Hospital systems ranked on a parent return
45 of the 229 hospital systems in the ranking report their lead person's pay on a return whose own revenue is under 25% of the revenue on the system's largest affiliate return. The three smallest shares:
- Advocate Health: $333,741 in revenue, 0.0043% of the $7,808,910,070 on Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp (EIN 36-2169147). Its CEO, Eugene Woods, is reported at $25,781,275.
- Monument Health: $2,554,690 in revenue, 0.23% of the $1,091,839,091 on Monument Health Rapid City Hospital (EIN 46-0319070). Its CEO, Paulette Davidson, is reported at $2,199,697.
- Premier Health: $4,384,254 in revenue, 0.27% of the $1,604,924,367 on Miami Valley Hospital (EIN 31-0537504). Its CEO, Michael C Riordan, is reported at $1,579,749.
How it was calculated: each system's ranked return (its latest full-year Form 990) has its total revenue, Part I line 12, divided by the revenue on the system's largest affiliate return, and returns under 25% are counted. On 45 of the 45 the lead person has a chief executive title.
Shown on the hospital systems ranking, where these rows read n/a for pay as a share of revenue, and on the pages for Advocate Health, Monument Health and Premier Health.
Hospital CEOs and university presidents
The median lead pay is $3,036,555 across 229 hospital systems and $1,388,761 across 137 private universities.
- Hospital systems: 62 report $5 million or more and 18 report $10 million or more. The top figure is $30,286,568 for Robert I Grossman MD at NYU Langone Health, fiscal year ending August 2025.
- Universities: 6 report $5 million or more and 0 report $10 million or more. The top figure is $8,043,343 for Dr J Larry Jameson at University of Pennsylvania, fiscal year ending June 2025.
More on hospital systems, including pay by state and pay ranges: CEO pay at large nonprofit hospital systems.
How it was calculated: the median and the counts are of each ranking's lead-person totals, Part VII columns D + E + F, one latest full-year return per organization. The university median includes the 5 presidents reported at $0.
Shown on the hospital systems ranking and the universities ranking, and on the pages for NYU Langone Health and University of Pennsylvania.
Presidents reported at $0, and who is paid the most instead
5 of the 137 universities in the ranking report $0 for their president: Boston College, Creighton University, St. John's University (New York), University of San Francisco and Villanova University. Each return says the president's pay goes to a religious order, and each university's page quotes that return.
On 4 of those 5 returns, the highest-paid person has a coach's title:
- St. John's University (New York): Michael A Anderson (ForMER HEAD COACH MEN'S BASKETBALL), $7,840,000, fiscal year ending May 2025.
- Creighton University: Gregory McDermott (Athletic Coach), $3,997,008, fiscal year ending June 2025.
- Boston College: William J O'Brien (HEAD COACH, FBALL (FROM 2/24)), $3,396,247, fiscal year ending May 2025.
- Villanova University: Mr Kyle A Neptune (COACH, MEN'S BASKETBALL), $1,822,721, fiscal year ending May 2025.
At University of San Francisco, the highest-paid person is Ms Davis (Acting Senior VP and General Counsel), at $1,499,460.
How it was calculated: universities in the ranking whose president's total, columns D + E + F, is $0 as filed, then the highest total on the same return. A title counts as a coach's when it contains the word "coach".
Shown on the universities ranking, which lists the $0 rows as filed, and on each university's page linked above.
Pay change when the same person leads both years
Across 559 organizations whose lead person is the same on the latest two full-year returns, the median change in that person's pay is +10.1%: 456 rose and 103 fell.
By list, the median change is +12.5% for 202 hospital systems, +8.9% for 112 universities and +6.3% for 40 major nonprofits. An organization on two lists counts in both.
- Largest rise in dollars: NewYork-Presbyterian, Steven J Corwin, $14,550,784 to $26,271,976 (+80.6%), fiscal years ending December 2023 and December 2024.
- Largest fall in dollars: Mercyhealth, Javon Bea, $22,757,779 to $16,336,153 (-28.2%), fiscal years ending June 2024 and June 2025.
- Nearest the median: Pepperdine University, James Gash, $1,201,549 to $1,323,005 (+10.1%), fiscal years ending July 2024 and July 2025.
How it was calculated: for each of the 649 organizations in the rankings, the lead person on the latest full-year return is compared by name with the lead on the previous full-year return that reports pay, and the change is the percent change in columns D + E + F. Organizations with a different lead person, or a lead reported at $0 in either year, are left out. Each year's figure comes from one return.
Shown in the pay-by-year table on each organization's page, for example NewYork-Presbyterian, Mercyhealth and Pepperdine University. No ranking shows this change.
How to cite
CEO Paycheck, "What the filings show," https://ceopaycheck.com/findings/. Figures from IRS Form 990 filings as published; each organization's page links the return.