Medigap in College Place, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 417 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of College Place, including 155 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 24 of them (5.8%) 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 mental health, physical therapy, eye care, chiropractic, neurology, general surgery, and cancer care. Practices with Medicare clinicians near College Place include Columbia County Hospital District, Physicians Immediate Care and Medical Centers PS, Providence Health and Services - Washington, and Privia Medical Group Washington PLLC.

The closest hospital to College Place is Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, about 6 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 College Place. The highest-rated is Regency at the Park in College Place (5 of 5 stars). Plans G and N pay the $217-a-day coinsurance for days 21 to 100 (2026).

College Place is about 3 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 Walla Walla County. WSHIP status: not a reasonable-choice county (what that means). See the Walla Walla County page for the county-wide view.