Managed Care or Tel Care — Thurgau
Thurgau: with Visana, Managed Care costs CHF 507.40 a month in 2026 and Tel Care CHF 504.60, for an adult with a CHF 300 deductible and accident cover. The table below gives the gap at every deductible.
Tel Care is the cheaper of the two here: CHF 33.60 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. Tel Care is a "Telemedicine and others" model.
- Managed Care
Group practice (HMO)
You go to a designated group practice, which coordinates your care.
- Tel Care
Telemedicine and others
You call a medical service before any consultation, or follow another pathway set by the insurer.
The price at every deductible
| Deductible | Managed Care | Tel Care | Gap per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | CHF 507.40 | CHF 504.60 | CHF 33.60 |
| 500 | CHF 500.70 | CHF 497.90 | CHF 33.60 |
| 1'000 | CHF 466.60 | CHF 463.70 | CHF 34.80 |
| 1'500 | CHF 437.40 | CHF 434.60 | CHF 33.60 |
| 2'000 | CHF 408.20 | CHF 405.40 | CHF 33.60 |
| 2'500 | CHF 379.10 | CHF 376.20 | CHF 34.80 |
The comparison, region by region
- Managed Care or Tel 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
- St. Gallen — Region 3
- Schaffhausen — Region 1
- Schaffhausen — Region 2
- Solothurn
- Schwyz
- 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.