American Airlines, Inc. - Benefits

Fort Worth, TX Transportation & logisticsNAICS 481000

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
109,070Participants-4% vs. prior year
$258.6MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#1 of 27Transportation & logistics in TXBy participants

Overview

American Airlines, Inc. - Benefits sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 109,070 participants in plan year 2025, down 4% from the prior year. The plan year starts in January. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports life insurance, dental, vision, short-term disability, and more.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
109,070 · prior year 113,782
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
American Airlines, Inc. Onsite Clinic Health Plan, plan 522 (109,070 participants); American Airlines, Inc. Health and Life Plan for Retirees, plan 515 (26,667 participants); American Airlines Plus Plan for Active Employees, plan 526 (22,621 participants); American Airlines Rhra for Plus Plan for Active Employees, plan 527 (21,487 participants)
Broker compensation
$888K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyLife, Long-term disability, Short-term disability108,193$116.6M$666K
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.Medical, Prescription drug, HMO1,850$24.5M—
Community CareMedical, Prescription drug, HMO1,664$14.3M—
Fidelity Security Life Insurance CompanyVision161,303$10.5M$119K
Life Insurance Company of North AmericaAccidental Death and Dismemberment, Accident, Management Personal Accident I, Accident, Test Flight Accident Insurance, Accident, Voluntary Personal Accident In99,994$4.8M$104K
Triple S Salud, Inc.Medical, Prescription drug, HMO339$3.1M—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.Medical, Prescription drug, HMO290$2.4M—

Pharmacy benefit estimate

StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.

$258.6M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 109,070 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$6.7M–$16.6M/ year

Typical savings opportunity found in independent reviews of plans this size.

Brands with a generic available$2.0M–$4.9M
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$2.9M–$6.0M
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$1.2M–$3.7M
PBM contract terms$647K–$1.9M
The DOL's PBM fee disclosure rule first applies to this plan for the plan year beginning January 2028: semiannual PBM compensation reports and an annual audit right.

Form 5500 filing details

Filing
Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2025
Plan sponsor
American Airlines, Inc. - Benefits
Sponsor EIN
13-1502798
Plan numbers
522, 515, 526, 527
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 13-1502798 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
American Airlines, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
114,490

About this data

Source: American Airlines, Inc. - Benefits's Form 5500 filing for plan year 2025 and its Schedule A insurance reports, published by the U.S. Department of Labor. "Self-funded" means the filing reports benefits paid from employer assets or a trust, with no medical insurance contract or with a stop-loss contract. Pharmacy figures are StreamRX estimates based on national averages. StreamRX is not affiliated with American Airlines, Inc. - Benefits.

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