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Ara Health Specialists, P.A401(k)

ARA HEALTH SPECIALISTS, P. A. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · ASHEVILLE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

Peer grade: A · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Ara Health Specialists, P.A reported $21,929 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $27,721 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 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.02% to 0.03%. 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 229th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 1,212th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, the employer put in $1.62 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 79 to 102 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$87,345,567
Participants with balances168
Active participants102
Employer contributions$2,827,534
Employee contributions$1,741,125
Employer contribution per active participant$27,721
Average account balance$519,914
Benefits paid to participants$7,413,645
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$87.3M · 168 accts · $2.8M emplr
2023$77.3M · 153 accts · $2.0M emplr
2022$76.6M · 153 accts · $1.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,929
Total administrative$21,929
The Ara Health Specialists, P.A 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$27,721
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$27,721 per active participant
2023$23,337 per active participant
2022$24,481 per active participant

Ara Health Specialists, P.A's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
LINDEN THOMAS & COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$12,180
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Trustee (directed)$9,324
LOREN D STARK COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$425

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024LINDEN THOMAS & COMPANY, LOREN D STARK COMPANY, Vanguard
2023Vanguard

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Ara Health Specialists, P.A before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$21,929 · 0.03%
2023$14,456 · 0.02%
2022$15,391 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560946251 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.