Medigap in Home, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 2,089 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Home, including 1,006 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 68 of them (3.3%) 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, chiropractic, cardiology, general surgery, and orthopedics. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Home include Tra-minw P S, Medical Imaging Northwest - Good Samaritan Hospital Imaging Alliance, Palm Desert Radiology Medical Group Inc., Warren General Hospital, and MultiCare Health System.

The closest hospital to Home is St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, about 11 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 Home. The highest-rated is Cottesmore of Life Care in Gig Harbor (5 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 Pierce County. WSHIP status: reasonable-choice county (what that means). See the Pierce County page for the county-wide view.