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DEXA Scan in Los Angeles

A low-dose X-ray scan of your bones, muscle and fat, and 4 clinics in Los Angeles that list it.

Time: 10 to 30 minutes Lying still on a table
What you do: Lie still while it scans No injection, no tunnel
You get: Bone density scores Often with a body composition report

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A DEXA scan uses a very low dose of X-rays to measure your bone density. You lie still on a padded table in everyday clothes, as long as nothing has metal in it, while a scanning arm passes slowly over you.

Bone density scanning is established care for osteoporosis screening at the ages guidelines set. The same scan can also split your weight into fat, lean tissue and bone, and many people use that part as a baseline to track as they train or change how they eat.

Physical activity in Los Angeles, by the numbers

The rate of physical inactivity in Los Angeles is a bit higher than the national rate. In Los Angeles, 26.2% of adults did no physical activity outside work in the past month, compared with 25.1% nationally. That adds up to roughly 2,020,000 adults in Los Angeles County.

26.2%of adults in Los Angeles did no physical activity outside work in the past monthUS: 25.1%

2,020,000adults in Los Angeles did no physical activity outside work in the past monthEstimated from CDC county figures

4Los Angeles clinics list DEXA scansSee them below

Los Angeles vs the US

Share of adults, 2023

CDC estimates. PLACES figures are modelled from a national health survey, not counted from medical records, so read them as estimates.

No exercise outside workLos Angeles

26.2%

United States

25.1%

ObesityLos Angeles

26.5%

United States

33.2%

Serious difficulty walkingLos Angeles

14.6%

United States

13.8%

↓ Data

Source: CDC PLACES, 2023 county estimates. Los Angeles = Los Angeles County, weighted by adult population.

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Showing 4 clinics that list DEXA scans in Los Angeles

Radiologist-led preventive imaging practice whose ZeroRad whole-body MRI runs without radiation or contrast, alongside coronary CT, virtual colonoscopy and DEXA.

Smart Heart and Health Preventive Imaging

Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica

Heart & circulationCancer risk & screeningWhole-body baseline

Smart Heart and Health is a Santa Monica preventive imaging practice led by neuroradiologist Bradley Jabour, MD, with a nuclear medicine director alongside him. Its ZeroRad whole-body MRI images head to upper thigh with no radiation and no contrast, and the practice publishes a coronary CT angiogram that can run the same day, plus virtual colonoscopy, low-dose lung CT, prostate MRI and DEXA.

Tests & services

Coronary calcium score DEXA scan Full-body MRI Brain MRI with volumetrics +5 more

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Longevity center of a national brand, built around a performance health assessment and a hormone and coaching program, with one named physician.

Cenegenics Beverly Hills

Camden Drive, Beverly Hills

Whole-body baselineAdvanced diagnostics & emerging careGenetics & biological age

Cenegenics Beverly Hills is the Camden Drive center of a national longevity brand, with one center physician and four performance health coaches named on its page. The center lists VO2 max, DEXA, Advanced CCTA analyzed by Cleerly, CIMT, a brain EEG, a 3D MSK scan and genetic and micronutrient testing, alongside hormone therapy, shockwave therapy and therapeutic plasma exchange. Led by Taylor Martin, MD.

Tests & services

DEXA scan VO₂ max testing Carotid ultrasound Genetic & genomic testing +6 more

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Concierge internal medicine practice led by its founding physician, offering telomere testing, executive physicals and in-office heart, lung and imaging tests.

My Concierge MD

Beverly Hills, Westside

Advanced diagnostics & emerging careWhole-body baselineGenetics & biological age

My Concierge MD is a concierge internal medicine practice on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills, led by its founder, Dr. David Nazarian, MD. It offers telomere testing and executive physicals, and its own office runs cardiac stress testing, echocardiography, ultrasound, pulmonary function and bone density testing. Care also covers hormone therapy, GLP-1 weight care, IV and NAD therapy, house calls and telemedicine. Led by Dr. David Nazarian.

Tests & services

Comprehensive biomarker panel DEXA scan GLP-1 weight loss program Peptide therapy +10 more

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Executive physical practice run by a board-certified internist, bringing stress testing, bone density scans and lab work into one visit.

University Executive Physical Program

Westside

Whole-body baselineStrength, fitness & body compositionCancer risk & screening

University Executive Physical Program is a Westside Los Angeles practice where board-certified internist Dr. Shawn Veiseh, MD, offers executive physicals, annual physicals and concierge primary care. The executive physical brings a cardiac stress test, cardiopulmonary assessments, bone density scans and laboratory analysis into one visit, and the practice also lists whole-body CT, coronary CT and VO2 max testing. Led by Dr. Shawn Veiseh.

Tests & services

Coronary calcium score DEXA scan VO₂ max testing IV vitamin therapy +10 more

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DEXA Scan: common questions

Which clinics in Los Angeles list DEXA scans?

4 in our Los Angeles guide: Smart Heart and Health Preventive Imaging, Cenegenics Beverly Hills, My Concierge MD and University Executive Physical Program.

How do I prepare for a DEXA scan?

Skip calcium supplements for at least a day beforehand and wear clothes with no metal zips or buttons. Each clinic sends its own instructions.

What do the T-score and Z-score mean?

A T-score compares your bone density with a healthy young adult. A Z-score compares it with people of your own age and size. Your report usually shows both.

How much radiation is it?

Very little: less than a tenth of a standard chest X-ray, and less than a day of natural background radiation.

Sources: ACR and RSNA, RadiologyInfo: Bone Density Scan (DEXA); U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures, Screening