Managed Care or Visana Med Call — Region 1, Vaud
Region 1, Vaud: with Visana, Managed Care costs CHF 605.20 a month in 2026 and Visana Med Call CHF 721.80, 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 1'399.20 saved per year against Visana Med Call, 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. Visana Med Call is a "Telemedicine and others" model.
- Managed Care
Group practice (HMO)
You go to a designated group practice, which coordinates your care.
- Visana Med Call
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 | Visana Med Call | Gap per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | CHF 605.20 | CHF 721.80 | CHF 1'399.20 |
| 500 | CHF 598.60 | CHF 715.10 | CHF 1'398.00 |
| 1'000 | CHF 564.40 | CHF 681.00 | CHF 1'399.20 |
| 1'500 | CHF 535.20 | CHF 651.80 | CHF 1'399.20 |
| 2'000 | CHF 506.10 | CHF 622.60 | CHF 1'398.00 |
| 2'500 | CHF 476.90 | CHF 593.50 | CHF 1'399.20 |
The comparison, region by region
- Managed Care or Visana Med Call?
- 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
- Thurgau
- Ticino — Region 1
- Ticino — Region 2
- Uri
- 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.