Bread Financial Payments, Inc.

Columbus, OH Finance & insuranceNAICS 522300

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
4,259Participants-14% vs. prior year
$10.1MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#7 of 22Finance & insurance in OHBy participants

Overview

Bread Financial Payments, Inc. sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 4,259 participants in plan year 2025, down 14% 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
4,259 · prior year 4,958
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Bread Financial Payments, Inc. Master Welfare Plan Benefits, plan 501 (4,259 participants); Bread Financial Payments, Inc. Code Section 125 Plan, plan 503 (954 participants)
Stop-loss carrier
Unimerica Insurance Company
Broker compensation
$456K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityPrepaid legalLong-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 CompanyDental8,562$3.8M—
Unimerica Insurance CompanyStop-loss4,045$2.4M$165K
Continental American Insurance CompanyLong-term disability4,709$2.1M$39K
Securian Life Insurance CompanyLife, AD&D, Business Travel4,673$2.1M$48K
Reliastar Life Insurance CompanyAccident Voluntary Employee, Critical Illness, Hospital Confinement3,024$870K$176K
Vision Service PlanVision3,630$567K—
MetLife Legal PlansLegal1,028$243K$28K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$10.1M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 4,259 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$263K–$647K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$77K–$192K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$112K–$234K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$48K–$145K
PBM contract terms$25K–$76K
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
Bread Financial Payments, Inc.
Sponsor EIN
13-3163498
Plan numbers
501, 503
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 13-3163498 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Bread Financial 401(k) Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
9,004

About this data

Source: Bread Financial Payments, Inc.'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 Bread Financial Payments, Inc..

Request a correction · Methodology