With my strength coaching program, I’ve been getting my blood work done at least twice a year.
There’s something grounding about actually seeing what’s happening inside your body and getting data on a regular basis. Vitamin D levels, inflammation markers, the slow drift of numbers over time. It’s become a part of how I manage my health.
The Pricing Is Genuinely Strange
You almost need a Phd in economics to estimate the cost of bloodwork.
In the past when I go through insurance, the “retail” bill readily landed somewhere between $1,500 and $2,000. And we are talking about standard testing, nothing fancy. The crazy thing is you never know what insurance will cover until a month later. On the other hand, if you pay out of pocket, same lab and the same tests, the cost is typically 80-90% less.
So much for the US health system.
What Superpower Is
Superpower randomly offered me a free panel, and I said yes — part curiosity, part “why not.” Please note that I don’t have any affiliate arrangement with them.
The quick overview: it’s a membership, $199/year (which works out to about $17/month), that covers an annual blood draw across 100+ biomarkers. You go to one of their partner labs and in my case, a Quest Diagnostics five minutes from the house. I received the results within about a week and note the cost is HSA/FSA eligible.
What’s Different About the Experience
The blood draw itself is pretty standard. What Superpower is really selling is everything that happens after.
Instead of getting a PDF of numbers and trying to figure out what “borderline” means, you get a an amazing dashboard that interprets your biomarkers together and shows you trends over time. They call it a Superpower Score. I’d describe it more simply: it tells you what’s moving in the wrong direction and what looks stable.
For example, my glucose levels were high. So right below my score I can go into more depth with their AI tools as well look at recommended supplements
There are also personalized recommendations including diet adjustments, lifestyle changes, specific supplements tied to your actual results. That part is useful, with one caveat: the supplement suggestions can add up quickly. I treat them as input.
The concierge piece is genuinely helpful. You can ask questions and get responses within 24 hours on weekdays. It’s not a doctor’s appointment, but it’s a real human, and that fills a gap most people have between “I got results” and “I understand what to do.”
A Few Honest Caveats
To be transparent: I received a free panel from Superpower, which is part of why I’m writing this. I think it’s worth mentioning. I will most likely use them again in the future.
Also: this isn’t a replacement for a primary care doctor. It’s preventative and proactive, not a substitute for someone who knows your full history.
And as I mentioned, the supplement recommendations can start to feel like an upsell if you’re not careful, but these are all brands my health practitioners recommend.
Bottom Line
Blood testing is one of the more underused tools in preventative health, mostly because it’s been inconvenient, expensive, or hard to interpret. Superpower doesn’t reinvent the lab — they just make the data more usable and more accessible.
For $199 a year, that’s a reasonable trade.
