North Star Bluescope Steel
Overview
North Star Bluescope Steel sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 619 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, long-term disability.
- Plan type
- ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
- Participants
- 619 · prior year 614
- Plan year
- Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
- Health plans filed
- North Star Bluescope Steel Welfare Benefit Plan, plan 501 (619 participants)
- Broker compensation
- $101K across insured contracts
Insurance carriers
Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.
| Carrier | Coverage | Covered | Premium | Broker comp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America | Dental, Life, Long-term disability | 635 | $561K | $89K |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Vision | 1,254 | $85K | $6K |
Pharmacy benefit estimate
StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.
Estimated prescription spend: 619 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.
Typical savings opportunity found in independent reviews of plans this size.
Form 5500 filing details
- Filing
- Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2025
- Plan sponsor
- North Star Bluescope Steel
- Sponsor EIN
- 34-1797943
- Plan number
- 501
- Filed with
- U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2
Verify this filing: search EIN 34-1797943 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.
Retirement plan
- Plan
- North Star Bluescope Steel LLC Retirement Partnership
- Type
- 401(k) plan
- Participants
- 738
About this data
Source: North Star Bluescope Steel'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 North Star Bluescope Steel.