Medigap in Albion, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 202 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Albion, including 68 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 25 of them (12.4%) are listed as only sometimes accepting assignment, against 4.5% statewide. Those providers can bill up to 15% above the Medicare-approved amount. That makes the excess-charge coverage in Plan G worth more in Albion than in most of Washington. Within 25 miles, CMS lists clinicians in mental health, physical therapy, eye care, cardiology, orthopedics, general surgery, and chiropractic. Few or none practice cancer care, kidney care, and neurology within 25 miles. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Albion include Public Hospital District 1-a of Whitman County and Providence Health and Services Washington.

The closest hospital to Albion is Pullman Regional Hospital in Pullman, about 5 miles away (a critical access hospital: a small rural hospital with 25 or fewer inpatient beds). The highest-rated hospital in that list is Whitman Hospital and Medical Center, 5 of 5 stars on CMS's overall rating. Medigap has no hospital network: the Part A deductible ($1,736 in 2026) is covered the same here as anywhere.

3 Medicare-certified nursing homes are within 35 miles of Albion. The highest-rated is Clarkston Health and Rehab of Cascadia in Clarkston (3 of 5 stars). Plans G and N pay the $217-a-day coinsurance for days 21 to 100 (2026).

Albion is about 10 miles from Idaho. Your Washington Medigap policy pays the same at Idaho doctors and hospitals that accept Medicare, with no network. Idaho doesn't ban Part B excess charges, so if you use providers there, Plan G's excess-charge coverage can matter.

Of the regional Blue plans, Asuris Northwest Health sells in Whitman County. WSHIP status: not a reasonable-choice county (what that means). See the Whitman County page for the county-wide view.