Medigap in Algona, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 3,663 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Algona, including 1,794 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 144 of them (3.9%) are listed as sometimes declining assignment, close to the 4.5% statewide figure. Ask each provider whether they accept assignment; if they all do, Plan N's excess-charge gap won't affect you. Within 25 miles, CMS lists clinicians in physical therapy, mental health, eye care, cardiology, cancer care, chiropractic, and neurology. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Algona include MultiCare Health System, South Sound Inpatient Physicians PLLC, Healthpoint, Franciscan Medical Group, and Virginia Mason Medical Center.

The closest hospital to Algona is MultiCare Auburn Medical Center in Auburn, about 2 miles away. The highest-rated hospital in that list is St. Francis Community Hospital, 4 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.

4 Medicare-certified nursing homes are within 35 miles of Algona. The highest-rated is Lea Hill Rehabilitation and Care Center in Auburn (4 of 5 stars). Plans G and N pay the $217-a-day coinsurance for days 21 to 100 (2026).

Of the regional Blue plans, Regence BlueShield sells in King County. WSHIP status: reasonable-choice county (what that means). See the King County page for the county-wide view.