Function Health announced it has acquired Ezra and is launching a Full Body MRI with an FDA-cleared AI that cuts scan time from 60 minutes to 22 minutes and from $1,500 to $499. This reduction in time and cost makes annual scanning possible, creating a comprehensive 360-degree view inside your body.
By integrating Function’s extensive lab testing foundation with Ezra’s FDA-cleared AI-powered imaging, they have integrated these two approaches into one seamless platform designed to keep you healthy for life.
Function and Ezra combine to represent the exact data needed to create the new standard of care. By merging Function’s extensive lab testing with Ezra’s imaging, they’re creating a dataset that will allow AI to become truly predictive, potentially identifying health issues before they occur.
This new 22-minute Full Body MRI is designed to help detect cancer early, often before any symptoms. And beyond cancer, the scan can also reveal hidden issues you otherwise might not know about, such as silent strokes that could lead to cognitive decline and developing aneurysms before they rupture. And additional scans now being offered by Function look for spinal issues affecting mobility, early-stage fatty liver disease, and body composition details more precise than what DEXA scans provide.
Before AI, annual full-body scans were not possible at scale. This prohibitive cost and lengthy scan times meant they could only be done as one-off procedures for a select few. AI has changed this equation. And for half the scan time and a third of the price, scanning every year is now practical and affordable.
By making advanced MRI technology affordable and accessible, Function is establishing a new standard of health. And this integration creates a more complete view of individuals’ health, combining detailed lab testing with advanced medical imaging in a single, cohesive platform at an affordable price.
Scans are now immediately available for every Function member at nearly 100 locations across the US, with plans to expand to over 1,000 locations in the coming months. Function’s lab testing platform is available nationwide at all 2,200 Quest Diagnostics locations.
Ezra’s FDA-cleared AI technology reduces scan time from 60 minutes to 22 minutes, while Function’s nationwide platform makes these scans accessible to members nationwide.
KEY QUOTES:
“I wish I could see millions of patients. This is the most powerful approach I’ve seen in my entire career—and for the first time, it can truly scale to millions. It’s the new standard of care—if you’re reading this: get your labs, get your scan, every year. It could save and radically improve your life.”
Mark Hyman, MD, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Function Health
“Adding imaging was part of our vision from day one. Our brilliant team first focused on making comprehensive lab testing affordable and widely available. Now with Ezra becoming a part of Function, we complete the picture. It’s time everyone owns their health, every year. This is the best use of AI—applying it directly to human life.”
Jonathan Swerdlin, co-founder and CEO of Function Health
“A single health snapshot is like one frame from a movie—you miss the story. Finally, reducing the cost and scan time of full body MRI unlocks the ability to capture an annual imaging baseline. This longitudinal dataset reveals subtle changes over time that catch immediate issues and can predict disease before symptoms even appear. This fundamentally transforms medicine.”
Dan Sodickson, MD, PhD, Chief Scientific Advisor of Ezra
“I started Ezra with a clear mission: to detect cancer early for everyone in the world. This mission is deeply personal for me—if my mother had detected cancer early, she would still be alive today. Over the past six years my team and I have helped countless people find cancer, many of whom are now cancer free. We are now scaling this to millions together with Function.”
Emi Gal, founder of Ezra
