Nolte

Justin Nolte appeals the trial court’s judgment sustaining the demurrer of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Cedars). We affirm.

BACKGROUND

On January 17, 2013, Nolte filed a class action complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that he and others similarly situated who received treatment from a physician in a Cedars medical building were charged fees by Cedars although “[t]hey did not agree to pay Cedars or to in any way enter into a contract with Cedars.”

After Cedars filed a demurrer to the complaint, Nolte filed a first amended class action complaint (hereafter, the complaint) on July 18, 2013. Nolte alleged that on September 8, 2010, he visited a doctor at the Beverly Hills Spine Center, bringing in his own X-rays for a second opinion. The doctor’s office was in a facility owned by Cedars, which is prohibited by California law from employing doctors directly. “Cedars has a contract with Beverly Hills Spine and every other medical provider in its network by which it agrees to maintain computerized records for the medical provider’s patients,” a function “often provided by the medical providers themselves.” Nolte acknowledged that at the doctor’s office, he…