Kaiser Permanente

Does Kaiser see non members if they pay cash?

My mother-in-law used to be a member with Kaiser Permanente. As far as I am aware, their facilities are for members only. After all, they advertise as a complete health care organization, so they want complete control of your total health, all the time, so that they can prevent long-term health issues from becoming a problem. They don’t want to just treat walk-ins willy-nilly.

That said, I really don’t know what would happen if you walked up to their door and flashed them a wad of cash. You can try contacting them to find out.

Their web site is here:

You would probably be better off just calling your local Kaiser facility and see what they have to say.

My mother-in-law has received extremely poor health care from them over the years. I have no idea if that was just a problem with one location or if it is system-wide through their entire company. Personally I think you would be better off just going to a local urgent care type of facility or the ER if it is something more serious, but that’s getting well into IMHO territory.