Medigap in Ephrata, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 115 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Ephrata, including 47 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). Only 2 (1.7%) are listed as sometimes declining assignment, below the 4.5% statewide figure. Excess charges are rare here, which favors Plan N for people who don't see specialists often. Within 25 miles, CMS lists clinicians in mental health, physical therapy, eye care, chiropractic, orthopedics, digestive care, and general surgery. Few or none practice cancer care, kidney care, and neurology within 25 miles. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Ephrata include Grant County Public Hospital District No. 3 and Wenatchee Valley Hospital.

The closest hospital to Ephrata is Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata, 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 Samaritan Hospital, 2 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 Ephrata. The highest-rated is Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata (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, Asuris Northwest Health sells in Grant County. WSHIP status: not a reasonable-choice county (what that means). See the Grant County page for the county-wide view.