Managed Care or Med Direct — Aargau
Aargau: with Visana, Managed Care costs CHF 494.00 a month in 2026 and Med Direct CHF 530.10, 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 433.20 saved per year against Med Direct, for cover identical under the law. What you pay more or less for is the care pathway.
What you accept in each case
Managed Care is a "Group practice (HMO)" model. Med Direct is a "Family doctor" model.
- Managed Care
Group practice (HMO)
You go to a designated group practice, which coordinates your care.
- Med Direct
Family doctor
You pick a family doctor and always go to them first.
The price at every deductible
| Deductible | Managed Care | Med Direct | Gap per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | CHF 494.00 | CHF 530.10 | CHF 433.20 |
| 500 | CHF 487.30 | CHF 523.40 | CHF 433.20 |
| 1'000 | CHF 453.10 | CHF 489.20 | CHF 433.20 |
| 1'500 | CHF 424.00 | CHF 460.10 | CHF 433.20 |
| 2'000 | CHF 394.80 | CHF 430.90 | CHF 433.20 |
| 2'500 | CHF 365.60 | CHF 401.70 | CHF 433.20 |
The comparison, region by region
- Managed Care or Med Direct?
- 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
- 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.