Children's Health System of Texas
Overview
Children's Health System of Texas sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 11,285 participants in plan year 2025, up 6% 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
- 11,285 · prior year 10,678
- Plan year
- Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
- Health plans filed
- Safe@work, plan 502 (11,285 participants); Children's Health System of Texas Health and Welfare Benefit Plan, plan 551 (10,190 participants)
- Stop-loss carrier
- Granular Insurance Company
- Broker compensation
- $1.5M across insured contracts
Insurance carriers
Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.
| Carrier | Coverage | Covered | Premium | Broker comp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company | Dental | 9,365 | $8.2M | — |
| Prudential Insurance Company of America | Life, Long-term disability | 10,677 | $4.6M | $1.2M |
| Granular Insurance Company | Stop-loss | 9,633 | $1.8M | $250K |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Vision | 15,635 | $1.0M | — |
| Arag Services, LLC | Legal | 3,630 | $411K | $41K |
| Lyra | EAP | 11,415 | $20K | — |
Pharmacy benefit estimate
StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.
Estimated prescription spend: 11,285 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.
Typical savings opportunity found in independent reviews of plans this size.
Form 5500 filing details
- Filing
- Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2025
- Plan sponsor
- Children's Health System of Texas
- Sponsor EIN
- 75-0800628
- Plan numbers
- 502, 551
- Filed with
- U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2
Verify this filing: search EIN 75-0800628 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.
Retirement plan
- Plan
- Children's Health System of Texas 403(b) Employee Savings Plan
- Type
- Defined contribution plan
- Participants
- 14,302
About this data
Source: Children's Health System of Texas'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 Children's Health System of Texas.