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Carteret Surgical Associates, P.A. dba Carolinas Center for Surgery401(k)

CAROLINAS CENTER FOR SURGERY 401(K) PLAN · MOREHEAD CITY, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.06%

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

Carteret Surgical Associates, P.A. dba Carolinas Center for Surgery reported $12,005 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,674 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 0.12% to 0.13%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 726th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 3,659th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2023, the employer put in $1.24 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,310,830
Participants with balances160
Active participants120
Employer contributions$680,931
Employee contributions$550,841
Employer contribution per active participant$5,674
Average account balance$126,943
Benefits paid to participants$371,873
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.6M · 125 accts · $558K emplr
2023$20.3M · 160 accts · $681K emplr
2022$16.7M · 144 accts · $741K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,428
Audit (IQPA)$10,577
Total administrative$12,005
The Carteret Surgical Associates, P.A. dba Carolinas Center for Surgery 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$5,674
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$12,122 per active participant
2023$5,674 per active participant
2022$6,501 per active participant

Carteret Surgical Associates, P.A. dba Carolinas Center for Surgery's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
CHERRY BEKAERT LLP · Accounting / audit$10,577

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$23,034 · 0.13%
2023$12,005 · 0.06%
2022$23,185 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561120277 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.