American University
Overview
American University sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 680 participants in plan year 2025, down 4% from the prior year. The plan year starts in January.
- Plan type
- ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
- Participants
- 680 · prior year 709
- Plan year
- Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
- Health plans filed
- American University Flexible Spending Account Plan, plan 513 (680 participants); American University Retiree Health Reimbursement Arrangement, plan 514 (225 participants)
Pharmacy benefit estimate
StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.
Estimated prescription spend: 680 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.
Typical savings opportunity found in independent reviews of plans this size.
Form 5500 filing details
- Filing
- Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2025
- Plan sponsor
- American University
- Sponsor EIN
- 53-0196549
- Plan numbers
- 513, 514
- Filed with
- U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2
Verify this filing: search EIN 53-0196549 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.
Retirement plan
- Plan
- American University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan
- Type
- Defined contribution plan
- Participants
- 8,719
About this data
Source: American University'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 University.


