The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated

Calabasas, CA HospitalityNAICS 722511

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
48,643Participants+1% vs. prior year
$115.3MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#1 of 11Hospitality in CABy participants

Overview

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 48,643 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
48,643 · prior year 48,017
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated Health and Welfare Plan, plan 501 (48,643 participants)
Stop-loss carrier
Reliastar Life Insurance Company
Broker compensation
$655K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityPrepaid legalLong-term disabilityDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Hawaii Medical Service AssociationMedical, Prescription drug, Dental, Vision, HMO, PPO593$2.3M—
Unum Life Insurance Company of AmericaShort-term disability, Life, Long-term disability8,028$2.1M$53K
Reliastar Life Insurance CompanyStop-loss8,785$1.2M$85K
Unum Insurance CompanyAccident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity3,150$705K$446K
Curalinc LLCEAP48,643$391K—
Triple S Salud, Inc.Medical, Prescription drug, Dental, PPO61$334K$17K
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and AffiliatesDental, HMO1,582$285K—
MetLife Legal PlansLegal1,037$238K$28K
Hartford Life and AccidentMedical, Life, Short-term disability, Long-term disability8,877$187K$27K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$115.3M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 48,643 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$3.0M–$7.4M/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$877K–$2.2M
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$1.3M–$2.7M
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$554K–$1.7M
PBM contract terms$288K–$865K
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
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
Sponsor EIN
51-0340466
Plan number
501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 51-0340466 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated 401(k) Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
5,907

About this data

Source: The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated'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 The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated.

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