Kaiser Permanente provides health-plan coverage, hospital services, physician care, pharmacy services, medical offices, and digital health tools in several regions of the United States. The correct customer-service number depends on the member’s region, health plan, and reason for contacting Kaiser Permanente.
The commonly listed number 1-800-464-4000 is primarily the Member Services number for Northern and Southern California. Members in Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Oregon, or Washington state should use their regional number or the number printed on their Kaiser Permanente ID card.
Medical or mental health emergency: Call 911 or go to the nearest hospital. Do not attempt to obtain emergency assistance through a customer-service website, email, chat, review, or ordinary Member Services complaint.
Kaiser Permanente Customer Service Phone Numbers
California Member Services
- English and General Member Services: 1-800-464-4000
- Spanish: 1-800-788-0616
- Chinese Dialects: 1-800-757-7585
- TTY and Relay Assistance: Dial 711
- Current Availability: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except closed holidays
Colorado Member Services
- Toll-Free: 1-800-632-9700
- Denver Area: 1-303-338-3800
- Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
- TTY: Dial 711
Georgia Member Services
- Member Services: 1-888-865-5813
- Hours: Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
- TTY: Dial 711
Hawaii Member Services
- Member Services: 1-800-966-5955
- Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Saturday, 8:00 a.m.-noon
- TTY: Dial 711
Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
- Member Services: 1-800-777-7902
- TTY: Dial 711
Oregon and Southwest Washington
- Member Services: 1-800-813-2000
- Portland Area: 1-503-813-2000
- Member Services Hours: Generally 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., 7 days a week, except major holidays
- TTY: Dial 711
Washington Member Services
- Member Services: 1-888-901-4636
- Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., except major holidays
- TTY: Dial 711
Regional telephone numbers, hours, plan contacts, and language lines can change. Use the number on the back of the current member ID card whenever it differs from the information above.
Kaiser Permanente Medicare Member Services
- California Medicare Member Services: 1-800-443-0815
- TTY: Dial 711
- California Medicare Hours: 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m., 7 days a week
The number 1-800-443-0815 is commonly used for Kaiser Permanente Medicare plans in California. Medicare members in other regions may have a different number. Use the contact information on the Medicare ID card, Evidence of Coverage, denial letter, or current regional Medicare page.
Kaiser Permanente Online Support, Chat, and Secure Messages
- Kaiser Permanente Support Center: Kaiser Permanente Support
- Member Account Login: Sign In to kp.org
- Doctors and Locations: Find Kaiser Permanente Care
- Official Website: Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente offers 24/7 virtual assistance through Chat with KP. Signed-in members may also be able to send secure nonurgent messages. Kaiser Permanente says nonurgent secure-message responses are generally provided within three days.
Do not send urgent symptoms, emergency requests, passwords, Social Security numbers, complete payment-card information, or another patient’s records through an ordinary email or public review.
Choose the Correct Kaiser Permanente Support Route
Member Services
Contact regional Member Services for:
- Plan benefits and coverage
- Member ID cards
- Eligibility and enrollment questions
- Copayments, deductibles, and coinsurance
- Provider-directory questions
- Claims and explanations of benefits
- Premium and medical-bill questions
- Grievances and complaint status
- Language assistance
- Accessibility accommodations
- Acting for a family member
Appointments and Medical Advice
Use kp.org, the Kaiser Permanente app, the regional Get Care page, or the telephone number for the medical office to:
- Schedule or cancel appointments
- Request a primary-care appointment
- Find urgent-care options
- Request medical advice
- Arrange a video or telephone visit
- Locate mental health services
- Find a doctor or facility
Appointment and medical-advice numbers differ by region. The California Member Services number should not be treated as a universal appointment line for every Kaiser Permanente location.
Pharmacy and Prescription Support
Use the Pharmacy section of kp.org or the Kaiser Permanente app to:
- Request eligible refills
- Review prescription status
- Arrange eligible mail delivery
- Change an eligible delivery address
- Find a Kaiser Permanente pharmacy
- Review medication information
For a prescription problem, call the pharmacy number printed on the prescription label or listed for the facility. A refill may require a new prescription, prescriber approval, laboratory monitoring, prior authorization, or a medication review.
Do not stop, start, double, or substitute medication based solely on customer-service information. Contact the prescribing clinician or an appropriate health professional.
Medical Records and Forms
Members can view many test results, visit summaries, immunizations, letters, and other records through their secure accounts.
Use Kaiser Permanente’s medical-record tools or the regional Release of Information department for:
- Complete medical-record copies
- Record transfers
- Disability or leave forms
- School and employment forms
- Insurance forms
- Authorizations to release information
- Amendment requests
- Access for a parent, guardian, or representative
Medical-record access for a child, dependent adult, deceased patient, or another family member may require legal authorization, guardianship, personal-representative documents, or the patient’s consent.
Kaiser Permanente Billing and Payment Help
Kaiser Permanente members can receive several different types of bills:
- Monthly health-plan premium bill
- Hospital bill
- Physician or professional bill
- Medical-office bill
- Pharmacy charge
- Laboratory or imaging charge
- Outside-provider bill
- Ambulance or transportation bill
Use the contact information printed on the bill or the back of the member ID card. A company listed on the bill may be an outside provider rather than Kaiser Permanente.
Explanation of Benefits Versus a Bill
An Explanation of Benefits explains how a claim was processed. It may show:
- Amount billed
- Allowed amount
- Amount paid by the health plan
- Deductible, copayment, or coinsurance
- Amount the provider may bill
- Denial or adjustment codes
An Explanation of Benefits is not necessarily a demand for payment. Compare it with the provider’s bill before paying or filing a dispute.
How to Dispute a Kaiser Permanente Bill
- Request an itemized bill.
- Compare the bill with the Explanation of Benefits.
- Verify the patient, date, service, provider, and location.
- Check whether the charge is a premium, medical bill, pharmacy charge, or outside-provider bill.
- Call the number on the bill.
- Ask for a billing review or coding explanation.
- Request a case number.
- Keep statements, payment confirmations, authorizations, and correspondence.
- File a grievance or appeal when appropriate.
Do not ignore a denial, collection notice, or appeal deadline while waiting for an informal customer-service response.
Kaiser Permanente Medical Financial Assistance
Kaiser Permanente’s Medical Financial Assistance program may help qualifying patients pay certain emergency, urgent, medically necessary, and pharmacy expenses received through eligible Kaiser Permanente providers and facilities.
Eligibility can depend on:
- Household income
- Household size
- Medical expenses compared with income
- Region where care was received
- Type of service
- Required supporting documentation
The program generally does not pay:
- Monthly health-plan premiums
- Services billed by an outside provider
- Ambulance or other transportation bills
- Services determined not to be emergency or medically necessary
- Certain retail products or elective services
Review Kaiser Permanente Medical Financial Assistance
Receiving assistance in the past does not guarantee approval for a new application. Keep the application, supporting documents, decision letter, and appeal instructions.
Kaiser Permanente Claims and Prior Authorization
Coverage rules differ by plan. Some services, medications, equipment, outside referrals, and procedures require prior authorization.
Before receiving nonemergency care, ask:
- Whether the provider is in network
- Whether a referral is required
- Whether prior authorization is required
- Whether the facility is covered
- Whether another entity will bill separately
- The estimated member cost
- Whether the authorization has an expiration date
A referral from a clinician does not always guarantee health-plan coverage. Verify authorization and benefits through the plan when the service is expensive, outside the Kaiser Permanente system, or subject to special rules.
Denied Kaiser Permanente Coverage or Authorization
If Kaiser Permanente denies a service, prescription, referral, claim, or payment, review the written notice carefully.
The notice should explain:
- What was denied
- The reason for the decision
- The clinical or plan criteria used
- How to file an appeal
- The appeal deadline
- How to request an expedited review when permitted
- External-review or regulator options
Ask the treating clinician for medical records, treatment notes, test results, and a statement explaining why the requested service is medically necessary.
An ordinary complaint about customer service is not always the same as a formal appeal. Follow the procedure in the denial notice.
Kaiser Permanente Grievances and Complaints
A grievance may involve:
- Appointment availability
- Quality of care
- Staff conduct
- Communication problems
- Facility conditions
- Pharmacy service
- Billing administration
- Language access
- Disability accommodations
- Delays in receiving records
- Privacy concerns
To file a grievance:
- Contact regional Member Services.
- Explain the issue and relevant dates.
- Identify the facility, department, and plan involved.
- State the requested resolution.
- Ask for a grievance or case number.
- Submit supporting documents through a secure method.
- Keep a copy of the complaint and final response.
Submit a Kaiser Permanente Complaint
Appeals Versus Grievances
A grievance generally concerns service, access, conduct, or quality. An appeal generally challenges a denial of coverage, authorization, payment, prescription, or medical necessity.
The same event may involve both. For example, a member may file:
- An appeal of a denied specialist referral
- A grievance about how the referral request was handled
Follow every deadline in the denial notice, Evidence of Coverage, Medicare notice, or Medicaid document.
Kaiser Permanente Medicare Complaints and Appeals
Medicare distinguishes between complaints and appeals.
A Medicare grievance may concern:
- Quality of care
- Customer service
- Appointment delays
- Staff conduct
- Facility conditions
- Failure to provide required notices
A Medicare appeal may concern:
- Denied medical services
- Denied prescription coverage
- Denied payment
- Disagreement with a discharge or termination of services
- Refusal to authorize care
Use the number and appeal instructions in the Evidence of Coverage, denial notice, or Medicare ID card. Medicare members may also call:
- Medicare: 1-800-MEDICARE or 1-800-633-4227
- Medicare TTY: 1-877-486-2048
A Medicare appeal can have short deadlines, especially when hospital, skilled-nursing, rehabilitation, home-health, or other services are ending. Follow the written notice immediately.
Kaiser Permanente Medical Records and Privacy Complaints
For an ordinary record request, use the secure medical-record tools or contact the regional Release of Information department.
For a possible privacy or security issue:
- Contact Kaiser Permanente’s regional Privacy Office or Member Services.
- Describe what information was involved.
- State when and how the issue occurred.
- Identify the facility or department.
- Request a case number and written response.
- Keep copies of notices and correspondence.
A person who believes a health plan, provider, or business associate violated federal health-information privacy rules may also submit a complaint to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.
File an HHS Health Information Privacy Complaint
Kaiser Permanente Provider and Medical Group Distinctions
Kaiser Permanente is an integrated organization composed of cooperating health plans, hospitals, and regional medical groups.
- Kaiser Foundation Health Plan entities: Provide or administer health-plan coverage.
- Kaiser Foundation Hospitals: Operate hospitals and related facilities in applicable regions.
- Permanente Medical Groups: Employ or organize physicians and other clinicians who provide medical care.
A complaint about coverage or authorization may involve the health plan, while a complaint about clinical care may involve a medical group, clinician, or hospital. Identify the legal entity or department shown on the ID card, denial, bill, consent form, or medical record.
Kaiser Permanente Care Away From Home
Emergency and urgent care away from the member’s home region may be covered differently from routine or follow-up care.
Before nonemergency travel, review:
- Care-away-from-home rules
- Emergency and urgent-care coverage
- Prescription-refill limits
- Out-of-network claim requirements
- Prior-authorization requirements
- How to obtain care in another Kaiser Permanente region
Keep receipts, discharge instructions, prescriptions, itemized bills, proof of payment, and medical records from outside providers.
Kaiser Permanente Corporate Structure and Leadership
- Organization: Kaiser Permanente
- Health Plan: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan entities
- Hospital Organization: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and subsidiaries
- Physician Organizations: Regional Permanente Medical Groups
- Chair and Chief Executive Officer: Greg A. Adams
- President, Integrated Care and Coverage: Craig T. Albanese, MD, MBA
- National Address: One Kaiser Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
- Kaiser Permanente Corporate Office Information: Kaiser Permanente Corporate Office and Headquarters
One Kaiser Plaza is a national corporate and administrative address. It is not a walk-in medical office, appointment center, pharmacy, billing counter, emergency department, medical-record office, or replacement for regional Member Services.
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Kaiser Permanente Customer Service FAQs
What is the Kaiser Permanente customer-service phone number?
The correct number depends on the region. California members can call 1-800-464-4000. Members elsewhere should use their regional number or the number printed on the back of the member ID card.
Is 1-800-464-4000 a nationwide Kaiser Permanente number?
No. It is primarily the Member Services number for Northern and Southern California.
Is California Kaiser Permanente Member Services open 24 hours?
Current California materials list Member Services as available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except closed holidays.
What is Kaiser Permanente’s Medicare phone number?
California Medicare members can call 1-800-443-0815. Medicare members in other regions should use the number on their ID card or Evidence of Coverage.
How do I make a Kaiser Permanente appointment?
Use kp.org, the Kaiser Permanente app, the regional Get Care page, or the appointment number for the medical office. Appointment numbers vary by region and facility.
How do I refill a Kaiser Permanente prescription?
Use the Pharmacy section of kp.org or the Kaiser Permanente app. Call the pharmacy listed on the prescription label when the refill requires assistance.
How do I file a Kaiser Permanente complaint?
Contact regional Member Services or use Kaiser Permanente’s online complaint form. Request a grievance number and retain the written response.
What is the difference between a grievance and an appeal?
A grievance generally concerns service, access, conduct, or quality. An appeal generally challenges a denial of coverage, authorization, payment, medication, or medical necessity.
How do I appeal a denied Kaiser Permanente service?
Follow the instructions and deadline in the denial notice or Evidence of Coverage. Ask the treating clinician for medical documentation supporting the requested care.
How do I dispute a Kaiser Permanente bill?
Request an itemized bill, compare it with the Explanation of Benefits, and call the number on the bill. File a grievance or appeal when the issue remains unresolved.
Does Kaiser Permanente offer financial assistance?
Kaiser Permanente offers a Medical Financial Assistance program for qualifying patients and eligible services. It generally does not cover plan premiums or outside-provider bills.
How do I request Kaiser Permanente medical records?
Use the Medical Records section of the secure member account or contact the regional Release of Information department.
Where is Kaiser Permanente headquartered?
Kaiser Permanente’s national headquarters address is One Kaiser Plaza, Oakland, California 94612.
Who is the CEO of Kaiser Permanente?
Greg A. Adams is Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Kaiser Permanente.
Is Kaiser Permanente one company?
Kaiser Permanente is an integrated system composed of related health-plan entities, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and subsidiaries, and regional Permanente Medical Groups.
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Page Update Note
This Kaiser Permanente customer-service page was updated on July 28, 2026, to distinguish California Member Services from regional support numbers, correct telephone hours, clarify Medicare contacts, add online chat and secure support routes, separate appointments, prescriptions, billing, records, grievances, and appeals, explain Kaiser Permanente’s health-plan, hospital, and medical-group structure, update leadership, add emergency and privacy warnings, include financial-assistance guidance, remove unsupported review themes, add an exact corporate-office resource, and accurately describe the live CustomerServiceNumbers.com review count.
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