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Ashe Memorial Hospital403(b)

ASHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 403(B) PLAN · JEFFERSON, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.62%

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

Ashe Memorial Hospital reported $77,646 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.62% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $662 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 0.32% to 0.62%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 932nd-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 4,721st of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $4.97 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,840,066
Participants with balances445
Active participants355
Employer contributions$235,083
Employee contributions$1,169,459
Employer contribution per active participant$662
Average account balance$31,101
Benefits paid to participants$606,859
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLONG CPA, PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.8M · 445 accts · $235K emplr
2023$11.2M · 360 accts · $173K emplr
2022$10.1M · 346 accts · $129K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$46,385
Investment management$25,261
Audit (IQPA)$6,000
Total administrative$77,646
Employer contributions to the Ashe Memorial Hospital plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$662
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$662 per active participant
2023$587 per active participant
2022$383 per active participant

Ashe Memorial Hospital's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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 · 20244
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$46,385
NFP RETIREMENT · Investment advisory (plan)$13,387
KESTRA ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$11,874
LONG CPA, PLLC · Accounting / audit$6,000

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$77,646 · 0.62%
2023$62,198 · 0.58%
2022$36,279 · 0.32%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560603900 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.