Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Baptist Health Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$376M
Total assets Above avg plan size
10,987
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$34,255
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Baptist Health 403(b) Plan · Sponsored by Baptist Health · Arkansas · Healthcare & Social Assistance

$376M in assets, 10,987 participants

Baptist Health's Baptist Health 403(b) Plan reported $376M in total assets and 10,987 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #17,159 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)

Coverage in Arkansas

Baptist Health 403(b) Plan covers 10,987 participants in Arkansas, 3.9x the typical Arkansas plan (state average ~2,784 per filing). Assets: $376M.

#17,159
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
+22.1%
assets growth YoY
3.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Baptist Health 403(b) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Baptist Health 403(b) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$376,362,089 Top 3% higher than 97% 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

Baptist Health 403(b) Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Baptist Health 403(b) Plan is a mega filing (10,987 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Baptist Health 403(b) Plan reported net income rose from -$57M in the plan year 2022 filing to $68M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Baptist Health 403(b) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $308M in the plan year 2022 filing to $376M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Baptist Health 403(b) Plan reported participants rose from 10,693 in the plan year 2022 filing to 10,987 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 710236856 · Baptist Health PY 2023 · Other

Baptist Health 403(b) Plan · $376M · 10,987 · 97th

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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 Arkansas →

Baptist Health 403(b) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Capital Health System Retirement Savings & Investment PlanCapital Health System Retire…$377MBaptist Health 403(b) Plan$376MTift Regional Health System 403(b) PlanTift Regional Health System …$376MUniversity Health System, Inc. 403(b) PlanUniversity Health System, In…$374MLakeland Regional Medical Center 403(b) PlanLakeland Regional Medical Ce…$374M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Baptist Health 403(b) Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Arkansas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$308M
Net Assets (End of Year)$376M
Net Income$68M
Employer EIN710236856
Plan Effective Date2009-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Baptist Health)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Baptist Health plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.0B 42.52179984163632% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.6B$0.7B$0.8B$0.9B$1B$1.1B 202220232024 $0.71B $1.01B ▲ +42.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 21,386 $707M
2023 2 21,974 $844M
2024 2 22,214 $1.0B

Nearby Other Plans in Arkansas

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

Baptist Health 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Arkansas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 0100200300400500 Total assets ($M) Participants Baptist Health 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($M): 376.362089 · Participants: 10987Baptist Health 403(b) PlanArkansas Children's Retirement Plan, Total assets ($M): 392.001228 · Participants: 4803Arkansas Children's Retirement PlanHarding University Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, Total assets ($M): 189.314679 · Participants: 693Harding University Defined Contribution Retirement PlanHendrix College Defined Contribution Retirement Plan, Total assets ($M): 94.572362 · Participants: 483Hendrix College Defined Contribution Retirement PlanWinrock International Institute for Agricultural Development Defined Contribution Plan, Total assets ($M): 84.824801 · Participants: 241Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development Defined Contribution PlanBaxter Regional Medical Center 403(b) Pension Plan, Total assets ($M): 77.883878 · Participants: 1633Baxter Regional Medical Center 403(b) Pension Plan
Baptist Health 403(b) Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Arkansas, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Baptist Health 403(b) Plan

Baptist Health 403(b) Plan reports $376M in end-of-year assets across 10,987 participants (0.003% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.012% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $34,255 per participant (25% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $68M.

This plan identity (EIN 710236856, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $308M to $444M (+44.0%) while covered participants moved from 10,693 to 11,107 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,693 $308M Open filing
2023 10,987 $376M This page
2024 · index core 11,107 $444M Open filing

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

Baptist Health 403(b) Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Arkansas, the nearest Other by assets is Capital Health System Retirement Savings & Investment Plan in NJ ($377M); by covered participants it is Cedars-Sinai Health System 403b Retirement Plan in CA (10,989 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,987 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 Baptist Health 403(b) Plan assets move in 2023?
Baptist Health 403(b) Plan grew sharply - up 22.1% during 2023, from $308M to $376M. Reported net income was $68M.
How have Baptist Health plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Baptist Health's sponsor-wide assets grew 42.5%, from $707M to $1.0B.
Where does Baptist Health 403(b) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Baptist Health 403(b) Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Baptist Health 403(b) Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Capital Health System Retirement Savings & Investment Plan in NJ ($377M, 5,717 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Baptist Health 403(b) Plan?
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Cedars-Sinai Health System 403b Retirement Plan in CA (10,989 participants, $2.2B in assets).