Anthem Care Comparison

Categories: Empower Consumers and Providers

Anthem Care Comparison provides transparent quality and cost information for 39 common medical procedures and services, including hip and knee replacements, gall bladder removal and pediatric/primary care physician office visits.  The tool displays total costs for an episode of care using actual hospital, physician and ancillary service costs and includes information on various quality factors such as number of services performed, the number of patients with complications or infections and the availability of an onsite ICU.  Bundling the costs by episode of care helps members understand the overall cost of treatment, not just specific à la carte physician and hospital services.  By allowing members to assign their own level of importance to each available quality factor, Anthem Care Comparison generates a personalized, prioritized list of hospitals matching the member’s own quality preferences.