Medigap in Skokomish, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 167 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Skokomish, including 62 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 14 of them (8.4%) 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 Skokomish than in most of Washington. Within 25 miles, CMS lists clinicians in mental health, physical therapy, orthopedics, eye care, chiropractic, cardiology, and urology. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Skokomish include Public Hospital District No 1 of Mason County and Mental Health Specialty Group Pa.

The closest hospital to Skokomish is Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics in Shelton, 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 Capital Medical Center, 3 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 Skokomish. The highest-rated is Puget Sound Care in Olympia (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, Regence BlueShield sells in Mason County. WSHIP status: not a reasonable-choice county (what that means). See the Mason County page for the county-wide view.