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Northern Maine Medical Center403(b)

TAX SHELTERED ANNUITY PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF NORTHERN MAINE MEDICAL CENTER TO INCLUDE FOREST HILL AND VALLEY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION · FORT KENT, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Northern Maine Medical Center reported $89,165 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,011 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 0.05% to 0.24%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 85th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 2,364th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $3.23 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 494 to 417 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$37,195,870
Participants with balances497
Active participants417
Employer contributions$421,711
Employee contributions$1,361,014
Employer contribution per active participant$1,011
Average account balance$74,841
Benefits paid to participants$4,977,392
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$37.2M · 497 accts · $422K emplr
2023$35.7M · 518 accts · $436K emplr
2022$35.2M · 568 accts · $516K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$65,915
Investment management$23,250
Total administrative$89,165
Employer contributions to the Northern Maine Medical Center plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,011
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,011 per active participant
2023$971 per active participant
2022$1,045 per active participant

Northern Maine Medical Center's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$65,915
GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES · Investment advisory (plan)$12,750
OLD PORT ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$10,500

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$89,165 · 0.24%
2023$37,602 · 0.11%
2022$17,713 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010234189 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.