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Interesting article - combining calcium and vit d
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@jozer A CTX (C-telopeptide) test measures the rate of bone resorption, which is the speed at which your body breaks down bone tissue. Both of your scores are considered "low normal." Yay! Wow, that's expensive. I got one early and it was $236.
If you do not use insurance, healthcare facilities are legally required to give you a Good Faith Estimate for a DEXA scan, as long as you schedule it at least three business days in advance. If you are using health insurance to pay for the scan, however, providers are not federally required to give you this specific legal document yet, though you can still ask them for a regular cost estimate.
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@babs10 Interesting about the legal Good Faith Estimate...I also have another problem in that most facilities (I need to call a few more) absolutely require a doc's referral...and the referral he gave me is for the place I have had previous DEXA scans at. They are the ones who forwarded me to a call center to get an estimate for private pay. Call center doesn't do a written estimate. Two phone calls; two different prices. So the search continues! I will call a few other facilities (I also want TBS; my current DEXA center doesn't have that) to see if I can get a scan even without a doc's referral (since he said he doesn't need one medically; BTM markers tell him the meds are working) OR ask him to refer me to a different scan center. That should go over well! How and where did you get yours? Maybe a road trip!