Question 371 of 433
What do the high-end membership clinics offer?
The short answer
A day or more of intensive testing each year, a physician with time, and a team that follows you. Prices run from several thousand dollars to more than $100,000 a year.
Typical packages include whole-body and brain MRI, a CT scan of the heart arteries read by AI software, genome sequencing, bone and body composition scanning, a cancer blood test, hundreds of blood markers, and fitness testing. Published prices in 2026 range from roughly $7,500 to $23,500 a year at the best-known American programs. A fitness-club version costs about $40,000 a year. One New York practice lists memberships up to $250,000.
Several of these companies report that 14 or 15 percent of apparently healthy members have a “serious” or “urgent” finding. Those figures come from the companies and have not been independently verified, and they do not tell you how many findings led to treatment that helped versus surgery or worry that did not.
What these clinics do well is time and follow-through. A doctor who spends ninety minutes with you and calls you back is worth a great deal. What I question is whether that requires a brain MRI.
“This book is for education. It is not medical advice, and reading it does not make you my patient or create a doctor-patient relationship.” From the book’s medical disclaimer. Full disclaimer
SERVICE DESCRIPTION — Membership attention may be useful; screening-package net benefit is not established.Evidence grade (draft mapping)Grade pendingPart 25, Q371 · Part sources
From Longevity Unmasked by Afshine Ash Emrani, MD, FACC. Medical disclaimer. This book is for education. It is not medical advice, and reading it does not make you my patient or create a doctor-patient relationship. Nothing here is meant to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Medicine is personal: a test, drug, supplement, or exercise plan that helps one person can harm another. Do not start, stop, or change any medication or treatment because of something you read in these pages. Talk with a licensed clinician who knows your history first. If you think you are having a medical emergency, call 911. The author disclaims responsibility for any loss or harm arising from use of the information in this book.