DEXA Scans in Seattle, WA

Seattle's published DEXA location is DexaFit Seattle at 111 W John St, Seattle, WA 98119, in Lower Queen Anne (Uptown), a few blocks west of Seattle Center and the Space Needle. It is a direct-book body-composition lab — and it is an easy trip from Capitol Hill or South Lake Union, about ten to fifteen minutes west via Denny Way or Mercer Street. Text or call (786) 420-6630 to book through Dexascans.com.

Actual measurements instead of estimates: total and regional body fat percentage, lean muscle mass by arm, leg, and trunk, visceral fat around your organs, and bone mineral density with T-scores and Z-scores. A wrist wearable infers; DEXA measures tissue directly with low-dose X-ray, accurate to within 1-2%.

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

No — the Lower Queen Anne lab is direct-book, and body composition DEXA never requires a physician. The only time an order matters is when you want a bone density exam billed to insurance for osteoporosis screening; that route runs through physician-referred hospital radiology. A self-pay scan requires nothing but an appointment.

No. The dose is about one tenth of a chest X-ray — less than a normal day of background radiation — which is why DEXA is the standard for repeat screening. You lie on an open table, fully clothed, for 10-15 minutes; nothing encloses you and nothing touches you.

Yes, but not at the wellness lab. DexaFit Seattle's scan is body-composition focused (it includes a bone mineral density reading); a formal diagnostic hip-and-spine osteoporosis exam billed to insurance is performed by hospital radiology departments — UW Medicine, Swedish, and Virginia Mason Franciscan Health all run them — with a physician's order. Medicare covers screening DXA for qualifying patients. A self-pay bone density test through Dexascans.com is $199 with no referral.

Budget about 30 minutes total; the scan itself is 10-15 minutes on an open table. Full results — body fat, regional lean mass, visceral fat, bone density — arrive within 24 hours, quick enough to schedule around a workday in South Lake Union or a morning run at Green Lake.

Meaningfully so. InBody and similar bioimpedance devices push a current through your body and estimate composition from resistance, which drifts 5-8% with hydration, food, and recent workouts. DEXA reads tissue directly via X-ray attenuation and holds ±1-2% scan to scan — and it is the only consumer-accessible technology that also reports bone mineral density.

From Ballard, take 15th Ave W south over the Ballard Bridge toward Elliott Ave W; from Green Lake or Wallingford, Aurora Ave N (Highway 99) runs straight south, and drivers on WA-99 use the Western Avenue exit. The lab at 111 W John St sits a few blocks west of Seattle Center, so the Space Needle makes a reliable landmark from almost anywhere.

The city's data-inclined: tech workers from South Lake Union and downtown quantifying visceral fat that desk years accumulate, runners and cyclists from the Green Lake loop and Burke-Gilman Trail verifying that training is building muscle rather than burning it, and adults over 50 getting a bone density baseline — with hospital radiology at systems like UW Medicine handling the physician-ordered diagnostic follow-up when a number warrants it.