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Tricore Reference Laboratories401(k)

TRICORE REFERENCE LABORATORIES 401(K) PLAN · ALBUQUERQUE, NM · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.26%

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

Tricore Reference Laboratories reported $293,877 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.26% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,247 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 0.29% to 0.26%. 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 16th-largest of 290 plans among New Mexico employers on file, and the 964th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $2.24 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$117,091,399
Participants with balances2,039
Active participants1,504
Employer contributions$3,379,282
Employee contributions$7,584,946
Employer contribution per active participant$2,247
Average account balance$57,426
Benefits paid to participants$13,619,940
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$117.1M · 2,039 accts · $3.4M emplr
2023$107.6M · 1,967 accts · $3.3M emplr
2022$91.3M · 1,948 accts · $3.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$227,051
Investment management$50,000
Audit (IQPA)$16,826
Total administrative$293,877
The Tricore Reference Laboratories 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,247
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,247 per active participant
2023$2,322 per active participant
2022$2,180 per active participant

Tricore Reference Laboratories's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$227,051
RBC WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (plan)$50,000
CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN, LLP · Accounting / audit$16,826

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$293,877 · 0.26%
2023$285,061 · 0.29%
2022$282,639 · 0.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 850444170 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.