Summary at a glance
Empirical Health's Comprehensive Health Panel is a one-time $190 covering 100+ biomarkers, one lab visit and a physician review.
New York and New Jersey add a $99 state lab fee, which takes the total to $289.
Hormone testing is an add-on with no published price, and the panel carries no gut microbiome or bone turnover markers.
The most common complaint across both app stores is that the app is slow and does not sync with Apple Health or Health Connect.
Reviewers report lab orders coming back incomplete and Quest billing them directly, with the company fixing the cases publicly.
This review reports what Empirical Health publishes and what other users have written. It is not first-hand testing and it is not medical advice. Cholesterol, ApoB, Lp(a), hs-CRP and HbA1c results need a clinician to interpret them against your own history. Nothing here diagnoses or treats heart, metabolic or inflammatory conditions, and no blood panel replaces care from your doctor.
Is Empirical Health worth it?
Empirical Health sells one blood panel for $190. The single payment covers 100+ biomarkers, one lab visit at 2,200+ testing locations, and a physician who reads the results with you empirical.health. It is worth it if you want cardiovascular numbers cheaply. The app that holds those results draws steady complaints about lag and broken health syncs.
The price is the whole argument.
Empirical's own compare page puts its panel at $190 a year against Function Health at $365 a year empirical.health. Nothing renews, and the physician review sits inside that price rather than beside it.
Someone who wants cheap cardiovascular bloodwork and already wears an Apple Watch, Fitbit or WearOS device.
Empirical Health's $190 Comprehensive Health PanelIt covers 100+ biomarkers with a physician review included, for roughly half what Function Health charges for a year of membership.
Blood work, scans, test results, medical reports — finally in one place and connected to how you actually feel. aelívra tracks biomarkers and health records over time, so you can see what's trending in the right direction and walk into your next appointment knowing exactly what to discuss.
What is Empirical Health?
Empirical Health is a biomarker testing service with a wearable tracking app attached. You buy the panel, book one draw at a Quest lab, and a physician goes through the numbers with you.
The panel leads with the heart.
Its product page names ApoB, Lp(a), hs-CRP, HbA1c, Vitamin D, a full lipid panel, and 10-year and lifetime heart attack risk.
The app is a separate product, and that matters for how you read its reviews. A large share of the people rating it arrived when the Cardiogram heart tracking app shut down, so they are judging a wearable app rather than the $190 panel. Empirical reads heart rate, HRV and sleep from an Apple Watch, Fitbit or WearOS device, and logs nutrition from a photo of your meal.
Empirical Health homepage with live ApoB and Lp(a) readoutsWhat does Empirical Health cost?
One payment of $190 covers the panel, the lab visit and the physician review. There is no membership fee, and HSA and FSA cards work on it.
Hormone testing is an add-on and Empirical publishes no price for it. New York and New Jersey carry a $99 state lab fee, so the real total in those two states is $289 empirical.health.
Here is every priced item the company lists.
The $190 covers the panel, one lab visit and the doctor call. In New York and New Jersey, budget $289.
Comprehensive Health Panel
$190
Hormone testing
add-on, price not published
NY/NJ lab fee
+$99
Comprehensive Health Panel
'Track 100+ high-signal biomarkers' across cardiovascular, metabolic, nutritional and inflammatory function; '1 lab visit' at '2,200+ testing locations'; 'Personalized action plan' - custom nutrition and exercise plan; '100 biomarkers. Interpreted by a physician. Results in days.'; Named markers on the product page: ApoB, Lp(a), hs-CRP, HbA1c, Vitamin D, full lipid panel, 10-year and lifetime heart attack risk; HSA/FSA eligible
Hormone testing
Hormone panel added to the base order
NY/NJ lab fee
State lab fee charged on top of the $190 panel in New York and New Jersey
What do users consistently praise?
Price against Function Health is the thing people say over and over.
A Trustpilot reviewer in December 2025 wrote: "I signed up for the $190 health panel. Results came back within a couple of days and my review with the doctor was great." trustpilot.com A commenter in the r/EmpiricalHealth thread in November 2025 described the same switch: "I was a previous Function member and switched to Empirical." reddit.com
The doctor call is the second thing named, and the evidence for it is thin. Trustpilot holds three reviews in total. Two praise the consultation, one attacks it, so it reads as a split rather than a verdict.
Day to day, the photo-based nutrition logging draws a warm App Store review.
Empirical Health phone app showing 108 biomarker test resultsEmpirical Health
100+ biomarkers for a one-time $190, roughly half Function Health's $365
Physician review of the results is included in the price, not an add-on
One lab visit, with 2,200+ Quest testing locations to choose from
Apple Watch, Fitbit and WearOS feed HRV, sleep and activity into the same app
HSA and FSA eligible
App store reviewers call the app slow and half-finished
Reports that it does not sync with Apple Health or Health Connect
Hormones cost extra and the add-on price is not published
No gut microbiome and no bone turnover markers in the panel
New York and New Jersey pay $99 more
What are the most common complaints?
The app is the loudest problem.
A Google Play reviewer in May 2026 said it is "very very slow now" play.google.com. An undated App Store review says "The app itself though is buggy and sometimes doesn’t register when touched, or takes forever to load the pages" apps.apple.com.
Syncing is close behind. Users say the app does not pull data from Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android, and that wearable sleep figures come back wrong. One Google Play reviewer in April 2026 wrote "Also, won't import health data properly from health connect to be useful."
Lab orders go wrong often enough to notice. A Reddit user in November 2025 found tests missing from a completed panel and Quest billing them directly. Empirical answered in the thread and the poster later confirmed the bills stopped reddit.com. The missing tests stayed missing, because the lab was 30 minutes away and the poster judged the trip not worth it.
One Trustpilot reviewer in March 2026 called the consultation rushed and said the doctor ended the half hour early. That is one account on a profile holding three reviews, so read it as an experience rather than a pattern.
Most app store complaints describe the wearable tracking app, not the $190 blood panel. Check what a review is actually rating before you weigh it.
Who is Empirical Health for?
Buy it if you want cardiovascular bloodwork cheaply, read by a doctor, and you already wear an Apple Watch, Fitbit or WearOS device.
Skip it if you want hormones, gut or bone markers in the base price. A buyer asked the founders about microbiome and bone turnover markers in November 2025, and the answer was "Not yet!" reddit.com
Skip it too if you need steady software. And if you live in New York or New Jersey, price it at $289 before you decide, because that is what you will pay.
Empirical Health brand banner with heart logo and wordmarkHow we researched this review
We have not used Empirical Health ourselves.
This review reads the company's own pages for prices and specs, and published user reviews for everything about the experience. Those reviews were collected on 14 September 2026 from four source types. Trustpilot carries 3.5 out of 5 across three reviews, and the profile is unclaimed trustpilot.com. The App Store shows 4.4 out of 5 across 593 ratings, and ten full reviews were read apps.apple.com.
Google Play shows 4.1 out of 5 across 146 reviews, though only three review texts are visible there play.google.com. Five Reddit threads were read in full, and the Better Business Bureau profile holds no complaints and no reviews.
Empirical's founders take part in nearly every public thread about the company, so unprompted comment on the panel comes down to roughly a dozen voices. Many of the app store ratings judge the wearable app, so we kept those complaints out of the panel verdict.
Frequently asked questions
Is Empirical Health cheaper than Function Health?
Yes. Empirical's compare page puts its panel at $190 a year against Function Health's $365 a year.
Does Empirical Health test hormones?
Hormone testing is sold as an add-on rather than inside the base panel, and the company publishes no price for it.
How many biomarkers does the $190 panel cover?
The product page markets 100+ biomarkers across cardiovascular, metabolic, nutritional and inflammatory function, with a physician interpreting them.
Why do New York and New Jersey cost more?
Those two states carry a $99 lab fee on top of the panel, which brings the total to $289.
Does the app sync with Apple Health?
Reviewers on both app stores report that it does not sync reliably with Apple Health or with Health Connect on Android.
The $190 panel is a one-time purchase, so nothing renews. Retesting means buying another panel.
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Cameron founded aelívra after years of living an unknown no one could answer — navigating chronic health complexity through a medical system that wasn't built for it. That experience became a conviction: everyone deserves to feel truly alive, and no one should have to accept not knowing as a way of life. His work sits at the intersection of data science and functional health and wellbeing, turning the latest trusted medical research across news, health, wearables, biomarkers, and more into advice everyday people can use on their journeys toward feeling better. Every article is grounded in peer-reviewed evidence and linked to its primary source. This content is for informational purposes only and does not replace medical advice.
