Find information on health care costs

As an Aetna Member, you can log on to the secure member website, Aetna Navigator, and find:

• Estimated average costs in your area for certain office visits, diagnostic tests, vaccines, and surgical and scope procedures (“Scope” refers to an instrument used to examine an inner part of the body and, with an attached instrument, to perform a biopsy or surgery.)
  
  
• Estimated average costs in your area for certain dental procedures (if you are enrolled in an Aetna dental plan)
  
  
• Annual estimated average costs in your area for treating specific diseases and conditions
  
  
• Costs for specific brand and generic drugs filled at participating retail drug stores or ordered through Aetna’s mail order program (if you are enrolled in an Aetna pharmacy plan)

Depending on the area you are searching, you may also find:

• Actual rates for doctors and other health care professionals such as chiropractors and physical therapists, for up to 30 of the most common medical services, according to the specialty.^1,2
  
  
• Actual cost ranges for over 30 common medical procedures performed in a hospital or other health care facility.³

Having cost information before you receive medical care can help you:

• Estimate your out-of-pocket costs (based on your health benefits plan) and anticipate possible future expenses
  
  
• Estimate how quickly you will reach your plan deductible and coinsurance limits
  
  
• Manage the funds and accounts that are part of your health insurance plan, such as a health savings account or flexible spending account
  
  
• Make more informed treatment choices

¹Price only information is available for doctors in: Alabama (Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Southeast AL); Alaska (Anchorage, Fairbanks); Arkansas (Little Rock); Florida (Ft. Myers, Florida Panhandle, Panama City, Tallahassee); Georgia (Augusta, Columbus-LaGrange, Macon, Savannah); Louisiana (Baton Rouge, Houma/Thibodaux, Lafayette, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Shreveport); Massachusetts; Michigan (except Detroit); Mississippi (Greenville, Gulfport, Jackson/Vicksburg); Nevada (Las Vegas); New Jersey (Southern New Jersey); New York (Albany, Rochester, Syracuse); North Carolina (Charlotte, Mountain, Raleigh/Durham, Triad/Winston Salem); Oregon; Pennsylvania (Berks County, Central PA, Northeastern PA); Rhode Island; South Carolina (Columbia, Florence, Greenville/Spartanburg); Texas (Abilene, Amarillo, Brownwood, Bryan College Station, Calhoun/Victoria, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Hill Country, Karnes, Laredo, Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, Rio Grande Valley, San Angelo, West Texas, Wichita Falls); Utah; West Virginia; Washington (Spokane); Wisconsin (Milwaukee); West Virginia.

²Price, clinical quality and efficiency information is available for doctors in Arizona; California (Central Valley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Northern California); Colorado; Connecticut; D.C. (Washington); Delaware; Florida (North Florida, Orlando, Tampa and South Florida); Georgia (Atlanta); Illinois (Chicago); Indiana (Indianapolis and Southeast Indiana); Kentucky (Louisville and Northern Kentucky); Maine; Maryland; Kansas (Kansas City); Michigan (Detroit); Missouri (Kansas City); New Jersey (Northern New Jersey); New York (Metro NY); Ohio (Cincinnati, Cleveland/Toledo, Columbus (Central OH), Dayton); Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh); Texas (Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, San Antonio); Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, Tulsa); Virginia (Richmond, Northern Virginia); Washington (Seattle).

³Facility Procedure Costs are only available in the following areas: Alaska (Anchorage, Fairbanks); Arizona; California (Central Valley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Northern California); Colorado; Connecticut; D.C. (Washington); Florida (North Florida, Orlando, Tampa, Ft. Myers and South Florida); Georgia (Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Savannah); Illinois (Chicago); Indiana (Indianapolis); Kansas (Kansas City); Kentucky (Louisville); Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts/New Hampshire; Michigan (Detroit, Central/Western Michigan - Midlands); Missouri (Kansas City); Nevada (Las Vegas); North Carolina (Charlotte, Raleigh/Durham); Ohio (Cincinnati, Cleveland/Toledo, Columbus); Oklahoma (Oklahoma City, Tulsa); Oregon, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, Northeastern PA, Central PA, Berks County); Rhode Island; Texas (Amarillo, Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, Rio Grande Valley, San Antonio); Utah; Virginia (Northern Virginia); Washington (Seattle, Spokane); West Virginia.