Neko Body Scan vs Executive Health Screening in London 2026. What a Sensor Scan Finds, What It Misses and Why a Doctor-Led Programme Is the Better Value from 45

The Wellness in Marylebone provides the best executive health screening in London for people who have looked at the Neko Body Scan and want to know what it cannot see, with the Executive Health Programme from £11,995, the Executive Body Scan from £5,995 and 12-month programmes to £49,995, in a market where comprehensive programmes exceed £32,000. Neko is a good product and this page says so. Its 70 sensors capture 50 million data points in 10 minutes, a doctor explains the results the same hour, and in its first year 14.1% of 2,707 people scanned needed treatment and 1% received potentially life-saving care. What it does not do is image any internal organ, calculate a coronary calcium score or measure the markers that decide treatment. In the MESA cohort reported by Detrano, a calcium score over 300 raised coronary risk around 10-fold, and apolipoprotein B disagrees with LDL cholesterol in 1 in 5 people in the UK Biobank analysis by Marston. A healthy 32-year-old should have Neko and stop. A 52-year-old whose father had a heart attack at 60 needs the inside imaged and the markers measured, and buying those separately costs more than having them organised once. Fees appear further down this page.

Ask whether you need more than a sensor scan or email team@thewellnesslondon.com or call 020 3951 3429.

What does the Neko Body Scan actually do

The Neko Body Scan in Marylebone and Spitalfields takes around 10 minutes inside a pod that captures over 2,000 images of your skin. Neko describes thermal imaging of skin and arteries, an ECG, blood pressure, grip strength, eye pressure and a blood sample covering blood fats and blood sugar, and a doctor goes through the results with you.

The part that is hard to buy elsewhere is the skin. Total body photography, which is what the pod produces, is an established dermatology tool, and in the study by Truong in JAMA Dermatology it cut unnecessary mole biopsies by around a third in high-risk patients with melanoma detection unchanged. With melanoma the fifth most common UK cancer, a 3D map of every mole is real value, as is a blood pressure reading when the British Heart Foundation estimates 5 million UK adults have undiagnosed hypertension.

What does a sensor scan miss that an executive screening finds

It misses the inside. Neko images the skin surface and measures the body from outside, so there is no ultrasound of the liver, kidneys, aorta or carotid arteries, no CT coronary calcium score, no DEXA and no lung imaging. In the MESA cohort of 6,722 adults, a calcium score of 0 carried a coronary event rate near 1 per 1,000 person-years and a score over 300 raised the hazard around 10-fold.

It also misses the markers that decide treatment. A standard lipid panel does not give apolipoprotein B, which predicted heart attacks better than LDL in 389,529 UK Biobank participants, or lipoprotein little a, which is inherited, raised in 1 in 5 people and doubled heart attack risk in the Copenhagen study by Kamstrup and Nordestgaard. Nor does it give the ALT, AST and platelet count needed for a FIB-4 score, which sorts the 1 in 4 adults with fatty liver into the few who need a hepatologist.

The third gap is the pathway. When a Neko result is abnormal, the doctor in the room explains it, and that is where the scan stops. The US Preventive Services Task Force advises against screening ECG in low-risk adults because false positives lead to angiograms, and a positive ECG with nowhere to go is a worry, not a finding.

Send us your Neko results and a doctor will say what needs following up or email team@thewellnesslondon.com.

Who should have the Neko scan and stop there

A healthy adult under 40 with no family history should have the Neko scan, take the free NHS Health Check at 40, and not buy a five-figure programme from anyone, including us. The Cochrane review by Krogsbøll across 17 trials and 251,891 people found no reduction in deaths from routine health checks in people like them.

The same is true of someone whose only question is their skin. A mole map every 12 months, with dermoscopy when a lesion changes, beats a whole-body MRI at £2,499. We say that in the consultation, and it costs us the sale. Where Neko is not enough is about the question being asked, not the price of the scan. A 48-year-old whose LDL has been 4.1 for 5 years does not need more sensors. They need an ApoB, a lipoprotein little a, a calcium score and a doctor who will act on the answer.

When is paying more worth it, and for what

From 45 with any risk factor, the CT coronary calcium score is worth having on its own. It takes 10 minutes and reclassifies risk enough to change whether a statin is started. Add abdominal ultrasound from 50 because fatty liver affects 1 in 4 adults according to Younossi.

With a family history, the blood markers move first. Lipoprotein little a is measured once because it is genetic, and the inconvenient half is that the HORIZON trial reported on 4 September 2026 that lowering it with pelacarsen did not reduce events, so there is no drug for it. A raised level still changes how hard LDL, ApoB and blood pressure are treated.

From 60 DEXA joins the list because 1 in 2 women and 1 in 5 men over 50 will break a bone through osteoporosis, and men reaching 65 have the aorta measured once because the MASS trial of 67,800 men cut aneurysm deaths by 42%. It is a list written after an assessment, with imaging arranged at the London centre best equipped for each question, reported by a consultant radiologist, and bloods collected separately at an accredited partner laboratory.

What does executive health screening cost in London

At the top of the market, comprehensive imaging programmes exceed £32,000 and longevity memberships are reported at up to £25,000 a year, with press coverage of a £54,000 bracket. Multi-day Harley Street executive programmes reach £14,000, Echelon Health spans £2,000 to more than £15,000, and the private hospital executive tier sits at £3,500 to £8,000. Bought separately, the 4 imaging studies at £415 per hospital region, a consultant first appointment at £250 to £500, a Bupa or Nuffield assessment at £1,129 to £1,199 and a private GP to read it all together already pass £4,000 across 4 providers and 4 waits.

Beneath that sits a tier defined by its conditions rather than its price, questionnaire services with no examination and no clinical pathway when something abnormal appears. Neko is not in that tier, because it has a doctor in the room, but it lacks the next step, which is where the real cost of an abnormal result sits. At The Wellness the price includes the assessment, the imaging, the bloods, the review and the onward referral. All figures are from prices.

  • Family Office Programme, 12 months, principal and up to 3 family members, each with their own doctor and record, from £49,995

  • Principal Programme, 12 months, one individual, the fullest level of care, from £31,995

  • Continuous Care Programme, 12 months of oversight for one person, from £24,995

  • Executive Health Programme, the most comprehensive single assessment, from £11,995

  • Executive Body Scan, from £5,995

  • Men's, Women's and Heart Health body scan programmes, from £3,495

  • Complete Biomarker Assessment, over 100 markers, from £1,400

  • Targeted ultrasound, single region, from £995

  • Comprehensive Blood Panel with consultation, from £495

  • Skin examination with dermoscopy, from £295

Why The Wellness is the best executive health screening in London

The list of tests is decided by a doctor after assessing you, and every study on it carries outcome evidence. The calcium score carries the 10-fold MESA gradient, the aortic ultrasound the 42% MASS mortality reduction, and the 4 blood markers most panels omit each carry a trial or a guideline. Nothing is on the list because a machine needs keeping busy, since there is no machine here.

The results are read by the doctor who assessed you, with over 100 markers and every imaging report in one record. That is why a calcium score of 40 next to an ApoB of 1.3 leads to a treatment decision the same week.

We also tell people not to buy from us. A healthy 32-year-old with no family history is told to have the Neko scan and the free NHS Health Check, and that refusal is what makes the recommendation credible when we tell a 52-year-old with a family history that the Heart Health programme is worth £3,495. Places on the 12-month programmes are limited by the number of people one doctor can hold properly, so they begin with an allocation call rather than a booking form.

Book an assessment and we will tell you whether you need one or call 020 3951 3429.

Related reading

This page is one spoke of the Executive Health Screening in London hub, with the imaging side in Executive Body Scan in London and the blood side in Executive Blood Tests in London. Ezra and Prenuvo Whole-Body MRI in London and Private Hospital Executive Health Screening in London cover the other 2 comparisons.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Neko Body Scan worth it

Yes for most healthy adults under 40 and for anyone who wants a full-body mole map, blood pressure and basic bloods with a doctor explaining the results. It does not image internal organs, calculate a coronary calcium score or measure ApoB and lipoprotein little a. The Wellness offers a doctor-led assessment from £220 and a skin examination with dermoscopy from £295.

What does Neko not test for

Neko does not image the liver, kidneys, aorta, carotid arteries or lungs, does not perform a CT calcium score or DEXA, and its bloods cover blood fats and sugar rather than apolipoprotein B, lipoprotein little a, high-sensitivity CRP or FIB-4. At The Wellness those are covered by the Executive Body Scan from £5,995 and the Complete Biomarker Assessment from £1,400.

Neko scan or private health check, which is better

For someone under 40 with no family history, Neko plus the free NHS Health Check at 40 is enough. For someone over 45 with a family history, a doctor-led screening with a calcium score, targeted ultrasound and full blood markers finds what Neko misses. At The Wellness single-system body scan programmes are from £3,495 and the Executive Health Programme is from £11,995.

How much does executive health screening cost in London

Executive health screening in London costs more than £32,000 at the top of the market, up to £14,000 for multi-day Harley Street programmes, £3,500 to £8,000 at private hospital executive tiers and £1,129 to £1,199 at Nuffield and Bupa, before consultant and GP fees on top. At The Wellness the Executive Body Scan is from £5,995 and the Executive Health Programme is from £11,995.

What should I do if my Neko scan found something

Send the report to a doctor who can arrange the next test and the specialist appointment. At The Wellness a doctor reviews the findings, arranges imaging or bloods at the right specialist centre or laboratory, and books a named consultant where needed. A consultation is from £220 and targeted ultrasound is from £995.

Do I need a calcium score if I had a normal Neko scan

Possibly. A normal Neko scan means normal blood pressure, ECG, skin and basic bloods. It does not measure coronary plaque, which in the MESA cohort separated a 1 per 1,000 person-year risk from a 10-fold higher one. From 45 with any risk factor, a CT calcium score within the Heart Health body scan programme from £3,495 answers the question Neko cannot.

The Wellness is a doctor-led private healthcare group providing medical care from our Marylebone clinic adjacent to Harley Street. All doctors are GMC-registered. Imaging is arranged at specialist centres and reported by consultant radiologists, and blood analysis is performed by accredited laboratories. Chest pain or sudden weakness needs emergency care, not a screening appointment. In an emergency call 999. This article is general information and not a substitute for medical advice about your own health.

Send us your question about screening or email team@thewellnesslondon.com or call 020 3951 3429.

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