Insurance carrier · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500 Schedule A

Bluecross Blueshield of Illinois

Bluecross Blueshield of Illinois appeared on 1,469 contracts at 1,428 employer health plans in plan year 2024 filings, with $2.3B in earned premium, ranking #4 of 1,452 carriers. Its medical contracts covered 894,877 people. Employers reported broker commissions and fees of $116M on those contracts, 5.0% of premium.

Premium

$2.3B

$2.2B medical

Employers

1,428

1,469 contracts

People covered

894,877

medical contracts, year end

Broker pay

5.0%

$116M · U.S. median 3.8%

Coverage lines on its contracts: health (1,350), prescription drug (548), dental (547), PPO (284), HMO (218), stop-loss (57).

Where it writes the most

Medical premium by employer state.

$1.8B

$145M

$127M

$30M

$23M

$19M

$16M

$15M

$8.2M

$3.8M

Largest clients

Employer plans reporting the most premium with this carrier.

Employer	Premium	Participants
McDonalds Licensees Health and Welfare Trust · Illinois	$203,131,838	22,546
Board of Trustees of Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Health Fu · Illinois	$195,607,488	20,554
Northwestern Mutual Field Associations · Wisconsin	$126,872,459	9,173
Pactiv Evergreen Services Inc. · Illinois	$123,737,328	10,080
Hub International Limited · Illinois	$105,740,693	12,225
National Oilwell Varco · Texas	$93,929,293	11,627
The University of Chicago Medical Center · Illinois	$89,297,384	9,330
Hyatt Corporation · Illinois	$88,780,918	27,705
The Aspen Group (tag) · Illinois	$85,081,940	15,139
The University of Chicago · Illinois	$79,175,968	27,612
Dot Holdings Co · Illinois	$72,072,348	6,164
Trans Union LLC · Illinois	$52,375,424	4,838
Board of Trustees Texas Pipe Trades Health Benefit Plan · Texas	$50,939,073	4,612
Guaranteed Rate, Inc. · Illinois	$45,938,879	5,927
SP Plus Corporation · Illinois	$42,446,845	11,786
Sargent & Lundy, L.L.C. · Illinois	$30,114,355	2,922
Knapheide Manufacturing Co · Illinois	$25,433,958	2,335
Euromarket Designs, Inc. · Illinois	$25,077,350	4,182
Aar Corp. · Illinois	$24,169,115	3,975
Ingredion Incorporated · Illinois	$22,987,236	2,727
Transform Midco LLC · Illinois	$22,946,985	6,085
Southwest Multicraft · New Mexico	$22,629,035	3,454
Fermi Research Alliance, LLC · Illinois	$21,957,780	3,586
The University of Chicago · Illinois	$21,946,712	27,612
Board of Trustees North Central Illinois Laborers Health & Welfare Pla · Illinois	$21,646,508	1,822

Filed under 12 spellings, including Bluecross Blueshield of Illinois; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois; Bluecross and Blueshield of Illinois; Bluecross Blue Shield of Illinois; Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois; and others; this page adds them together.

Source: DOL Form 5500 Schedule A, plan year 2024; built October 24, 2026. One insurer's filed spellings (for example "Blue Cross Blue Shield", "BlueCross BlueShield" and "Blue Cross and Blue Shield" of the same state) are grouped on one page; different state plans stay separate.

How many employer health plans does Bluecross Blueshield of Illinois insure?

Bluecross Blueshield of Illinois was named on 1,469 insurance contracts at 1,428 employers with 100 or more participants in plan year 2024 filings, with $2,349,851,402 in earned premium and 894,877 people covered on medical contracts.

How much do brokers earn on Bluecross Blueshield of Illinois contracts?

Employers reported $116,212,847 in broker commissions and fees on Bluecross Blueshield of Illinois contracts, 5.0% of premium. The all-carrier median on fully insured medical plans is 3.8%.

Where is Bluecross Blueshield of Illinois strongest?

By medical premium, its largest states are Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin.