Medigap in Pacific, WA: Medicare Supplement plans and prices

CMS lists 3,680 clinicians with practice locations within 8 miles of Pacific, including 1,754 in primary care (family and internal medicine, nurse practitioners and physician assistants). 138 of them (3.8%) 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 physical therapy, mental health, eye care, cardiology, chiropractic, neurology, and orthopedics. Practices with Medicare clinicians near Pacific include MultiCare Health System, South Sound Inpatient Physicians PLLC, Healthpoint, Franciscan Medical Group, and Virginia Mason Medical Center.

The closest hospital to Pacific is MultiCare Auburn Medical Center in Auburn, about 3 miles away. The highest-rated hospital in that list is St. Francis Community Hospital, 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.

4 Medicare-certified nursing homes are within 35 miles of Pacific. The highest-rated is Garden Terrace Healthcare Center of Federal Way in Federal Way (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.