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Monterey Spine & Joint401(k)

MONTEREY SPINE & JOINT, PC 401(K) PLAN · MONTEREY, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.56%

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

Monterey Spine & Joint reported $52,512 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.56% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,091 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 0.76% to 0.56%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (5,498th of 9,483), and the 5,749th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,856,325
Participants with balances158
Active participants177
Employer contributions$370,193
Employee contributions$603,074
Employer contribution per active participant$2,091
Average account balance$62,382
Benefits paid to participants$1,112,606
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0 · $128K emplr
2024$9.9M · 158 accts · $370K emplr
2023$8.8M · 165 accts · $378K emplr
2022$7.5M · 168 accts · $300K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$32,602
Investment management$19,910
Total administrative$52,512
The Monterey Spine & Joint 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,091
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,091 per active participant
2023$2,302 per active participant
2022$1,862 per active participant

Monterey Spine & Joint's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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
MERRILL LYNCH RETIREMENT BENEFIT SV · Investment advisory (plan)$19,910
PENTEGRA RETIREMENT SERVICES · Contract administrator$16,718

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

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$52,512 · 0.56%
2023$68,022 · 0.84%
2022$59,400 · 0.76%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 203198788 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.