Medigap in Tacoma, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 6,017 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Tacoma, including 2,597 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 232 of them (3.9%) 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, cardiology, chiropractic, general surgery, and cancer care. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Tacoma include Franciscan Medical Group, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Twin Lakes Counseling, PLLC, Kosnoski Eye Care Inc., and Telecare Mental Health Services of Washington, Inc..

The closest hospital to Tacoma is St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, under 1 mile away. The highest-rated hospital in that list is St. Clare 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 Tacoma. The highest-rated is Avamere Transitional Care of Puget Sound in Tacoma (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.