Carpenter Technology Corporation

Reading, PA ManufacturingNAICS 331110

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews JanuaryCollectively bargained
4,140Participants+8% vs. prior year
$9.8MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#18 of 105Manufacturing in PABy participants

Overview

Carpenter Technology Corporation sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 4,140 participants in plan year 2025, up 8% 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
4,140 · prior year 3,840
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Program of Insurance Benefits for Employees, plan 506 (4,140 participants); Carpenter Technology Corporation Retiree Health Reimbursement and Life Insurance Plan, plan 509 (2,349 participants); Latrobe Steel Company Health and Life Benefit Plan, plan 510 (605 participants)
Broker compensation
$97K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-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 CompanyLife9,917$2.6M$95K
Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaLife1,023$2.3M—
Highmark Blue Cross Blue ShieldMedical, Prescription drug, PPO493$1.6M—
Vision Benefits of AmericaVision3,133$452K—
Ace American Insurance CompanyAccidental Death & Dismemberment4,146$10K$1K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$9.8M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 4,140 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$255K–$629K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$75K–$187K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$109K–$228K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$47K–$141K
PBM contract terms$25K–$74K
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
Carpenter Technology Corporation
Sponsor EIN
23-0458500
Plan numbers
506, 509, 510
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 23-0458500 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Carpenter Technology Corporation 401(k) Retirement
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
5,079

About this data

Source: Carpenter Technology Corporation'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 Carpenter Technology Corporation.

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