Tel Care or Visana Tel Doc — Nidwalden
Nidwalden: with Visana, Tel Care costs CHF 421.90 a month in 2026 and Visana Tel Doc CHF 427.00, 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 61.20 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 421.90 | CHF 427.00 | CHF 61.20 |
| 500 | CHF 415.20 | CHF 420.30 | CHF 61.20 |
| 1'000 | CHF 381.00 | CHF 386.10 | CHF 61.20 |
| 1'500 | CHF 351.90 | CHF 357.00 | CHF 61.20 |
| 2'000 | CHF 322.70 | CHF 327.80 | CHF 61.20 |
| 2'500 | CHF 293.50 | CHF 298.60 | CHF 61.20 |
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 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
- 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.