casamed hmo or casamed pharm?
Vivao Sympany offers both: casamed hmo and casamed pharm. They are available together in 42 premium regions, and the cheaper of the two is not the same everywhere.
The cheaper one is not the same everywhere
Across 42 premium regions where both are offered, casamed hmo is cheaper in 27 and casamed pharm in 2. The average gap between them is CHF 77.00 a year.
The gap is widest in Neuchâtel: CHF 285.60 a year.
What you accept in each case
casamed hmo is a "Group practice (HMO)" model. casamed pharm is a "Family doctor" model.
- casamed hmo
Group practice (HMO)
You go to a designated group practice, which coordinates your care.
- casamed pharm
Family doctor
You pick a family doctor and always go to them first.
The comparison, region by region
- 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.