DEXA Scans in South Charleston, WV

Thomas Memorial Hospital at 4605 MacCorkle Ave SW, the WVU Medicine Thomas Hospitals campus in the Spring Hill section, performs DEXA scans through its medical imaging department. Dexascans.com verifies the location and books your appointment for you. Text or call (786) 420-6630 to get scheduled.

Booked through Dexascans.com, a body composition scan runs $149, a bone density test is $199, and the complete health package (body composition, bone density, and visceral fat) is $249. HSA and FSA cards are accepted for all three.

Not for a body composition scan, that's a self-pay wellness service you can book directly through Dexascans.com. A physician's order matters mainly if you want insurance to pay for a medically indicated bone density test. Either way, one text to (786) 420-6630 starts the process.

Bone density scans are often covered when a physician's order documents medical necessity, and Medicare covers screening DXA, relevant in a state with as many retirees as West Virginia. Body composition scanning is considered wellness testing, so it's self-pay at the $149 Dexascans.com rate.

Yes. The dose is roughly one-tenth of a standard chest X-ray, well under what a day of ordinary background radiation. You'd absorb more simply going about a normal week in the Kanawha Valley. That low dose is why DEXA is routinely repeated every few months to track progress.

One pass on the table quantifies three things: bone mineral density, lean muscle and fat mass mapped by body region, and visceral fat around your organs. It's the same X-ray technology hospitals rely on for osteoporosis diagnosis, applied to a full picture of your body composition.

Plan on about 30 minutes door to door, with only 10-15 minutes of that spent lying on the scanner table. You stay fully clothed and nothing touches you. Results land within 24 hours, so you'll have your numbers before your next trip down MacCorkle Avenue.

Considerably. Bioimpedance devices like InBody estimate composition from an electrical signal and can swing 5-8% based on hydration alone, while DEXA images tissue directly at roughly ±1-2% accuracy. DEXA also adds bone density and visceral fat, two measurements no gym scanner provides.

Yes, take Jefferson Road (WV-601) from the Corridor G retail area down to the I-64 Exit 54 interchange, where it meets MacCorkle Avenue near the hospital campus. Coming from downtown or the Criel Mound instead, it's a straight two-mile run southwest on US-60. Free parking is available on the hospital grounds.

You can stay on your side of the river. Thomas Memorial performs DEXA right on MacCorkle Ave SW in Spring Hill, which usually beats fighting bridge traffic into Charleston proper. Book through Dexascans.com at (786) 420-6630 and the whole errand stays inside city limits.