The Rand Corporation

Santa Monica, CA Professional servicesNAICS 541990

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
1,867Participants+2% vs. prior year
$4.4MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#8 of 34Professional services in CABy participants

Overview

The Rand Corporation sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 1,867 participants in plan year 2025, up 2% from 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
1,867 · prior year 1,825
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Group Welfare Benefit Plan, plan 515 (1,867 participants); Retiree Group Medical Benefits Plan, plan 513 (389 participants)
Stop-loss carrier
Reliastar Life Insurance Company; Reliastar Life Insurance Company
Broker compensation
$210K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilitySeveranceDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Upmc Health OptionsMedical, HMO442$4.1M$33K
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.Medical, HMO562$3.6M$26K
Reliastar Life Insurance CompanyStop-loss1,687$1.4M$85K
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-AtlanticMedical, HMO208$1.3M$9K
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyLife1,963$786K$41K
Life Insurance Company of North AmericaLong-term disability580$526K$15K
Vision Service PlanVision1,353$280K—
Magellan HealthcareEmployee Assistance Program1,855$63K—
MetLife Legal PlansLegal266$58K$97
Federal Insurance CompanyAccidental Death & Dismemberment Insuran2,791$11K$2K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$4.4M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 1,867 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$115K–$284K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$34K–$84K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$49K–$103K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$21K–$64K
PBM contract terms$11K–$33K
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 Rand Corporation
Sponsor EIN
95-1958142
Plan numbers
515, 513
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 95-1958142 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
The Rand Corporation 403(b) Savings Plan
Type
Defined contribution plan
Participants
4,047

About this data

Source: The Rand Corporation'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 Rand Corporation.

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