Visana or EGK in Region 1 of canton St. Gallen?

In Region 1, EGK is CHF 397.20 a year cheaper than Visana for an adult on the same profile. Here is the detail — and what a third insurer would do.

The verdict, in this region

EGK comes down to CHF 508.20 a month, Visana to CHF 541.30. The gap is CHF 397.20 a year, 300-franc deductible, accident cover included.

Neither is the cheapest here: that is Sanitas, at CHF 479.65 a month. Moving there rather than to EGK is worth CHF 342.60 more a year. Sanitas

Visana ranks 20 and EGK ranks 17, out of 25 active insurers in this region.

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.

Deductible	Visana	EGK	Gap
300	CHF 637.50	CHF 577.40	+ 60.10
500	CHF 630.80	CHF 565.80	+ 65.00
1'000	CHF 596.70	CHF 536.60	+ 60.10
1'500	CHF 567.50	CHF 507.40	+ 60.10
2'000	CHF 538.30	CHF 478.30	+ 60.00
2'500	CHF 509.20	CHF 449.10	+ 60.10

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

Against 2025, Visana moves by + 1.2 % and EGK by + 3.5 % in this region.

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