401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.1B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,244
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$180,786
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program · Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee · Tennessee · Finance & Insurance

$1.1B in assets, 6,244 participants

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee's Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program reported $1.1B in total assets and 6,244 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #8,660 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

Coverage in Tennessee

Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program covers 6,244 participants in Tennessee, 5.5x the typical Tennessee plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $1.1B.

#8,660
in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)
+25.9%
assets growth YoY
11×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program's outsized position by total assets

Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$1,128,826,066 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 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 2023

Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program lands in the large band (6,244 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program reported net income rose from -$170M in the plan year 2022 filing to $160M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program end-of-year assets rose from $896M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 620427913 · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee PY 2023 · 401(k)

Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program · $1.1B · 6,244 · 99th

  • SCH $1.1B
  • EBSA 6,244
  • PART 99th
  • TYPE 401(k)
  • NET near The Standard 401(k) Plan
  • BOOK ind #8660

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 Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in Tennessee →

Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program in the asset neighbourhood

Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings ProgramBluecross Blueshield of Tenn…$1.1BThe Standard 401(k) Plan$1.1BGrifols Employee Retirement Savings PlanGrifols Employee Retirement …$1.1BMayer Brown LLP USA Savings PlanMayer Brown LLP USA Savings …$1.1BSteris Corporation 401(k) PlanSteris Corporation 401(k) Pl…$1.1B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Tennessee filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$896M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Income$160M
Employer EIN620427913
Plan Effective Date1991-06-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.3B 30.412639338132735% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.9B$1B$1.1B$1.2B$1.3B 202220232024 $0.97B $1.26B ▲ +29.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 7,827 $969M
2023 1 6,244 $1.1B
2024 1 6,596 $1.3B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Tennessee

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000000100000200000300000400000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program, Total assets ($B): 1.128826066 · Participants: 6244Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings ProgramFedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.88081991 · Participants: 127010Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings PlanHca 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 21.53517366 · Participants: 291649Hca 401(k) PlanFederal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.743557391 · Participants: 5728Federal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings PlanInternational Paper Company Salaried Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.621886139 · Participants: 12153International Paper Company Salaried Savings PlanChs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.517708174 · Participants: 62487Chs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants
Compare Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program

Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program reports $1.1B in end-of-year assets across 6,244 participants (0.009% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $180,786 per participant (1.3x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $160M.

This plan identity (EIN 620427913, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $896M to $1.3B (+41.0%) while covered participants moved from 6,253 to 6,596 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,253 $896M Open filing
2023 6,244 $1.1B This page
2024 · index core 6,596 $1.3B Open filing

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

Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Tennessee, the nearest 401(k) by assets is The Standard 401(k) Plan in OR ($1.1B); by covered participants it is The Wrench Group Retirement Plan in GA (6,243 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.1B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,244 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program assets move in 2023? ▼
Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program grew sharply - up 25.9% during 2023, from $896M to $1.1B. Reported net income was $160M.
How have Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee's sponsor-wide assets grew 30.4%, from $969M to $1.3B.
Where does Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Standard 401(k) Plan in OR ($1.1B, 3,614 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Wrench Group Retirement Plan in GA (6,243 participants, $111M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 620427913.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.