Tel Care or Visana Med Call — Region 1, Bern
Region 1, Bern: with Visana, Tel Care costs CHF 577.00 a month in 2026 and Visana Med Call CHF 658.50, 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 978.00 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 577.00 | CHF 658.50 | CHF 978.00 |
| 500 | CHF 570.40 | CHF 651.80 | CHF 976.80 |
| 1'000 | CHF 536.20 | CHF 617.60 | CHF 976.80 |
| 1'500 | CHF 507.00 | CHF 588.50 | CHF 978.00 |
| 2'000 | CHF 477.90 | CHF 559.30 | CHF 976.80 |
| 2'500 | CHF 448.70 | CHF 530.10 | CHF 976.80 |
The comparison, region by region
- Tel Care or Visana Med Call?
- Aargau
- Appenzell Innerrhoden
- Appenzell Ausserrhoden
- 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
- 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.