Combi Care or Managed Care — Region 3, St. Gallen
Region 3, St. Gallen: with Visana, Combi Care costs CHF 522.90 a month in 2026 and Managed Care CHF 505.00, for an adult with a CHF 300 deductible and accident cover. The table below gives the gap at every deductible.
Managed Care is the cheaper of the two here: CHF 214.80 saved per year against Combi Care, for cover identical under the law. What you pay more or less for is the care pathway.
What you accept in each case
Combi Care is a "Telemedicine and others" model. Managed Care is a "Group practice (HMO)" model.
- Combi Care
Telemedicine and others
You call a medical service before any consultation, or follow another pathway set by the insurer.
- Managed Care
Group practice (HMO)
You go to a designated group practice, which coordinates your care.
The price at every deductible
| Deductible | Combi Care | Managed Care | Gap per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | CHF 522.90 | CHF 505.00 | CHF 214.80 |
| 500 | CHF 516.20 | CHF 498.40 | CHF 213.60 |
| 1'000 | CHF 482.00 | CHF 464.20 | CHF 213.60 |
| 1'500 | CHF 452.90 | CHF 435.00 | CHF 214.80 |
| 2'000 | CHF 423.70 | CHF 405.90 | CHF 213.60 |
| 2'500 | CHF 394.50 | CHF 376.70 | CHF 213.60 |
The comparison, region by region
- Combi Care or Managed Care?
- 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
- 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
- Zurich — Region 2
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.