Medical Checkup in Zurich at the USZ
Regular medical checkups are an important part of maintaining long-term health. With personalized preventive medicine, we determine your individual risk situation, offer sensible early detection examinations and show you exactly what you can do yourself to effectively prevent illness. Our services are designed for individuals as well as employees and executives of companies who want to maintain their health over the long term and identify health risks early on. Take the opportunity to optimize your state of health and actively take care of your health with the help of a personalized check-up.
Why get a health checkup at the USZ?
Every person has different health conditions and risk factors. That is why we focus on personalized preventive medicine rather than standardized check-up packages. Before your appointment, we will tailor the tests to your individual situation and then discuss the results and next steps with you in detail.
Which check-ups are useful?The Prevention Center as a central location
The Prevention Center at the University Hospital of Zurich specializes in personalized preventive medicine and medical checkups. At our The Circle location at Zurich Airport, we support individuals and companies with customized wellness programs. Thanks to our close collaboration with all departments at the USZ, you can receive comprehensive medical care from a single source whenever you need it.
Personalized Care Instead of Standard Programs
The examinations will be tailored to your age, your personal risk profile, and your health concerns. This way, we avoid unnecessary tests and focus on medically necessary examinations.
Personal and direct advice
All examinations are carried out within one day. Finally, the findings are summarized in a detailed discussion and you receive specific suggestions regarding lifestyle, diet and sensible check-ups. Our aim is to help you understand your body better and support its functions in order to stay healthy.
Comprehensive medical expertise
If necessary, specialists from various departments at the USZ can be consulted quickly. This makes it easy to coordinate further evaluations when abnormalities are detected.
State-of-the-art diagnostics, all in one place
Depending on the clinical issue, the USZ offers all the diagnostic options available at a university hospital. This facilitates a comprehensive and targeted assessment.
Personalized Recommendations for Your Health
After the checkup, we will discuss the results with you in detail. You will receive specific recommendations regarding prevention, lifestyle, and, if necessary, further checkups or tests.
Information About Costs
The cost of your health checkup depends on the individually tailored examination plan. Depending on your insurance plan, your health insurance may cover a portion of the costs for preventive checkups or screenings. On our website, you can quickly and easily check whether your insurance company is one of our partners.
Coverage by Your Health InsuranceOur basic services
- Laboratory Tests: Analysis of approximately 50 laboratory parameters to assess metabolic, organ, and other bodily functions.
- Medical History and Vaccination Counseling: We will review your medical history, lifestyle habits, and diet, and check your vaccination status to serve as the basis for your personalized preventive care plan.
- Physical Examination: A comprehensive internal medicine examination to assess your overall health and identify potential risk factors.
- Resting and stress ECG: An examination of heart function to assess the cardiovascular system and detect any abnormalities.
- Lung function test: Assessment of lung function and respiratory capacity.
- Body Composition Assessment (BIA): Analysis of muscle mass, body fat, and body water as a basis for personalized nutrition and exercise recommendations.
- Ultrasound Examinations: Examination of the abdominal organs, the aorta, the thyroid gland, the arteries supplying the brain, and the heart (resting echocardiography).
- Follow-up Consultation and Counseling: A joint review of all test results, including personalized recommendations on prevention, lifestyle, and follow-up examinations.
- Final Report Written in a Way Patients Can Understand: A summary of all findings and recommendations in a report written in clear, understandable language.
Additional examinations if required
Depending on your personal risk profile, pre-existing conditions, or the results of the initial examinations, your health checkup may be supplemented with additional diagnostic tests or consultations with specialists. Which additional services are appropriate will be determined on an individual basis during the preliminary consultation with the doctor.
Possible additions include, among other things:
- Advanced Cardiovascular Diagnostics: Advanced laboratory tests, stress echocardiography, 24-hour ECG and blood pressure monitoring, as well as cardiac CT with angiography or cardiac MRI for further evaluation of the cardiovascular system.
- Specialist Preventive Examinations: Depending on the specific concerns, these may include, among other things, skin cancer screening, urological screening, gynecological screening (including breast imaging), and gastroenterological screening procedures such as colonoscopy, gastroscopy, or specialized reflux testing.
- Diagnostic Imaging: When necessary, modern imaging techniques are available, such as cardiac CT, cardiac MRI, low-dose CT of the lungs, MRI angiography for vascular diagnostics, as well as MRI examinations of the abdominal organs, prostate, spine, joints, or extremities.
- Additional Specialized Tests: Supplementary tests may include, for example, sleep apnea testing ( polysomnography), pulmonary evaluations, ENT evaluations, allergy testing, or consultations for vertigo and tinnitus.
Thanks to access to the full range of medical services offered by the University Hospital of Zurich, additional specialists can be easily brought in to assist with the evaluation as needed. Even after your health checkup, we remain available to answer any questions you may have and to assist with any follow-up tests or treatments.
Frequently Asked Questions
From your initial inquiry to your personal follow-up consultation, we’ll guide you step by step through your health checkup. All examinations and consultations are tailored to your individual health situation.
- Non-binding inquiry
- Preliminary phone consultation
- Customize Your Checkup
- Exams on Check-Up Day
- Final Meeting and Personal Consultation
- Final Report Written in a Way Patients Can Understand
- Further evaluation or support, if needed
Frequently Asked Questions
The major widespread diseases today are diabetes, high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis, which can lead to heart attacks and strokes. Most of these cases could be avoided with a health-oriented lifestyle and a healthy diet. There is also sufficient evidence that obesity triggers and worsens spinal and joint problems, and it is also a risk factor for numerous cancers. Reason enough to tackle the issue at an early stage in order to identify risk factors, take the right diagnostic measures and thus prevent illness effectively and sustainably. Longevity and prevention therefore pursue the same goals: To extend a healthy lifespan and optimize quality of life at any age.
With our checkup program, we offer you a comprehensive, individually tailored health examination at the highest scientific level. As a university hospital, we combine the latest research with state-of-the-art diagnostics to precisely analyze your state of health. We supplement the basic checkpup with services tailored to your individual needs.
When an examination makes sense depends on various factors: Gender, age, illnesses in the family and much more. Grundsätzlich ist eine Vorsorgeuntersuchung ab dem 20. Lebensjahr empfehlenswert – dann selbstverständlich in deutlich reduziertem Umfang. This is because many risk factors for cardiovascular disease—such as being overweight, smoking, or having high blood lipid levels—can still be addressed particularly effectively at this age. Congenital risk factors, such as elevated lipoprotein(a) levels, can also be detected early.
The USZ Check-Up is a comprehensive internal medical check-up with laboratory diagnostics, sonographic imaging, functional examinations and sufficient discussion and consultation time at the beginning and end.
The final price depends on the scope of the jointly defined services. In any case, you will receive a non-binding cost estimate from us in advance and after a precise compilation of the appropriate examinations.
Check-up in the morning: Show up for your appointment sober. Drinking water and sugar-free coffee or tea is permitted. This enables a good assessment of the gallbladder. After the ultrasound examinations, you have the opportunity to have breakfast in our cafeteria on the 4th floor.
Check-up in the afternoon: Please do not take anything from 3 hours before your appointment with us. Drinking water and sugar-free coffee or tea is permitted. After the ultrasound examinations, you have the opportunity to have lunch or a snack in our cafeteria on the 4th floor.
Take along to the check-up:
- Vaccination certificate
- Sports clothing and shoes for the stress test on the bike
- Relevant preliminary findings for the check-up
Personalized preventive health screenings are out-of-pocket services that are generally not covered by health insurance. However, some supplemental insurance plans cover part of the costs. If in doubt, ask your health insurance company in advance. Learn more about coverage under your health insurance plan.
