Medigap in Buckley, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 214 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Buckley, including 78 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 11 of them (5.1%) 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 orthopedics. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Buckley include Vantage Radiology and Diagnostic Services, A Professional Services Corp, White River Family Care LLC, MultiCare Health System, and Western Washington Emergency Physicians PLLC.

The closest hospital to Buckley is MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, about 12 miles away. The highest-rated hospital in that list is St. Elizabeth Hospital, 5 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 Buckley. The highest-rated is Rainier Rehabilitation in Puyallup (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.