Ascension CEO salary and executive pay
Ascension paid its CEO, Joseph R Impicciche JD MHA, $14,086,474 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,805,323 (14.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $3,284,806,032, up 36.6% from $2,404,854,217 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Ascension ranks 9th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Ascension has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as Ascension Health Alliance.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 45-3358926, St Louis, MO.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$14,086,474
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Eduardo F Conrado (PRESIDENT), $10,919,629.
- Total revenue
- $3,284,806,032
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 91%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641359349311999.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 17th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.43% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This is Ascension Health Alliance, the Ascension parent that reports the CEO's pay. Ascension's regional hospitals, such as Ascension Seton, file their own returns. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Ascension Seton (EIN 74-1109643), so the revenue shown here is this return's own, not the whole system's.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 10 people were paid more than $500,000, 9 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Joseph R Impicciche JD MHA CEO CEO | $14,086,474 |
| Eduardo F ConradoPRESIDENT | $10,919,629 |
| Christine K McCoy JDEVP & GENERAL COUNSEL | $5,287,112 |
| Elizabeth C Foshage CPAEVP & CFO (END 11/2024) | $4,978,540 |
| Craig A Cordola FACHEFORMER HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE (END 12/2023) | $4,823,160 |
Also paid on the latest return: Sally Anne Hurt-Deitch (EVP, NURSING AND OPERATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE), $4,499,031; Herbert J Vallier (EVP & CHRO), $4,185,611; Timothy Paul Adams (SVP, REGIONAL OPERATIONS OFFICER), $3,550,839; Richard I Fogel MD (EVP & CCO), $3,513,769; Saurabh Tripathi (EVP & CFO), $929,937; W Stancil Starnes JD (CHAIR), $235,000; Eve J Higginbotham Sm MD ML (SECRETARY), $169,050; Sheila P Burke Mpa RN FAAN (VICE CHAIR), $169,050; Michael E Zychinski CPA (DIRECTOR), $169,050; Stephen M Dufilho CPA (DIRECTOR), $163,538; Benny Larussa Jr (TREASURER), $158,025; Naveen Agarwal (DIRECTOR), $158,025; Kristi A Savacool (FORMER BOARD OFFICER (END 6/2024)), $84,525.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Joseph R Impicciche JD MHA CEO CEO | $14,086,474 | $3,284,806,032 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Joseph R Impicciche JD MHA CEO CEO | $12,281,151 | $2,404,854,217 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | JOSEPH R IMPICCICHE JD MHA CEO PRESIDENT & CEO (END 2/2023)/CEO (START 2/2023) | $9,118,708 | $2,174,612,908 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | JOSEPH R IMPICCICHE JD MHA CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $13,707,694 | $3,703,980,191 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641359349311999.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Joseph R Impicciche JD MHACEO | $14,013,862 | $72,612 | $1,989,529 | $10,878,750 | $1,145,583 | $22,425 | $50,187 | $14,086,474 |
| Eduardo F ConradoPRESIDENT | $10,184,916 | $734,713 | $1,610,766 | $6,375,000 | $2,199,150 | $690,975 | $43,738 | $10,919,629 |
| Christine K McCoy JDEVP & GENERAL COUNSEL | $4,901,128 | $385,984 | $926,028 | $2,800,000 | $1,175,100 | $334,425 | $51,559 | $5,287,112 |
| Elizabeth C Foshage CPAEVP & CFO (END 11/2024) | $4,931,407 | $47,133 | $925,456 | $3,600,000 | $405,951 | $22,425 | $24,708 | $4,978,540 |
| Craig A Cordola FACHE*FORMER HIGHEST COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE (END 12/2023) | $4,823,160 | $0 | $0 | $1,806,825 | $3,016,335 | $0 | $0 | $4,823,160 |
These figures come from Ascension'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 Ascension compares
Ranked 9th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 8th, CommonSpirit Health, $14,175,319
- Next in this ranking: 10th, Hackensack Meridian Health, $13,541,590
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Albany Med Health System$2,495,953 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Trinity Health$7,298,977 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
ChristianaCare$3,545,430 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
AdventHealth$9,855,391 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
City of Hope$7,115,860 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Joseph R Impicciche JD MHA (CEO) was paid $14,086,474 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $14,013,862 from Ascension and $72,612 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Joseph R Impicciche JD MHA, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $14,086,474.
This is Ascension Health Alliance, the Ascension parent that reports the CEO's pay. Ascension's regional hospitals, such as Ascension Seton, file their own returns.
Ascension paid its CEO, Joseph R Impicciche JD MHA, $14,086,474 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,805,323 (14.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was JOSEPH R IMPICCICHE JD MHA, paid $13,707,694. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $13,707,694 (JOSEPH R IMPICCICHE JD MHA); June 2023, $9,118,708; June 2024, $12,281,151; June 2025, $14,086,474.
Ascension's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $2,096,639,578 and total revenue of $3,284,806,032 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $1,188,166,454. Expenses were $2,099,265,875 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they fell 0.1%. The CEO's pay of $14,086,474 equals 0.67% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Ascension filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.