Gabriel Care vs Traditional Insurance
The care you actually want. The protection you still need.
Tired of “normal” labs while you feel terrible? Legacy plans cover the problem insurance can see — not the one you actually feel. Gabriel covers the care they keep missing, with catastrophic protection underneath.
Root-cause care first
48-hour reimbursement
Catastrophic protection included
FSA/HSA eligible
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$812
Wellness balance remaining
Economic reality
Turn out-of-pocket spend into covered care — with protection still underneath.Licensed and operational in all 50 states · Built with practitioners
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Full Comparison
Why people leave legacy plans behind.
The difference is not just lower friction. It is a completely different idea of what health coverage should actually do for you.
Economic reality · illustrative
Your first year, side by side.
Traditional insurance
Premium$8,400/yr
Out-of-pocket wellness$6,000/yr
Covered modern care~$0
All-in$14,400/yr
Gabriel Care Sapphire
Membership$4,788/yr
Wellness coverage+$12,000/yr unlocked
Out-of-pocket ceiling$0
All-in$4,788/yr
Illustrative based on a 30 yo in CA. Actual numbers depend on your plan, state, and utilization.
Gabriel Care
Traditional Insurance
Wellness
Monthly wellness dollars
Up to $600–$1,000/month
For preventative wellness, modern care, supplements, labs, and more.
Usually $0
Outside narrow preventive visits and conventional PCP care.
Care categories covered
Modern care included
Functional, integrative, naturopathic, peptide, IV, cannabis, and other excluded categories.
Mostly excluded
Plans prioritize conventional networks and deny most modern care outright.
Supplements & peptides
Covered and orderable
Protocol products and supplement ordering can run through Gabriel.
Out of pocket
You source, manage, and pay for everything yourself.
Experience
Booking & ordering
One chat flow
Book doctors, labs, diagnostics, treatments, and refills from iMessage, app, or web.
Fragmented
Multiple portals, phone calls, referrals, prior auth, and manual follow-up.
Claims & reimbursement
48-hour reimbursement
Take a photo in chat. Gabriel verifies pricing and reimburses approved claims fast.
Slow and manual
Forms, denials, long timelines, and almost no visibility into status.
Member experience
Software-like
One premium app for guidance, coverage, claims, and care coordination.
Portal-driven
The member does the coordination and carries the paperwork burden.
Protection
Cost exposure
Clear and predictable
Transparent membership pricing with tighter out-of-pocket boundaries.
Surprises are common
Deductibles, copays, coinsurance, and bills show up at different points.
Serious medical events
Still protected
Catastrophic protection remains underneath the wellness layer.
Protected, but painful
Coverage exists, but usually with high deductibles and poor member experience.
Taxes & Transparency
FSA / HSA eligibility
Yes
Effective monthly cost can drop materially with pre-tax dollars.
Sometimes
Tax advantages exist, but they do not solve the coverage mismatch problem.
Transparency
Allocation visible
Gabriel shows where money goes across wellness, platform, and reserve.
Opaque
Most members have no idea why something is covered, denied, or priced a certain way.
The model is not the product. The reasoning layer is.
— The Gabriel thesis
What Gabriel Actually Covers
The categories people are already paying for themselves.
This is where Gabriel becomes breath-taking. It puts real monthly dollars behind the care categories people already believe in.
Functional MD
Naturopath
Advanced labs
Acupuncture
Monthly refill
Supplements and peptides
Practitioner-grade supplements, peptide protocols, and guided ordering through Gabriel and Apotheca instead of generic retail searching.
Covered session
IV NAD+ · 500mg
Tue · 9:30 AM · Verified
IV therapy and diagnostics
Run advanced diagnostics, IV therapies, and wellness treatments without starting from zero every time.
Medical cannabis
Compliant · Covered
Cannabis and emerging protocols
Medical cannabis and other modern-care pathways can be handled through the same membership instead of sitting outside it.
Book NAD+ Tuesday
Done. Restore Wellness · 9:30 AM · Covered
Booking through iMessage or app
Ask for a doctor, treatment, lab, or refill in chat — iMessage, app, or web — and Gabriel handles matching, logistics, and claims.
Serious-event protection
$0–$250 max
ER · Surgery · Hospital
Catastrophic protection underneath it all
The point is not trading safety for wellness. It is finally getting both in one cleaner system.
Practitioner Proof
Matched across 155,000+ practitioners in 12,000+ cities.
Gabriel is not just reimbursing care after the fact. The platform is built to match members into real root-cause and modern-care pathways across functional medicine, integrative medicine, advanced diagnostics, and specialist care.
Network scale
155K+
practitioners
12K+
cities
Modern wellness, conventional care, diagnostics, and specialist referrals — mapped and scored.
Evidence framework
Every recommendation shows its confidence.
Gabriel grades each protocol and diagnostic on a 5-tier evidence ladder so you see the reasoning, not just the answer.
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Why it matters
Matched in Gabriel, not left to you.
Ask for a doctor, lab, IV, supplement protocol, or follow-up in iMessage, app, or web — Gabriel routes you toward the right category instead of forcing you to start from zero.
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Who Gabriel is for
Three ways people arrive here.
Most early members move to Gabriel from one of three places. Each leaves behind a different friction. Here's the before and the after.
01 · From concierge
Already paying $5,400+ a year for MDVIP or One Medical. Labs still land in your inbox unread. Gabriel reads them the minute they come back — and the membership costs less than half.
~$4,600
Typical annual savings
vs. concierge retainer
vs. concierge retainer
Fit: Onyx or Sapphire
Wants a real coordinator, not a retainer
02 · From self-assembled
A functional doctor, a peptide subscription, a CGM app, three supplement invoices, a therapist, a spreadsheet. All of it lives in one thread the day you join.
6 → 1
Apps & invoices replaced
by a single membership
by a single membership
Fit: Sapphire
Already investing — wants it integrated
03 · From traditional insurance
Old plan won't touch IV, labs, supplements, or advanced diagnostics. Gabriel covers all of it — and remembers every conversation you've ever had about your own body.
+$12K
Wellness coverage
unlocked annually (Sapphire)
unlocked annually (Sapphire)
Fit: Emerald or Sapphire
Tired of paying for sick-care
Next Step
Ready to see your actual plan?
Compare your current premiums and out-of-pocket against a Gabriel membership. The math is almost always on your side.
Memberships
Choose the level that fits how you want to use healthcare.
Emerald
from $499/mo all-in$249 Gabriel Emerald + $250 avg ACA Bronze
Bundled with a low-cost ACA plan underneath — often the same or cheaper than a traditional plan, with wellness covered.
- $600/mo wellness coverage
- Catastrophic protection
- 48-hour reimbursement
- AI guidance + practitioner match
Sapphire
from $699/mo all-in$399 Gabriel Sapphire + $300 avg ACA Bronze
Bundled all-in — comparable to a premium plan, with real wellness coverage and $1,000/mo balance.
- $1,000/mo wellness coverage
- $0 out-of-pocket
- Priority reimbursement
- PCP, urgent care, dental, vision, Rx
Onyx
from $1,499/mo all-in$799 Gabriel Onyx + matched insurance
Executive tier — premium insurance matching + coordinator support + white-glove advocacy.
- Premium ACA plan matching
- 24/7 serious-event response
- Annual executive screening
- Family + hospital advocacy
FAQ
The questions people ask before they switch.
Do I have to cancel my insurance to use Gabriel?
No. Many members keep employer coverage and use Gabriel for the categories traditional insurance will not touch. Others pair Gabriel with catastrophic protection and use it as a true alternative.
Can I keep my current doctor?
In most cases, yes. If your doctor is in the 155,000+ practitioner network — or accepts receipts — Gabriel can reimburse visits. If not, Gabriel helps you find a matched in-network equivalent without starting from zero.
What happens if something serious goes wrong?
Catastrophic protection stays underneath the wellness layer. ER, surgery, hospital, and major-event coverage is included, with a $0–$250 out-of-pocket ceiling depending on tier.
Is Gabriel insurance?
Gabriel Care is a wellness coverage membership. Gabriel benefits are separate from insurance, while ACA or other compliant plans provide the serious-event protection underneath.
What states are you in?
Gabriel is available nationwide. During onboarding, we match your membership with the right ACA or PPO coverage for your state.
Will there be a gap if I switch?
No. Gabriel is designed so coverage is active before you cancel anything else. The whole point is a cleaner transition, not more risk.
How does reimbursement actually work?
Text a receipt from iMessage or the app. Gabriel confirms fair pricing, checks eligibility, and reimburses approved claims within 48 hours, with priority turnaround on Sapphire.
Can I use my FSA or HSA?
Yes. Gabriel memberships are FSA/HSA eligible, which can lower the effective monthly cost materially depending on your tax situation.
For Teams
Offering this to your company?
Give your team the benefit they'll actually use. Modern care as a real employee benefit — not a line item on an HR portal.