Can you get a Biomarker Audit without joining the membership? No. The audit is built as the measurement half of a clinical relationship and selling it as a standalone report would break the thing that makes it worth running. Here is the honest reasoning, what the panel actually includes and what to do if you want the labs without the membership.
- The Biomarker Audit is not sold standalone. The membership is the only door to it.
- A panel without a clinician is a data product, not medicine.
- The audit reads nine biomarkers as one picture, four times a year.
- The membership is one flat $299 per month, with $598 held on your card at sign-up and charged only once the clinician accepts you.
- Anyone who wants labs without a relationship has alternatives and we name them honestly.
The design logic, stated plainly
The Biomarker Audit reads Hs-CRP, Comprehensive Metabolic Panel, TSH With Reflex To Free T4, Fasting Insulin, Lipoprotein (A), Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), Lipid Panel, Standard, Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) and CBC (Includes Differential And Platelets). Hormone tests are ordered by your clinician when there is a reason and are not part of the panel. Every one of those results is read by your clinician against your symptoms and your history.
That reading is the product. A panel without a clinician is a data product. You receive a PDF, maybe a biological age and no one to change anything. The market is full of those now and the consumer can buy them cheaply, which is exactly why we will not join that market. Selling the audit standalone would put our name on a report nobody acts on and the clinical value of the audit is that somebody acts on it.
What the panel measures and why it repeats every 90 days
The biomarkers in the audit were chosen because they carry prognostic weight and they move on a quarterly timescale. ApoB and Lp(a) carry cardiovascular risk. HbA1c reflects roughly a ninety day average of blood sugar, which is why the cadence matches the biology. Fasting insulin reveals insulin resistance years before glucose moves. hs-CRP is the inflammation signal. The thyroid and hormone panels close the loop on the endocrine systems that interact with everything else.
A single draw is a snapshot and four a year show how your markers move over time. The audit repeats because the biomarkers it reads move on a quarterly timescale.
A panel without a clinician is a data product. The audit is worth running because somebody reads it and changes something.
What the membership looks like, plainly
The Cardiometabolic Optimization Membership is one flat $299 per month covering the clinical relationship and four Biomarker Audits a year. It starts with a two month commitment paid as a single $598 charge covering the first two months together, including the intake and the first audit. From month three it is month to month and you can cancel anytime.
Medication is the second charge and it is always separate. Any prescription is written to the pharmacy you choose and billed at that pharmacy's own price. GoodLife Health sets nothing, sees nothing and takes nothing on medication. The membership fee is the same whatever medication is indicated and whatever the dose.
If you want the labs without the relationship
Honesty requires naming the alternatives. Broad cash-pay lab services sell panels without a clinician relationship. Many local hospital systems and independent labs sell individual tests cash-pay at a patient service center. You can order an ApoB or an HbA1c directly through those channels today.
What you will not get from any of them is a clinician who reads the panel against your history and changes the protocol at the next quarterly draw. If that is what you want, the audit lives inside the membership and the membership is the only door.
Who this is not for
If you want a one-time panel, a PDF and a biological age, buy the testing service. It exists for exactly that need and it does it cheaply. If you want a clinician who reads your panel and changes your protocol four times a year, that is the membership and the audit is not available outside it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you get a Biomarker Audit without joining the membership?
No. The audit is built as the measurement half of a clinical relationship. Its value is that a clinician reads it against your history and adjusts the protocol. Selling it standalone would put our name on a report nobody acts on.
What biomarkers does the Biomarker Audit include?
ApoB, Lp(a), hs-CRP, HbA1c, fasting insulin, a full lipid panel, a comprehensive metabolic panel, a CBC with differential and platelets and TSH with reflex to free T4, with hormone panels added when the clinical picture calls for them.
How often does the audit run?
Every 90 days, four times a year, included in the flat fee. Labs beyond the quarterly cadence are billed at pass-through cost.
What does the membership cost?
One flat $299 per month, starting with a single $598 charge covering the first two months together. From month three it is month to month and you can cancel anytime.
Is medication included in the fee?
No. The fee covers the clinician and four audits a year. Medication is billed by your pharmacy separately at pharmacy cost with zero markup on our side.
What if I just want the labs?
Buy them cash-pay from a testing service or a local lab. That is a legitimate choice. What you will not get is the clinical relationship that reads the panel and changes the protocol and that relationship is the membership.
How fast can I start?
The eligibility check takes a few minutes and a clinician reviews every application. If accepted, the first draw can be booked within days and results return in 9 to 13 days. You are never charged unless you are accepted into care.
One last thing
The question underneath is whether a number without a clinician attached is medicine. We think it is a data product and the market is full of them at low prices. If you want the number, the market will sell it to you cheaply. If you want the number to mean something, the audit lives inside the membership.
Related Guides
- What a Biomarker Audit includes
- Does a Biomarker Audit replace a standard annual physical?
- Cardiometabolic Optimization: the definitive guide
- Direct primary care explained
References
- Direct Primary Care: Practice Distribution and Cost Across the Nation, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 2015. PubMed 26546651
- Lipoprotein(a) in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and aortic stenosis: a European Atherosclerosis Society consensus statement, 2022. PubMed 36036785
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about the A1C test. cdc.gov