BioXcellerator Colombia: a week in Medellín, or one day in Tijuana
BioXcellerator treats in Medellín, Colombia. It publishes no set program length; its own blog describes a patient treated over the course of a week. Flying from the western U.S., a week like that is 6 days and 5 nights away.
Celva gives allogeneic cells (from a screened donor; no harvest procedure for you) in a single day: three cell types, made by a process developed in-house and used nowhere else. A Celva driver picks you up in San Diego, you're treated across the border, and most patients are home in their own bed that night.
A 15-minute call with a patient coordinator. No obligation.
How long does the BioXcellerator program take?
BioXcellerator does not publish a day-by-day schedule. Its own blog describes one patient treated over the course of a week, and another given several rounds of IV cells. Flying from the western U.S., a week like that is 6 days and 5 nights: down on Sunday, home on Friday night. Celva does the application in a single day.
A week with BioXcellerator
6 days, 5 nights.
~3,500 mi from home
Medellín, Colombia, a long flight away
A day with Celva
1 day, 0 nights.
~20 mi from San Diego
Most home the same day
The BioXcellerator week in Medellín, day by day
A stem-cell treatment, booked two ways. The BioXcellerator week is an example built from what it publishes; it lists no daily schedule, so the days and clock times are illustrative. Celva's day is an example too: it may be morning or afternoon. Hover any block to see the day.Tap any event to see the details.
6 days · 5 nights awayThey flew in, got treated, and slept at home.
Four real Celva patients, named, in their own words, describing a single day: treated at the hospital and home the same day.
Looking for BioXcellerator reviews? Those belong to its own patients, and BioXcellerator's own patient stories are linked in the sources.
One patient leaves Boise twice. Only one comes home Monday.
The same week, run side by side. With Celva, a flight to San Diego and a short drive across the border. With BioXcellerator, two flights to Medellín, five nights in Colombia, and a clinic a continent from home. Both are example itineraries.
Your own bed
One day, zero nights away. The week is yours again.
Home. Six days, five nights
Celva’s patient has been home since Monday evening.
BioXcellerator · total time out of country
115h
- In transit
- 17h 50m
- Air
- 16h
- Vehicle
- 1h 50m
- Nights
- 5
- Flights
- 4
Celva · total time out of country
4h 30m
- In transit
- 5h 25m
- Air
- 4h 10m
- Vehicle
- 1h 15m
- Nights
- 0
- Flights
- 2
The difference
110½ hours less out of country.
And five nights back
Book a call Or see if you qualifyExample itineraries. Flight times: Boise to San Diego nonstop 2h05; Boise to Medellín via a US hub, roughly 11 to 12h door to door each way. BioXcellerator publishes no daily schedule or transfer times, so its days and clock times are estimates. Celva's day is an example: about 4 hours at the hospital, morning or afternoon. Geometry: Natural Earth.
What does a week at BioXcellerator include?
If you searched for what BioXcellerator costs, there is no price on this page. We don't publish another clinic's fees, and a current quote should come from them. What we can lay out is what the week is made of.
Everything here is on a BioXcellerator week and off ours. None of it is the application of the cells, and keeping it would mean keeping you in Medellín, Colombia, a continent from home.
Extra infusion days
Several roundsBioXcellerator's blog describes a patient given several rounds of IV cells. Celva does the application in a single day. The extra sittings are days in Medellín.
Five nights at the hotel
5 nightsA multi-night stay in the hotel connected to the clinic's tower, arranged by its concierge team. It is where you sleep between visits, not treatment. Celva sends you home to your own bed the same night.
The long flight, twice
~3,500 miA travel day each way to Medellín, with a connection. Tijuana is 25 to 30 minutes from San Diego.
Hyperbaric oxygen
ExtrasBioXcellerator's blog describes hyperbaric oxygen therapy alongside the cells. An add-on, wrapped around the treatment. It is not the treatment itself.
Days of downtime in Medellín
SeveralBetween visits you have open afternoons in a foreign city, far from home. Celva has no gap to fill: most patients are treated and home the same day.
Strip away the five nights and the flights, and what treats you is a single application. Celva gives you that in one day, 25 to 30 minutes from San Diego.
Celva's day has no hotel, no concierge, and no add-on therapies. If the week away is part of what you want, this is not that.
Is the treatment at BioXcellerator different from Celva's?
Mostly not. Both give donor cells, given by physicians. On five of these six points the two are alike, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. The cells are the row that differs: BioXcellerator uses umbilical-cord cells, and Celva uses three cell types from a process developed in-house and used nowhere else. The other difference is a single day near home versus a week in Medellín, Colombia.
| What you get | Celva1 day · 0 nights | 6 days · 5 nights |
|---|---|---|
| Donor cells | Three cell types, a process developed in-house | Umbilical-cord (Wharton's jelly) cells |
| Review before treatment | Records reviewed by the physician team | Medical history reviewed before treatment |
| Facility | Hospital Angeles, Tijuana | Clinic in a medical tower, Medellín |
| Physician-administered | One of the physician team treats you | Given by its physicians |
| Cells from a dedicated lab | On-site lab at the hospital | Onsite lab |
| Documented follow-up | Calls at 1 week, 1, 3 and 6 months, then yearly | Contact at 2 weeks, then about every 3 months |
| The cells aside | Alike | Alike |
Celva treats in a licensed Tijuana hospital; BioXcellerator in a clinic in a Medellín medical tower. Neither is FDA-approved for these indications in the United States.
Questions people ask before the call
A 15-minute call with a patient coordinator. No obligation.
Or check if you're a candidateIs this a sales call?
No. It is 15 minutes to see whether you are a candidate and to answer your questions. If you are not a fit, we will tell you.
How do I know if I qualify?
Candidacy is decided by the physician team against your records, not a web form. The call is where that starts.
How soon could I come in?
Most patients schedule their day within a few weeks of the call. Most patients are home in their own bed that night.
Where is BioXcellerator's clinic in Medellín, and where does Celva treat?
BioXcellerator treats in a clinic in a medical tower connected to the El Tesoro mall and a hotel, in Medellín. Celva treats inside a full hospital, Hospital Angeles, Tijuana, with ICU, emergency and imaging in the same building, 25 to 30 minutes from San Diego.
Sources
- BioXcellerator, treatments and protocol. bioxcellerator.com The Wharton's jelly umbilical-cord cells, the onsite lab, the concierge team, and the Medellín clinic, hotel, and mall under one roof.
- BioXcellerator's blog, patient stories. bioxcellerator.com/blog Four of its own posts: a treatment that took place over the course of a week (Chuck Liddell), several rounds of IV cells and a disc injection (Kevin Nash), hyperbaric oxygen therapy (the wellness vacation post), and a hotel at El Tesoro, a 3-minute walk from the clinic (Chael Sonnen).
- BioXcellerator, FAQ. bioxcellerator.com/faqs The medical history review, the donated umbilical-cord source, and the Medellín treatment center.
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