Baptist Health (Arkansas) CEO salary and executive pay
Baptist Health (Arkansas) paid its CEO, Troy Wells, $2,295,979 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $186,357 (8.8%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $1,475,094,828, up 7.1% from $1,377,217,738 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Baptist Health (Arkansas) ranks 154th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Baptist Health (Arkansas) has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2021 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 71-0236856, Little Rock, AR.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$2,295,979
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Will Rusher (CEO/COO AHG/BHS), $607,992.
- Total revenue
- $1,475,094,828
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 57%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513179349303796.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 79th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.16% 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, 17 people were paid more than $500,000, 5 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Troy Wells CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,295,979 |
| Douglas WeeksCHIEF OF STRATEGY & INNOVATION | $1,643,102 |
| Greg CrainPRESIDENT - CENTRAL REGION | $1,183,141 |
| Brent BeaulieuCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $1,168,978 |
| Cathy DickinsonCHIEF HR OFFICER | $1,071,009 |
Also paid on the latest return: Clifford Fullerton (CHIEF VALUE BASED CARE), $920,030; Patrick Young (CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER), $795,082; Mike Perkins (PRESIDENT - LITTLE ROCK), $746,790; Charles E Phillips (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER), $739,602; Jeffrey Carrier (PRESIDENT - WESTERN AR / EAST OK), $723,675; Michael Elley (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $661,408; Greg Sharp (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER - AHG), $639,838; Kelley Hamby (SYSTEM CNO), $635,508; Will Rusher (CEO/COO AHG/BHS), $607,992; Amanda Novack (MEDICAL VP QUALITY & SAFETY), $581,189; Michele Diedrich (CNO - LITTLE ROCK), $564,347; Aaron Walker (PRESIDENT - NORTH LITTLE ROCK), $520,610.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Henry Torres (SECRETARY), Herren Hickingbotham (CHAIR), Teresa Howell (VICE CHAIR), Dr Glenn Millner (TRUSTEE), Dr Larry White (TRUSTEE), Jim Jones (TRUSTEE), John McMorran (TRUSTEE), Judy Henry (TRUSTEE), Kent Lockwood (TRUSTEE), Lamarr Bailey (TRUSTEE), Louis Lee (TRUSTEE), Mike Akin (TRUSTEE), Mike Carroll (TRUSTEE), Ronnie Dedman (TRUSTEE), Steven Booth (TRUSTEE), Suzanne Peyton (TRUSTEE).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Troy Wells CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,295,979 | $1,475,094,828 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | TROY WELLS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,109,622 | $1,377,217,738 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Troy Wells CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,451,382 | $1,224,624,901 | Filing |
| Dec 2021 Amended | Troy Wells CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,958,702 | $1,246,486,735 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513179349303796.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Troy WellsPRESIDENT & CEO | $2,247,764 | $48,215 | $1,192,526 | $753,599 | $301,639 | $24,150 | $24,065 | $2,295,979 |
| Douglas WeeksCHIEF OF STRATEGY & INNOVATION | $1,597,463 | $45,639 | $864,434 | $557,936 | $175,093 | $24,150 | $21,489 | $1,643,102 |
| Greg CrainPRESIDENT - CENTRAL REGION | $1,139,178 | $43,963 | $672,625 | $325,576 | $140,977 | $24,150 | $19,813 | $1,183,141 |
| Brent BeaulieuCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $1,124,493 | $44,485 | $675,101 | $292,095 | $157,297 | $24,150 | $20,335 | $1,168,978 |
| Cathy DickinsonCHIEF HR OFFICER | $1,037,315 | $33,694 | $411,391 | $417,404 | $208,520 | $24,150 | $9,544 | $1,071,009 |
These figures come from Baptist Health (Arkansas)'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 Baptist Health (Arkansas) compares
Ranked 154th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 153rd, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, $2,338,281
- Next in this ranking: 155th, Moffitt Cancer Center, $2,243,616
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Lakeland Regional Health$1,740,097 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Tufts Medical Center$1,816,696 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Eisenhower Health$2,905,536 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Asante$1,586,721 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Christ Hospital$1,872,912 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Troy Wells (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $2,295,979 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $2,247,764 from Baptist Health (Arkansas) and $48,215 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Troy Wells, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,295,979.
Baptist Health (Arkansas) paid its CEO, Troy Wells, $2,295,979 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $186,357 (8.8%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2021, when the CEO was Troy Wells, paid $1,958,702. By fiscal year end: December 2021, $1,958,702 (Troy Wells); December 2022, $2,451,382; December 2023, $2,109,622; December 2024, $2,295,979.
Baptist Health (Arkansas)'s return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $1,417,162,219 and total revenue of $1,475,094,828 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $57,932,609. Expenses were $1,275,411,248 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 11.1%. The CEO's pay of $2,295,979 equals 0.16% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Baptist Health (Arkansas) filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2021 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 13, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.