Executive Check-Up and Wellness Packages in the Philippines: What Is Included and What They Cost
Quick Answer: An executive check-up bundles laboratory tests, imaging and specialist consultations into one package, with each tier adding tests to the one below it. Few Philippine hospitals publish a rate, though Asian Hospital and Medical Center lists wellness cards from ₱1,800 to ₱12,000 in 2026. PhilHealth does not pay for an executive check-up, but its YAKAP programme covers a free primary care check-up, laboratory tests and medicines.
An executive check-up in the Philippines is a bundled set of laboratory tests, imaging and specialist consultations sold as one package, and the tier decides how much of the body it looks at. The entry tier is a blood chemistry panel; the middle tier adds a complete blood count, urinalysis, chest X-ray and ECG; the executive tier adds abdominal ultrasound, a 2D echo with Doppler, a treadmill stress test, tumour markers and consultations. Very few hospitals publish a rate. Asian Hospital and Medical Center is an exception, listing wellness cards at ₱1,800 to ₱12,000 in 2026, and section 28(c) of the Universal Health Care Act entitles you to ask any provider for its prices in writing. This guide covers what a package contains by tier, what is published, how it differs from a pre-employment medical, what PhilHealth and HMOs pay for, and what packages leave out. Compare diagnostic services, medical laboratories and hospitals on Healthcare Philippines.
What is in an executive check-up package?
Package names differ but the ladder is the same everywhere. Hi-Precision Diagnostics publishes the contents of each of its tiers, which is the clearest public example of how the levels build on one another.
| Tier | Typical contents | Who it suits |
|---|---|---|
| Basic chemistry | Fasting blood sugar, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, uric acid, cholesterol, triglycerides, lipoprotein profile, SGPT, SGOT | Anyone tracking a known lifestyle risk |
| Routine | The above plus complete blood count with platelets, alkaline phosphatase, complete urinalysis, chest X-ray and a 12-lead ECG | A standard annual physical examination |
| General health | The above plus sodium, potassium, HbA1c, calcium, TSH, ESR, bilirubin, GGT, faecal occult blood and whole abdomen ultrasound | Adults over 35, or anyone with a family history |
| Executive | The above plus vitamin D, magnesium, amylase, lipase, LDH, thyroid panel, prostate or gynaecologic markers, and imaging options running from abdominal ultrasound to 2D echo with Doppler and a treadmill stress test | A yearly review with a physician reading the results |
Hospital programmes are banded by age and sex rather than by test count. The Medical City Wellness Center publishes six: a Total Health Checkup, The Essentials for ages 19 to 39, Senior Male Evaluation for 40 to 59, Lady Care I for women 45 and below, Lady Care II for women above 45, and a Basic Core package. The women's packages add a Pap smear, transvaginal ultrasound, mammography and breast ultrasound, and each hospital tier includes consultations with a wellness specialist, ophthalmologist, dermatologist and nutritionist.
What do they cost in 2026?
Most Philippine hospitals quote executive check-up prices only on enquiry, and the large diagnostic chains publish package contents without rates. The published figures below were checked on 16 September 2026.
| Provider and package | Published price | What it buys |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Wellness Card, Asian Hospital and Medical Center | ₱1,800 | Wellness card for senior patients |
| Basic Wellness Card, Asian Hospital and Medical Center | ₱2,800 | Entry wellness card |
| Premium Wellness Card, Asian Hospital and Medical Center | ₱6,500 | Basic 5 screening at the Center for Executive Health with a free body fat composition analysis, up to 10 per cent off selected outpatient services, one room upgrade |
| Ate Rose Card, Asian Hospital and Medical Center | ₱12,000 | The top card in the same range |
If a provider will not give you a number, the law is on your side. Section 28(c) of the Universal Health Care Act requires health care providers and facilities to make readily accessible to the public, and submit to the Department of Health and PhilHealth, up to date information on the prices of all health services, goods and services they offer. Ask for the package rate card by email and keep it.
How is it different from a pre-employment medical?
A pre-employment medical examination is ordered by an employer, is usually limited to a chest X-ray, complete blood count, urinalysis, faecalysis and a physical examination, and the result goes to the company as fit or unfit to work. An executive check-up is bought by the patient or the employer as a benefit, is far wider, and the results belong to the patient and are explained by a physician. The two are not interchangeable: a clean pre-employment result says nothing about your cholesterol, thyroid or abdominal organs. Our guide to the pre-employment medical exam covers that side, and diagnostic centers and lab tests covers buying tests one at a time.
What do PhilHealth and HMOs cover?
PhilHealth does not pay for an executive check-up. Its benefits are case rates for admissible cases and defined outpatient packages, deducted from the bill by the accredited facility before discharge (PhilHealth benefits). What it does fund is primary care. PhilHealth YAKAP, the Yaman ng Kalusugan Program that replaced Konsulta, gives every registered member a free check-up at a chosen YAKAP clinic, laboratory tests, cancer screening tests and free medicines from an accredited pharmacy, all based on what the doctor orders (YAKAP FAQs, as of 31 July 2025). Registration is through eGovPH, the PhilHealth member portal or a PhilHealth office. Our guide to PhilHealth YAKAP sets out the steps.
HMOs are the usual payer for an annual check-up. Cover depends on the plan: most corporate plans include an annual physical examination at accredited clinics, while an upgraded executive package is often an add-on paid by the employer or topped up by the member. Compare healthcare plans and medical coverage providers, and read HMO versus PhilHealth versus private insurance before assuming a package is covered.
How do you read what a package leaves out?
- Professional fees. Check whether the specialist consultations are inside the price or billed separately.
- Imaging options. Executive packages often price Option A, B and C, where the 2D echo and the treadmill stress test sit only in the dearer options.
- Follow-up. A repeat test, a biopsy or a referral after an abnormal result is a new charge.
- Validity and scheduling. Cards and packages are usually non-transferable once activated and must be booked, with fasting of 10 to 12 hours.
- Who reads the result. A package with no physician reading is a set of numbers, not a check-up.
Seniors and persons with disability should also ask how the statutory discount is applied to each line, which our guide to senior citizen and PWD discounts explains. For general medicine and medical services providers near you, start from the directory.
Frequently asked questions
- What is included in an executive check-up in the Philippines?
- A typical executive package includes a full blood chemistry panel, complete blood count, urinalysis, faecalysis, chest X-ray, a 12-lead ECG, whole abdomen ultrasound and usually a 2D echo with Doppler and a treadmill stress test. Hospital programmes add age and sex specific screening such as prostate markers for men and a Pap smear, mammography and breast ultrasound for women, plus consultations with a wellness specialist, ophthalmologist, dermatologist and nutritionist.
- How much does an executive check-up cost in the Philippines?
- Most hospitals quote only on enquiry, so a single national figure would be invented. Asian Hospital and Medical Center is one provider that publishes rates: its Senior Wellness Card is ₱1,800, the Basic Wellness Card ₱2,800, the Premium Wellness Card ₱6,500 and the Ate Rose Card ₱12,000, checked in September 2026. Ask each provider for its own rate card, which the Universal Health Care Act entitles you to.
- Can I ask a hospital for its price list?
- Yes. Section 28(c) of Republic Act 11223, the Universal Health Care Act, requires health care providers and facilities to make readily accessible to the public, and to submit to the Department of Health and PhilHealth, all up to date information on the prices of health services and of all goods and services they offer. Requesting a written package rate card by email before booking is a reasonable use of that provision.
- Does PhilHealth cover an executive check-up?
- No. PhilHealth pays case rates for admissible cases and for defined outpatient packages, which the accredited facility deducts from the bill before discharge. A self-requested wellness screening is not one of them. What PhilHealth does fund is primary care through YAKAP, the Yaman ng Kalusugan Program, which gives a registered member a free check-up at a YAKAP clinic, laboratory tests, cancer screening tests and free medicines from an accredited pharmacy.
- Is an executive check-up the same as a pre-employment medical?
- No. A pre-employment medical is ordered by an employer, is usually limited to a chest X-ray, complete blood count, urinalysis, faecalysis and a physical examination, and reports a fit or unfit result to the company. An executive check-up is bought as a benefit, is much wider, and the results belong to the patient and are explained by a physician. A clean pre-employment result is not a substitute.
- How often should I have an executive check-up?
- Providers market these as annual packages, and hospital wellness centres schedule them yearly. The right interval depends on age, family history and existing conditions, so the answer belongs to the physician who reads your last set of results rather than to a package brochure. What matters more than frequency is that someone qualified reads the results and acts on the abnormal ones.
- What does an executive check-up package not cover?
- Check four things before paying. Whether the specialist consultations are inside the price or billed separately. Whether the 2D echo and treadmill stress test are in your imaging option or only in the dearer one. Whether any repeat test, biopsy or referral after an abnormal result is a new charge, which it usually is. And whether a physician is included to read and explain the results.
