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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama401(k)

BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF AL 401(K) PLAN SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN · BIRMINGHAM, AL · 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 Alabama reported $465,125 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,948 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 0.05% to 0.06%. 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 8th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 203rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.72 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 3,915 to 4,358 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$880,390,590
Participants with balances5,157
Active participants4,358
Employer contributions$17,203,976
Employee contributions$29,608,763
Employer contribution per active participant$3,948
Average account balance$170,718
Benefits paid to participants$43,019,983
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$880.4M · 5,157 accts · $17.2M emplr
2023$757.4M · 4,992 accts · $15.6M emplr
2022$625.8M · 4,746 accts · $14.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$299,963
Investment management$134,162
Audit (IQPA)$31,000
Total administrative$465,125
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,948
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,948 per active participant
2023$3,763 per active participant
2022$3,660 per active participant

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama'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 · 20243
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY O · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$299,963
AON INVESTMENTS USA INC · Investment advisory (plan)$134,162
WARREN AVERETT, LLC · Accounting / audit$31,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Empower

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Administrative cost history3
2024$465,125 · 0.06%
2023$363,155 · 0.05%
2022$363,051 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630103830 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.