Fountain Life vs Modern Age in 2026
Two longevity clinics, both built around diagnostics and aging. Here is how they compare, and where a transparent, at-cost peptide membership fits.
Fountain Life and Modern Age are both longevity clinics, and both were built around the same core idea: measure what is happening inside your body, then act on it. They go about it differently. Fountain Life is a premium precision-diagnostics membership known for full-body imaging and early disease detection.
Modern Age was an aging-wellness clinic focused on hormones, skin, hair, and lifestyle assessments. This page compares the two as a neutral referee, using published information, then shows where pru fits as a different kind of option: a transparent, at-cost membership for prescribed compounded peptides.
Fountain Life vs Modern Age: the quick answer
The simplest way to tell them apart is what each one is built to find. Fountain Life is a precision-diagnostics membership: its signature is advanced imaging like full-body MRI and coronary CT, aimed at catching disease early. Modern Age took a broader aging-wellness approach: assessments of hormones, bone density, and biomarkers, paired with skin and hair services and lifestyle guidance.
There is one important status difference in 2026. Fountain Life is operating and expanding. Modern Age closed and wound down its clinics in March 2024. Both belong to the same category, the in-person longevity clinic, which is a different model from prescribing and delivering peptides at cost. Here is the side-by-side.
| Factor | Fountain Life | Modern Age |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A premium precision-diagnostics and longevity membership | An aging-wellness clinic and studio concept |
| Founded | 2020, by Peter Diamandis, Tony Robbins, Bob Hariri, and William Kapp | 2021, by Melissa Eamer |
| Core focus | Early disease detection through advanced imaging and testing | Aging assessments, hormones, skin, and hair, with lifestyle guidance |
| Signature diagnostics | Full-body MRI, coronary CT angiography, brain MRI, AI cancer screening | Bone-density scans, biomarker and hormone panels, clinician follow-up |
| How you access it | Annual membership, in person at physical centers | In-person studios in New York (Flatiron and Upper East Side) |
| Published cost | CORE around $2,995 and up; APEX around $19,500 to $21,500 per year | Assessment and service based, before it closed |
| Status in 2026 | Operating and expanding (a Houston launch was reported in April 2026) | Closed; wound down operations in March 2024 after raising about $33M |
| Prescribed peptides at cost | Not the model | Not the model |
WHAT THIS PAGE IS AND ISN'TThis is a neutral comparison of two longevity clinics. Neither Fountain Life nor Modern Age is a compounded-peptide service, so this is not a like-for-like product face-off. It is a map of the longevity landscape, with a note at the end on where pru's at-cost peptide model fits.
What Fountain Life does
Fountain Life's strength is depth of diagnostics. Founded in 2020 by a well-known group that includes Peter Diamandis and Tony Robbins, it built its membership around advanced imaging and testing that most annual physicals do not include. Its top tier bundles full-body MRI, coronary CT angiography with AI analysis, a brain MRI, comprehensive blood panels, and AI-assisted cancer screening, along with concierge physician access.
The idea is early detection: find a problem years before symptoms appear, when there is more room to act. For someone who wants that level of screening and is comfortable with a five-figure annual commitment, Fountain Life delivers a genuinely comprehensive workup. Reporting in 2026 described it as operating and expanding into new markets.
- Best at: advanced early-detection imaging and a deep diagnostic baseline.
- Model: annual membership, delivered in person at physical centers.
- Published pricing: a lower CORE tier around $2,995 and up, and a full-diagnostic APEX tier reported around $19,500 to $21,500 per year, varying by market.
- Not its focus: ongoing prescription of peptides or GLP-1 medicine at cost.
What Modern Age set out to do
Modern Age took a different angle on aging. Launched in 2021 by Melissa Eamer, it opened studios in New York, first in the Flatiron district and later on the Upper East Side, with the goal of making aging care approachable rather than clinical. Its assessments covered bone density, biomarkers, and hormone panels, followed by a clinician visit that advised on lifestyle changes. It also offered cosmetic services such as chemical peels and microneedling.
The concept drew real backing, about $33 million in funding. To be factual about its current status: Modern Age announced it would close and wound down operations in March 2024, with its founder citing an inability to secure the additional capital needed to keep going. Anyone researching it today should know it is no longer operating.
- Set out to do: approachable, studio-based aging assessments plus skin and hair services.
- Model: in-person studios in New York, assessment and service based.
- Funding: about $33 million raised.
- Status: closed in March 2024; not currently operating.
How the two compare
Put side by side, the two clinics answer slightly different questions. Fountain Life is built to answer "is anything wrong that I cannot see yet," using the most advanced imaging in the category. Modern Age was built to answer "how do I age well day to day," blending assessments with cosmetic and lifestyle care. Fountain Life aims deep and clinical; Modern Age aimed broad and approachable.
What they share is the model itself. Both are in-person clinics you visit, both center on diagnostics and assessment, and both are premium experiences rather than low-cost, ongoing medication services. Neither one is built to prescribe and ship peptides at cost on a recurring basis. That is the gap this page points to next, not as a knock on either clinic, but because it is a different job.
THE DIVIDING LINEA longevity clinic tells you what is happening in your body. It does not, by design, deliver prescribed peptide therapy at a transparent, at-cost price. Those are two different needs, and it is worth being clear about which one you are trying to solve.
Where pru fits: the transparent, at-cost option
If what you actually want is prescribed peptide therapy, delivered simply and priced transparently, that is a different model from a diagnostics clinic, and it is the one pru is built for. pru is a LegitScript-certified telehealth membership for compounded peptides. A licensed physician reviews your history and confirms whether a peptide is appropriate for you, a licensed, FDA-registered 503A pharmacy prepares it, and every order comes with a Certificate of Analysis documenting what is inside.
The pricing is the clearest contrast. pru prices the peptide itself at cost, with no markup on the medicine. When you start on a 3-month plan, compounded semaglutide works out to about $60 a month, which is your price per month for the medication, and tirzepatide about $93 a month on the same basis. That medication price is the lowest we have found.
Membership is separate: a flat $50 a month billed annually for unlimited access to the pru platform and clinician messaging. Because the membership buys unlimited at-cost access, the savings compound with every vial, and you can stack more than one peptide without a markup on any of them. It is a different order of magnitude from a five-figure clinic membership, because it is solving a different problem: not a full-body diagnostic workup, but straightforward, overseen access to the medicine itself.
It is worth noting the wider 2026 context. Several large telehealth names, including Hims, Ro, WeightWatchers, and Sesame, exited compounded GLP-1 in 2025 and 2026. Among services still compounding, published prices run roughly $99 to $397 a month, with most between $199 and $299, and some advertise a low medicine price while charging a separate membership on top. pru's approach is to itemize everything and keep the membership flat, so the at-cost price is the price.
A clinic like Fountain Life and a service like pru can even be complements: use the clinic for deep diagnostics if that is your priority, and use pru for transparent, overseen, at-cost peptide access. Getting ahead of how you age is a smart, responsible move, and pru exists to make that informed choice the accessible one, with licensed physicians, pharmacy-grade peptides, and pricing at cost. When you are ready to take the next step, see exactly how pricing works, or browse the full catalog.
ON PRU'S SIDEpru's whole promise is that it is on your side. The medicine is priced at cost, every charge is itemized, the membership is flat, and a licensed physician and a 503A pharmacy stand behind every order. Peptides made simple, for everyone.
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Sources & further reading
- Fountain Life Memberships: CORE, APEX and APEX Family. fountainlife.com/membership. Accessed July 2026.
- How much does a longevity medical clinic cost? fountainlife.com/blog. Accessed July 2026.
- Are Longevity Clinics Worth It in 2026: Top U.S. Clinics and What They Cost. yahoo.com/lifestyle, 2026.
- New York-based Longevity Clinic Modern Age Has Closed. WWD (wwd.com), March 2024.
- Longevity Clinic Modern Age to Close. BeautyMatter (beautymatter.com), March 2024.
- Longevity Startup Modern Age Shutters. Fitt Insider (insider.fitt.co), 2024.
- pru pricing and catalog pages. joinpru.com. Accessed July 2026.
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Human Drug Compounding (503A; compounded drugs are prescribed and pharmacy-made, not FDA-approved). fda.gov. Accessed July 2026.