Tel Care or Visana Tel Doc — Region 1, Fribourg
Region 1, Fribourg: with Visana, Tel Care costs CHF 508.60 a month in 2026 and Visana Tel Doc CHF 526.90, 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 219.60 saved per year against Visana Tel Doc, 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 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 508.60 | CHF 526.90 | CHF 219.60 |
| 500 | CHF 501.90 | CHF 520.30 | CHF 220.80 |
| 1'000 | CHF 467.80 | CHF 486.10 | CHF 219.60 |
| 1'500 | CHF 438.60 | CHF 456.90 | CHF 219.60 |
| 2'000 | CHF 409.40 | CHF 427.80 | CHF 220.80 |
| 2'500 | CHF 380.30 | CHF 398.60 | CHF 219.60 |
The comparison, region by region
- Tel Care or Visana Tel Doc?
- 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 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.