Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$376M
Total assets Above avg plan size
7,398
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$50,783
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Cook Children's Health Care System · Texas · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$376M in assets, 7,398 participants

Cook Children's Health Care System's Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan reported $376M in total assets and 7,398 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #19,581 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan covers 7,398 participants in Texas, 11x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $376M.

#19,581
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (20,060 peers)
-14.0%
assets change YoY
3.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $61M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$375,689,949 Top 3% higher than 97% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan lands in the large band (7,398 participants).

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 752705881 · Cook Children's Health Care System PY 2022 · Other

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan · $376M · 7,398 · 97th

  • EIN $376M
  • EIN 7,398
  • EIN 97th
  • EIN Other
  • EIN near Caromont Health, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
  • EIN ind #19581

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Healthcare & Social Assistance retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Munson 403(b) Plan$377MCook Children's Health Care System Retirement PlanCook Children's Health Care …$376MCaromont Health, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanCaromont Health, Inc. Retire…$375MMidwestern University Retirement PlanMidwestern University Retire…$374MNoblis, Inc. Tax Sheltered Annuity PlanNoblis, Inc. Tax Sheltered A…$374M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$437M
Net Assets (End of Year)$376M
Net Income-$61M
Employer EIN752705881
Plan Effective Date1997-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cook Children's Health Care System)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cook Children's Health Care System plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.4B 44.075000019709364% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.8B$1B$1.2B$1.4B 202220232024 $0.94B $1.35B ▲ +43.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 15,277 $939M
2023 2 17,111 $1.2B
2024 2 19,418 $1.4B

Nearby Other Plans in Texas

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0100002000030000 00.511.522.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.375689949 · Participants: 7398Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement PlanMemorial Hermann Health System Employees' Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.20173657 · Participants: 28410Memorial Hermann Health System Employees' Retirement Savings PlanThe Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of the Methodist Hospital, Total assets ($B): 1.955231306 · Participants: 28126The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of the Methodist HospitalBaylor College of Medicine Section 403b, Total assets ($B): 1.634224741 · Participants: 12275Baylor College of Medicine Section 403bThe Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of Texas Children's Hospital, Total assets ($B): 1.475271679 · Participants: 14185The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of Texas Children's HospitalSouthwest Research Institute Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.372219413 · Participants: 2825Southwest Research Institute Retirement Plan
Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Texas, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan reports $376M in end-of-year assets across 7,398 participants (0.003% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.008% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $50,783 per participant (37% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$61M.

This plan identity (EIN 752705881, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $376M to $547M (+45.7%) while covered participants moved from 7,398 to 9,614 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 7,398 $376M This page
2023 8,218 $467M Open filing
2024 · index core 9,614 $547M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Other by assets is Caromont Health, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in NC ($375M); by covered participants it is Children's Mercy Hospital Tax-Deferred Annuity Retirement Plan in MO (7,405 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($376M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (7,398 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 14.0% during 2022, from $437M to $376M. Reported net income was -$61M.
How have Cook Children's Health Care System plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cook Children's Health Care System's sponsor-wide assets grew 44.1%, from $939M to $1.4B.
Where does Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Caromont Health, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan in NC ($375M, 4,211 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Children's Mercy Hospital Tax-Deferred Annuity Retirement Plan in MO (7,405 participants, $807M in assets).