Reflecting that sense of public desperation, Sutter faces two other major suits — from employers and consumers — which are wending their way through the court. (Photo: Jason Doiy/ALM) Cooking dinner one night in March, Mark Frizzell sliced his pinkie finger while peeling a butternut squash and couldn't stop the bleeding.
The 51-year-old businessman headed to the emergency room at Sutter Health's California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco. Sutter charged $1,555 for the 10 minutes it treated him, including $55 for a gel bandage and $487 for a tetanus shot.
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