[henryfjordan]

There is an art to navigating specialist care at Kaiser for sure. Personally I don't think you are likely to have a significantly worse experience at Kaiser than you would with the average Dr, but you will also never have the _best_ experience. You do have to know when to be pushy and when to demand a different specialist.

That said, a lot of the reason the specialists costs are lower at Kaiser than other offices is because they don't all have their own little office and staff. Many specialists in the US are expensive because they have to have a secretary and an accountant, etc. At Kaiser they are just part of the system, so the costs look a lot lower.