Asked constantly.
Answered honestly.

For the 14 FDA-recognized indications — yes, usually, including Medicare under NCD 20.29 and Kaiser Permanente. For off-label uses it is almost always self-pay. We check your specific condition and payer before you commit to anything.

Yes. Pacific Hyperbarics accepts Kaiser Permanente insurance at all of our clinics — Chula Vista (San Diego), Laguna Beach, Oceanside, Monterey and Madras, Oregon. Kaiser covers hyperbaric oxygen therapy for medically necessary, recognized indications, and usually requires a referral or authorization from your Kaiser physician. We verify your Kaiser benefits for free and help coordinate the authorization before your first session.

In accredited facilities, serious complications are rare. The one absolute contraindication is an untreated collapsed lung; certain chemotherapies and ear conditions need screening first — our physicians screen every patient.

No — for fire safety, no electronics enter the chamber. You can watch a movie through the chamber wall instead.

Like a slow airplane descent: your ears feel pressure for a few minutes while the chamber compresses, then nothing — you rest, watch a film, or nap for 60–90 minutes while breathing 100% oxygen.

It depends on the indication: sudden hearing loss protocols run 10–20 sessions; chronic wounds and radiation injury typically 30–60. Your physician sets the final number.