Mcwane, Inc.

Birmingham, AL ManufacturingNAICS 331500

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
6,604Participants+12% vs. prior year
$15.7MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#3 of 29Manufacturing in ALBy participants

Overview

Mcwane, Inc. sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 6,604 participants in plan year 2025, up 12% 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
6,604 · prior year 5,877
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Mcwane Health and Welfare Plan, plan 501 (6,604 participants)
Stop-loss carrier
Wellpoint
Broker compensation
$915K 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
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of AlabamaMedical, Prescription drug, Dental, Vision, PPO826$4.6M—
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of ALMedical, Prescription drug, Dental, Vision452$2.9M—
WellpointStop-loss3,508$2.6M$391K
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyLife, Short-term disability, Long-term disability6,604$2.5M$346K
Delta Dental Insurance CompanyDental2,801$922K$78K
The StandardVision2,708$299K$32K
Delta Dental of IowaDental322$231K$8K
Ameritas Life Insurance Corp. of NYDental686$184K$25K
United of Omaha Life Insurance CompanyShort-term disability280$128K$20K
New York Life Group Benefit SolutionsLong-term disability, Short-term disability403$126K—
Principal Life Insurance CompanyDental311$101K$10K
The Hartford Life and AccidentLife208$77K$4K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$15.7M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 6,604 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$407K–$1.0M/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$119K–$298K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$174K–$363K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$75K–$225K
PBM contract terms$39K–$117K
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
Mcwane, Inc.
Sponsor EIN
63-0139000
Plan number
501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 63-0139000 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Mcwane Hourly 401(k) Retirement Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
2,885

About this data

Source: Mcwane, 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 Mcwane, Inc..

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