Centre de santé or Télémédecine?
ÖKK offers both: Centre de santé and Télémédecine. 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, Centre de santé is cheaper in 35 and Télémédecine in 7. The average gap between them is CHF 219.74 a year.
The gap is widest in Ticino — Region 1: CHF 394.80 a year.
What you accept in each case
Centre de santé is a "Group practice (HMO)" model. Télémédecine is a "Telemedicine and others" model.
- Centre de santé
Group practice (HMO)
You go to a designated group practice, which coordinates your care.
- Télémédecine
Telemedicine and others
You call a medical service before any consultation, or follow another pathway set by the insurer.
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.