Medigap in Port Townsend, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 210 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Port Townsend, including 80 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 10 of them (4.8%) 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, chiropractic, eye care, cardiology, general surgery, and cancer care. Few or none practice kidney care and neurology within 25 miles. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Port Townsend include Olympic Peninsula Health Services, Jefferson County Public Hospital District No 2, and Jefferson Community Counseling Center.

The closest hospital to Port Townsend is Jefferson Healthcare in Port Townsend, about 6 miles away (a critical access hospital: a small rural hospital with 25 or fewer inpatient beds). The highest-rated hospital in that list is Island 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 Port Townsend. The highest-rated is Life Care Center of Port Townsend in Port Townsend (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 Jefferson County. WSHIP status: not a reasonable-choice county (what that means). See the Jefferson County page for the county-wide view.