Flagstaff, Arizona · Statewide telehealth
Advanced Biomarker Testing in Flagstaff & Across Arizona
100+ biomarkers across 44 tests. Billed at cost. Every result practitioner-reviewed.
ApoB
Counts every atherogenic particle in blood
Fasting Insulin
CriticalDetects insulin resistance years before HbA1c rises
Lp(a)
Genetic risk factor affecting 1 in 5 people
Free T3
OptimalThe active thyroid hormone standard panels skip
DHEA-S
Adrenal hormone tied to aging and vitality
Homocysteine
ElevatedCardiovascular and neurological risk marker
hsCRP
Chronic inflammation missed by standard CRP
Omega-3 Index
OptimalEssential fats critical for brain and heart
RBC Magnesium
Intracellular levels standard serum tests miss
HOMA-IR
KeyInsulin resistance calculated from glucose + insulin
A standard annual panel is built to catch disease. This one is built to catch trajectory.
Most panels measure whether something is currently wrong. This one measures the markers that shift years before anything is diagnosable — particle-based cardiovascular risk, insulin before glucose moves, inflammation, hormones, and nutrient status.
Illustrative biomarker summary across seven systems — Cardiovascular, Metabolic, Hormones, Thyroid, Inflammation, Nutrients, and Organ function. 103 biomarkers total: 89 in range, 14 out of range. Illustrative only, not a real result.
What's tested
100+ biomarkers, organized by system
Ordered as 44 individual tests across seven systems, in one draw.
100+
biomarkers · 44 tests
Cardiovascular
8tests
- What it measures
- The number of LDL and other cholesterol-carrying particles circulating in the blood.
- Why it matters
- Particle count reflects arterial exposure more directly than total cholesterol, since a single particle can carry a variable amount of cholesterol. LDL-C can read normal while particle number runs high.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- The primary structural protein of HDL particles.
- Why it matters
- ApoA-1 counts the particles available to transport cholesterol away from tissue, a more direct read than HDL cholesterol alone.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Lp(a), an LDL-like particle whose level is largely set by genetics.
- Why it matters
- Lp(a) stays fairly constant over a lifetime, so one measurement usually doesn't need repeating. Its added protein structure gives it different clotting-related behavior than standard LDL.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides, expressed together as a ratio.
- Why it matters
- The ratio reads each value against the others rather than any single number in isolation.
- Standard panel
- Included
- What it measures
- An amino acid produced during methionine metabolism.
- Why it matters
- Elevated homocysteine reflects how efficiently the body processes methionine, a process tied to B-vitamin status. It's studied separately from cholesterol-based markers.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- A clotting protein that also rises with systemic inflammation.
- Why it matters
- Fibrinogen plays a direct role in clot formation and moves independently of the lipid panel, giving a different kind of signal.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, made by the liver in response to inflammatory signaling.
- Why it matters
- hs-CRP detects lower-grade inflammation than a standard CRP test. It reflects signaling from anywhere in the body, not a specific location.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- A composite signal reflecting several acute-phase glycoproteins at once.
- Why it matters
- Because GlycA integrates several inflammatory proteins rather than one, it can pick up patterns hs-CRP misses.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
Metabolic
5tests
- What it measures
- The average percentage of hemoglobin coated with glucose over roughly the prior three months.
- Why it matters
- A1c reflects average glucose exposure over a red blood cell's lifespan, rather than a single point-in-time reading.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Circulating insulin after an overnight fast.
- Why it matters
- Insulin often rises years before fasting glucose does, as the body compensates for reduced sensitivity by producing more of it. Reading it alongside glucose shows whether that compensation still holds.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- A byproduct of purine metabolism.
- Why it matters
- Uric acid rises with certain dietary patterns and reduced kidney clearance, and is tracked as an independent metabolic marker.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Circulating blood sugar at the time of the draw.
- Why it matters
- A fasting reading shows where blood sugar sits after an overnight fast — one input alongside A1c and insulin, not the whole picture on its own.
- Standard panel
- Included
- What it measures
- Glucose, kidney function, liver enzymes, and electrolytes, read together.
- Why it matters
- Bundling these shows how several organ systems are functioning relative to each other from a single draw.
- Standard panel
- Included
Hormones
8tests
- What it measures
- Total circulating testosterone and the unbound, biologically active fraction.
- Why it matters
- Total testosterone can read normal while free testosterone — the fraction actually available to bind receptors — runs low, often because SHBG is elevated. Measuring both separates the two.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Estradiol, using an assay built to read low concentrations accurately.
- Why it matters
- Standard assays lose accuracy at the low end, which matters most for men and postmenopausal women. A sensitive assay reads that range reliably.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Sex hormone-binding globulin, the protein that binds testosterone and estradiol in circulation.
- Why it matters
- SHBG determines how much total hormone is free and active versus bound and inactive. It shifts with thyroid status, insulin, and other factors.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- A precursor hormone produced mainly by the adrenal glands.
- Why it matters
- DHEA-S is a building block for downstream sex hormones and one indicator of adrenal androgen output.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- The pituitary hormones that signal the gonads.
- Why it matters
- FSH and LH show whether a hormone pattern originates in the gonads themselves or upstream in the pituitary signal driving them.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- A pituitary hormone best known for its role in lactation.
- Why it matters
- Prolactin is read because elevated levels can suppress the reproductive hormone axis, and it can flag a pituitary source.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Cortisol drawn in the morning, when levels are naturally highest.
- Why it matters
- Morning cortisol captures the peak of its daily rhythm, making it the most interpretable single time point for adrenal output.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Insulin-like growth factor 1, produced mainly in response to growth hormone.
- Why it matters
- IGF-1 serves as a stable proxy for growth hormone output, since GH itself pulses through the day and a single reading isn't representative.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
Thyroid
3tests
- What it measures
- Thyroid-stimulating hormone, released by the pituitary.
- Why it matters
- TSH is the pituitary's feedback signal to the thyroid and the most sensitive single indicator of thyroid function.
- Standard panel
- Included
- What it measures
- The active, unbound form of triiodothyronine.
- Why it matters
- Free T3 is the form of thyroid hormone cells actually use. TSH alone can miss a conversion issue that shows up here instead.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- The unbound form of the thyroid's main storage hormone.
- Why it matters
- Free T4 reflects the thyroid's direct output before peripheral conversion to the more active T3.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
Inflammation & immune
5tests
- What it measures
- High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, made by the liver in response to inflammatory signaling.
- Why it matters
- hs-CRP detects lower-grade inflammation than a standard CRP test, reflecting signaling from anywhere in the body.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- A composite signal reflecting several acute-phase glycoproteins at once.
- Why it matters
- Because it integrates several inflammatory proteins rather than one, GlycA can pick up patterns a single marker misses.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- How quickly red blood cells settle in a test tube over one hour.
- Why it matters
- A faster settling rate suggests inflammatory proteins are altering how red cells clump and fall — a nonspecific but longstanding inflammatory indicator.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- A clotting protein that also rises with systemic inflammation.
- Why it matters
- Fibrinogen plays a direct role in clot formation and moves independently of standard inflammatory markers.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Antinuclear antibodies — autoantibodies that target components of the cell nucleus.
- Why it matters
- A positive ANA indicates the immune system is producing antibodies against the body's own nuclear material, a pattern seen across a range of autoimmune conditions.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
Nutrients
8tests
- What it measures
- The storage form of vitamin D.
- Why it matters
- 25-OH vitamin D is the standard way to assess body-wide vitamin D status, since it has a longer half-life than the active hormone form.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Circulating vitamin B12.
- Why it matters
- B12 supports red blood cell formation and nerve function, and levels can run low without any change showing on a standard CBC.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Circulating folate (vitamin B9).
- Why it matters
- Folate works alongside B12 in DNA synthesis and red blood cell production, so the two are typically read together.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Circulating zinc.
- Why it matters
- Zinc supports enzyme function across the body and can run low relative to intake in ways a standard panel wouldn't reveal.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Magnesium concentration inside red blood cells, rather than in serum.
- Why it matters
- Serum magnesium stays tightly regulated even when body stores are low, since roughly 1% of total-body magnesium circulates in serum. RBC magnesium reflects intracellular stores more accurately.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Circulating copper.
- Why it matters
- Copper is read alongside zinc, since the two minerals compete for absorption and an imbalance in one typically shows up relative to the other.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Circulating iron, total iron-binding capacity, and ferritin, read together.
- Why it matters
- Reading all three together distinguishes iron-deficient states from inflammation-driven changes in iron markers — something a single value can't do on its own.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- The percentage of omega-3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA) in red blood cell membranes.
- Why it matters
- The omega-3 index reflects intake and incorporation over the preceding months, rather than a single meal or supplement dose.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
Organ function & hematology
7tests
- What it measures
- Kidney filtration rate, estimated from creatinine, age, and sex, alongside the standard CMP values.
- Why it matters
- eGFR estimates how efficiently the kidneys are filtering blood — a calculation, not a direct measurement.
- Standard panel
- Included
- What it measures
- Gamma-glutamyl transferase, a liver enzyme.
- Why it matters
- GGT is sensitive to bile duct and liver cell stress and often shifts before other liver enzymes do.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- An enzyme that breaks down starches, produced mainly by the pancreas and salivary glands.
- Why it matters
- Amylase reflects pancreatic and salivary gland enzyme output.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- A pancreatic enzyme responsible for breaking down dietary fat.
- Why it matters
- Lipase is more specific to the pancreas than amylase, and the two are read together.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- The physical, chemical, and microscopic properties of a urine sample.
- Why it matters
- A urinalysis screens kidney and urinary tract function and can surface findings a blood draw alone wouldn't show.
- Standard panel
- Included
- What it measures
- Prostate-specific antigen, with a free-PSA follow-up run automatically if the total result is elevated.
- Why it matters
- The free-PSA reflex adds context to an elevated total result without requiring a second draw.
- Standard panel
- Not typically included
- What it measures
- Red cells, white cells broken down by subtype, and platelets.
- Why it matters
- The differential breaks white cell counts down by subtype, which a basic cell count alone doesn't provide.
- Standard panel
- Included
Every test listed above is the same panel included in the Longevity Blueprint, MEND's comprehensive one-time evaluation.
One price: $649 — the draw, the 100+ marker panel, the 60-minute review, and the written plan.
HSA/FSA eligibleNo insurance requiredNo membership required
What you actually receive
Not a PDF of raw values
The draw
A comprehensive lab draw at any Labcorp location.
A 60-minute review
One-on-one with Shawn, by telehealth. Every result, in context.
60 min
A written comprehensive plan
Prioritized, specific, and yours to keep.
Supplement and additional care recommendations
Built from your actual results — not a generic stack pulled off a shelf.
Illustrative report — not real patient data
A mockup of a Longevity Blueprint results and plan report. Four illustrative results, each shown with a range indicator: ApoB 118 mg/dL, elevated; Lp(a) 180 nmol/L, elevated; Omega-3 index 4.1%, low; Fasting insulin 5.0 µIU/mL, optimal. The written plan prioritizes addressing ApoB and Lp(a) with therapy options and a retest interval, and beginning omega-3 repletion. Illustrative only, not real patient data.
How it compares
Not the same as a lab panel — or a physical
Standard annual physical
Direct-to-consumer lab panel
In person or telehealth
Can prescribe if needed
No insurance required
Supplement recommendations
Biomarkers per panel
Typically fewer than 30
100+
100+
A clinician reviews results with you
Partial
60-minute one-on-one review
Written comprehensive plan
Additional care recommendations
Member pricing on supplements
Retesting cadence
Annual
Fixed
As indicated
- In person or telehealth
- Can prescribe if needed
- No insurance required
- Supplement recommendations
- Biomarkers per panel100+
- A clinician reviews results with you
- 60-minute one-on-one review
- Written comprehensive plan
- Additional care recommendations
- Member pricing on supplements
- Retesting cadenceAs indicated
Standard annual physical
- In person or telehealth
- Can prescribe if needed
- No insurance required
- Supplement recommendations
- Biomarkers per panelTypically fewer than 30
- A clinician reviews results with youPartial
- 60-minute one-on-one review
- Written comprehensive plan
- Additional care recommendations
- Member pricing on supplements
- Retesting cadenceAnnual
Direct-to-consumer lab panel
- In person or telehealth
- Can prescribe if needed
- No insurance required
- Supplement recommendations
- Biomarkers per panel100+
- A clinician reviews results with you
- 60-minute one-on-one review
- Written comprehensive plan
- Additional care recommendations
- Member pricing on supplements
- Retesting cadenceFixed
"Direct-to-consumer lab panel" refers to the category of self-ordered online lab testing services generally, not a specific company. "Standard annual physical" reflects a typical primary-care wellness visit with basic bloodwork.
Who this is for
Honest about both sides
A good fit
- You've been told your labs are normal but you don't feel right
- You train seriously and want objective data, not guesswork
- You have a family history of cardiac or metabolic disease
- You want a baseline before making changes
Not the right starting point
- You have an active acute problem that needs treatment now
- You want a single test rather than a full workup
How it works
Four steps, one visit
Step 01 · Order
Start with a conversation
Brief intake so the panel is built around your history, not a template.
- A short intake before you're scheduled — not a generic order form
- The panel reflects your history, not a fixed template
- We confirm your draw location before you book
- No doctor's referral needed — the order is included
Step 02 · Draw
One blood draw
At any Labcorp location in Arizona. One appointment, one draw, 100+ biomarkers.
- One appointment, one draw — no repeat visits for separate panels
- At any Labcorp location statewide
- 44 tests ordered together, reporting 100+ biomarkers
- Most results back within a few business days
Step 03 · Review
Sixty minutes, one-on-one, by telehealth
Every result read in context, by telehealth. Not a dashboard, not a PDF.
- 60 minutes, one-on-one with Shawn — not a portal login
- Every result explained in the context of your history and goals
- By telehealth, anywhere in Arizona
- Questions answered in real time, not through a message thread
Step 04 · Plan
A written plan you keep
A comprehensive plan, supplement recommendations, and additional care recommendations. Yours whether or not you continue with MEND.
- A written comprehensive plan, prioritized and specific
- Supplement recommendations built from your actual results, with member pricing on anything you order
- Additional care recommendations where they're warranted
- Yours to keep — no further commitment required
Illustrative report — not real patient data
A two-page interior spread from the same illustrative Longevity Blueprint report shown elsewhere on this page. Left page, "Your comprehensive plan": cardiovascular priorities addressing ApoB and Lp(a) with therapy options and a retest interval discussed; nutrient status priorities for omega-3 repletion per supplement protocol; metabolic priorities to hold insulin sensitivity with training and nutrition adjustments. Right page, "Supplement protocol": a four-row table listing Omega-3 EPA+DHA, Vitamin D3, Magnesium glycinate, and Creatine, with dose and timing values redacted rather than shown, plus a note that member pricing is available. Illustrative only, not real patient data.
FAQ
Common Questions
An at-home kit gives you a report and leaves you to interpret it. The Longevity Blueprint includes a 60-minute one-on-one review with Shawn, who reads every result in the context of your history and goals, then turns it into a written plan.
No — the order is included. Shawn reviews your history, orders the panel, and reads the results with you.
At any Labcorp location across Arizona — most patients use the one here in Flagstaff, or another if telehealth is more convenient.
Most results are back within a few business days of your draw. Your review is scheduled once everything is in.
Shawn reviews every result with you and outlines next steps as part of your written plan — whether that's a targeted follow-up test, a referral, or a change to your protocol.
No. The Longevity Blueprint is a standalone product with no further commitment required.
No — Mend operates on a cash-pay model, which allows us to provide more personalized, efficient care without the limitations of insurance networks. It's HSA/FSA eligible, and we can provide a superbill for potential reimbursement.
Yes — bring any recent labs to your review and Shawn will read them alongside your Blueprint results. If you only need an existing set of labs reviewed rather than a new panel drawn, see Single Visit.
No — this panel is also the foundation of the Advanced Physical, which adds cardiac imaging, DEXA, VO2 max, continuous glucose monitoring, and an in-person exam on top of the same labs.