Find it while
it’s stillsmall.
A 55-minute whole-body MRI on a 3T magnet, read twice by fellowship-trained radiologists. No radiation. No contrast dye. Most cancers we find are found before they can be felt.
- 1,200+
- scans performed since 2023
- 1 in 19
- members had a clinically significant finding
- 55 min
- in-bore, no contrast, no radiation
- 5 days
- median time to a radiologist-signed report
COR HASTE 28/40
TE 92 · TR 1400
AX T2 FS · SAG T2
FOV head→thigh
The hardware
Two 3T suites, running one protocol.
Whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging is the sequence that makes screening MRI worth doing — cellular density lights up before anatomy distorts. We run it the same way, on the same magnets, every time, so this year’s study is directly comparable to last year’s.
Siemens MAGNETOM Vida 3T
BioMatrix sensors, 60-channel coil array, 70cm open bore
GE SIGNA Premier 3T
AIR Recon DL reconstruction, deep-learning denoising
- 01Whole-body diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)
- 02T1 / T2-weighted anatomic series
- 03Time-of-flight MR angiography (brain + neck)
- 04MR cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
- 05Dixon fat–water separation, liver & visceral fat quantification
No gadolinium. No iodinated contrast. No ionizing radiation — a whole-body NovoScan delivers a radiation dose of exactly zero, compared with roughly 10 mSv for a comparable CT survey.
Coverage
Head to mid-thigh, 18 regions.
And the part most screening companies skip: a written account of what the scan cannot see. Your report names the exclusions and the conventional screenings you should keep on schedule.
Not covered by MRI
Colon polyps, small lung nodules under ~6mm, skin lesions, microcalcifications on mammography. Keep your colonoscopy, low-dose chest CT, dermatology and mammogram schedules.
How it works
Four steps, and a real doctor at the end of them.
Intake, online
A 9-minute health history and a short call with a NovoScan nurse practitioner. We confirm you’re a candidate and flag anything worth imaging closely.
~15 min, from home
The scan
55 minutes on a 3T magnet. Street clothes without metal are fine. No contrast dye, no IV, no ionizing radiation. Noise-cancelling headphones and your own playlist.
75 min at the clinic
Two radiologists read it
Every study is read by a fellowship-trained radiologist and independently over-read by a second. Our software pre-registers your series so year-over-year change is measured, not eyeballed.
5 business days
Results, explained
A 45-minute video consult with a NovoScan physician who walks through every image with you, plus a plain-English report and, if needed, a referral into our NYC specialist network.
Scheduled within 48h of your report
Your report
Graded findings, in English.
Every observation is graded, dated and closed out — benign findings are named as benign rather than left hanging. Come back next year and your series are co-registered, so change is measured in millimetres instead of remembered.
- Signed by two radiologists, independently
- Full DICOM export — the images are yours
- Year-over-year change detection on every organ
- Direct referral into NYC academic specialists
Axial T2 FS · SER 28/45
Read A. Mercer, MD · Over-read P. Venkataraman, MD
Pricing
One number, everything included.
HSA and FSA accepted. No membership required, no facility fee, no surprise bill for the consult.
Torso
$1,650
one-time
Chest, abdomen and pelvis. A focused first look.
- Whole-torso DWI + anatomic series
- Dual radiologist read
- Physician results consult
- Shareable DICOM + PDF report
Full Body
$2,450
one-time
Head to mid-thigh. Our standard preventative scan.
- All 18 regions, brain through pelvis
- MR angiography of brain and neck
- Dual radiologist read + AI change detection
- 45-min physician results consult
- Specialist referral coordination
Full Body + Bio
$2,950
one-time
The scan plus a 74-marker blood panel, read together.
- Everything in Full Body
- 74-biomarker panel (CLIA-certified lab)
- Cardiometabolic and hormone workup
- Annual re-scan at $1,950
Who reads your scan
Not an algorithm. Two physicians, on staff.
Dr. Alina Mercer, MD
Medical Director
Abdominal imaging fellowship. 14 years reading body MRI.
Dr. Rafael Ostrom, MD, PhD
Chief of Neuroradiology
Neuroradiology fellowship. Published on incidental brain findings.
Dr. Priya Venkataraman, MD
Attending Radiologist
Oncologic imaging. Whole-body DWI protocol lead.
Marcus Feld, ARRT(MR)
Chief Technologist
Runs both suites. 9,000+ studies acquired.
“I went in expecting a wellness gimmick and got a 6mm renal lesion caught at stage one. The consult afterward was the clearest 45 minutes I’ve spent with a doctor.”
Daniel R.
Member since 2024 · Tribeca
“My report told me what they saw, what they didn’t, and what the scan can’t rule out. Nobody has ever been that direct with me about a test.”
Sofia L.
Member since 2024 · Brooklyn Heights
“The whole visit was 70 minutes and I was back at my desk by 10. Results came in four days, not four weeks.”
Amara O.
Member since 2025 · Midtown
Questions
The ones worth asking.
Is a whole-body MRI actually safe?+
MRI uses magnetic fields and radio waves — there is no ionizing radiation, unlike CT or X-ray. Our protocol uses no gadolinium contrast, so there is no injection and no dye. The main contraindications are certain implanted devices and metal fragments, which we screen for during intake.
What about false positives?+
It’s the honest risk of any screening test. Our answer is a strict reporting standard: findings are graded, incidental benign findings are named as such, and we don’t recommend follow-up imaging that a specialist wouldn’t. Roughly 1 in 19 members has a finding we consider clinically significant; the majority of everything else is explicitly closed out in your report.
Can NovoScan find every cancer?+
No, and anyone who says otherwise is selling something. MRI is strong on solid-organ, brain, spinal and soft-tissue disease, and weak on hollow-organ and very small lung lesions. We tell you what the scan does not cover and which conventional screenings — colonoscopy, mammography, low-dose chest CT, skin checks — you should keep.
Do you take insurance?+
Screening MRI in an asymptomatic person generally isn’t covered. We’re a cash-pay clinic, we accept HSA and FSA cards, and we provide an itemized superbill you can submit yourself.
What happens if you find something?+
Your physician consult is moved up, usually within 24 hours. We coordinate the next step directly with specialists at NYC academic centers, send your imaging ahead, and stay on the case until you’re seen.
How claustrophobic is it?+
The Vida has a 70cm bore — wider than most hospital magnets — and you’re feet-first for most of the study, so your head is out of the bore for the majority of the scan. We offer headphones, a mirrored prism, and an oral anxiolytic prescribed at intake if you need it.
Next availability:
this Thursday, 7:40am.
Scans run Mon–Sat, 7:00am – 8:00pm. Most members are in and out inside 75 minutes and back at their desk before the morning meeting.
The clinic
412 West 15th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10011
2 min from the 14th St–8th Ave A/C/E/L. Valet parking on 15th between 9th and 10th.
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