Medigap in Bingen, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 71 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Bingen, including 22 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 1 of them are listed as sometimes declining Medicare assignment. That's too few clinicians to call the local rate high or low (statewide it's 4.5%), so ask your own providers whether they accept assignment. Within 25 miles, CMS lists clinicians in mental health, cardiology, chiropractic, eye care, and general surgery. Few or none practice cancer care, orthopedics, kidney care, and neurology within 25 miles. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Bingen include Public Hospital District No. 2, Klickitat County, Washington and One Community Health.

The closest hospital to Bingen is Skyline Hospital in White Salmon, about 7 miles away (a critical access hospital: a small rural hospital with 25 or fewer inpatient beds). The highest-rated hospital in that list is Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, 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.

No Medicare-certified nursing home is within 35 miles. The closest is Lacamas Creek Post Acute in Camas, about 46 miles away. Plans G and N pay the $217-a-day coinsurance for days 21 to 100 (2026).

Bingen is about 2 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 Klickitat County. WSHIP status: not a reasonable-choice county (what that means). See the Klickitat County page for the county-wide view.