Spears Manufacturing Company

Sylmar, CA ManufacturingNAICS 326100

Self-funded health planPlan year 2024Renews March
1,234ParticipantsFirst year on file
$2.9MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Mar 2027Next renewalPlan year begins March 1
#28 of 61Manufacturing in CABy participants

Overview

Spears Manufacturing Company sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 1,234 participants in plan year 2024. The plan year starts in March. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports life insurance, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
1,234
Plan year
Begins March 1 · next renewal March 2027
Health plans filed
Spears Manufacturing Company Health Maintenance Plan, plan 504 (1,234 participants)
Broker compensation
$70K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Unum Life Insurance Company of AmericaLife, Short-term disability, Long-term disability, Critical Illness, Hospital and Accident2,006$1.2M$52K
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and AffiliatesDental1,085$473K$19K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$2.9M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 1,234 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$76K–$188K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$22K–$56K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$32K–$68K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$14K–$42K
PBM contract terms$7K–$22K
The DOL's PBM fee disclosure rule first applies to this plan for the plan year beginning March 2028: semiannual PBM compensation reports and an annual audit right.

Form 5500 filing details

Filing
Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2024
Plan sponsor
Spears Manufacturing Company
Sponsor EIN
95-2647135
Plan number
504
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 95-2647135 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Spears Manufacturing 401(k) Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
2,118

About this data

Source: Spears Manufacturing Company's Form 5500 filing for plan year 2024 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 Spears Manufacturing Company.

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