Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$467M
Total assets Above avg plan size
8,218
Participants Very large workforce
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$56,779
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

$467M in assets, 8,218 participants

Cook Children's Health Care System's Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan reported $467M in total assets and 8,218 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.

  • #17,241 in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan covers 8,218 participants in Texas, 12x the typical Texas plan (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $467M.

#17,241
in Healthcare & Social Assistance (17,684 peers)
+24.2%
assets growth YoY
4.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$466,606,095 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

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement 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. Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan lands in the large band (8,218 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$61M in the plan year 2022 filing to $91M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $376M in the plan year 2022 filing to $467M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 7,398 in the plan year 2022 filing to 8,218 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 752705881 · Cook Children's Health Care System PY 2023 · Other

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan · $467M · 8,218 · 97th

  • 5500 $467M
  • 5500 8,218
  • 5500 97th
  • 5500 Other
  • 5500 near New York Blood Center Retirement Plan
  • 5500 ind #17241

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

Guthrie 403(b) Retirement Savings PlanGuthrie 403(b) Retirement Sa…$473MLoyola Marymount University Defined Contribution Retirement PlanLoyola Marymount University …$472MCollege Entrance Examination Board Tax-Deferred Annuity PlanCollege Entrance Examination…$467MCook Children's Health Care System Retirement PlanCook Children's Health Care …$467MNew York Blood Center Retirement PlanNew York Blood Center Retire…$467M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$376M
Net Assets (End of Year)$466M
Net Income$91M
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. 010000200003000040000 0123 Total assets ($B) Participants Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.466606095 · Participants: 8218Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement PlanMemorial Hermann Health System Employees' Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.784471529 · Participants: 30949Memorial Hermann Health System Employees' Retirement Savings PlanThe Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of the Methodist Hospital, Total assets ($B): 2.483619821 · Participants: 29975The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of the Methodist HospitalBaylor College of Medicine Section 403b, Total assets ($B): 1.920721689 · Participants: 12679Baylor College of Medicine Section 403bThe Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of Texas Children's Hospital, Total assets ($B): 1.837550608 · Participants: 15456The Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan of Texas Children's HospitalSouthwest Research Institute Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.54942102 · Participants: 2831Southwest Research Institute Retirement Plan
Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan reports $467M in end-of-year assets across 8,218 participants (0.004% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $56,779 per participant (41% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $91M.

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 Open filing
2023 8,218 $467M This page
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 New York Blood Center Retirement Plan in NY ($467M); by covered participants it is The University of Chicago Supplemental Retirement Plan in IL (8,254 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (8,218 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 Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan grew sharply - up 24.2% during 2023, from $376M to $467M. Reported net income was $91M.
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 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 Cook Children's Health Care System Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is New York Blood Center Retirement Plan in NY ($467M, 2,398 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 The University of Chicago Supplemental Retirement Plan in IL (8,254 participants, $1.7B 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 752705881.

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.