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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina401(k)

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA 401(K) PLAN · DURHAM, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina reported $716,159 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,465 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 0.047% to 0.053%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 35th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 133rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.85 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,421,660,043
Participants with balances7,596
Active participants5,395
Employer contributions$29,482,849
Employee contributions$54,482,087
Employer contribution per active participant$5,465
Average account balance$187,159
Benefits paid to participants$115,893,612
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGREERWALKER
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.4B · 7,596 accts · $29.5M emplr
2023$1.3B · 7,481 accts · $26.1M emplr
2022$1.1B · 7,316 accts · $24.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$41,194
Investment management$674,965
Total administrative$716,159
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,465
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$5,465 per active participant
2023$4,684 per active participant
2022$4,728 per active participant

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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 · 20243
FINANCIAL ENGINES · Investment advisory (plan)$564,965
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$110,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$51,153

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$716,159 · 0.05%
2023$562,580 · 0.05%
2022$531,213 · 0.05%
All plans at this employer2
BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA 401(K) PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560894904 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.