Med Direct or sana24 Med Call?
sana24 offers both: Med Direct and sana24 Med Call. They are available together in 27 premium regions, and the cheaper of the two is not the same everywhere.
The cheaper one is not the same everywhere
Across 27 premium regions where both are offered, Med Direct is cheaper in 27 and sana24 Med Call in 0. The average gap between them is CHF 329.87 a year.
The gap is widest in Basel-Stadt: CHF 1'196.40 a year.
What you accept in each case
Med Direct is a "Family doctor" model. sana24 Med Call is a "Telemedicine and others" model.
- Med Direct
Family doctor
You pick a family doctor and always go to them first.
- sana24 Med Call
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 Ausserrhoden
- Basel-Stadt
- Geneva
- Glarus
- Grisons — Region 1
- Grisons — Region 2
- Grisons — Region 3
- Lucerne — Region 1
- Lucerne — Region 2
- Lucerne — Region 3
- Nidwalden
- St. Gallen — Region 1
- St. Gallen — Region 2
- St. Gallen — Region 3
- Solothurn
- Schwyz
- Thurgau
- Ticino — Region 1
- Ticino — Region 2
- Vaud — Region 1
- Vaud — Region 2
- Valais — Region 1
- Valais — Region 2
- Zurich — Region 1
- Zurich — Region 2
- Zurich — Region 3
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.