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Prairie Lakes Healthcare System403(b)

PRAIRIE LAKES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 403(B) PLAN · WATERTOWN, SD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System reported $102,089 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,783 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 0.24% to 0.18%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 30th-largest of 233 plans among South Dakota employers on file, and the 1,568th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $2.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 663 to 832 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$62,032,910
Participants with balances758
Active participants832
Employer contributions$1,483,158
Employee contributions$3,565,717
Employer contribution per active participant$1,783
Average account balance$81,838
Benefits paid to participants$6,690,104
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCLIFTONLARSONALLEN,LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$62.0M · 758 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$50.6M · 665 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$42.2M · 634 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$102,089
Total administrative$102,089
Employer contributions to the Prairie Lakes Healthcare System plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,783
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,783 per active participant
2023$1,608 per active participant
2022$1,558 per active participant

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20241
GREAT WEST LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY$102,089

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$102,089 · 0.18%
2023$104,581 · 0.23%
2022$100,913 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 460391067 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.