Not sure how you can get one every year - other than private pay - had one in 4/2024, results sent me to an endo, did Fosamax for about a year; had another Dexa in 4/2025, Reclast infusion 7/2025 (took a couple months to work up the courage to get the infusion!), 4/2026 appointment and found out Dexa is every 2 years; so I will not know T scores until 2027. I may have been borderline between private employee health insurance (through hubby) and Medicare start. I would be very willing to pay for something (DEXA, REMS, whatever for my peace of mind) and my doc did give me a referral (necessary in my area) but my Dexa center can't give me a straight answer...$400 to $1200, depending on discounts, etc. I would like to go somewhere else but again, I would need a referral for medical DEXA. Very disheartening (especially after doing Reclast, which I was told was a great, powerful, improve your bone health dramatically drug) after anxiously waiting a year for what I thought would be my yearly DEXA. Oh well; doc says it isn't really necessary because the treatment protocol would not change, and very doubtful my T scores would improve so much that I would not need another infusion. Unfortunately, I was told that it was possible I would only need one infusion (possible, not probable) and I naively thought a DEXA would be required to show that. So another year of waiting and worrying. You'd think there would be a better way!