How to download your lab results from Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is both your insurer and your care provider, so your lab results, visits, and prescriptions all live in one account on kp.org. That is convenient while you are a member. It is less convenient when you leave, change regions, or want to see your Kaiser results next to results from a doctor outside Kaiser.
Getting a copy out gives you a history that stays yours. Here are four ways to do it.
Kaiser is moving kp.org to a new layout built on Epic’s MyChart, one region at a time. Kaiser’s Mid-Atlantic help pages say that region has already switched, and Colorado announced the change for fall 2026. Menu names below follow Kaiser’s help pages as of October 2026, in both the older and the newer wording. If a name does not match what you see, look for the nearest equivalent.
1. Connect an app to your Kaiser account
Kaiser has used Epic for its medical records for years. Its MyChart help page notes that “MyChart is already built into kp.org and the Kaiser Permanente app,” so you do not need a separate MyChart account. (Kaiser: help with MyChart)
Kaiser also says you can reach your electronic health information through non-Kaiser apps, which you choose and approve yourself through the app’s consent step. (Kaiser: health record access) Each Kaiser region appears in Epic’s public directory of patient-access connections, so an app built for Epic can reach your results the same way it does for any MyChart health system: you sign in with your kp.org login, approve the app, and it fetches each result as data, with the test name, value, unit, reference range, and date.
Best for: most people, and anyone who wants to keep their copy up to date.
What you get: the lab results Kaiser makes available through its patient data connection, already split into individual values.
Things to know:
- Pick the region where your records are, such as “Kaiser Permanente - Northern California.” If you have moved between regions, connect each one.
- Kaiser says it does not review or control third-party apps, so read an app’s privacy policy before you approve it. (Kaiser: third-party app privacy)
HealthViewer’s health system connection lists all eight Kaiser regions. It shows you everything it fetched before saving, and marks results you already have so a second import does not create duplicates.
2. Download your health summary
kp.org has a Download My Data Blue Button that saves your health summary. Kaiser says the summary holds “the same allergy, immunization, health condition, procedure, test result, and prescription information that you see on our website.” (Kaiser: download your health record)
The download is a single compressed folder that you unzip. Inside are a PDF and a summary file, in a folder named IHE_XDM, and Kaiser lets you encrypt the download if you want. In the newer MyChart layout, the same downloads sit under the Sharing Hub, alongside medical record requests.
Best for: a portable copy of everything at once, especially before you leave Kaiser.
Things to know:
- Kaiser calls this a summary, and it is one. Kaiser notes that a complete record may include hospital stays or a more detailed history that the summary leaves out.
- Kaiser says that outside Kaiser, a document like this is often called a Continuity of Care Document (CCD). That is the standard format for moving records between systems.
- To save one visit instead of the whole summary, open it under Past visit information.
Kaiser’s help page does not name the summary file’s format. An IHE_XDM folder normally holds standard C-CDA XML documents. HealthViewer reads C-CDA files and ZIPs of them, so you can upload the download without unzipping it. If it finds no results in the file, use the PDF or one of the other methods here.
3. Print or save a single result
To look at results, sign in and choose Test results. In the newer layout, it is under Records & Documents in the menu. Kaiser says new results appear in bold, and that you will get an email when a result is ready.
To keep a copy of one result, open it and choose the print icon, then use your browser’s Print button. Choose Save as PDF as the printer to keep a file instead of paper. (Kaiser: test results help)
Best for: one result you need to send somewhere.
Things to know: it is slow for a full history, since each result is saved separately. A printed page is also a picture of a result, so anything that wants to chart it has to read the numbers back out of the page. Kaiser’s help pages do not describe a download button for individual results.
4. Request a copy of your medical records
For the complete record, use Request records, forms, & certifications on kp.org. The details depend on your region. For example, Kaiser’s regional pages say:
| Region | Kaiser says |
|---|---|
| Southern California | A detailed copy by secure email “within 5 days or less” |
| Mid-Atlantic | “Allow 5 business days”; requests stay available for 90 days |
| Georgia | “Allow 10 business days”; some requests carry a fee |
| Colorado | “Allow 10-15 business days” |
| Washington | Within 15 business days; no charge to a patient or member |
| Northwest | Electronic records free to current and former members |
(Kaiser: medical record requests)
Best for: a complete, official record, including hospital records and notes, or records you need to send to a lawyer, insurer, or new doctor.
Things to know: this is a legal right, not a courtesy. Under 45 CFR 164.524, providers must respond within 30 calendar days, with one 30-day extension allowed if they tell you in writing why, and can charge only a reasonable, cost-based fee for copies. (HHS guidance on the right of access) Most Kaiser regions say they respond much faster than that.
Which one should you use?
| If you want to… | Use |
|---|---|
| Keep an ongoing, chartable copy of your labs | An app connection |
| Save everything before you leave Kaiser | The health summary download |
| Send one result somewhere | A printed or saved result |
| Get the complete official record | A records request |
If you are leaving Kaiser, do this before your coverage ends. Kaiser’s help pages do not say how long a former member keeps access to kp.org, so do not count on it.
Things that can be missing
- Results not posted yet. Kaiser says some results are not available online, and that results do not appear while the lab is still working on the test.
- Results held by state law. California law keeps certain results, such as some HIV, hepatitis, and drug test results and new cancer findings from biopsies or scans, off the portal until a clinician has discussed them with the patient, unless the patient asks otherwise. (California Health and Safety Code 123148)
- Teen records. Once a child reaches 12, 13, or 14, depending on the state, a parent’s access through Act for a Family Member narrows to what state law allows. (Kaiser: act for a family member)
- Care outside Kaiser. Tests from a doctor outside Kaiser are not in kp.org unless someone sent them there. If that doctor uses MyChart, see How to download your lab results from MyChart.
After you download
A few checks save confusion later:
- Duplicates. The same result can come in through the app connection, the summary, and a printed page. Keep one.
- Dates. A printed result may show the date it was reported, while structured data uses the date your sample was collected. The same result can appear a day or two apart.
- Reference ranges. Kaiser’s ranges apply to Kaiser’s labs. If some of your results come from another lab, keep the range that came with each result.
Once the results are in one place, the next step is reading them as a history rather than one report at a time. How to track your lab results over time walks through that, and Where should your lab results live? compares the places you can keep them. If you want a private place for all of it, HealthViewer is a lab results tracker that stores everything in an encrypted file on your own computer.
Kaiser Permanente and kp.org are trademarks of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. MyChart is a trademark of Epic Systems Corporation. HealthViewer is not affiliated with or endorsed by Kaiser Permanente or Epic. Menu names and available features vary by region. This post is general information, not legal advice.