Baptist Memorial Health Care CEO salary and executive pay
Baptist Memorial Health Care paid its CEO, Jason M Little, $3,913,950 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $758,732 (24.0%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $397,014,555, up 13.0% from $351,245,580 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Baptist Memorial Health Care ranks 90th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Baptist Memorial Health Care has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 58-1521475, Memphis, TN.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$3,913,950
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Bobbie K Ware (CEO MS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER), $625,060; Justin Rhodes (VP-CEO BMG & CONNECTED CARE), $621,092; Anna K Bishop (CEO-BOONEVILLE/UNION COUNTY), $438,712; Brian K Hogan (CEO BMH-DESOTO), $413,996; Susan M Breeden (CEO BMH-HUNTINGDON), $412,293; Samuel S Lynd (CEO JONESBORO), $404,864; Robert Coleman (CEO BMH-GOLDEN TRIANGLE), $388,552; Lindsay R Stencel (CEO BMH-COLLIERVILLE), $366,912; Samuel Pieh (CEO BMH-CRITTENDEN), $366,727; Barry Bondurant (CEO BMH-UNION CITY), $361,091; Parker Harris (CEO BMH-TIPTON), $338,965; Allison K Bosse (CEO WOMEN'S HOSPITAL), $314,573; Daryl Weaver (CEO BMC-LEAKE), $290,033; John G Anderson (CEO-BAPTIST ANDERSON), $273,518; Christopher Threadgill (CEO-CALHOUN & NURSING HOME), $260,946; McCafferty W Flynt (CEO-ATTALA & YAZOO (THRU 09/25)), $240,919; Mark Kelly (CEO RES.CARE/SKILL.NURS.(THRU 07/25)), $189,479; Allison Schuler (CEO BMC-ATTALA (AS OF 09/25)), $188,121; Stefanie Dendy (CEO BMC-YAZOO (AS OF 09/25)), $162,347; Brian Welton (CEO - BMH-NORTH MISSISSIPPI), $403,714.
- Total revenue
- $397,014,555
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 99%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202642269349300509.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 2nd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.99% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
The system's largest single return is filed separately by Baptist Memorial Hospital (EIN 62-0123940), 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, 20 people were paid more than $500,000, 9 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Jason M Little CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $3,913,950 |
| Zachary R ChandlerEVP/CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER | $1,830,299 |
| Gregory M DuckettEVP, CHIEF LEGAL OFF. & SEC. | $1,760,131 |
| Gary C AndersonEVP AND CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER | $1,759,886 |
| Mark E Swanson MDFORMER VICE PRESIDENT | $1,317,610 |
Also paid on the latest return: Kimberly O Young (EXECUTIVE VP & CFO), $1,216,119; Derick B Ziegler (VP AND CHIEF TRANSFORMATION OFFICER), $1,123,783; Thomas Barnett (VP/CIO), $1,059,819; Nancy Averwater (SR. VP/CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER), $1,053,306; Brad H Parsons (VP-WTN/AR REGIONAL OPERATIONS), $973,306; Edwin P Cade (VP - METRO OPERATIONS), $907,999; Ronald Wachsman (VP-MANAGED CARE AND CRCO), $838,499; Mary E Sumrall (VP/CHIEF NURSING EXEC.), $758,860; James A Grantham (VP OF MS OPERATIONS), $742,352; William Cloud MD (VP-CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER), $716,847; Paul D Depriest MD (FORMER EXECUTIVE VP & COO), $714,560; Bobbie K Ware (CEO MS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER), $625,060; Justin Rhodes (VP-CEO BMG & CONNECTED CARE), $621,092; William A Griffin (FORMER EXECUTIVE VP & CFO), $538,737; Keith Norman (VP GOV. AFFAIRS AND COMM. REL. OFF.), $500,899; and 36 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Allen B Puckett III (CHAIRMAN/DIRECTOR), Alveno Castilla (DIRECTOR), Candace Steele Flippin (DIRECTOR), Dale Morris MD (DIRECTOR), Dorothy Cleaves (DIRECTOR), Dr John Stanford (DIRECTOR), James Kirkland (DIRECTOR), James M Glasgow (DIRECTOR (THRU 12/24)), Jeff Farnham (DIRECTOR), Larry McClendon (DIRECTOR (AS OF 01/25)), Lauren Wilson Young (DIRECTOR), Michael Cary (DIRECTOR), Murray Benton (DIRECTOR), Rhodes Thompson (DIRECTOR (THRU 12/24)), Robert M Gathings Jr (DIRECTOR/VICE-CHAIR (AS OF 01/25)), Watson Bell (DIRECTOR).
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 | Jason M Little CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $3,913,950 | $397,014,555 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Jason M Little CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $3,155,218 | $351,245,580 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Jason M Little CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,456,642 | $280,996,342 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Jason M Little CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $3,501,451 | $278,710,064 | 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 202642269349300509.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Jason M LittlePRESIDENT & CEO | $3,797,655 | $116,295 | $1,421,393 | $1,751,999 | $624,263 | $79,375 | $36,920 | $3,913,950 |
| Zachary R ChandlerEVP/CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER | $1,734,060 | $96,239 | $663,955 | $723,604 | $346,501 | $70,750 | $25,489 | $1,830,299 |
| Gregory M DuckettEVP, CHIEF LEGAL OFF. & SEC. | $1,667,844 | $92,287 | $518,957 | $500,750 | $648,137 | $52,833 | $39,454 | $1,760,131 |
| Gary C AndersonEVP AND CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER | $1,674,623 | $85,263 | $714,853 | $708,499 | $251,271 | $68,170 | $17,093 | $1,759,886 |
| Mark E Swanson MD*FORMER VICE PRESIDENT | $1,297,719 | $19,891 | $505,774 | $600,933 | $191,012 | $0 | $19,891 | $1,317,610 |
These figures come from Baptist Memorial Health Care'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 Memorial Health Care compares
Ranked 90th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 89th, Hoag, $3,921,506
- Next in this ranking: 91st, Community Health Network, $3,879,760
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
CoxHealth$1,977,250 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
McLeod Health$2,430,056 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Legacy Health$2,784,747 (CEO), fiscal year ending Mar 2025
MedStar Health$6,562,774 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Nicklaus Children's Health System$2,570,950 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Jason M Little (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $3,913,950 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $3,797,655 from Baptist Memorial Health Care and $116,295 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Jason M Little, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $3,913,950.
Baptist Memorial Health Care paid its CEO, Jason M Little, $3,913,950 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $758,732 (24.0%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Jason M Little, paid $3,501,451. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $3,501,451 (Jason M Little); September 2023, $2,456,642; September 2024, $3,155,218; September 2025, $3,913,950.
Baptist Memorial Health Care's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $425,208,064 and total revenue of $397,014,555 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $28,193,509. Expenses were $378,265,860 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 12.4%. The CEO's pay of $3,913,950 equals 0.92% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Baptist Memorial Health Care 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.