Steel Dynamics, Inc.

Fort Wayne, IN ManufacturingNAICS 331110

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
9,521Participants+4% vs. prior year
$22.6MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#7 of 93Manufacturing in INBy participants

Overview

Steel Dynamics, Inc. sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 9,521 participants in plan year 2025, up 4% from the prior year. The plan year starts in January. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports life insurance, dental, vision, long-term disability, and more.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
9,521 · prior year 9,119
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Steel Dynamics, Inc. Health & Dental Plan, plan 502 (9,521 participants)
Stop-loss carrier
Reliastar Life Insurance Company
Broker compensation
$389K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionLong-term disabilityDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Zurich American Life Insurance CompanyLife, AD&D, Long-term disability31,684$10.8M$220K
Reliastar Life Insurance CompanyStop-loss9,558$2.8M$169K
National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh,paAD&D350——

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$22.6M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 9,521 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$587K–$1.4M/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$172K–$429K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$251K–$524K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$108K–$325K
PBM contract terms$56K–$169K
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
Steel Dynamics, Inc.
Sponsor EIN
35-1929476
Plan number
502
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 35-1929476 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

About this data

Source: Steel Dynamics, 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 Steel Dynamics, Inc..

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