From $1,950 · 60 minutes
Est. national average $3,200
A non-contrast, radiation-free MRI survey from head to upper thighs that looks for unsuspected tumors, aneurysms and organ disease. Finds something in about 95% of people and a confirmed cancer in about 1%. Not recommended by the ACR for people without symptoms or risk factors.
From $650 · 30 minutes
Est. national average $1,600
A radiation-free look at the brain and its arteries for aneurysms, tumors, silent strokes and white-matter change. Incidental findings turn up in about 1 in 37 scans, most of them harmless. No guideline body recommends it for people without symptoms.
From $149 · 15 minutes
Est. national average $450
A fast, non-contrast CT that measures calcified plaque in the coronary arteries and reports an Agatston score. The ACC/AHA say it is reasonable when a statin decision is uncertain; a score of zero is the strongest known marker of low risk.
From $299 · 15 minutes
Est. national average $650
Annual screening for adults 50 to 80 with a 20 pack-year smoking history. The only imaging test proven in randomized trials to cut lung cancer deaths, by 20% in the National Lung Screening Trial.
From $850 · 45 minutes
Est. national average $2,100
The reference standard for heart structure and function: chamber volumes, ejection fraction, valve flow and scar in the muscle, with no radiation. A diagnostic test for symptoms and known disease, not a guideline-backed screen; it does not image the coronary arteries well.
From $750 · 30 minutes
Est. national average $1,800
Contrast CT that shows the coronary arteries themselves: soft and calcified plaque and how narrowed each vessel is, graded CAD-RADS 0 to 5. A Class I test for people with chest pain; not a guideline-recommended screen for people without symptoms.
From $99 · 20 minutes
Est. national average $225
Measures bone mineral density at the hip and spine to diagnose osteoporosis, and can measure body fat and lean mass. The lowest-dose X-ray test in medicine.
From $199 · 30 minutes
Est. national average $400
Radiation-free imaging of the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys and aorta. Includes the one-time abdominal aortic aneurysm check guidelines recommend for older men who have smoked.
From $149 · 20 minutes
Est. national average $375
A radiation-free look at the thyroid for nodules, cysts and goiter, graded by the ACR TI-RADS system. Best used to evaluate a known lump or abnormal blood test rather than as routine screening, which the USPSTF advises against.
From $129 · 20 minutes
Est. national average $240
A head-to-toe skin exam by a dermatologist with a dermatoscope for melanoma, basal and squamous cell cancers. Melanoma caught while localized has a 5-year survival over 99%; the USPSTF rates population screening "insufficient evidence", not against.
From $199 · Results in 3 days
Est. national average $460
Dozens of biomarkers from one draw: lipids with ApoB and Lp(a), HbA1c and fasting insulin, hs-CRP, liver, kidney, thyroid, blood count, ferritin and vitamin D. Screening and tracking, not diagnosis; some markers carry strong guideline support and others none.
From $749 · Results in 2 weeks
Est. national average $949
One blood draw screened for a DNA methylation signal shared by more than 50 cancer types. Very few false positives, but it misses most stage I cancers and the only randomized trial did not cut late-stage diagnoses. Not FDA approved and not in any guideline.