutes on the table at Alta View Hospital. Results follow within 24 hours, so a morning scan is a next-day answer.
No difference at all. "DXA" is the abbreviation radiology departments like Intermountain Alta View Hospital use; "DEXA" is the one patients search for. Both name dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and both describe what you would book in Sandy.
Imaging and body-composition facilities across the Sandy metro. Hours and pricing change, so call ahead before you drive out.
9660 S 1300 E, W130
Sandy, UT 84094
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11075 S State St, Suite 21
Sandy, UT 84070
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