Visa Inc.

Foster City, CA Finance & insuranceNAICS 522300

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
13,795Participants+2% vs. prior year
$32.7MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#2 of 22Finance & insurance in CABy participants

Overview

Visa Inc. sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 13,795 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, short-term disability, long-term disability, and more.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
13,795 · prior year 13,481
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Visa Inc. Welfare Benefits and Cafeteria Plan, plan 501 (13,795 participants); Visa Retiree Health Plan, plan 506 (348 participants)
Stop-loss carrier
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and Affiliates; Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and Affiliates
Broker compensation
$880K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.Medical, Prescription drug, HMO2,320$18.5M—
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyLife, Long-term disability20,899$13.8M$869K
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of ColoradoMedical, Prescription drug, HMO555$4.2M—
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and AffiliatesMedical, Prescription drug, Dental, HMO, Stop-loss27,035$3.7M—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.Medical, Prescription drug, HMO151$1.1M—
Cigna Health and Life Insurance CompanyMedical, Prescription drug, Dental, Vision44$567K$11K
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc.Medical, Prescription drug, HMO82$493K—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of WashingtonMedical, Prescription drug, HMO35$174K—
National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PABusiness Travel Accident/ad&d/paralysis13,311——

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$32.7M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 13,795 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$850K–$2.1M/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$249K–$621K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$363K–$759K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$157K–$471K
PBM contract terms$82K–$245K
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
Visa Inc.
Sponsor EIN
26-0267673
Plan numbers
501, 506
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 26-0267673 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Visa 401k Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
20,365

About this data

Source: Visa 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 Visa Inc..

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