Catch cancer earlier. Lower the cost of care.
The best way to reduce what cancer costs a family, and a company, is to find it sooner. Stage Zero identifies the screenings each person needs — then our care team helps make sure they happen.
A family history of breast cancer at 61 moves your first mammogram to 35, not 40.
Booked · Sat 9:40 am
Alder Grove Imaging — in network, no referral needed.
Results reviewed with her own doctor. Up to date
The right cancer screenings for every person in your workforce.
Move cancer left.
The farther cancer travels, the more it takes.
Harder treatment, longer absences, higher costs, and more of a life rearranged. Stage is the single biggest lever — and screening is how you move it.
The stage in our name.
Abnormal cells, still exactly where they started. Found only when someone looks. Now jump to stage IV.
Sources & method
Survival: SEER five-year relative survival, female breast cancer, by stage at diagnosis (SEER 21, 2016–2022) — localized ~100%, regional ~88%, distant ~34%; stage II spans the localized/regional categories. Cost: first-year treatment of stage IV disease runs up to 7.7× stage I across 17 cancers (Reddy et al., Curr Med Res Opin 2022, SEER-Medicare). Illustrative; outcomes vary by cancer type and individual. Stage Zero provides screening navigation, not treatment. Lifetime diagnosis: shown conservatively as 1 in 3; SEER Cancer Statistics estimates ~39.5% of Americans. Screening-detected share: NORC at the University of Chicago, Percent of Cancers Detected by Screening, 2022 (14%). Time away from work: illustrative, reflecting typical treatment intensity by stage — from outpatient procedures at stage 0 to multimodal therapy at stage IV; individual experiences vary widely. Example screening-age changes shown on this page (mammogram at 35, colonoscopy at 38) are illustrative applications of published guidelines (USPSTF, NCCN, ACS) to family-history scenarios; individual recommendations are made with each member's own clinicians. Cost-driver claim: Business Group on Health, annual Employer Health Care Strategy Survey — cancer has been the top reported driver of large-claim spend since 2022.
Stage Zero exists to change when cancer is found.
Three steps. Built on the benefits you already have.
Your health plan already covers the screenings. Your network already has the doctors. What's missing is the layer that knows who needs which test — and makes it happen. No clinic build-out, nothing to replace.
Find who's at risk
A short clinical assessment plus validated risk models show who's at elevated risk — and which covered screening they're overdue for.
Get them screened
A real human books the right test with their own doctors, in your existing network, on the coverage you're already paying for.
Show it worked
Every completion tracked, every care gap escalated — de-identified reporting that turns benefits you already fund into outcomes you can show.
Your workforceElevated risk — guided to screening
It also closes a live compliance gap.
Health plans must now cover individualized navigation for breast and cervical cancer screening under HRSA's updated preventive-services guidelines. Most plans attested to it — far fewer can show it's being delivered.
Get the gap checklist- Does your plan cover individualized navigation — or just attest to it?
- Who actually delivers navigation for breast and cervical screening?
- Can you show each recommended screening was followed to completion?
- What documentation would you hand an auditor at renewal?
A father's colon cancer at 52 means her colonoscopy moves to 38 instead of 45.
Your family history can't change. What it means for you can.
A parent's diagnosis usually just sits there as worry. Run through validated risk models, it becomes something useful: an earlier mammogram, a colonoscopy at 38 instead of 45, a plan instead of a fear.
Built for the people who own the decision — and the people who live with it.
Employers & HR leaders
Cancer is now the top driver of large-claim spend. Stage Zero gives every employee a risk profile and turns screening into a number you can report at renewal.
For employersBenefits consultants & brokers
A guideline-grounded answer on cancer strategy and the HRSA navigation requirement. It rides on the network your clients already have — not another platform to integrate.
For consultantsEmployees & their families
For your people, it's a calm, clear place to understand their own risk and get the right screening — with their own doctors, on their own plan. No needles to start. No scare tactics, ever.
For employees
No two screening plans alike.
Because no two people are.
A care guide who stays on it.
Every member gets a named guide — a real person who finds the in-network slot, handles the reschedule, and follows through until results are in. Booking a screening shouldn't be a second job.
Hi Maren — your mammogram is booked for Thu 8:20 am at Alder Grove Imaging. In network, no referral needed. Want a calendar invite?
Yes please. And thank you for handling the reschedule — that saved me a lunch break.
Results are in and reviewed: all clear. Your next screen is in 12 months — I'll check in before then.
"Every cancer story I've heard has the same first chapter: nobody saw it coming. We started Stage Zero, as a public benefit company, because that first chapter — who gets found early — is the one part a benefits program can actually rewrite."
What benefits leaders ask us first.
Is this medical care?
No — Stage Zero is a benefit layer, not a provider. We identify who's at elevated risk and help them complete the right guideline-recommended screening with their own doctors and health plan. We don't sell tests or deliver treatment — which is exactly why the recommendation can be trusted.
How do you assess risk?
We run validated, published clinical risk models — the same ones used in specialty clinics (Gail/BCRAT, Tyrer-Cuzick, BOADICEA, PLCO) — together, and we keep the result current as someone's age, health, and family history change. Our inputs are published science; we don't claim to set clinical guidelines.
What does the employer see?
De-identified, population-level reporting only: how many people are assessed, screenings booked, and care gaps closed. Never individual health information.
Does this replace anything we already have?
No. We sit upstream of your health plan, cancer support point solutions, and navigation vendors — we find the people who should be screened and get them there. Everything downstream keeps working as it does today. There's no clinic build-out and no network to replace.
Where does the HRSA requirement fit in?
Health plans must now cover individualized patient navigation for breast and cervical cancer screening under HRSA's updated preventive-services guidelines. Most plans have attested to coverage; far fewer can show navigation is actually being delivered. Stage Zero is a direct answer to that gap — see the compliance guide.
What does it cost?
A simple per-member-per-month base plus performance-based components — priced as the thin layer it is. We share complete pricing in the first conversation, and we're happy to walk your consultant through it directly. No tiers to decode, no surprise implementation fees.
How long does it take to launch?
Weeks, not quarters. Launch is an eligibility file and a communications plan — no data integration is required to start, and no changes to your plan design.
Treated. No chemotherapy, no time off.
Illustrative — outcomes vary by cancer type and person.The cheapest cancer to treat is the one found first.
And the easiest cancer conversation is the one that never has to happen at stage IV.
Book a demoSee what this looks like on your real numbers.
A 30-minute demo: how we find who's at risk, what it looks like for your members, and what reporting you'd receive.