401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,006
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$222,311
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan · Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan · Michigan · Finance & Insurance

$1.3B in assets, 6,006 participants

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan reported $1.3B in total assets and 6,006 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.

  • #8,698 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan covers 6,006 participants in Michigan, 9.4x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.

#8,698
in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)
+22.2%
assets growth YoY
13×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,335,198,413 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

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan'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. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan lands in the large band (6,006 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$238M in the plan year 2022 filing to $241M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan reported participants rose from 5,845 in the plan year 2022 filing to 6,006 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 382069753 · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan PY 2023 · 401(k)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan · $1.3B · 6,006 · 99th

  • ASSETS $1.3B
  • ASSETS 6,006
  • ASSETS 99th
  • ASSETS 401(k)
  • ASSETS near Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Tax Saver Retirement Plan
  • ASSETS ind #8698

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 Michigan →

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings PlanBlue Cross Blue Shield of Mi…$1.3BMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Tax Saver Retirement PlanMorgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP …$1.3BEvergy, Inc. 401(k) Savings PlanEvergy, Inc. 401(k) Savings …$1.3BZimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Savings and Investment 401(k) ProgramZimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.…$1.3BRoper Technologies, Inc. Employees' Retirement Savings 004 PlanRoper Technologies, Inc. Emp…$1.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income$241M
Employer EIN382069753
Plan Effective Date1983-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

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

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.2B 16.407909383637403% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.6B$2.8B$3B$3.2B$3.4B 202220232024 $2.73B $3.18B ▲ +16.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 15,548 $2.7B
2023 4 15,287 $3.0B
2024 4 16,052 $3.2B

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Michigan

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

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 0510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.335198413 · Participants: 6006Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings PlanGeneral Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United States, Total assets ($B): 20.378449285 · Participants: 47299General Motors Retirement Savings Plan for Salaried Employees in the United StatesFord Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 15.588575271 · Participants: 30516Ford Motor Co. Savings and Stock Investment Plan for Salaried EmployeesThe Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.084842211 · Participants: 18088The Dow Chemical Company Employees' Savings PlanThe General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United States, Total assets ($B): 8.580684909 · Participants: 40393The General Motors Personal Savings Plan for Hourly-Rate Employees in the United StatesFord Motor Co. Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.617084451 · Participants: 59195Ford Motor Co. Tax-Efficient Savings Plan for Hourly Employees
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants
Compare Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan reports $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 6,006 participants (0.011% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $222,311 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $241M.

This plan identity (EIN 382069753, plan #003) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.1B to $1.5B (+39.3%) while covered participants moved from 5,845 to 6,219 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 5,845 $1.1B Open filing
2023 6,006 $1.3B This page
2024 · index core 6,219 $1.5B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Tax Saver Retirement Plan in PA ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. 401(k) Savings & Investment Plan in CA (6,010 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,006 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan grew sharply - up 22.2% during 2023, from $1.1B to $1.3B. Reported net income was $241M.
How have Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's sponsor-wide assets grew 16.4%, from $2.7B to $3.2B.
Where does Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Tax Saver Retirement Plan in PA ($1.3B, 3,137 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. 401(k) Savings & Investment Plan in CA (6,010 participants, $795M 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 382069753.

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.