The stage in our name.
At stage 0, abnormal cells are still where they started. They have not invaded nearby tissue. It is often found through screening or another test — before symptoms force the question. Now jump to stage IV.
A new kind of employee cancer benefit
Catch cancer earlier. Lower the cost of care.
The best way to reduce the human and financial toll of cancer is to find it sooner. Stage Zero identifies the screenings each person needs — then helps make sure they happen.
The right cancer screenings for every person in your workforce. Recommended.Scheduled.Completed.
Why stage changes everything
Move cancer left.
The farther cancer travels, the more it can take: harder treatment, longer absences, higher costs, and more of a life rearranged. Move the marker from stage 0 to stage IV.
What changes by stage
No invasion
into nearby tissue
Days
time away from work
Earliest
possible stage
2 in 5Americans will face cancer in their lifetime
1 in 7cancers are found by recommended screening
Stage Zero exists to change when cancer is found.
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: SEER Cancer Statistics (~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.
How it works
Three steps. No clinic build-out. No replacement of anything you have.
Catching cancer earlier doesn't take building a cancer center. It takes knowing who's at risk — and making the screening actually happen.
Your workforce — before anyone knows who's at risk.
1
Find who's at risk
A short, clinically structured assessment plus validated risk models show who's at elevated risk — and who's overdue for a screening.
2
Get them screened
Each person gets an individual plan and a real human who helps them book the right test — through their existing doctors and network.
3
Show it worked
We track completions, escalate care gaps, and give HR and brokers de-identified, audit-ready reporting.
In effect now
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.
Who we serve
Built for the people who own the decision.
Employers & HR leaders
Get ahead of your largest cost category with a layer that gives every employee a risk profile — and turns screening from something nobody tracks into a number you can report on at renewal.
For employers →Benefits consultants & brokers
Bring clients a guideline-grounded answer on cancer strategy and the HRSA navigation requirement — one that rides on the benefits network they already have, not another platform to integrate.
For consultants →Employees & their families
A calm, clear place to understand your own cancer risk and what screening is right for you — with your own doctors, on your own health plan. No needles to start, and no scare tactics ever.
For employees →
Why we built this
"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."
Common questions
What benefits leaders ask us first.
Is this medical care?
No. Stage Zero provides risk stratification and screening navigation — we figure out who is at elevated risk, which guideline-recommended screening fits them, and we help them complete it. Care stays with each person's own doctors and health plan. We don't sell tests and we don't 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.
Talk to us
See 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.
Thanks — request received. A member of our team will reach out within one business day.