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Ballad Health403(b)

BALLAD HEALTH 403(B) PLAN · JOHNSON CITY, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Ballad Health reported $405,529 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,989 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 0.060%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 35th-largest of 1,496 plans among Tennessee employers on file, and the 250th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 11,769 to 13,366 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$731,254,873
Participants with balances12,324
Active participants13,366
Employer contributions$26,584,850
Employee contributions$51,795,574
Employer contribution per active participant$1,989
Average account balance$59,336
Benefits paid to participants$49,664,222
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPYAPC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$731.3M · 12,324 accts · $26.6M emplr
2023$616.3M · 11,823 accts · $24.9M emplr
2022$517.3M · 10,657 accts · $24.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$345,699
Investment management$20,200
Audit (IQPA)$39,630
Total administrative$405,529
Employer contributions to the Ballad Health plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,989
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,989 per active participant
2023$2,050 per active participant
2022$2,063 per active participant

Ballad Health's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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$338,289
PYAPC · Accounting / audit$39,630
OPPENHEIMER & CO. INC. · Consulting$20,200
VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE CO · Other services · Custodial (securities)$7,290

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$405,529 · 0.06%
2023$325,017 · 0.06%
2022$299,552 · 0.06%
All plans at this employer3
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 611771290 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.