Medigap in Fircrest, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and prices

CMS lists 6,798 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Fircrest, including 3,054 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 214 of them (3.1%) 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, chiropractic, cardiology, general surgery, and orthopedics. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Fircrest include Palm Desert Radiology Medical Group Inc., Warren General Hospital, MultiCare Health System, Franciscan Medical Group, and Tra-minw P S.

The closest hospital to Fircrest is St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, about 2 miles away. The highest-rated hospital in that list is St. Anthony 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 Fircrest. 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.