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I got a full body bone scan and it costed around 4,000, give or take.
The main purpose of a DEXA scan is to measure bone marrow density. It can be used to look at the spine and all extremities, including arms, hands, fingers, legs, feet and toes.
A bone scan, or x-ray is simply a different type of scan than an MRI. No kind of scan is better than another, it simply depends what the scan is trying to ascertain.
It depends on what the problem with the elbow is. If it is a bone related injury then the CT scan will show more detail but if the problem is with the muscles or ligaments, then the MRI Scan will be more useful.
A computed tomography scan (CT scan) will show inflammation and fluid within the airspaces of the mastoid, as well as the erosion of the little walls of bone that should separate the air spaces.
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A bone scan can show if a bone is healthy or if it is losing strength and density by becoming porous.
Almost all the centres, which do CT scan, can do the whole body scan, probably.
There are a few different tests which are used to check for osteoporosis. The most common is the DEXA scan. Other methods are blood tests and bone densitometry.
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Ask your doctor for a bone density scan.
I got a full body bone scan and it costed around 4,000, give or take.
no I have BCBS Open Access and had 2 different scans. First was a Triple Phase Bone Scan and second was a DEXA Scan last Friday. BCBS covered all of the bill. Without prior approval.
John R. Cameron is credited with inventing a way to study bone density. Following this, companies were able to develop bone densitometers and now bone scans.
Depends where you live. You have not told us that so we cannot answer your question.