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Carefirst, Inc.401(k)

THE CAREFIRST 401(K) PLAN · OWINGS MILLS, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Carefirst, Inc. reported $549,000 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,872 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 0.01% 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 21st-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 169th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.18 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,071,087,000
Participants with balances8,154
Active participants6,286
Employer contributions$49,484,000
Employee contributions$58,172,000
Employer contribution per active participant$7,872
Average account balance$131,357
Benefits paid to participants$98,153,000
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.1B · 8,154 accts · $49.5M emplr
2023$920.0M · 7,880 accts · $47.4M emplr
2022$757.6M · 7,727 accts · $23.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$549,000
Total administrative$549,000
The Carefirst, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,872
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$7,872 per active participant
2023$7,986 per active participant
2022$4,065 per active participant

Carefirst, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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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 · 20241
FIDELITY INV INST OPER CO LLC · Loan processing$549,000

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$549,000 · 0.06%
2023$290,000 · 0.03%
2022$80,000 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 522069215 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.