Apella Health CEO salary and executive pay
Apella Health paid its CEO, Elmer Holstien, $2,734,045 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending September 2024, the CEO was Bruce Holstien, paid $2,238,505. Total revenue on that return was $524,676,090, up 10.7% from $473,759,564 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Apella Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 81-4193950, Spartanburg, SC.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,734,045
- Total revenue
- $524,676,090
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 96%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622269349301412.View the filing
Peers: the 330 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 13th of 331 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.52% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 8 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Elmer Holstien CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,734,045 |
| Michael Orseck MDBOARD MEMBER | $1,416,785 |
| Bruce DavisEVP/CFO | $1,110,749 |
| Mark AycockVP-OPERATIONS | $1,013,617 |
| Maria WilliamsonVP-MARKETING | $606,400 |
Also paid on the latest return: Brett English (VP FINANCE), $548,316; Mary Jane Jennings (CHIEF NURSING OFFICER-SMC), $541,196; Wellesley Alexander MD (TREASURER), $534,115; Parkes Coggins (VICE PRESIDENT HEART/VASCULAR AND ONCOLOGY SERVICES), $491,116; Cody Butts (PRESIDENT - RURAL DIVISION HOSPITALS), $420,752; Natashia Jeter MD (BOARD MEMBER), $356,381.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: D Byrd Miller III (PAST CHAIR), Jon Jensen (BOARD MEMBER), Katherine O'Neill (CHAIR), Robert Barrett (VICE CHAIR), Scott Montgomery (BOARD MEMBER), Terry Cash (BOARD MEMBER), Vic Bailey III (SECRETARY).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Elmer Holstien CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,734,045 | $524,676,090 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Bruce Holstien CEO President/CEO | $2,238,505 | $473,759,564 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Bruce Holstein CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,378,913 | $405,021,942 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Bruce Holstein CEO PRESIDENT | $2,609,585 | $335,907,316 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622269349301412.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Elmer HolstienPRESIDENT/CEO | $2,072,543 | $0 | $661,502 | $1,373,455 | $655,651 | $43,437 | $653,273 | $8,229 | $2,734,045 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Michael Orseck MD*BOARD MEMBER | $0 | $1,407,781 | $9,004 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,392,741 | $0 | $15,040 | $0 | $9,004 | $1,416,785 | |||
| Bruce DavisEVP/CFO | $921,082 | $0 | $189,667 | $687,066 | $141,652 | $92,364 | $164,833 | $24,834 | $1,110,749 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Mark AycockVP-OPERATIONS | $981,075 | $0 | $32,542 | $595,520 | $336,370 | $49,185 | $12,075 | $20,467 | $1,013,617 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Maria WilliamsonVP-MARKETING | $593,391 | $0 | $13,009 | $372,853 | $175,800 | $44,738 | $0 | $13,009 | $606,400 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Apella Health's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Apella Health compares
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Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
RAND Corporation$1,182,669 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health$871,262 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Boys Town$769,189 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Electric Power Research Institute$2,870,259 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
George Kaiser Family Foundation$791,481 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Elmer Holstien (PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $2,734,045 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $2,072,543 from Apella Health and $661,502 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Elmer Holstien, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,734,045.
Apella Health paid its CEO, Elmer Holstien, $2,734,045 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. On the return for the fiscal year ending September 2024, the CEO was Bruce Holstien, paid $2,238,505. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Bruce Holstein, paid $2,609,585. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $2,609,585 (Bruce Holstein); September 2023, $2,378,913; September 2024, $2,238,505 (Bruce Holstien); September 2025, $2,734,045 (Elmer Holstien).
Apella Health's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $511,554,532 and total revenue of $524,676,090 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $13,121,558. Expenses were $463,222,571 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 10.4%. The CEO's pay of $2,734,045 equals 0.53% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Apella Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.