Blue Cross Blue Shield $2.67 billion settlement payments begin
Key takeaways
- Blue Cross Blue Shield denied the allegations, and no court verdict was reached — the parties settled in October 2020.
- According to Gray News, the deadline drew roughly 6 million claim submissions, with individual payouts anticipated to land near $333.
- To be eligible, a policyholder must have been covered by a Blue Cross or Blue Shield health plan between 2008 and 2020 and filed a claim before the 2021 deadline.
Blue Cross Blue Shield $2.67 billion settlement payments begin Quartz · picture alliance / Getty Images Cris Tolomia Fri, May 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM GMT+7 2 min read Blue Cross Blue Shield has begun distributing payments from a $2.67 billion class action antitrust settlement, with the initial round of disbursements starting this month.
At the heart of the dispute was a 2013 lawsuit accusing Blue Cross Blue Shield-affiliated companies — more than 30 in total — of carving up markets and suppressing competitive activity, with plaintiffs contending those behaviors pushed premiums higher and narrowed consumers coverage choices. Blue Cross Blue Shield denied the allegations, and no court verdict was reached — the parties settled in October 2020.
According to Gray News, the deadline drew roughly 6 million claim submissions, with individual payouts anticipated to land near $333. Once legal fees and administrative expenses are deducted, Yahoo Finance reports the remaining pool stands at roughly $1.9 billion; claimants whose share would amount to $5 or less are excluded from receiving any disbursement.