Managed Care or Visana Tel Doc?
Visana offers both: Managed Care and Visana Tel Doc. They are available together in 42 premium regions, and the cheaper of the two is not the same everywhere.
The cheaper one is not the same everywhere
Across 42 premium regions where both are offered, Managed Care is cheaper in 31 and Visana Tel Doc in 6. The average gap between them is CHF 159.86 a year.
The gap is widest in Zurich — Region 2: CHF 513.60 a year.
What you accept in each case
Managed Care is a "Group practice (HMO)" model. Visana Tel Doc is a "Telemedicine and others" model.
- Managed Care
Group practice (HMO)
You go to a designated group practice, which coordinates your care.
- Visana Tel Doc
Telemedicine and others
You call a medical service before any consultation, or follow another pathway set by the insurer.
The comparison, region by region
- 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 1
- Vaud — Region 2
- Valais — Region 1
- Valais — Region 2
- Zug
- Zurich — Region 1
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.