As a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota member, you can use a range of tools in myBlueCross, your member center, to help you choose care and live healthier.

Now, more than ever, you need to know you’re getting the best value for your health care dollar. A new online tool, Care Comparison®, has the right information in one place so you can make decisions you feel confident about.

See quality and cost info on facilities

With Care Comparison, you can compare the quality, and cost where available, of specific facilities (primarily hospitals) for common medical procedures, such as childbirth, tonsil removal, hip replacement, knee surgery, MRIs and colonoscopies.

• Compare based on what’s important to you
  Quality measures (available for all 50 states) include number of procedures performed, rate of complications and mortality, length of hospital stay and patient safety and satisfaction.
• Estimate your costs
  Cost estimates (available for 17 states) include services that typically are part of a procedure or treatment, including doctor and facility charges, tests, lab work, imaging and anesthesia. You can estimate your out-of-pocket costs before you make a decision.

Use it when you need hospital care

Sign in to myBlueCross. Select the “choosing care” tab, then “Provider cost & quality.”