Tel Care or Visana Med Call — Region 2, Zurich
Region 2, Zurich: with Visana, Tel Care costs CHF 538.30 a month in 2026 and Visana Med Call CHF 605.50, 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 806.40 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 538.30 | CHF 605.50 | CHF 806.40 |
| 500 | CHF 531.60 | CHF 598.80 | CHF 806.40 |
| 1'000 | CHF 497.40 | CHF 564.70 | CHF 807.60 |
| 1'500 | CHF 468.30 | CHF 535.50 | CHF 806.40 |
| 2'000 | CHF 439.10 | CHF 506.30 | CHF 806.40 |
| 2'500 | CHF 409.90 | CHF 477.20 | CHF 807.60 |
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 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.