Ingles Markets Incorporated

Black Mountain, NC RetailNAICS 445110

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
14,738Participants+2% vs. prior year
$34.9MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#3 of 25Retail in NCBy participants

Overview

Ingles Markets Incorporated sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 14,738 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
14,738 · prior year 14,522
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Ingles Markets Incorporated Employee Benefits Plan, plan 501 (14,738 participants)
Stop-loss carrier
Cigna Health
Broker compensation
$268K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityLong-term disability

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyLife, Long-term disability14,723$2.7M$261K
Cigna HealthStop-loss6,202$1.3M—
Vision Service PlanVision4,212$530K$7K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$34.9M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 14,738 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$909K–$2.2M/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$266K–$664K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$388K–$811K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$168K–$503K
PBM contract terms$87K–$262K
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
Ingles Markets Incorporated
Sponsor EIN
56-0846267
Plan number
501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 56-0846267 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Ingles Markets, Incorporated Investment/profit Sharing Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
18,917

About this data

Source: Ingles Markets Incorporated'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 Ingles Markets Incorporated.

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