[medinformatics] Aetna Shares Physician Services Price Tag with Members Online

[Medical Informatics News]

Aetna announced yesterday that, starting today, it will post online the prices it has negotiated with in-network physicians in specific areas of the country. The first major health insurer to publicly disclose such information, Aetna hopes to provide patients with the tools needed to comparison shop for services.*Aetna members will need to log-on to Aetna Navigator, the insurer’s password-protected member website to access the information. But, consumers will now be able to find out what they can expect to pay at the doctor’s office before going in for a visit. The information will allow consumers to better gauge their out-of-pocket health care expenses by having online access to the actual discounted rates for up to 25 of the most common office-based services offered by their own primary care or specialist physician.** The program will initially be piloted with information for approximately 600 procedures provided by 5,000 individual physicians and physician groups in Cincinnati, Dayton and Springfield, OH, Northern Kentucky and Southeast Indiana. Aetna says it will solicit additional feedback from physicians, customers and members prior to rolling the program out in other markets.Aetna's press release available here.*ReadPermalink*|*Email this*|*Linking*Blogs*|*Comments









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