Driscoll Children's Hospital

Corpus Christi, TX Health careNAICS 622000

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
1,325Participants+1% vs. prior year
$3.1MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#48 of 90Health care in TXBy participants

Overview

Driscoll Children's Hospital sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 1,325 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
1,325 · prior year 1,308
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Driscoll Children's Hospital Section 125 Cafeteria Plan, plan 502 (1,325 participants)
Broker compensation
$427K 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of TexasMedical, Dental8,233$87.4M$93K
Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co.Life, Short-term disability, Long-term disability, AD&D4,230$3.6M$268K
AflacCancer, Accident, Hospitalization338$319K$52K
Transamerica Life Insurance CompanyLife168$108K$9K
Assurity Life InsuranceLife332$103K$4K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$3.1M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 1,325 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$82K–$201K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$24K–$60K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$35K–$73K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$15K–$45K
PBM contract terms$8K–$24K
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
Driscoll Children's Hospital
Sponsor EIN
74-2577746
Plan number
502
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 74-2577746 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
The Driscoll Children's Health 403(b) Retirement Plan
Type
Defined contribution plan
Participants
5,469

About this data

Source: Driscoll Children's Hospital'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 Driscoll Children's Hospital.

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