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CSS or EGK in Region 2 of canton St. Gallen?

In Region 2, CSS is CHF 160.80 a year cheaper than EGK for an adult on the same profile. Here is the detail — and what a third insurer would do.

The verdict, in this region

CSS comes down to CHF 444.40 a month, EGK to CHF 457.80. The gap is CHF 160.80 a year, 300-franc deductible, accident cover included.

What the question hides

Neither is the cheapest here: that is Agrisano, at CHF 419.60 a month. Moving there rather than to CSS is worth CHF 297.60 more a year. Agrisano

Where they stand in the region

CSS ranks 3 and EGK ranks 10, out of 25 active insurers in this region.

Deductible by deductible

With free choice of doctor, the one model every insurer offers — and therefore the only one where a row-by-row comparison compares the same thing.

DeductibleCSSEGKGap
300CHF 529.00CHF 526.10+ 2.90
500CHF 517.40CHF 514.40+ 3.00
1'000CHF 488.20CHF 485.20+ 3.00
1'500CHF 459.00CHF 456.10+ 2.90
2'000CHF 429.90CHF 426.90+ 3.00
2'500CHF 400.70CHF 397.70+ 3.00

Model by model

Each insurer’s lowest rate in each model type, 300-franc deductible.

ModelCSSEGK
Family doctorCHF 444.40CHF 478.80
Other modelCHF 481.40CHF 457.80
Free choice of doctorCHF 529.00CHF 526.10

How they moved in this region

Against 2025, CSS moves by + 1.3 % and EGK by + 3.4 % in this region.

CSS, EGK, or another?

The comparator works out your actual premium across all 34 insurers at once, from your age, deductible and municipality.

Source: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), official premiums.