Illinois Central Railroad Company

Homewood, IL Transportation & logisticsNAICS 482110

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
6,644Participants-1% vs. prior year
$15.8MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#2 of 20Transportation & logistics in ILBy participants

Overview

Illinois Central Railroad Company sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 6,644 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
6,644 · prior year 6,685
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Illinois Central Railroad Funded Welfare Plan for Active Employees, plan 503 (6,644 participants); Illinois Central Railroad Funded Welfare Plan, plan 504 (1,570 participants)
Broker compensation
$18K 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
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyLife, Long-term disability4,436$2.7M$18K
Evernorth Behavioral Health, Inc.Employee Assistance Program16,240$205K—

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$15.8M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 6,644 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$410K–$1.0M/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$120K–$299K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$175K–$365K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$76K–$227K
PBM contract terms$39K–$118K
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
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Sponsor EIN
36-2722884
Plan numbers
503, 504
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 36-2722884 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

About this data

Source: Illinois Central Railroad Company'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 Illinois Central Railroad Company.

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