Please note new prices effective September 1, 2023
Payment
We are unable to accept insurance as payment for any of our services. Payment can be made via credit card on our online portal once you have scheduled your appointment. Testing hours are 8am-3pm M-F. However, there is limited availability for public scans on a weekly basis due to other research demands.
- $99 DEXA-Total Body Scan, Body Composition Only
- Prior to scheduling, we will need a signed script from your physician: DEXA scheduling form (PDF). Once you have sent your script, feel free to reach out to schedule
- To Schedule an appointment please email Teryn Bedell at bedell.387@osu.edu or Madison Kackley at kackley.19@osu.edu **Response times to requests may take up to a week**
- Prior to scheduling, we will need a signed script from your physician: DEXA scheduling form (PDF). Once you have sent your script, feel free to reach out to schedule
Body composition refers to the percentages of body weight that are comprised of fat and lean tissue. Percent body fat is important for health-related fitness because individuals who have an excess amount of body fat are at greater risk of developing chronic diseases including cancer, coronary artery disease, hypertension, non-insulin-dependent diabetes and osteoarthritis. Body composition is more useful and descriptive than body mass index (BMI) because it discerns between fat and non-fat tissue in the body.
The recommended level of percent body fat varies according to age and sex. In general, a percent body fat greater than 25% for men and greater than 30% for women is considered “overfat”. Recommended levels of percent body fat are higher for women than for men because women naturally have a higher amount of “essential” body fat, which is a function of their reproductive physiology.
DEXA scheduling form (PDF)
DEXA
Clinicians today consider dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) to be exceptional for measuring body composition because it accurately shows exactly where fat is distributed throughout the body. Lunar DXA systems directly measure and calculate total fat, lean and bone tissue instead of only estimating body composition.