Tel Care or Visana Med Call — Basel-Stadt
Basel-Stadt: with Visana, Tel Care costs CHF 637.80 a month in 2026 and Visana Med Call CHF 719.40, 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 979.20 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
Tel Care and Visana Med Call are both "Telemedicine and others" models. The exact conditions still differ from one product to the other: ask the insurer before signing.
- Tel Care
Telemedicine and others
You call a medical service before any consultation, or follow another pathway set by the insurer.
- 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 | Tel Care | Visana Med Call | Gap per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | CHF 637.80 | CHF 719.40 | CHF 979.20 |
| 500 | CHF 631.20 | CHF 712.70 | CHF 978.00 |
| 1'000 | CHF 597.00 | CHF 678.50 | CHF 978.00 |
| 1'500 | CHF 567.80 | CHF 649.40 | CHF 979.20 |
| 2'000 | CHF 538.70 | CHF 620.20 | CHF 978.00 |
| 2'500 | CHF 509.50 | CHF 591.00 | CHF 978.00 |
The comparison, region by region
- Tel 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
- 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.