Tel Care or Visana Tel Doc — Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Ausserrhoden: with Visana, Tel Care costs CHF 500.50 a month in 2026 and Visana Tel Doc CHF 500.50, for an adult with a CHF 300 deductible and accident cover. The table below gives the gap at every deductible.
Here Tel Care and Visana Tel Doc cost exactly the same. The choice is therefore not about the amount, but about the care pathway you accept.
What you accept in each case
Tel Care and Visana Tel Doc 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 Tel Doc
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 Tel Doc | Gap per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | CHF 500.50 | CHF 500.50 | — |
| 500 | CHF 493.80 | CHF 493.80 | — |
| 1'000 | CHF 459.70 | CHF 459.70 | — |
| 1'500 | CHF 430.50 | CHF 430.50 | — |
| 2'000 | CHF 401.30 | CHF 401.30 | — |
| 2'500 | CHF 372.20 | CHF 372.20 | — |
The comparison, region by region
- Tel Care or Visana Tel Doc?
- Aargau
- Appenzell Innerrhoden
- 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
- 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.