A whole-body MRI is a single scan covering the head, neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis without ionising radiation. It takes 45–70 minutes and is used to screen for tumours, aneurysms and structural disease in people without symptoms.
One continuous appointment, five body regions.
MRI uses magnetic fields, not ionising radiation.
A partner centre's published price for one MRI region (brain, cerebrovascular, or one of cervical/thoracic/lumbar spine). A whole-spine sagittal MRI is ₩650,000 and each extra sequence is ₩100,000.
Medione Whole Body MRI + Checkup add-on, which pairs the whole-body protocol, six MRI regions plus a prostate or pelvic MRI, with a full blood and urine panel, an AI-assisted chest X-ray, an ECG and an AI-assisted fundus reading. (≈$2,086)
One week is the earliest an imaging slot can be held, and there is no referral step before it.
English report in your hands in about a week. You also get a consultation on preliminary findings on the day of the screening, before you leave.
Programme contents and prices from each partner centre's own foreigner-facing published list, read 2026-08-05: KMI Global and Hanaro Medical Foundation's English site. Standalone per-test prices are a Korean partner centre's 비급여 (non-covered) posting, the itemised list 의료법 제45조 requires a clinic to publish, read the same day. Scheduling and report turnaround are Meridiko's own operating figures, confirmed 2026-08-06, not a centre's published ones (https://global.kmi.or.kr/examination/foreigner_examination; https://en-mobile.hanaromf.com/program/prog01/prog01_01.jsp), measured 2026-08-05. Dollar figures are converted from each centre's won price at ₩1,342 = $1 (open.er-api.com, 2026-09-13). The won figure is the price; the pairing moves with the rate.
Tumours, aneurysms and structural disease across the head, neck, chest, abdomen and pelvis, in people without symptoms.
A whole-body MRI does not reliably detect lung nodules under 5mm or early colonic lesions; a low-dose chest CT and a colonoscopy remain the appropriate tests for those.
Suits: Adults without acute symptoms who want a broad structural baseline: the population this screening program is built for.
Should not have it: People with certain metal implants or pacemakers, significant claustrophobia, or reduced kidney function that limits contrast-agent use. Tell your coordinator before you book so the protocol can be adjusted or an alternative arranged.
A low-dose chest CT is faster, uses a small radiation dose, and is the more sensitive test specifically for small lung nodules. An MRI has no radiation but runs longer and is not the right tool for early lung or colon findings. See "what it does not find" above.
Medione publishes a whole-body MRI protocol, on its own and paired with a checkup, and that pairing sits in the Advanced band. Everywhere else the published MRI is by region, brain, cervical or lumbar, so a multi-region scan is assembled from those. Confirm availability and price with your coordinator before booking on the strength of this page alone.
