Callmed or Gesundheitspraxisversicherung?
CSS offers both: Callmed and Gesundheitspraxisversicherung. They are available together in 42 premium regions, and the cheaper of the two is not the same everywhere.
The cheaper one is not the same everywhere
Across 42 premium regions where both are offered, Callmed is cheaper in 0 and Gesundheitspraxisversicherung in 42. The average gap between them is CHF 322.91 a year.
The gap is widest in Zurich — Region 1: CHF 741.60 a year.
What you accept in each case
Callmed is a "Telemedicine and others" model. Gesundheitspraxisversicherung is a "Family doctor" model.
- Callmed
Telemedicine and others
You call a medical service before any consultation, or follow another pathway set by the insurer.
- Gesundheitspraxisversicherung
Family doctor
You pick a family doctor and always go to them first.
The comparison, region by region
- Aargau
- Appenzell Innerrhoden
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden
- Bern — Region 1
- Bern — Region 2
- Bern — Region 3
- Basel-Landschaft — Region 1
- Basel-Landschaft — Region 2
- Basel-Stadt
- Fribourg — Region 1
- Fribourg — Region 2
- Geneva
- Glarus
- Grisons — Region 1
- Grisons — Region 2
- Grisons — Region 3
- Jura
- Lucerne — Region 1
- Lucerne — Region 2
- Lucerne — Region 3
- Neuchâtel
- Nidwalden
- Obwalden
- St. Gallen — Region 1
- St. Gallen — Region 2
- St. Gallen — Region 3
- Schaffhausen — Region 1
- Schaffhausen — Region 2
- Solothurn
- Schwyz
- Thurgau
- Ticino — Region 1
- Ticino — Region 2
- Uri
- Vaud — Region 1
- Vaud — Region 2
- Valais — Region 1
- Valais — Region 2
- Zug
- Zurich — Region 1
An alternative model commits you to a care pathway: check the conditions with the insurer before signing. This page gives a price, not advice.
Source: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), official premiums and territorial coverage areas.