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Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota401(k)

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF MINNESOTA EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN · EAGAN, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota reported $506,971 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,222 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 finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 48th-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 202nd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$884,584,676
Participants with balances4,813
Active participants2,995
Employer contributions$12,645,807
Employee contributions$32,908,257
Employer contribution per active participant$4,222
Average account balance$183,791
Benefits paid to participants$96,118,063
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$884.6M · 4,813 accts · $12.6M emplr
2023$798.3M · 4,930 accts · $12.6M emplr
2022$688.9M · 4,917 accts · $11.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$129,756
Investment management$286,596
Audit (IQPA)$21,000
Total administrative$506,971
The Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,222
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$4,222 per active participant
2023$4,120 per active participant
2022$3,631 per active participant

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Minnesota's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 median for plans its size. 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 · 20247
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$172,971
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$129,756
R.V. KUHNS & ASSOCIATES, INC. · Consulting$76,125
MERCER INVESTMENTS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$37,500
BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD ASSOCIATION · Consulting$34,874
RSM US LLP · Accounting / audit$21,000
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP · Legal$7,797

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$506,971 · 0.06%
2023$332,434 · 0.04%
2022$447,712 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410984460 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.