Sutter Health Premium Overpayment Settlement

What happened

Sutter Health allegedly included unfair terms in its contracts with insurance plans, causing the plans to overpay for hospital services. These overpayments resulted in higher premiums for individuals and businesses. Sutter Health denies any wrongdoing; the parties agreed to settle to avoid further litigation.

Do you qualify?

You qualify if you paid premiums to Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Health Net, or United Healthcare between January 1, 2011 and March 8, 2021, and lived or worked (or had an employer office) in specific California counties. You must not have opted out by the March 8, 2021 deadline.

Who is in the class

You are a Class Member if you did not opt-out of the Class and you paid any portion of a premium for a fully-insured health insurance policy from Aetna, Anthem, Blue Shield, Health Net or United Healthcare at any time from January 1, 2011 through March 8, 2021, and if, during the period that you paid those premiums, you lived or worked (or, if you are an employer, or other group purchaser, you had an office located) in any 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.

Quoted from the settlement notice.

How to file

The claim deadline of September 12, 2025 has passed. If you are a Class Member, you needed to submit your claim online or postmarked by that date to receive a payment. The settlement is now final and the administrator is reviewing submitted claims.