Appalachian Regional Healthcare System403(b)
APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 403(B) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · BOONE, NC · plan year 2024
Peer grade: C · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System reported $168,386 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,678 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.
Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.154%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 185th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 1,014th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $3.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.
Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.
Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 201067022 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.