Medigap in Bethel, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 496 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Bethel, including 213 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 18 of them (3.6%) 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, cancer care, neurology, and chiropractic. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Bethel include South Sound Inpatient Physicians PLLC, Franciscan Medical Group, Peninsula Community Health Services, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington, and Highline Physical Therapy Group.

The closest hospital to Bethel is St. Anthony Hospital in Gig Harbor, about 8 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 Bethel. The highest-rated is Avamere Rehabilitation at Ridgemont in Port Orchard (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 Kitsap County. WSHIP status: reasonable-choice county (what that means). See the Kitsap County page for the county-wide view.