Medigap in Ketron Island, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and insurers

CMS lists 710 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Ketron Island, including 269 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 43 of them (6.1%) 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 Ketron Island include Dupont Physical Therapy Inc. PS, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Palm Desert Radiology Medical Group Inc., Warren General Hospital, and Musc Community Physicians.

The closest hospital to Ketron Island is St. Clare Hospital in Lakewood, 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 Ketron Island. The highest-rated is The Oaks at Lakewood 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.