Creative Testing Solutions

Tempe, AZ Health careNAICS 621900

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
1,026Participants+1% vs. prior year
$2.4MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#22 of 40Health care in AZBy participants

Overview

Creative Testing Solutions sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 1,026 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, short-term disability, and more.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
1,026 · prior year 1,014
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Creative Testing Solutions Group Health and Welfare Insurance Plan, plan 501 (1,026 participants)
Broker compensation
$77K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Lincoln National Life Insurance CompanyLife, Long-term disability948$585K$26K
The Lincoln National Life Insurance CompanyHospital, Critical Illness, Accident341$259K$50K
Aetna Life Insurance CompanyVision1,244$60K—
Aetna Behavioral Health, LLCEmployee Assistance Program1,026$23K—
Hartford Fire Insurance CompanyBusiness Travel Accident1,026$850$174

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$2.4M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 1,026 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$63K–$156K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$18K–$46K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$27K–$56K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$12K–$35K
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
Creative Testing Solutions
Sponsor EIN
27-1120123
Plan number
501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 27-1120123 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Creative Testing Solutions 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
1,370

About this data

Source: Creative Testing Solutions'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 Creative Testing Solutions.

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