Some of the country's most prestigious nonprofit health systems are now selling longevity programs that patients pay for entirely out of pocket. A STAT report published Oct. 6 found that Northwestern Medicine, Weill Cornell, and Mayo Clinic have launched cash-pay longevity clinics, with costs at major hospitals ranging from a $5,500 annual package at Northwestern in Chicago to as much as $45,000 a year.
STAT reported that some critics "question how to reconcile the clinics' high out-of-pocket costs with hospitals' nonprofit status and charitable missions," and that some programs offer tests that "lack sufficient evidence showing they actually improve people's health."
