You searched for CPI. We're Celva, a different Tijuana clinic. What follows is the honest comparison, sources at the bottom.

Section 6.1 · Clinic by clinic

Do you really want to spend five days in Tijuana when you don't have to?

CPI, the Cellular Performance Institute, books its stem cell patients into six days and five nights around one afternoon of treatment. With Celva, it's a single day. A private car picks you up in San Diego in the morning, you're treated across the border by midday, and you're home in your own bed that evening.

§ 6.1 · The trip, by the numbers

A week with CPI
6 days, 5 nights.
96 hours in Mexico
1 night San Diego · 4 nights Tijuana
a day with Celva
1 day, 0 nights.
3½ hours in Mexico
Home the same evening
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§ 6.1.1 · Day by day

One week, two calendars.

The same stem-cell injection, booked two ways. CPI spreads it across 6 days; Celva does it in a single day. Hover any block to see the day.

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CELVA1 day · 0 nights away
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CPI6 days · 5 nights away
SunDay 0
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Do it in a single day

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§ 6.1.1a · Take it with you

Comparing clinics? Do it properly.

The 28 questions that expose a bad clinic before you pay a deposit. They work on any Tijuana clinic, ours included. Open it and grade every clinic on your list against the same questions.

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§ 6.1.2 · Patient reviews

They flew in, got treated, and slept at home.

Four real Celva patients, in their own words. Every review was filmed on the patient's own treatment day, no stock footage and no scripts, describing the same single day: at the airport by morning, in the hospital by midday, back in their own bed that night. The rest are filmed and dated on the proof page.

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§ 6.1.3 · The whole trip, on one map

Same flights. Same injection. Ninety-six hours in Mexico.

One patient, flying from Boise. The same injection, two itineraries running side by side: the clock, the daily driving, and every hour CPI spends in Mexico that you would spend at home.

Boise, IdahoSan DiegoBorder detail · not to scaleU.S. · MéxicoSan DiegoSheratonHospital ÁngelesHyatt · Zona RíoTAM · Playas
Sun 11:11 AM
CPIIn the air

Flying to San Diego

Boise to San Diego, nonstop. Day zero of the “5-day protocol.”

In the air12m
In a vehicle0m
In Mexico0m
CelvaStationary

Home in Idaho

No travel the day before. A single-day visit does not need one.

In the air0m
In a vehicle0m
In Mexico0m
CPI · total time in Mexico
96h
In transit10h 40m
Air4h 10m
Vehicle6h 30m
Nights5
Rides10
Celva · total time in Mexico
3h 30m
In transit5h 40m
Air4h 10m
Vehicle1h 30m
Nights0
Rides2
The difference
92 hours less
in Mexico.
And five nights back
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Flight times: Boise–San Diego nonstop, 2h05. Ground times from CPI's published itinerary and patient accounts; Celva's from our own transport logs. Geometry: Natural Earth.

§ 6.1.4 · Privacy

A group tour, or a private day.

CPI runs its week as a group. You cross the border in a shared van, sleep in the same hotel, and take your IVs in a room of other patients. Celva treats one person at a time, from the airport to the injection to your own bed that night. For a lot of people, the privacy is the whole decision.

CPIGroup program

Their attention is split a dozen ways.

What your CPI trip looks like
  • TransportOne shared van, the whole group, a 40-minute crawl across Tijuana and back, twice a day for the week.
  • LodgingFour nights in the same Tijuana hotel as the rest of your group.
  • MealsGroup dinners, set by the itinerary.
  • The procedureShared IV bays and group hyperbaric sessions, run on the group’s schedule.
  • Who else is thereEight to twelve strangers who leave knowing your name, your diagnosis, and your face.
CelvaPrivate concierge

Our attention is all on you.

What a day at Celva looks like
  • TransportA private Escalade and your own driver. Just you, and anyone you bring.
  • LodgingNone. You are in your own bed that night.
  • MealsWherever you want. Most patients have dinner at their own table.
  • The procedureA private room in Hospital Ángeles, with your own physician team.
  • Who else is thereYour care team. That is the entire guest list.
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§ 6.1.5 · What is identical

The treatment is the same treatment.

This is the fair part. On the eight things that actually decide your outcome, CPI and Celva are identical, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Everything we leave out is in the next section, and none of it is the treatment.

What you get
Celva1 day · 0 nights
CPI6 days · 5 nights
Allogeneic stem cells
Screened donor cells, expanded
Screened donor cells, expanded
Cell count and viability
Confirmed before administering
Confirmed before administering
Imaging before treatment
X-ray and MRI as indicated
X-ray and MRI as indicated
Full labs and workup
Bloodwork, screening, history
Bloodwork, screening, history
Licensed Mexican facility
Hospital Ángeles Tijuana
Licensed clinic, Playas
Physician-administered
Image-guided where required
Image-guided where required
Same region
Tijuana, minutes from the border
Tijuana, minutes from the border
Documented follow-up
Protocol, instructions, a contact
Protocol, instructions, a contact
Everything above
Identical
Identical
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Both programs treat in licensed Tijuana facilities under Mexican regulation. Neither is FDA-approved for these indications in the United States.

§ 6.1.6 · What we leave out, and why

Five days of their week is not treatment.

Everything below is on CPI’s six-day itinerary and off ours. We did not cut any of it to save money. We cut it because it does not change your result, and keeping it would mean keeping you in Mexico for a week.

  • 3–4 sessions

    NAD+ infusions

    The evidence for IV NAD+ next to cell therapy is thin, and patients call it the worst part of the week: nausea, chest tightness, hours in a chair. It fills the schedule.

  • 2–3 sessions

    Group hyperbaric oxygen

    The studies that show a benefit, new blood vessels and stem-cell mobilization, ran twenty to forty sessions over several weeks. Two or three sessions in a week do not match that protocol.

  • Daily

    Myers cocktail and ozone IVs

    Vitamin and ozone drips are the standard filler of a medical-tourism week. They keep a group busy between the day it lands and the day it is treated.

  • 2 hours

    Founder’s presentation

    Two hours of your treatment week in a sales talk. If the therapy needs a pitch after you have paid and flown in, that tells you something.

  • As booked

    Facials, PRP, and add-on upsells

    Add-ons sold mid-stay are a revenue line, not part of a cell protocol. We will not put an offer in front of you on the day you are least able to judge it.

  • 5 nights, 6 days

    Five hotel nights and daily van rides

    The hotel nights and the daily driving are not treatment. They are the cost of running patients through a six-day group program.

What is left is the part that works, in one day instead of six. None of the extras are free, and cutting them is what makes Celva cost less.
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§ 6.1.7 · Before you decide

A few honest answers.

Is CPI the Cellular Performance Institute?

Yes. CPI is the Cellular Performance Institute, the Tijuana clinic that runs the 5-day group program compared on this page. Celva is a different provider. Both itineraries above are sourced from CPI's own published materials.

What about patient reviews?

Ours are filmed. Four reviews are on this page and the rest are on the proof page, each recorded on the patient's own treatment day. For CPI's side, the sources at the bottom include a patient's written account of the 5-day week.

Is 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 Celva's medical team against your imaging and history, not a web form. The call is where that starts.

How does the border crossing work?

We handle it. A private car takes you down and back on the same day, with our team driving. One trip, not a daily shuttle for five days.

How soon could I come in?

Most patients schedule their day within a few weeks of the call. You fly in the morning and sleep in your own bed that night.

Who actually treats you at Celva?

Physicians, inside Hospital Angeles, a full hospital. Your imaging and history are reviewed by Celva's medical team before treatment is recommended, and the physicians who lead care, Dr. Cesar Amescua, Dr. Rocio Ambrosio Nuño, and Dr. Alejandro Castillo, are introduced on the physicians page.

What if something goes wrong?

Ask any clinic this question before you book; the answer tells you who they are. Ours is written down: what happens when something goes wrong covers the expected soreness, the rare events, and the protocol that manages them, in a hospital that can escalate on the spot.

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§ 6.1.8 · Still deciding?

Good. That's the right way to decide this.

Take the checklist and grade every clinic on your list, ours included. When you want numbers for your own case, the call takes 15 minutes and you leave with your quote in writing.

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9 pages, 28 questions. Read it here or save the PDF. No email required.

  1. CPI's FAQ (cellularperformanceinstitute.com/faqs). The 5-Day Protocol, the Hyatt hotel stay, ground transportation, and the daily ride between hotel and hospital.
  2. CPI's "A Week at CPI" (their own day-by-day walkthrough, on cellularperformanceinstitute.com). The Sunday arrival in San Diego, the daily shuttle, injection day, and the recovery days.
  3. A patient's written walkthrough ("CPI stem cells, Mexico," Glamour and Gains, glamourandgains.com). The Sunday pickup, the Hyatt Place stay, and the private Sprinter van.
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The rest of Section 6.

6.2 · vs. Stem Cell Institute (Panama).

The Panama comparison: different country, different regulator, different operating model.

Read 6.2 →

6.3 · vs. Ways2Well.

The U.S. wellness-clinic frame, structurally different category.

Read 6.3 →

6.4 · vs. BioXcellerator.

Medellin, Colombia. The wellness-vacation trip, an international flight away.

Read 6.4 →

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