Neko Health’s scan or a full body MRIWhat each one looks at, what it costs and what happens after, from each provider’s own pages.

Side by side

What each one looks at

Neko describes its scan as “Data captured across your skin, heart, blood, and metabolic health.” Its list includes more than 2,000 images of the skin to map moles, an ECG and arterial measurements, blood pressure, eye pressure, grip strength and “Body composition including visceral and body fat”. Blood is taken during the visit and, in Neko’s words, “Blood is processed in our on-site lab”.

An MRI scanner takes pictures of the inside of the body, and how much of the body depends on the package. The 3 lowest priced full body MRI scans in the directory cover the brain, abdomen and pelvis. Vitalscan’s £880 Basic adds the neck and chest. Prenuvo scans “from head to ankle”. Ezra lists the chest, lungs, heart, breasts, spine and limbs as not covered by its £1,299 scan.

Radiation

Neither uses it. Neko: “No X-rays, no CT scan. Our devices capture data without radiation exposure.” The Royal College of Radiologists, on MRI scanners: “They don’t emit radiation to the patient.”

How long it takes

Neko: “A complete Neko Health Scan takes about an hour from check-in to debrief with a doctor.” Full body MRI scans run from 22 minutes at Ezra to 45 to 60 minutes at Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, and Phoenix Hospital Group gives around 90 minutes for the whole visit.

What it costs

Neko charges £299 and says the price “includes the full scan, lab analysis, and a debrief with one of our clinicians.” Full body MRI prices run from £640 at Unirad to £5,500 at Lumen, where the scan sits inside a 4 hour health assessment; 13 of the 22 providers charge between £1,000 and £2,500. A doctor to explain an MRI report is often extra: Unirad charges £50 for an online GP review and MyScanHub £115 for a follow up GP consultation.

Who explains the results, and when

At Neko the results are ready during the visit. “Every finding is interpreted and explained by a Neko clinician”, and Neko says the action plan “will be sent to you the same day as your appointment”.

An MRI comes back as a written report from a radiologist, most often a consultant, after the visit: by the next working day at VisitHealth, within 3 days at Vista Health, and usually within 2 weeks at Paul Strickland Scanner Centre.

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If something is found

At Neko

Neko offers 4 kinds of follow up appointment at its own clinics: a 12 lead ECG, a skin dermoscopy, an echocardiogram and a Doppler investigation. Asked whether these cost extra: “No”, they “are included in your scan. If you’re referred to an external provider, any costs there will depend on your own healthcare setup.” Neko provides a referral letter for an outside provider. On booking a follow up, its page says “Demand for follow-up appointments is currently higher than usual.”

After a full body MRI

It depends on the provider. Goodbody Clinic says a clinician “calls you to explain what it is, how urgent it is, and how to take the report to your GP or a specialist for NHS or private follow-up.” Paul Strickland Scanner Centre says it will contact your GP “immediately if an urgent finding needs further investigation and follow-up care.” None of the 22 MRI providers’ pages read for the cost guide says who pays for tests that follow a finding.

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Where, and who can book

Neko

Neko has 6 clinics: “London (Spitalfields, Marylebone, Covent Garden, Victoria) Birmingham and Manchester.” Booking is through a waitlist, and “Wait times vary depending on the clinic you’d like to visit.” All 6 are registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the first since 12th July 2024 and the latest since 5th March 2026. Each one’s first inspection is still to come.

Neko says it cannot scan people with “balance problems”, with “acute symptoms, such as if you have chest pain or trouble breathing”, or who are “terminally ill”, among other circumstances.

Full body MRI

22 providers in the directory publish a price, from Glasgow to Kent, several at more than one site. Paul Strickland Scanner Centre says “You don’t need to wait for symptoms or a GP referral.” Prenuvo and Unirad also take bookings without one, after a review of their own.

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