Managed Care or Med Direct — Basel-Stadt
Basel-Stadt: with Visana, Managed Care costs CHF 635.60 a month in 2026 and Med Direct CHF 630.40, for an adult with a CHF 300 deductible and accident cover. The table below gives the gap at every deductible.
Med Direct is the cheaper of the two here: CHF 62.40 saved per year against Managed Care, 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 635.60 | CHF 630.40 | CHF 62.40 |
| 500 | CHF 628.90 | CHF 623.80 | CHF 61.20 |
| 1'000 | CHF 594.80 | CHF 589.60 | CHF 62.40 |
| 1'500 | CHF 565.60 | CHF 560.40 | CHF 62.40 |
| 2'000 | CHF 536.40 | CHF 531.30 | CHF 61.20 |
| 2'500 | CHF 507.30 | CHF 502.10 | CHF 62.40 |
The comparison, region by region
- Managed Care or Med Direct?
- Aargau
- Appenzell Innerrhoden
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden
- Bern — Region 1
- Bern — Region 2
- Bern — Region 3
- Basel-Landschaft — Region 1
- Basel-Landschaft — Region 2
- 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.