Medicare Plans with Access to UCSD / UC San Diego Health Centers

If you sign up for a Supplement plan, you will also have access to that kind of freedom to see whichever doctor you want to see. 

UCSD is some of the best care in town, but what if you want to see a doctor outside of San Diego?  With your Supplement plan, you have access to any major medical provider anywhere in the United States.  You could travel to Los Angeles to visit doctors at the UCLA Medical System.  You could even travel out of California to visit the Mayo Clinic or Baylor Medical in Texas.  There is a lot of freedom with Supplement Insurance.

1. Innovative Medicine and More Advanced Treatments

UCSD is known for its cutting edge technology for treating major medical problems. Depending on your health needs, you may look to UCSD for a new treatment that isn’t widely used by the other medical providers in San Diego.

2. Additional Hospital and Doctor Choices

We here in San Diego are blessed to have so many medical providers to choose from. UCSD is a great place to rely on when you feel like Scripps and Sharp are unable to tackle your medical needs. UCSD has doctors who look at your medical needs differently.

3. Local Experts in the Heart of San Diego

UCSD and the hospital system is a major piece of San Diego. Driving on the I-5 freeway you’ll see brand new buildings UCSD Health has built to service the needs of our community. UCSD is always easy to access now we have the new railway and the new freeway construction is complete.

Medicare Supplement Plans to Consider for UCSD

Supplement Plan F

Supplement Plan F is considered even better than the Supplement Plan G. Plan F also has a nationwide full network of doctors to choose from. In fact, all Supplement plans have the same network no matter which insurance carrier you sign up with or what state you sign up in. The major difference is that Plan F completely reduces the Part B deductible all the way to $0 a year.

*Plan F is only available to new Medicare members who turned 65 before the year 2020.

Supplement Plans offer access to all of UC San Diego Health

As a rule of thumb, if you want access to the best healthcare in your town, you’ll want to sign up for a Supplement Insurance Plan. These plans offer access to all of the major medical providers in San Diego including the UCSD Health system.

Supplement Plans are most like a full network PPO, so you’ll be able to visit specialists at UCSD without a referral and at in-network rates.

Some Advantage Plans offer limited access to UCSD

Starting January 1st 2026, UCSD Health had decided to adjust which Advantage Plans they will accept.  Many people are losing access to their UCSD doctors at the beginning of the new year because UCSD has discontinued access to their facilities with these plans. For example, those with an Advantage plan from Humana have received letters alerting them they will no longer have access to their doctors.

There are a couple of Advantage Plans that will be grandfathered in so long as you already have a primary doctor with UCSD before 2026. To learn more about these changes, this blog is a great resource to better understand UCSD’s 2026 changes. This link directly from UCSD is a great way to verify which Medicare Plans are accepted at UC San Diego Health.

FAQS – Medicare Plans with Access to UCSD Health Centers

UCSD Facilities in San Diego