Tuesday, 8 September 2026 Independent · Evidence graded Index Q3 2026
Baseline
Preventive medicine, examined.
Residential programme · Montreux, CH

Clinique La Prairie

~CHF 20,950 to ~CHF 50,250, per week. Serving CH.

Price reported Figures checked 2026-09-07 Index Q3 2026 Provider website

What it is

The most expensive programme in the Index. Reported seven-night pricing runs from about CHF 20,950 for Detox to CHF 31,800 for Revitalisation and CHF 50,250 for Revitalisation Premium, including accommodation, medical consultations and the proprietary CLP Extract. Operating since 1931, which makes it the longest-running business in the category by a wide margin. The signature treatment is the part with the least published evidence, and the medical workup around it is conventional.

The evidence behind what it offers

We grade tests, not companies. These are our standing assessments of the modalities this provider offers, and they apply identically to everyone offering them.

Baseline evidence grade C: Mechanistically plausible and widely used, but no trial evidence of net benefit in the screened population.
Genomics and gene panels

Plausible and widely sold, with no trial evidence of net benefit from untargeted sequencing in asymptomatic adults. Best value as a once-in-a-lifetime measurement rather than a recurring one.

Not offered: Whole-body MRI, Multi-cancer early detection blood test, Cardiopulmonary exercise test.

How to read the price

Every private programme sells an addition to something you already have. In Germany that something is Check-up 35, free every three years from age 35, covering blood pressure, fasting glucose, a full lipid panel, urinalysis and a consultation. Those are the cheapest high-yield measurements in medicine and a meaningful share of people buying private programmes have never used them.

So the question is never whether Clinique La Prairie beats nothing. It is what the increment buys.

Against the free baseline
Check-up 35 €0
Clinique La Prairie~CHF 20,950

4 of 5 comparable entries cost less to enter.

What to ask before booking

  1. What is the total price, in writing, before the consultation? Clinique La Prairie does not publish a price page, so the figure on this page comes from a third party and may not match your quote.
  2. Which cardiovascular and metabolic assessment is included, and how does it map onto the guideline? A programme covering functional capacity and vascular status is doing serious work; one leaning on a lipid panel is repeating your statutory check.
  3. Is any form of cardiopulmonary exercise testing available as an add-on? It carries the strongest mortality association of anything measurable here and is absent from over half the programmes we catalogue.
  4. What happens after the report: is there a named physician who owns the follow-up, or does the responsibility return to my own doctor?
  5. What is the median total invoice, as opposed to the advertised programme price? Additional recommendations after the initial consultation are normal in this category and are not usually in the headline figure.

Profile

Nine attributes across three axes, recorded and not scored. We grade tests, never companies, so there is no total here and no winner: the axes pull against each other, and no provider in the Index holds all nine. A programme priced for annual repetition will not publish deep tier structures, and one that declines routine imaging cannot lead on imaging volume. Read it as a description of what this provider is.

What you can verify before contact

Checkable from the provider’s own site without medical knowledge, and without speaking to anybody.

  • Price published before contact : no

    Figures here come from a named third party

  • Per-tier contents published : no

    Contents not broken down by tier

  • Procedure volume published : no

Clinical structure

How the medicine is organised. These are descriptions rather than merits: a conservative imaging policy and a comprehensive one are both defensible positions.

  • Physician-led throughout : yes
  • Diagnosis independent of treatment : yes
  • Cardiopulmonary exercise testing : no
  • No routine whole-body imaging : yes

    Avoids the incidental-finding burden of routine imaging

Access

Whether the programme is realistically repeatable, and where you can get it.

  • Priced for annual repetition : no

    A baseline purchase rather than an annual habit

  • Available in more than one market : no

    CH only

Nearest comparable programmes
Palazzo Fiuggi Fiuggi, IT €12,270
Chenot Palace Weggis Weggis, CH ~CHF 8,000
Lanserhof Lans, AT €5,390
SHA Wellness Clinic Alicante, ES ~€3,500

Same model, closest entry prices. Compare within kind before across it: a per-visit fee and a per-week residential rate are not the same number. The full table →

Questions this article answers

How much does Clinique La Prairie cost?
Clinique La Prairie charges ~CHF 20,950 for a seven-night stay including accommodation, rising to ~CHF 50,250 for its highest published tier. The provider does not publish a price page, so this comes from a named secondary source, checked 2026-09-07, and may differ from the quote you receive.
What is included in a Clinique La Prairie programme?
The most expensive programme in the Index. Reported seven-night pricing runs from about CHF 20,950 for Detox to CHF 31,800 for Revitalisation and CHF 50,250 for Revitalisation Premium, including accommodation, medical consultations and the proprietary CLP Extract. Biomarker count: not published.
Is Clinique La Prairie worth it compared with a free statutory check?
Check-up 35 (statutory, Germany) is free and covers the cheap high-yield basics: Physical examination, blood pressure, fasting glucose, total cholesterol with LDL, HDL and triglycerides, urinalysis, a one-off hepatitis B and C screen, and a consultation. What Clinique La Prairie adds at ~CHF 20,950 is the layer the statutory system does not fund at all. At the entry tier that means genomics and gene panels. Our standing grade for each of these is on this page, so you can see which part of the increment the evidence supports before you decide.
Does Clinique La Prairie include a whole-body MRI?
No. Clinique La Prairie does not offer whole-body MRI at any published tier. Since our assessment of whole-body MRI screening is grade C, meaning no randomised evidence of mortality benefit in asymptomatic adults, its absence is not a shortcoming.
Who is Clinique La Prairie best for?
Somebody who will genuinely change how they eat, sleep and move, and will do that better away from their own kitchen. A residential stay is a behavioural intervention with medical supervision, and judging it on modality count misses what it is for. Whoever you are, use your statutory entitlement first: it is free, it covers the measurements with the longest outcome record, and a meaningful share of people buying private programmes have never had it.
How long does a Clinique La Prairie appointment take?
Programmes start at seven nights, and the reported pricing assumes that length. Shorter formats exist at some locations but the method is designed around a full stay.
What are the alternatives to Clinique La Prairie?
On the same model and at the nearest prices: Palazzo Fiuggi in Fiuggi, IT from €12,270, Chenot Palace Weggis in Weggis, CH from ~CHF 8,000 and Lanserhof in Lans, AT from €5,390. Compare within kind before across it, because a per-visit fee and a per-week residential rate are not the same number. The full comparison across all 16 providers we catalogue is in the Baseline Index.
Where is Clinique La Prairie located?
Clinique La Prairie is based in Montreux, CH. It operates as residential programme.

This is a factual record rather than a review. We do not score or rank providers. If a figure here is wrong, send the published page that contradicts it and we will correct it and log the correction. Corrections policy.