Hormel Foods Corporation

Austin, MN ManufacturingNAICS 311610

Self-funded health planPlan year 2024Renews OctoberCollectively bargained
21,629ParticipantsFirst year on file
$51.3MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Oct 2027Next renewalPlan year begins October 1
#2 of 78Manufacturing in MNBy participants

Overview

Hormel Foods Corporation sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 21,629 participants in plan year 2024. The plan year starts in October. 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
21,629
Plan year
Begins October 1 · next renewal October 2027
Health plans filed
Hormel Foods Corporation Comprehensive Welfare Benefit Plan, plan 503 (21,629 participants); Hormel Foods Corporation Retiree Health Care Plan, plan 514 (1,049 participants); Hormel Foods Corporation Retiree Health Care Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees, plan 515 (250 participants)
Broker compensation
$654K 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 CompanyLong-term disability, Life35,182$7.6M$509K
Reliastar Life Insurance CompanyAccident, Critical Illness and Hospital 6,214$1.0M$134K
Metropolitan General Insurance CompanyLegal452$81K$10K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$51.3M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 21,629 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$1.3M–$3.3M/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$390K–$974K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$569K–$1.2M
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$246K–$738K
PBM contract terms$128K–$385K
The DOL's PBM fee disclosure rule first applies to this plan for the plan year beginning October 2027: semiannual PBM compensation reports and an annual audit right.

Form 5500 filing details

Filing
Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2024
Plan sponsor
Hormel Foods Corporation
Sponsor EIN
41-0319970
Plan numbers
503, 514, 515
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 41-0319970 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Hormel Foods Corporation Pension Plan
Type
Pension plan
Participants
11,855

About this data

Source: Hormel Foods Corporation'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 Hormel Foods Corporation.

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