Guidepost Global Education Inc.

Houston, TX EducationNAICS 611000

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
2,221ParticipantsFirst year on file
$5.3MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#5 of 11Education in TXBy participants

Overview

Guidepost Global Education Inc. sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 2,221 participants in plan year 2025. 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
2,221
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Guidepost Global Education Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan, plan 501 (2,221 participants)
Broker compensation
$62K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityPrepaid legalLong-term disabilityOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyDental, Life, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident, Short-term disability, Long-term disability, Legal1,347$546K$46K
Eyemed Vision CareVision468$50K$11K
Transamerica Life Insurance CompanyLife98$29K$5K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$5.3M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 2,221 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$137K–$338K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$40K–$100K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$58K–$122K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$25K–$76K
PBM contract terms$13K–$39K
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
Guidepost Global Education Inc.
Sponsor EIN
33-4116538
Plan number
501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 33-4116538 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Higher Ground Education Inc. 401(k) Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
3,594

About this data

Source: Guidepost Global Education Inc.'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 Guidepost Global Education Inc..

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