Ascension
Overview
Ascension sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 89,864 participants in plan year 2025. 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
- 89,864
- Plan year
- Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
- Health plans filed
- Ascension Welfare Benefits Plan, plan 512 (89,864 participants); Ascension Smarthealth Medical Plan, plan 514 (68,476 participants); Ascension Medical Expense Flexible Spending Plan, plan 515 (20,323 participants)
- Broker compensation
- $2.5M across insured contracts
Insurance carriers
Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.
| Carrier | Coverage | Covered | Premium | Broker comp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Short-term disability, Life | 139,040 | $29.5M | $905K |
| Hartford Life and Accident | Long-term disability | 92,397 | $27.7M | $1.6M |
| MetLife Legal Plans | Legal Plan | 16,157 | $1.9M | — |
| Prudential Insurance Company of America | Long Term Care | 522 | $1.2M | — |
| Aetna Life Insurance Company | Long Term Care | 111 | $96K | — |
Pharmacy benefit estimate
StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.
Estimated prescription spend: 89,864 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
- Ascension
- Sponsor EIN
- 45-3358926
- Plan numbers
- 512, 514, 515
- Filed with
- U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2
Verify this filing: search EIN 45-3358926 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.
About this data
Source: Ascension'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 Ascension.