Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Cold Spring Harbor, NY Professional servicesNAICS 541700

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
987Participants+2% vs. prior year
$2.3MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#42 of 70Professional services in NYBy participants

Overview

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 987 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, prepaid legal, and more.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
987 · prior year 971
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Benefit Plan, plan 503 (987 participants)
Broker compensation
$62K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionPrepaid legalLong-term disabilityDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Sun Life and Health Insurance Company (u.s.)Life, Short-term disability, Long-term disability914$695K$37K
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and AffiliatesDental780$682K$7K
Hartford Life and AccidentAccident Insurance228$58K$18K
Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company of New YorkVision1,289$47K—
Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Co.Legal Services154$34K—
United Behavioral Health DBA OptumEmployee Assistance Program751$13K—
National Union Fire Ins. Co. of PittsburghAccidental Death & Dismemberment976——

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$2.3M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 987 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$61K–$150K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$18K–$44K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$26K–$54K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$11K–$34K
PBM contract terms$6K–$18K
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
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Sponsor EIN
11-2013303
Plan number
503
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 11-2013303 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Tax Deferred Annuity Plan
Type
Defined contribution plan
Participants
1,735

About this data

Source: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory'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 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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