Gates Corporation

Denver, CO ManufacturingNAICS 326200

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
6,946Participants+26% vs. prior year
$16.5MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#1 of 23Manufacturing in COBy participants

Overview

Gates Corporation sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 6,946 participants in plan year 2025, up 26% 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
6,946 · prior year 5,521
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
The Gates Corporation Employee Welfare Benefits Plan, plan 599 (6,946 participants)
Broker compensation
$288K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityPrepaid legalLong-term disabilitySeveranceDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Hartford Life and AccidentLife, Long-term disability5,120$3.1M$195K
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyDental2,328$729K$93K
Vision Service PlanVision2,053$326K—
MetLife Legal PlansLegal365$64K$63
Magellan Healthcare Inc.Employee Assistance Program2,908$49K—

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$16.5M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 6,946 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$428K–$1.1M/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$125K–$313K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$183K–$382K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$79K–$237K
PBM contract terms$41K–$124K
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
Gates Corporation
Sponsor EIN
84-0857401
Plan number
599
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 84-0857401 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
The Gates Matchmaker Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
6,377

About this data

Source: Gates Corporation'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 Gates Corporation.

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