Neko Health vs Ezra vs Fountain Life: Which Health Scan Is Right for You? (2026)
Whole-body health scanning went from fringe biohacker territory to a billion-dollar category in about three years. Neko Health closed a $700 million Series C with 100,000 people already scanned. Function Health acquired MRI-scanning startup Ezra and took on $450 million in growth financing. Tony Robbins and Peter Diamandis built Fountain Life into a concierge longevity network. Even Midjourney — the AI image company — is building a body scanner for 2027.
All three leading providers will tell you their approach is the future of preventive health. They're each right — for different people. Here's the honest breakdown.
The comparison at a glance
| Neko Health | Ezra (Function Health) | Fountain Life | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology | Non-invasive sensor scan + bloodwork (no MRI tube) | Full-body MRI + 100+ lab biomarkers | Full-body/brain MRI, coronary CT, genome, MCED blood tests |
| Price | $499 per scan | Varies (scan + membership) | Up to $19,500/yr (APEX) |
| Time | ~60 minutes, results same visit | ~1 hour scan, report in days | Half-day assessment, ongoing care |
| Strength | Skin, heart, circulation, blood — fast and affordable | Early cancer detection via imaging | Depth: everything, plus a physician team year-round |
| Locations | Sweden, UK, NYC (2026) | US, multiple cities | FL, NY, TX |
Choose Neko Health if…
You want an affordable, fast annual baseline and you're near a clinic. At $499 it's the lowest-friction entry into preventive scanning, and the same-visit doctor consult is genuinely rare in this industry. What it isn't: an MRI. Neko's sensor array maps your skin, heart, and vascular system, but it is not imaging deep organs for tumors.
Choose Ezra if…
Early cancer detection is your primary concern. Full-body MRI is the tool built for finding solid tumors early, and Ezra paired with Function Health's biomarker panel gives you imaging plus blood chemistry in one ecosystem. The trade-offs: higher cost than Neko, an hour in an MRI machine, and the well-documented incidental-finding problem — MRIs find things that turn out to be nothing, and chasing them has real costs.
Choose Fountain Life if…
You want the full concierge experience and price isn't the constraint. APEX membership stacks essentially every modality — MRI, coronary CT angiography, whole genome sequencing, multi-cancer early-detection blood tests — with a longevity physician team that follows you all year. It's the most complete offering on the market, at a price that makes it a considered purchase.
The honest bottom line
There is no single "best" scan — there's a best scan for your goals, risk profile, geography, and budget. A 34-year-old with no family history has a different answer than a 55-year-old with cardiac risk factors. That's the entire reason HealthScan.com exists: we're the independent layer that helps you match, not the clinic trying to sell you its own machine.
Related reading: Are full-body scans worth it? and Full-body MRI, explained.
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