Brighthouse Services, LLC

Charlotte, NC Finance & insuranceNAICS 524140

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
1,434Participants-3% vs. prior year
$3.4MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#5 of 14Finance & insurance in NCBy participants

Overview

Brighthouse Services, LLC sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 1,434 participants in plan year 2025, down 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
1,434 · prior year 1,474
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Health and Welfare Benefit Plan for Brighthouse Services, LLC Employees, plan 501 (1,434 participants)
Stop-loss carrier
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Broker compensation
$82K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityPrepaid legalLong-term disabilitySeveranceDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyDental, Life3,019$2.7M—
Aetna Life Insurance CompanyStop-loss1,261$1.7M$82K
Hartford Life and AccidentShort-term disability, Long-term disability1,162$594K—
Aetna Life Insurance Co.Vision2,524$142K—
MetLife Legal PlansLegal510$108K—
Health and Human Resource CenterEAP35$484—

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$3.4M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 1,434 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$88K–$218K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$26K–$65K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$38K–$79K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$16K–$49K
PBM contract terms$9K–$26K
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
Brighthouse Services, LLC
Sponsor EIN
81-3094008
Plan number
501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 81-3094008 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Brighthouse Services, LLC Savings Plan and Trust
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
1,781

About this data

Source: Brighthouse Services, LLC'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 Brighthouse Services, LLC.

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