Sanitas — Region 1, Lucerne: twelve years of premiums
Region 1, Lucerne: the lowest Sanitas premium went from CHF 356.50 a month in 2015 to CHF 461.60 in 2026 — a rise of +29.5 %. The table below places it next to this region's cheapest insurer, year by year.
| Year | This insurer | The cheapest | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | CHF 356.50 | CHF 266.20 | CHF 90.30 |
| 2016 | CHF 384.60 | CHF 288.00 | CHF 96.60 |
| 2017 | CHF 393.30 | CHF 317.90 | CHF 75.40 |
| 2018 | CHF 398.00 | CHF 350.40 | CHF 47.60 |
| 2019 | CHF 398.00 | CHF 361.20 | CHF 36.80 |
| 2020 | CHF 382.60 | CHF 354.40 | CHF 28.20 |
| 2021 | CHF 382.60 | CHF 361.50 | CHF 21.10 |
| 2022 | CHF 387.60 | CHF 358.50 | CHF 29.10 |
| 2023 | CHF 400.20 | CHF 369.25 | CHF 30.95 |
| 2024 | CHF 425.40 | CHF 410.95 | CHF 14.45 |
| 2025 | CHF 445.00 | CHF 428.40 | CHF 16.60 |
| 2026 | CHF 461.60 | CHF 451.60 | CHF 10.00 |
Faster or slower than the rest?
Sanitas rose +29.5 % over the period, against +69.7 % for the cheapest insurer in the same place. The gap narrowed — which does not mean this insurer is the cheapest today, only that it climbed more slowly.
The year that hurt — The steepest year-on-year jump was 2016: +7.9 % in one go. The premium did not move in 2019, 2021.
Figures for an adult, CHF 300 deductible, accident cover included — the only profile defined identically across all twelve years. Each year this is the lowest premium the insurer offered, all models combined.
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Source: Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), premium files from 2015 to today.