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Iowa Health System401(k)

IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM SECTION 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · WEST DES MOINES, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Iowa Health System reported $2,073,276 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,111 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 0.09% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 3rd-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 44th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 28,959 to 25,777 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,306,056,205
Participants with balances34,138
Active participants25,777
Employer contributions$80,201,896
Employee contributions$136,097,524
Employer contribution per active participant$3,111
Average account balance$96,844
Benefits paid to participants$293,937,751
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.3B · 34,138 accts · $80.2M emplr
2023$3.0B · 35,473 accts · $78.8M emplr
2022$2.7B · 37,245 accts · $83.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,054,836
Investment management$1,018,440
Total administrative$2,073,276
The Iowa Health System 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,111
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$3,111 per active participant
2023$3,141 per active participant
2022$2,884 per active participant

Iowa Health System's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$1,246,939
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$838,842

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$2,073,276 · 0.07%
2023$2,116,708 · 0.08%
2022$2,622,679 · 0.09%
All plans at this employer2
IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM TAX DEFERRED SECTION 403(B) PLAN403(b)
IOWA HEALTH SYSTEM SECTION 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421435199 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.