Blue Bird Body Company

Macon, GA ManufacturingNAICS 336100

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
1,922Participants+3% vs. prior year
$4.6MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#25 of 82Manufacturing in GABy participants

Overview

Blue Bird Body Company sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 1,922 participants in plan year 2025, up 3% 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
1,922 · prior year 1,865
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Blue Bird Body Company Welfare Benefit Plan, plan 506 (1,922 participants)
Broker compensation
$222K 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
Unum Life Insurance Company of AmericaLong-term disability, Life1,904$1.1M$167K
Unum Insurance CompanyAccident, Critical Illness626$357K$36K
Eyemed Vision CareVision2,356$221K—
First Stop Health, LLCTelemedicine, EAP1,975$138K—
Provident Life and Accident Insurance CompanyDisability, Life615$72K$20K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$4.6M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 1,922 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$118K–$292K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$35K–$87K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$51K–$106K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$22K–$66K
PBM contract terms$11K–$34K
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
Blue Bird Body Company
Sponsor EIN
58-0813156
Plan number
506
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 58-0813156 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Blue Bird 401(k) Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
2,251

About this data

Source: Blue Bird Body Company'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 Blue Bird Body Company.

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