Medigap in Longview, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 533 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Longview, including 208 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 50 of them (9.4%) 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 Longview than in most of Washington. Within 25 miles, CMS lists clinicians in mental health, physical therapy, eye care, chiropractic, general surgery, cardiology, and cancer care. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Longview include PeaceHealth and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest.

The closest hospital to Longview is PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Longview, about 6 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 Longview. The highest-rated is Beacon Hill Rehabilitation in Longview (5 of 5 stars). Plans G and N pay the $217-a-day coinsurance for days 21 to 100 (2026).

Longview is about 3 miles from Oregon. Your Washington Medigap policy pays the same at Oregon doctors and hospitals that accept Medicare, with no network. Oregon 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, Regence BlueShield sells in Cowlitz County. WSHIP status: reasonable-choice county (what that means). See the Cowlitz County page for the county-wide view.