C000030650 Fees and Costs — T. Rowe Price Mid Cap Growth Portfolio, Class A

Data updated: 2026-08-27

The net expense ratio is 0.70%: a 0.75% management fee plus 0.04% other expenses, less a 0.09% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2025 the fund paid $214K in broker commissions, 0.0183% of average net assets, and portfolio turnover was 37%.

C000030650 Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of C000030650. Prospectus, as of December 31, 2025.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.75%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.04%
Gross expense ratio0.79%
Fee waiver−0.09%
Net expense ratio0.70%
Sales charges
Max front load—
Max deferred load—
Redemption fee—
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

C000030650 Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in C000030650, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $452 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.75% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.70%)$74$230$400
Trading costs (broker commissions)$2$6$10
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$12$41
Total costs$75$248$452
Value after costs$10,425$11,329$12,311
Impact on return, per year0.75%0.75%0.75%

C000030650 Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): 0.0183%
  • Total broker commissions: $214K
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $614.9M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 37%
  • Securities on loan, average value: $204.5M
  • Net income from securities lending: $323K (0.028% of average net assets)

C000030650 Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$33K20.03%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$32K19.18%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$19K11.21%
BofA Securities, Inc.$16K9.64%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$14K8.13%
Jefferies LLC$13K7.57%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$12K7.32%
UBS Securities LLC$11K6.72%
TD Securities (USA) LLC$10K5.72%
RBC Capital Markets, LLC$7K4.48%

C000030650 Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc.$486.7M79.14%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$62.0M10.08%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$60.4M9.83%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$5.0M0.81%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$548K0.09%
BofA Securities, Inc.$325K0.05%

T. Rowe Price Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
C000030650Class A0.70%—
C000030653Class E0.85%—
C000030651Class B0.95%—

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.