Your doctor runs a basic metabolic panel once a year and tells you everything looks fine. But "fine" doesn't explain why your energy crashes at 2pm, your sleep feels shallow, your recovery takes twice as long, or your body composition won't budge no matter what you do. At Better Med Spa, our Advanced Diagnostic Panels measure what your annual physical skips: full hormone panels, inflammatory markers, thyroid function, metabolic health, micronutrient status, and the biomarkers that actually predict how you'll feel, perform, and age over the next decade. Your provider reviews every result against optimal ranges, not just reference ranges, and builds a plan you can act on and track for decades to come.
Select the panel that matches your goal, or let your provider recommend one based on your health history and what you want to optimize.
Quick blood draw at the clinic or sample swab. Results back in 5-7 business days. Fasting may be required depending on the panel. We'll confirm when you book.
Your provider walks through every marker, explains what's optimal vs. just "normal," and builds an action plan based on what your blood is actually telling us.
A standard annual physical checks 15-20 markers. Our comprehensive panels test up to 80+. Your PCP is screening for existing disease. We're screening for prevention, optimization, and longevity. That means catching thyroid imbalances, hormone decline, nutrient deficiencies, inflammatory markers, and metabolic dysfunction years before they become a diagnosis. Plus, we track your progress and changes with our proprietary diagnostic intelligence between draws.
► See what is actually happening inside your body, not just how you feel
You can look healthy, train hard, eat well, and still be walking around with suboptimal hormone levels, nutrient deficiencies, or early markers of metabolic dysfunction. A comprehensive blood panel cuts through the guesswork and gives you an objective baseline, because "I feel fine" is not a diagnostic.
► Catch problems early, while they are still easy to fix
Insulin resistance, thyroid dysfunction, elevated inflammation, and lipid imbalances do not announce themselves with obvious symptoms until they have been compounding for years. Routine panels flag these trends early so you and your provider can intervene before a manageable optimization becomes a serious clinical issue.
► Build a data-driven foundation for every other treatment you pursue
Peptide therapy, medical weight loss, hormone optimization, and even skincare protocols all perform better when they are informed by your actual bloodwork. Your panel results guide dosing decisions, supplement recommendations, and treatment sequencing across every service at Better Med Spa, so nothing is based on assumptions.
► Get results interpreted by a provider, not just a reference range
A lab portal that marks everything "normal" does not tell you much. Our providers review your results in the context of your age, goals, lifestyle, and symptom picture, explaining not just what is flagged, but what is technically in range yet trending in the wrong direction and what to do about it.
Others offer a basic annual test, provide no comparison reports, and only call out when your body is in distress. Better Med Spa provides advanced diagnostics, tracks your markers over time, and provides actionable insights on your tests.
You're tired in a way that sleep doesn't fix. Your drive is lower than it used to be. Your mood shifts for no obvious reason. You're gaining weight around the midsection despite doing everything right. These are textbook signs of hormonal imbalance, and a standard physical won't catch them because most PCPs only test TSH for thyroid and skip reproductive and adrenal hormones entirely. The Total Wellness Intelligence panel includes the full picture in a single draw: free and total testosterone with SHBG, estradiol, progesterone, DHEA-S, comprehensive thyroid (TSH, free T3, free T4), and cortisol-adjacent markers like homocysteine that reveal how chronic stress is affecting your biology. Pair that with fasting insulin, HbA1c, and ferritin and your provider can see exactly where the imbalance is, whether it's hormonal, metabolic, thyroid, or a combination. Our AI matches your specific imbalances to the treatments and supplements that address them directly: peptide therapy for hormone optimization, Thorne supplements calibrated to your exact deficiencies (not generic multivitamins), and a prioritized protocol so you're not guessing what to try first. This is the panel that makes people say "I wish I'd done this two years ago."
You're already on a protocol, whether it's a GLP-1 for weight loss, peptides for recovery or performance, or hormone therapy. Bloodwork before you start tells you where you began. Bloodwork during treatment tells you if it's working and whether anything needs adjustment. The Total Wellness Intelligence panel doubles as a treatment monitoring tool because it covers the metabolic, hormonal, inflammatory, and safety markers that matter most for every protocol we prescribe. Here's what makes retesting at Better Med Spa different from retesting at your doctor's office: our AI runs a draw-over-draw comparison across all 70+ biomarkers and flags the directional changes that matter, not just whether a number is inside or outside the reference range. Your ferritin dropped 30% but is still "normal"? Your doctor won't mention it. We catch it, explain why it matters, and adjust your Thorne supplement protocol before it becomes a deficiency. Your hsCRP is creeping up while your testosterone is trending down? That pattern tells a story about systemic inflammation that a single snapshot misses entirely. We recommend a baseline draw before starting any protocol and follow-ups at 90-day intervals. Each follow-up gets sharper because the AI has more data to work with, refining your treatment matches, updating your supplement stack, and surfacing the trends that only become visible across multiple draws. The patients who test consistently are the patients who get the best outcomes, because nothing is left to guesswork and nothing slips through the cracks.
You feel fine. Maybe you feel great. But you have no idea what's actually happening inside your body, and neither does your doctor based on the basic metabolic panel they run once a year. Our Total Wellness Intelligence panel runs 23 specialized tests that report 70+ individual biomarkers. That covers complete blood count with differential, full metabolic function, comprehensive thyroid, reproductive and adrenal hormones (testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, DHEA-S), fasting insulin and HbA1c, cardiovascular risk markers including ApoB and Lp(a), homocysteine, hsCRP, and trace minerals most doctors never check (zinc, magnesium, iodine, copper, selenium). Your annual physical touches maybe a third of this. Once your results are in, our proprietary AI cross-references every marker against your health profile and generates a personalized action plan: specific Better Med Spa treatments matched to what your blood is telling us, targeted Thorne supplement recommendations based on your actual deficiencies and imbalances, and clear priorities so you know exactly what to address first. You're not just getting data. You're getting a roadmap built from it.
You're not sick. You're not even symptomatic. You're the person who trains 4 to 5 days a week, eats well, sleeps 7 hours, and still wants to know what's happening at the cellular level. The Total Wellness Intelligence panel tests the biomarkers that predict disease risk and performance decline years before symptoms appear. ApoB and Lp(a) give you a more accurate cardiovascular risk picture than standard cholesterol ever will. Fasting insulin and HbA1c reveal metabolic dysfunction that a normal glucose reading hides. hsCRP and homocysteine flag systemic inflammation before it becomes a diagnosis. Methylmalonic acid catches functional B12 deficiency that a serum B12 test misses. Trace minerals like zinc, magnesium, selenium, iodine, and copper reveal the micronutrient gaps that silently limit your recovery, immune function, and hormone production. This is where the AI layer earns its value. It doesn't just flag what's suboptimal. It maps your results against our full treatment menu and Thorne's clinical supplement line to build a precision stack: which peptides target your specific markers, which supplements close your specific gaps, and which treatments compound on each other for the biggest performance return. The more data we have, the sharper the protocol gets.
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A standard annual physical typically tests 15-20 markers focused on disease screening. The Total Wellness Intelligence panel at Better Med Spa tests 70+ biomarkers across 23 specialized tests, including full hormones, cardiovascular risk markers like ApoB and Lp(a), fasting insulin, inflammatory markers, and trace minerals your PCP rarely orders. Your provider also reviews results against optimal ranges, not just reference ranges, and builds a personalized action plan from the data.
Yes. A 10-12 hour fast is required for accurate fasting insulin, glucose, and lipid readings. Water and black coffee are fine. We confirm specific prep instructions when you book your appointment at our Lincoln Park clinic. Most clients schedule early morning draws to make fasting easier.
Results from the Total Wellness Intelligence panel are typically available within 5 to 7 business days. Once results are in, your Better Med Spa provider schedules a review session to walk through every biomarker, explain what's optimal, flag any concerns, and deliver your optimized treatment and Thorne supplement recommendations.
Our wellness blood panels are not billed through insurance. They are a direct-pay service designed for depth and speed that insurance-based lab work does not offer. The benefit is access to 70+ biomarkers, provider-reviewed results against optimal (not just reference) ranges, and a full action plan. Most Chicago-area insurance plans only cover basic annual screening panels.
We recommend a baseline draw followed by retesting at 90-day intervals, especially for patients on active protocols like peptide therapy or GLP-1 medications. For general wellness monitoring, every 6 to 12 months is a strong cadence. Retesting is where the most valuable insights emerge, because our proprietary data analysis tool compares draw-over-draw trends and catches directional changes that single snapshots miss.
Better Med Spa's Total Wellness Intelligence panel goes beyond basic screening to reveal what's actually driving how you feel, perform, and age.
Your doctor orders a basic metabolic panel once a year. Eight markers. Maybe a CBC and lipids if you ask. The results come back "normal" and you move on. But "normal" doesn't explain why your energy crashes at 2pm. It doesn't explain why your recovery takes twice as long as it used to, why your body composition won't budge, or why your sleep feels shallow even when you get seven hours.
At Better Med Spa in Lincoln Park, Chicago, our Total Wellness Intelligence panel runs 23 specialized tests that report 70+ individual biomarkers in a single blood draw. That includes the hormones, inflammatory markers, cardiovascular risk indicators, metabolic data, and trace minerals that standard blood work never touches. Your provider reviews every result against optimal ranges (not just reference ranges) and builds an action plan you can actually follow.
This page covers exactly what we test, why it matters, who it's for, and how the process works at our Lincoln Park clinic.
The panel includes 23 specialized tests that break down into 70+ individually reported biomarkers. Here is what's covered and why each category matters.
This single test returns roughly 20 individual markers. It measures your red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, hemoglobin, and the specific ratios between white blood cell types. It reveals anemia, infection, immune suppression, and blood disorders. Your PCP usually runs this one. We do too, but we read it differently: we look at patterns and trends between draws, not just whether each number falls inside a reference range.
Another multi-marker test covering 18 values: glucose, electrolytes, kidney function (BUN, creatinine, eGFR), liver enzymes (AST, ALT, ALP), and protein levels. This is the baseline for understanding how your organs are functioning day to day. Most annual physicals include this. The difference is what we do with the results when they're paired with 50+ additional markers your doctor never ordered.
This is where the Total Wellness Intelligence panel separates from anything your primary care doctor runs. We test free and total testosterone with SHBG, estradiol, progesterone, DHEA-S, and comprehensive thyroid (TSH, free T3, free T4). Most PCPs test TSH only for thyroid and skip reproductive and adrenal hormones entirely. If you're experiencing fatigue, low drive, unexplained weight gain, or mood changes, these are the markers that explain why.
Standard cholesterol panels miss the most predictive markers. We test Apolipoprotein B (ApoB), Apolipoprotein A-1, and Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)). ApoB is widely considered a more accurate predictor of cardiovascular risk than LDL cholesterol alone. Lp(a) is genetically determined and elevated in roughly 20% of the population, but most people have never had it tested. If you have a family history of heart disease, these markers matter more than your total cholesterol number.
Fasting insulin and HbA1c reveal metabolic dysfunction years before a fasting glucose test catches it. Your glucose can read "normal" while your insulin is working overtime to keep it there. That's early insulin resistance, and it's the precursor to type 2 diabetes, stubborn weight gain, and chronic inflammation. These two markers are among the most important numbers on the entire panel, and they're rarely included in standard blood work.
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and homocysteine measure systemic inflammation. Chronic low-grade inflammation drives cardiovascular disease, accelerates aging, impairs recovery, and worsens nearly every other health condition. Methylmalonic acid (MMA) is also included. Elevated MMA indicates functional B12 deficiency even when your serum B12 level looks normal. This is one of the most commonly missed findings in standard blood work.
Zinc, magnesium, iron, ferritin, iodine, copper, RBC selenium, vitamin D, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 with folate. These are the micronutrients that directly affect your energy, immune function, thyroid health, hormone production, and recovery. Most of them are never tested at an annual physical. A zinc deficiency alone can impair testosterone production, immune response, and wound healing. You won't know it's there unless you test for it.
Ready to see the full picture? Book your Total Wellness Intelligence panel at Better Med Spa in Chicago.
One blood draw. 70+ biomarkers. A provider who reviews every result and builds your plan.
The blood work your primary care doctor orders is designed to screen for disease. It answers one question: are you sick? If you're not, you get a clean bill of health and a "see you next year." That system works fine for diagnosing diabetes, kidney failure, or severe anemia. It does not work for identifying the hormonal imbalances, micronutrient deficiencies, and metabolic patterns that determine how you feel, perform, and age.
Typically 15-20 markers. Basic metabolic panel, CBC, maybe a standard lipid panel. TSH only for thyroid. No hormones beyond TSH. No inflammatory markers. No trace minerals. No ApoB or Lp(a). Results reviewed against reference ranges only. Flagged if "abnormal," ignored if "normal."
23 specialized tests reporting 70+ individual biomarkers. Full hormone panel including testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, DHEA-S. Comprehensive thyroid. Cardiovascular risk markers including ApoB and Lp(a). Fasting insulin, HbA1c. hsCRP, homocysteine, MMA. Ten trace minerals and micronutrients. Every result reviewed against optimal ranges by your provider, with a personalized action plan.
The gap between these two approaches is where most health problems hide for years before they become a diagnosis. A reference range tells you that your testosterone is "within normal limits." An optimal range tells you it's in the bottom 15th percentile for your age and explains why your energy, drive, and body composition have changed. That distinction matters.
Getting 70+ data points is only useful if you know what to do with them. At Better Med Spa, your results are processed through our proprietary AI system that cross-references every biomarker against your health profile, your goals, and our full treatment and supplement catalog.
The AI generates three things. First, specific Better Med Spa treatment recommendations matched to what your blood is telling us. If your inflammatory markers are elevated and your recovery is slow, the system flags peptide therapy protocols that target those exact pathways. If your hormone panel shows declining testosterone with rising SHBG, it identifies the clinical interventions that address that pattern. Second, a targeted Thorne supplement protocol calibrated to your actual deficiencies rather than a generic multivitamin guess. Low magnesium, suboptimal D, and a zinc gap each get a specific product recommendation with dosing. Third, a prioritized action plan so you know what to address first, second, and third based on clinical significance.
This is not a chatbot spitting out generic advice. It's a diagnostic tool trained on clinical data that turns your blood panel into a treatment roadmap specific to you.
A single blood panel is a snapshot. Valuable, but limited. The real power of wellness diagnostics shows up on your second and third draw, when your provider can compare results over time and identify directional changes that a one-time test misses entirely.
Here's an example. Your ferritin drops 30% between draws but still falls within the lab's reference range. Your PCP would see a "normal" result and say nothing. At Better Med Spa, our AI flags the rate of decline, alerts your provider, and triggers a supplement adjustment before you develop a full iron deficiency. The same logic applies across every marker: hsCRP creeping up while testosterone trends down tells a story about systemic inflammation that a single snapshot can't tell.
We recommend baseline labs before starting any protocol and follow-up panels at 90-day intervals. Each follow-up gets sharper because the AI has more data to work with. It refines your treatment matches, updates your supplement stack, and surfaces the trends that only become visible across multiple draws.
You train regularly, eat well, and take care of yourself. You don't have a specific complaint, but you want to know what's going on under the surface. You want data, not guesswork. The Total Wellness Intelligence panel gives you the numbers to optimize what you're already doing.
Fatigue, brain fog, weight gain, low drive, mood swings, poor sleep. You've been told your blood work is "normal." It probably is, by standard screening criteria. But standard screening doesn't test the markers that actually explain those symptoms. This panel does.
If you're on a peptide protocol, GLP-1 medication, or hormone therapy (whether through Better Med Spa or another provider), baseline and follow-up blood work lets your provider optimize dosing with real data instead of guesswork. The patients who test consistently get the best outcomes.
If you're looking for a cheap screening to satisfy an insurance requirement, this isn't the right fit. Our panels are not billed through insurance. They're designed for people who want clinical depth, provider-reviewed results, and an action plan, not just a printout. If your only goal is confirming that you don't have a disease, your PCP's annual physical covers that.
The process is simple. Book your panel online, arrive at our clinic at 2117 N Halsted St in Lincoln Park fasted (10-12 hours, water is fine). The blood draw takes under 10 minutes. Results are back in 5 to 7 business days. Your provider schedules a review session to walk through every marker, explain what's optimal versus what's just "in range," and build your personalized plan.
If you're not sure which panel is right for you, start with the Total Wellness Intelligence panel. It covers everything. You can narrow your focus on future draws once you have the baseline data.