Tel Care or Visana Med Call — Region 1, Valais
Region 1, Valais: with Visana, Tel Care costs CHF 553.20 a month in 2026 and Visana Med Call CHF 488.30, for an adult with a CHF 300 deductible and accident cover. The table below gives the gap at every deductible.
Visana Med Call is the cheaper of the two here: CHF 778.80 saved per year against Tel Care, 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 553.20 | CHF 488.30 | CHF 778.80 |
| 500 | CHF 546.50 | CHF 481.60 | CHF 778.80 |
| 1'000 | CHF 512.40 | CHF 447.50 | CHF 778.80 |
| 1'500 | CHF 483.20 | CHF 418.30 | CHF 778.80 |
| 2'000 | CHF 454.00 | CHF 389.10 | CHF 778.80 |
| 2'500 | CHF 424.90 | CHF 360.00 | CHF 778.80 |
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
- 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 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.