Michigan Sugar Company

Bay City, MI ManufacturingNAICS 311300

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
1,647Participants+1% vs. prior year
$3.9MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#55 of 138Manufacturing in MIBy participants

Overview

Michigan Sugar Company sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 1,647 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
1,647 · prior year 1,633
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Michigan Sugar Company Welfare Benefit Plan, plan 505 (1,647 participants); Michigan Sugar Company Health Benefit Plan, plan 502 (673 participants)
Stop-loss carrier
Ardellis
Broker compensation
$363K 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
BenistarMedical, Prescription drug226$1.8M$83K
Standard Insurance CompanyLife, Short-term disability, Long-term disability1,635$1.2M$83K
Delta Dental of MichiganDental1,946$1.1M$22K
Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Co.Life, Short-term disability, Long-term disability1,051$884K$74K
Express Scripts, Inc.Prescription drug254$842K$15K
Hartford Life & Accident Insurance CompanyMedical270$775K$53K
ArdellisMedical, Stop-loss704$732K$26K
Vision Service PlanVision211$77K$5K
New Directions Behavioral HealthEmployee Assistance Program1,647$43K—
Hartford Life and AccidentBusiness Travel Accident1,647$3K$513
Hartford Life and Accident Insurance CompanyBusiness Travel Accident174$3K$489

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$3.9M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 1,647 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$102K–$250K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$30K–$74K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$43K–$91K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$19K–$56K
PBM contract terms$10K–$29K
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
Michigan Sugar Company
Sponsor EIN
38-3561416
Plan numbers
505, 502
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 38-3561416 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Michigan Sugar Company 401(k) Savings Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
1,490

About this data

Source: Michigan Sugar 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 Michigan Sugar Company.

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