Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Minneapolis, MN Finance & insuranceNAICS 524140

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
6,635Participants+1% vs. prior year
$15.7MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#4 of 17Finance & insurance in MNBy participants

Overview

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 6,635 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
6,635 · prior year 6,603
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Thrivent Welfare Benefits Wrap Plan, plan 503 (6,635 participants)
Broker compensation
$52K 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
Hartford Life and AccidentLife, Long-term disability8,282$3.4M$52K
UnitedHealthcare Insurance CompanyVision, Hospital Indemnity Product, Critical Ill11,076$1.6M—
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MinnesotaPrescription drug42$49K—
Zurich American Insurance CompanyBusiness Travel Accident6,567——

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$15.7M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 6,635 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$409K–$1.0M/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$120K–$299K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$175K–$365K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$76K–$227K
PBM contract terms$39K–$118K
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
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Sponsor EIN
39-0123480
Plan number
503
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 39-0123480 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Thrivent Individual Pension Account Plan
Type
Pension plan
Participants
10,928

About this data

Source: Thrivent Financial for Lutherans'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 Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.

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