The concierge retainer typically runs from the low thousands into five figures. Executive Health Edge draws its panel at month 0, 6, and 12, with a program physician for anything hormonal or pharmaceutical. The physician diagnoses and treats; the coach changes what you do on Tuesday. Many clients have both, and the program’s reports are useful in the concierge exam room.
Same word, different jobs
“Concierge” gets used for both. A concierge physician is a doctor. A concierge health program is a coach. The confusion costs men money in both directions.
A concierge physician practices primary care for a small panel of patients who pay an annual retainer. You get same-day access, longer appointments, a physician who knows your history, and coordination when a specialist is needed. The retainer varies widely by market and practice, from the low thousands a year to well into five figures. What you are buying is time and access to a physician.
Executive Health Edge is a twelve-month coaching program for men aged 40 to 65. You get a 75+ biomarker panel at month 0, 6, and 12, a WHOOP or Oura and a Withings scale, one dedicated coach who responds to every logged workout and sends a Monday analysis and a Friday check-in, and a program physician behind the coach for anything hormonal, pharmaceutical, or lab-dependent. What you are buying is a standard held every day for a year.
| Compared on | A concierge physician | Executive Health Edge |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Primary care for a small panel of patients | A twelve-month coaching program for men aged 40 to 65; not primary care |
| What you are buying | Time and access to a physician | A standard held every day for a year |
| Day to day | Same-day access, longer appointments, a physician who knows your history | One dedicated coach who responds to every logged workout and sends a Monday analysis and a Friday check-in |
| Medical care | Diagnoses, treats, prescribes, manages conditions, coordinates specialists | Does none of that; a program physician behind the coach for anything hormonal, pharmaceutical, or lab-dependent, by written handoff |
What the concierge physician does that the program does not
Diagnose. Treat. Prescribe. Manage a condition. Coordinate specialists. Be there when something is wrong at 9 p.m. The program does none of that and says so.
What the program does that the physician does not
Notice that you did not log Thursday’s session. Reduce today’s intensity because your recovery score says so. Move your carbohydrate range because the scale trend has been outside the band for two weeks. Ship a hotel-gym variant of the week before you fly. Retest at month 6 and show you the direction, not just the position. A physician with a 400-patient panel cannot do this, and one with a 40-patient panel usually does not want to.
Why they are complements
The program produces the data a good physician wants: three panels a year with written analyses, continuous weight trend, and a wearable history. The physician produces the decisions the program will not make. The written handoff between your coach and the program physician follows the same rule as the handoff to your own doctor: values and history in writing, with your consent, no freelancing.
How Executive Health Edge is structured
A 75+ biomarker panel at month 0, 6, and 12 with a written analysis and a biological age analysis after each. WHOOP or Oura and a Withings scale, provided. One dedicated coach for twelve months. A program physician by written handoff. It is not primary care and it does not replace your physical.
This page is coaching information, not medical advice. Questions about medication, hormones, or peptides go to the program physician.