Past Settlement

Sutter Health (Fully Insured Case)

Sidibe, et al. v. Sutter Health

Settlement Fund

$228,500,000

Class Period

2011 – 2021

Plaintiffs claim that Sutter forced upon Health Plans certain pricing and contractual terms, and that those practices and terms violated state and federal antitrust and unfair competition laws. Plaintiffs claim this caused the Health Plans to pay more than they otherwise would pay for Sutter’s inpatient hospital services, which they allege resulted in higher insurance premiums for Class Members whether or not they used Sutter hospitals. Sutter denies these claims.
All entities in California Rating area 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 (the “Nine Rating Areas” or “Nine RAs”), and all individuals that either live or work in one of the Nine RAs, that paid premiums for a fully-insured health insurance policy from Blue Shield, Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna, Health Net or United Healthcare from January 1, 2011 to March 8, 2021. This class definition includes Class Members that paid premiums for individual health insurance policies that they purchased from these health plans and Class Members that paid premiums, in whole or in part, for health insurance policies provided to them as a benefit from an employer or other group purchaser located in one of the Nine RAs. Employers and PEOs are eligible if they had an office in one of the following counties: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Marin, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Napa, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, or Yuba.