I’ve heard of a thorough exam, but this full-body MRI scan takes your yearly physical to a whole new level.
A new company named Prenuvo has created a full-body MRI that takes about 1 hour to complete the scan, then the patient typically receives their results, which are reviewed by one of the company’s 30 licensed radiologists, within 5-10 business days.
The company has already opened 9 clinics in the U.S. and Canada. There’s so much demand that the 5-year-old Silicon Valley-based company has announced 11 more locations opening by 2024, including one in London and another in Sydney.
Before you get too excited and rush to book your own full-body scan you should know they have a back-log of 3-5 months, and the costs aren’t cheap and typically aren’t covered by your insurance either.
The full-body exam costs $2,500, and they also offer a lower-cost head and torso scan for $1,800, with a scan of just the torso for $1,000.
So far the company has raised $70 million in a funding round led by Felicis Ventures. Plenty of celebrities and business people have invested in the company, or in the case of Kim Kardashian she called Prenuvo a “life saving machine” in an August post on Instagram that’s generated more than 3.4 million likes. Actress and model Cindy Crawford is an investor, alongside Google ex-Chairman Eric Schmidt, 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki and Nest Labs founder Tony Fadell.
Scan me up for that.
Patients are lining up for $2,500 full-body MRI scans that can detect cancer early