The Cost At A Hospital Is Different For You.

A man with no medical insurance signed an agreement to pay a hospital’s full charges when he received emergency care at a hospital. He later filed a consumer class action asserting claims under Business and Professions Code section 17200 and Civil Code section 1750. His complaint alleges the hospital “failed to disclose uninsured patients would be required to pay several times more than other patients receiving the same services, the charges set forth on the invoice were not readily available, or discernable from the agreement, and the invoiced charges exceeded the reasonable value of the services.” The trial court sustained the hospital’s demurrer without leave to amend. Finding the patient has standing to sue and adequately alleged an injury in fact, the appellate court reversed. (Sarun v. Dignity Health (Cal. App. Second Dist., Div. 7; December 15, 2014) (As mod., January 13, 2015) 232 Cal.App.4th 1159 [181 Cal.Rptr.3d 545].)