Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services, LLC

Irving, TX Finance & insuranceNAICS 522291

Self-funded health planPlan year 2024Renews January
630ParticipantsFirst year on file
$1.5MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#30 of 38Finance & insurance in TXBy participants

Overview

Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services, LLC sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 630 participants in plan year 2024. 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
630
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services, LLC Wrap Plan, plan 501 (630 participants)
Stop-loss carrier
Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company
Broker compensation
$46K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Fidelity Security Life Insurance CompanyVision, Life, Stop-loss905$117K$17K
Health Care Service CorporationDental474$88K$9K
Dearborn Life Insurance CompanyLife, Short-term disability, Long-term disability444$65K$13K
Unum Life Insurance Company of AmericaAccident, Critical Illness270$20K$7K
Crum & ForsterAccident204$2K$340

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$1.5M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 630 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$39K–$96K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$11K–$28K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$17K–$35K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$7K–$22K
PBM contract terms$4K–$11K
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 2024
Plan sponsor
Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services, LLC
Sponsor EIN
26-1367228
Plan number
501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 26-1367228 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services, LLC Employee 401(k) Investment Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
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About this data

Source: Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services, LLC's Form 5500 filing for plan year 2024 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 Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services, LLC.

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