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Independence Blue Cross, LLC401(k)

INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS BLUE CHIP RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · PHILADELPHIA, PA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.08%

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

Independence Blue Cross, LLC reported $748,685 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.08% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,621 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 fell from 0.08% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,601 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 80th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 188th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $1.74 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$958,165,096
Participants with balances5,876
Active participants4,285
Employer contributions$19,800,212
Employee contributions$34,530,529
Employer contribution per active participant$4,621
Average account balance$163,064
Benefits paid to participants$54,737,308
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$918.9M · 5,518 accts · $37.3M emplr
2023$958.2M · 5,876 accts · $19.8M emplr
2022$809.3M · 5,712 accts · $18.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$368,895
Investment management$359,430
Audit (IQPA)$20,360
Total administrative$748,685
The Independence Blue Cross, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$4,621
Median for plans this size$4,362
2024$8,082 per active participant
2023$4,621 per active participant
2022$4,557 per active participant

Independence Blue Cross, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $4,362 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20234
VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Trustee (directed)$301,095
DELOITTE TAX LLP · Recordkeeping · Consulting$67,800
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$359,430
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP · Accounting / audit$20,360

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024DELOITTE TAX LLP, Vanguard
2023DELOITTE TAX LLP, Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$576,115 · 0.06%
2023$748,685 · 0.08%
2022$720,981 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 463867722 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.