Empirical Health vs Function Health

What is Empirical Health, and what is Function Health?

Empirical Health builds its offer around cardiovascular risk. A $190 one-time panel measures 100+ biomarkers in one lab visit, and an app tracks the heart-disease picture that follows.

Function Health sells yearly testing across the whole body. Its $365 membership prepays 160+ lab tests, split between an annual draw and a mid-year redraw.

Empirical goes deep on one organ system, and Function spreads across many. The sharper split shows up in what each can prescribe and what each calls your biological age.

What does Empirical Health include?

For $190, Empirical includes one lab visit, 100+ biomarkers, in-app heart risk scores, and Empirical Pro.

The company describes three steps:

1. Measure — Get your blood drawn at a testing site, with ApoB and Lp(a) on the list.
2. Predict — Estimate heart-disease risk over 10 years and a lifetime, then adjust lifestyle inputs to see the effect.
3. Prevent — Follow a personalized nutrition and exercise plan, and track meals with a photo.

A higher tier, the Advanced Heart Health program, runs 12 months for $399. Two more draws land at months 3 and 9, and a board-certified doctor joins you on video.

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What does Function Health include?

A Function Health membership, at $365, covers both draws, a biological age test, and an analysis and action plan from clinicians.

Function presents its membership as a four-step process:

1. Schedule tests — Share your health history, then book a first draw.
2. Get insights — Clinicians review the results with your history in hand, pulling out what matters and the next move.
3. Take action — Retest every 3 to 6 months to follow a trend, not a snapshot.
4. Monitor for life — Your data accumulates so patterns and early signs surface.

The baseline draw covers about 115 biomarkers, and a mid-year draw repeats about 60 of them. The baseline includes total omega-3 and lipase. SuppCo, now part of Function, ties supplement guidance to your biomarker data.

What biomarkers do Empirical Health and Function Health measure in 2026?

Empirical publishes 100+ biomarkers from one draw, and Function publishes 160+ lab tests across two. Empirical's 100 is 85 lab results plus heart-attack risk estimates, dietary metrics, and in-app scores.

Function's first-draw list comes from its what-we-test page, and both lists include urinalysis.

Function's first draw lists over 30 more lab markers than Empirical's, and its second draw is part of the base price. Empirical's repeat testing sits in the higher tier.

Function sells extra tests on top, such as extended heart and metabolic panels, heavy metals, and the GRAIL cancer test. Empirical's catalog centers on the $190 panel and the $399 Advanced program.

What are the official 2026 membership prices for Empirical Health and Function Health?

Empirical Health costs $190 once, and Function Health costs $365 a year, charged annually.

The cheaper sticker belongs to Empirical, though the two buy different amounts: one draw against two. Empirical's closer match for repeat testing is the $399 Advanced program, which costs more than Function's membership.

Empirical adds a $99 fee in New York and New Jersey, for $289. Function's New York and New Jersey fee is not published and is collected at the facility on draw day. At-home draws from Function are limited to select locations, at varying fees. Both are HSA/FSA eligible.

Who can you talk to, and what can they prescribe?

Empirical Health offers prescriptions through a doctor visit, and Function Health does not offer them.

At Empirical, the $399 program's video visit is the place to review results, set a care plan, and raise any prescriptions or referrals. Members can also message doctors in the app, and medical services reach over 30 states.

Function's model is a clinician review that produces your analysis and action plan. There is no prescription marketplace, and supplements arrive as guidance through SuppCo rather than a member-priced store.

Which one tracks biological age?

Function Health does, and Empirical Health does not. Function's Biological Age Test is included in the membership and runs twice a year, derived from Phenotypic Age.

Empirical, by contrast, stays with cardiovascular health and does not publish a biological age score.

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How often does each one test, and how fast do results arrive?

Function tests twice a year and on demand. Empirical's $190 panel is a single draw, and its $399 program adds draws at months 3 and 9.

Empirical says most results land in 3 to 5 business days, with the full set following over two to three weeks. Function's first results usually begin within 48 hours of testing.

Function publishes no timeline for the analysis and action plan, and reviewers have reported waits of three to four weeks.

Where are Empirical Health and Function Health tests available?

Both draw at 2,000+ partner labs. Empirical uses a national lab network, and a regional partner lab in New York and New Jersey, with walk-in or same-day booking.

Function also offers a concierge draw at home in select locations. Empirical's medical services reach people in over 30 states, while its app works anywhere.

Who is Empirical Health best for, and who is Function Health best for?

Empirical Health is best for:

• People whose focus is cardiovascular risk and who want ApoB and Lp(a) in the panel.
• People who want a one-time $190 purchase and a doctor visit for prescriptions if needed.
• People who want a nutrition plan and risk scores inside an app.

Function Health is best for:

• People who want two draws in one $365 price, with biological age tracked twice a year.
• People who want a wider baseline that includes omega-3 and lipase.
• People who want first results quickly, within 48 hours of testing.

The bottom line

Empirical Health suits a heart-focused panel with prescribing one tier up. Function Health suits a broad, two-draw year with biological age built in. Neither tries to do the other's job.

Both models end at the same edge. Neither sells a member-priced supplement store, and Function offers no prescriptions at all, while Empirical's reach one tier up at $399.

At $199 a year in most states, Superpower is the lower-priced membership next to Function's $365, while Empirical's panel costs $190 once. Function tests more, 160+ lab tests over two draws against 100+ biomarkers in Superpower's one, so the case here rests on what happens after results. Superpower AI turns labs, wearable data, and medical records into your Superpower Protocol, and AI and care team support answers questions as they come up. The member marketplace stocks supplements at up to 20% off, along with scans and add-on tests. Prescriptions are available there when clinically appropriate, priced separately. Superpower says 93% of members found their action plan more useful, even life-changing, than a yearly checkup.

Blood work is where a health plan starts, not where it ends. Build your home for health with Superpower today.