Decode vs Mito Health
Two subscriptions a few dollars apart, doing opposite halves of the job. Mito Health is $9 a month and gets you the test: labs passed through at Mito’s own cost, reviewed by a clinician, with a care team you can text. Decode is $12.99 a month and orders nothing. It reads a panel you already have, puts each number next to a figure a physician put on the record, and checks the supplements you take against it.
Last updated 11 August 2026 · Mito Health prices verified on mitohealth.com the same day
| Decode | Mito Health | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An iPhone app that reads bloodwork you already have | A membership that sells labs, scans and clinician time at cost |
| Subscription | $12.99 a month or $79.99 a year, 7-day free trial | $9 a month |
| What a panel costs on top | Nothing. Bring the report you already have | Core Panel $197.62 member, $276.80 without |
| Reading labs you already have | The whole product. Photo, PDF or Apple Health, any lab | Upload past labs into one record over time |
| Where “optimal” comes from | Not ours to set. A physician or research scientist put the number on the record, and you can watch them do it and judge the reasoning yourself | Mito’s clinicians and its own guidance |
| Talking to a clinician | None. Decode never diagnoses | Clinician-reviewed answers by text; $39 member video consult |
| Asking a follow-up question | Ask about your results or a supplement and get an answer you can check: who said it, and the video open at that second. If the library has nothing on it, that is what the answer says | Mito Concierge AI chat, with escalation to a clinician when it needs one |
| Supplement label scanning | Point the camera at the label, get a pass, weak or skip at your numbers | Not offered. Supplements at cost are stated as coming |
| Where it works | Any iPhone, with any lab’s report | Panels are state-gated; some are not offered in every state |
Decode is an iPhone app launching soon — the app-side rows describe what ships at launch. Mito figures are from Mito’s own membership, panel and manifesto pages on 11 August 2026, during a repricing Mito announced itself; check their site before you buy.
What Mito Health does that Decode doesn’t
- Orders the test, at Mito’s cost with the bill itemised
- A clinician reviews every result, with answers by text
- A 1:1 video consult for $39 as a member
- More than 1,000 labs, scans and kits to choose from
- Most results back within about three days
What Decode does that Mito Health doesn’t
- Names the physician behind every optimal number, and links the video
- Scans a supplement label and grades it against your own numbers
- Says out loud when nobody has stated a number for a biomarker
- Names the source on every follow-up answer and opens the video where it was said
- Reads a report from any lab, with nothing to order and no state limits
- Works on bloodwork you already paid for, going back years
Which one should you pick?
- Pick Mito Health if you still need the test.
- You want a wide panel without the markup, you want a person to review it, and being able to text a clinician a question is worth more to you than being able to look up where a number came from. $9 a month plus what the lab actually charges is hard to argue with.
- Pick Decode if the results are already in your hand.
- You get labs from your doctor, or you have three years of them in a portal. Your question is what those numbers mean at your age and sex, and whether the supplements you are already swallowing do anything about them. No draw, no consult to book.
- Use both if you want the panel and the second opinion.
- Mito to get the blood drawn and reviewed. Decode to sit that same report next to what physicians have stated on the record, and to check the shelf. The two subscriptions together cost less than one Core Panel.
Mito earns the same whether you buy anything or not
Most of this category makes money twice — once on the panel, again on the supplements it recommends after reading it. Mito’s founders wrote the problem down and then repriced around it: $9 a month, labs and scans passed through at Mito’s cost with the bill itemised, and supplements and prescriptions promised on the same terms. In their words, “We earn the same whether you buy a lot, a little, or nothing at all.”
Decode arrives at the same place from the other side. It sells no supplements, runs no affiliate links, and has no panel to sell you, so the subscription is the only thing it earns from. On incentives, these two are closer to each other than either is to the rest of the category — which means the comparison has to be about something else.
Their clinicians drew the line. Ours was drawn on tape.
Both products will tell you a result is fine or not fine. Mito’s bar comes from its own clinicians, which is a normal and defensible way to run it. You are trusting the clinic — and a clinic that has read a million lab tests has earned some of that.
The catch is what happens when you disagree, or when your doctor does. There is no source to open, because the source is the clinic. Decode is auditable because of how it is built: it sells no test and no range of its own, so it has nothing to lose by sending you to someone else’s sentence.
Decode never draws a line of its own. Every optimal figure in the app comes from a sentence a physician or research scientist actually said, number included. If nobody said it, Decode does not print it. Inflammation is the clearest case: the gap between the lab’s bar and the stated one is wide enough to change what you do next.
Your lab prints “normal” up to 3.0. The stated line is below 1.
“I like seeing c-reactive protein below one, ideally below point five.”
Most US labs do not flag hs-CRP until 3.0 mg/L. So a 2.4 comes back unmarked, and it sits well above the figure in that sentence. Decode shows both lines, names the physician, and links to the second the words were said, so you can check that we quoted fairly. See the full page on optimal hs-CRP levels.
In all, fourteen physicians and research scientists have put a number on the record in Decode; Attia is one. A few of the others, and where each drew their line:
- Dr. Mark Hyman, M.D.Ferritin floor · 45 ng/mL7:22 →
- Dr. Elizabeth Boham, M.D.Ferritin ceiling · 70 ng/mL1:36:56 →
- Dr. Rhonda Patrick, PhDIGF-1 · 120–160 ng/mL30:14 →
- Dr. Peter Attia, M.D.Fasting glucose · under 90 mg/dL6:34 →
The other 73 markers keep the lab’s range
Stated ranges cover 25 of Decode’s 98 biomarkers — 57 quotes, every one linked to its video. On the remaining 73 the lab’s range stands, and the page comes out and says that nobody we cite has named a number there. Browse them at all biomarkers.
Common questions
How much does Mito Health cost in 2026?
Mito repriced to a $9 a month membership, with labs and scans passed through at Mito’s cost and itemised. The Mito Core Panel is listed at $197.62 for members and $276.80 without a membership, and a 1:1 video consult with the care team is $39 for members or $99 without. No membership is required to order a test. Verified on mitohealth.com on 11 August 2026.
What is the difference between Decode and Mito Health?
Mito gets you the blood test and a clinician: it orders labs at cost, reviews every result, and answers questions by text. Decode orders nothing. It reads a panel you already have, puts each number next to a figure a named physician stated on the record, and scans your supplement labels to see whether they hold up at your numbers.
How much does Decode cost?
$12.99 a month or $79.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. There is no test to buy and no consult to book.
Can Mito Health read blood tests I already have?
Yes. Mito’s membership includes uploading past labs so every result and visit sits in one record over time. Decode does the same from a photo, a PDF or Apple Health, and adds the stated optimal line and the video underneath each number.
Does Mito Health sell supplements?
Not yet. Mito’s founders wrote that supplements and prescriptions are coming soon, priced the same at-cost way as its lab tests. Decode sells no supplements at all and takes no affiliate money — it checks the ones you already own.
Does Decode have doctors you can talk to?
No, and that is a real gap next to Mito. Decode has no care team, no consults and no clinician review. It reports what named physicians and research scientists have said on the record and puts your number next to theirs, so you can take a specific question to your own doctor.
Is Mito Health available in every state?
No. Mito’s test pages flag when a panel is not yet offered by labs in your state. Decode has no state limits of its own because it draws no blood; it reads the report your lab already gave you.
Does Decode diagnose or give medical advice?
No. Decode is educational, not medical advice, and it never tells you that you have a condition. Talk to your doctor before you change anything.
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