Tel Care or Visana Tel Doc — Region 1, Schaffhausen
Region 1, Schaffhausen: with Visana, Tel Care costs CHF 500.80 a month in 2026 and Visana Tel Doc CHF 531.00, 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 362.40 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 500.80 | CHF 531.00 | CHF 362.40 |
| 500 | CHF 494.10 | CHF 524.30 | CHF 362.40 |
| 1'000 | CHF 460.00 | CHF 490.10 | CHF 361.20 |
| 1'500 | CHF 430.80 | CHF 461.00 | CHF 362.40 |
| 2'000 | CHF 401.60 | CHF 431.80 | CHF 362.40 |
| 2'500 | CHF 372.50 | CHF 402.60 | CHF 361.20 |
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
- Nidwalden
- Obwalden
- St. Gallen — Region 1
- St. Gallen — Region 2
- St. Gallen — Region 3
- 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.