Medigap in Anacortes, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 326 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Anacortes, including 115 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 18 of them (5.5%) 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 mental health, physical therapy, eye care, chiropractic, cardiology, general surgery, and orthopedics. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Anacortes include Public Hospital District No 2 Skagit County Washington, Whidbey Island Public Hospital District, Balance Point Physical Therapy Clinic Ltd, and Optum Care Washington PLLC.

The closest hospital to Anacortes is Island Hospital in Anacortes, about 3 miles away. 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 Anacortes. The highest-rated is Mt. Baker Care Center in Bellingham (5 of 5 stars). Plans G and N pay the $217-a-day coinsurance for days 21 to 100 (2026).

Anacortes is about 35 miles from the Canadian border. Medicare pays almost nothing in Canada; Plans G and N pay 80% of emergency care abroad after a $250 yearly deductible (lifetime limit $50,000). Plan K and Plan A don't.

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