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Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic review: cost, what you get and follow-up

Northwestern Medicine’s Human Longevity Clinic is an academic medical program in Chicago with a half-day baseline, physician interpretation, exercise and nutrition input, then a six-month repeat visit. TIME reported a $4,200 price in 2025; Northwestern’s own pages say the service is self-pay but do not currently publish an amount. That follow-up structure makes it more substantial than a one-off biological-age test.

What we checked

Price, program scope, clinician time and follow-up.

We checked the provider’s current program pages and, where available, independent or regulatory sources listed below. We then separated standard inclusions from optional costs and open questions. Every source carries the date we reviewed it.

The short answer

Is Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic worth considering?

Publicly reported price

Northwestern is compelling for someone who wants a hospital-based preventive workup with a defined six-month return visit. The strongest part of the public program is not its biological-age language, but its conventional testing, named medical leadership and follow-up. Confirm the current price and which specialist care sits outside the program.

Published price
$4,200 reported by TIME · official site says self-pay
Service type
Academic medical clinic
Where
Chicago, Illinois
Information checked
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At a glance

The facts that change the decision

Service
Self-pay academic preventive program
Format
Initial half-day assessment, physician follow-up and six-month reassessment
Testing
Laboratory, body composition, cardiopulmonary, cognitive and selected biological-age measures
Price
$4,200 reported by TIME; verify the current amount directly with Northwestern

Best fit

  • A buyer who prefers an academic medical center to a venture-backed clinic.
  • Someone who wants exercise, nutrition and physician review around a broad baseline.
  • A patient able to return to Chicago for the six-month repeat visit.

Ask before booking

  • What is the current all-in self-pay price?
  • Is the six-month reassessment included in that price?
  • Which abnormal findings are managed inside Northwestern and which require a new referral?
  • Which biological-age tests have a defined clinical action attached to the result?

Choose something else if

  • You need ordinary primary care, urgent care or disease treatment rather than a preventive program.
  • You cannot return for the planned six-month reassessment.
  • You would treat a biological-age result as a diagnosis or guaranteed forecast.

What the Northwestern program includes

Northwestern describes a half-day initial visit with multi-system testing, a physician consultation, exercise-physiology input and dietitian guidance. Its test list includes ApoB and Lp(a), DEXA, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, neurocognitive measures and several newer biological-age tools. The practical value sits in how the conventional risk findings are interpreted, not in any single age score.

Northwestern Longevity Clinic cost

The official site says the program is not covered by insurance but does not publish a current price. TIME reported $4,200 in 2025. Treat that as a dated public reference, not a quote. Ask whether follow-up laboratory work, imaging, specialist consultations and the six-month repeat assessment are all included.

Follow-up is the differentiator

Northwestern lays out a physician follow-up after the first assessment, a repeat visit at about six months and another physician discussion. That is a stronger public care path than many premium scans disclose. It still matters who coordinates a finding that requires cardiology, oncology or another specialty and whether those appointments are billed separately.

What biological age can and cannot tell you

The clinic itself says biological age is not a substitute for medical advice. Epigenetic clocks and retinal or other machine-learning estimates can be interesting research measures, but they are not interchangeable and do not diagnose a disease. Ask which result changes a real care decision before giving an age score too much weight.

Northwestern vs Mayo and Cleveland Clinic

Northwestern is explicitly framed around longevity and a six-month reassessment. Mayo and Cleveland offer established executive-health programs with broad specialist access but less public longevity language. Compare current all-in prices, the number of physician meetings and whether repeat testing is built into the fee.

Closest alternatives

Compare Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic with services built for a similar decision

Hospital executive health · Rochester · Scottsdale · Jacksonville · LondonMayo Clinic Executive HealthCurrent price by individual estimateHospital executive health · Cleveland, Ohio · Weston, FloridaCleveland Clinic Executive HealthCurrent all-in price by quote · 2024 core charge was $1,346 plus testsDiagnostic clinic · San Diego · South San FranciscoHuman Longevity$599 Genomics · $8,000 Executive Health · $12,000 100+ Care · $19,000 100+ Concierge · $3,900 Whole Body MRI

Questions people ask about Northwestern Medicine Human Longevity Clinic

How much does the Northwestern Human Longevity Clinic cost?

TIME reported a $4,200 price in 2025. Northwestern currently describes the clinic as self-pay without publishing an amount, so confirm the current total directly.

What happens at the Northwestern Longevity Clinic?

The public program describes a half-day baseline with laboratory, body-composition, exercise, cognitive and selected biological-age testing, followed by physician interpretation and a six-month reassessment.

Does insurance cover the Northwestern Longevity Clinic?

Northwestern says the Human Longevity Clinic is not covered by insurance. Ask whether any medically indicated follow-up can be billed separately through normal care.

Is the Northwestern program a replacement for primary care?

No. It is a preventive assessment program. Northwestern says biological-age information is not a substitute for medical advice, and ongoing care still needs clear ownership.

Sources checked for this profile

Agewell is an independent buyer’s guide, not a medical provider. Screening and treatment decisions should be made with a qualified clinician who knows your history.

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