Bluewater Healthcare Network

Marlette, MI Health careNAICS 622000

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
1,047Participants0% vs. prior year
$2.5MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#14 of 27Health care in MIBy participants

Overview

Bluewater Healthcare Network sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 1,047 participants in plan year 2025, about the same as 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
1,047 · prior year 1,047
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Aspire Rural Health System Employee Benefit Plan, plan 505 (1,047 participants)
Broker compensation
$152K 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 AmericaLife, Short-term disability, Long-term disability977$703K$72K
Delta Dental of MichiganDental1,734$437K$25K
Unum Life Insurance CompanyAccident, Critical Illness, Hospital334$158K$43K
Starmount Life Insurance CompanyVision759$83K$11K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$2.5M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 1,047 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$65K–$159K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$19K–$47K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$28K–$58K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$12K–$36K
PBM contract terms$6K–$19K
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
Bluewater Healthcare Network
Sponsor EIN
46-5444203
Plan number
505
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 46-5444203 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Aspire Rural Health System 401(k) Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
1,490

About this data

Source: Bluewater Healthcare Network'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 Bluewater Healthcare Network.

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