401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,596
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$191,564
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

$1.3B in assets, 6,596 participants

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee's Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program reported $1.3B in total assets and 6,596 participants in its 2024 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.

  • #8,345 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)

Coverage in Tennessee

Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program covers 6,596 participants in Tennessee, 5.9x the typical Tennessee plan (state average ~1,126 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.

#8,345
in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
+11.9%
assets growth YoY
13×
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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$1,263,555,153 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 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 2024

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

Plan-year 2024 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 (6,596 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program reported net income fell from $160M in the plan year 2023 filing to $135M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program end-of-year assets rose from $1.1B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program reported participants rose from 6,244 in the plan year 2023 filing to 6,596 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 620427913 · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee PY 2024 · 401(k)

Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program · $1.3B · 6,596 · 99th

  • EBSA $1.3B
  • PART 6,596
  • TYPE 99th
  • NET 401(k)
  • BOOK near Midamerican Energy Company Retirement Savings Plan
  • VS-ST ind #8345

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…$1.3BMidamerican Energy Company Retirement Savings PlanMidamerican Energy Company R…$1.3BPhysician Affiliate Group of New York Retirement PlanPhysician Affiliate Group of…$1.3BMattel, Inc. Personal Investment PlanMattel, Inc. Personal Invest…$1.3BJabil 401(k) Retirement Plan$1.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Tennessee filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income$135M
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 0102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program, Total assets ($B): 1.263555153 · Participants: 6596Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings ProgramFedex Corporation Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 25.378065969 · Participants: 113079Fedex Corporation Retirement Savings PlanHca 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.821303026 · Participants: 307086Hca 401(k) PlanFederal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.306930367 · Participants: 5830Federal Express Corporation Pilots Retirement Savings PlanInternational Paper Company Salaried Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.993858777 · Participants: 12564International Paper Company Salaried Savings PlanChs/Community Health Systems, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.778242011 · Participants: 59441Chs/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 $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 6,596 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $191,564 per participant (1.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $135M.

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 Open filing
2024 · index core 6,596 $1.3B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan 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 Midamerican Energy Company Retirement Savings Plan in IA ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Conocophillips Savings Plan in TX (6,596 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,596 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. 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 2024? ▼
Bluecross Blueshield of Tennessee Employee Retirement Savings Program grew at a solid clip - up 11.9% during 2024, from $1.1B to $1.3B. Reported net income was $135M.
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 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (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 Midamerican Energy Company Retirement Savings Plan in IA ($1.3B, 5,052 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 Conocophillips Savings Plan in TX (6,596 participants, $6.7B in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

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.