Baylor University Medical Center CEO salary and executive pay
Baylor University Medical Center paid its CEO, Kyle Armstrong, $1,688,142 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $25,758 (1.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $2,318,236,064, up 16.3% from $1,994,070,507 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Baylor University Medical Center ranks 19th of 36 hospitals on this site by CEO pay. Baylor University Medical Center has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 75-1837454, Dallas, TX.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$1,688,142
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,977,455Steven NewtonFormer Officer
- Total revenue
- $2,318,236,064
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 5%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631349349310703.View the filing
Peers: the 34 other hospitals on this site. Ranked 33rd of 35 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.07% 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, 10 people were paid more than $500,000, 2 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Steven NewtonFormer Officer | $2,977,455 |
| Kyle Armstrong CEO President/CEO | $1,688,142 |
| Karla RambergerFormer Key Employee | $754,137 |
| Milton Packer MDMedical Director | $751,263 |
| Grant TeegardenSecretary | $706,956 |
Also paid on the latest return: Amy Wilson MD (Trustee/CMO), $644,044; Jason Whitfield (VP CFO), $641,474; Patricia DeFrehn (VP Patient Care & Operations), $610,062; Cristie Columbus MD (Medical Director), $588,410; Jeshahnton Essex (VP COO), $501,462; Jorge Kim (Medical Director), $490,970; Daniel Gunn (Chief of Anesthesiology & Pain Mgt), $400,719; Philip Boettcher (Interim CNO), $370,260.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Harry Neil Dugger (Trustee/Chair), Marissa Hernandez (Trustee/Vice Chair), Jeffrey Schmeltekopf (Trustee), Rodrick Robinson (Trustee), Timothy Owens (Trustee), Pamela Linton (Trustee), Wendy Hermes JD (Trustee), Lisa Hultz (Trustee).
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 | Kyle Armstrong CEO President/CEO | $1,688,142 | $2,318,236,064 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Kyle Armstrong CEO President/CEO | $1,713,900 | $1,994,070,507 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Kyle Armstrong CEO President/CEO | $980,469 | $1,733,875,111 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Steven Newton CEO President/CEO (thru 4/26/22) | $1,886,058 | $1,805,461,131 | 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 202631349349310703.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Steven Newton*Former Officer | $0 | $2,931,092 | $46,363 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,100,418 | $1,637,688 | $192,986 | $17,250 | $29,113 | $2,977,455 | |||
| Kyle ArmstrongPresident/CEO | $1,539,054 | $0 | $149,088 | $679,520 | $823,994 | $35,540 | $116,002 | $33,086 | $1,688,142 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Karla Ramberger*Former Key Employee | $26,644 | $644,591 | $82,902 | $24,546 | $0 | $2,098 | $1,365 | $1,788 | $29,797 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $416,585 | $193,298 | $34,708 | $57,042 | $22,706 | $724,339 | |||
| Milton Packer MDMedical Director | $724,428 | $0 | $26,835 | $620,090 | $100,000 | $4,338 | $17,250 | $9,585 | $751,263 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Grant Teegarden*Secretary | $0 | $619,697 | $87,259 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $352,008 | $250,251 | $17,438 | $57,804 | $29,456 | $706,957 | |||
These figures come from Baylor University Medical Center'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 Baylor University Medical Center compares
Ranked 19th of 36 hospitals by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 18th, Pikeville Medical Center, $1,738,038
- Next in this ranking: 20th, South Shore Health, $1,671,392
Closest in revenue among the hospitals on this site:
Scott & White Memorial Hospital$1,336,606 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center$7,634,720 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Virginia Mason Medical Center$5,754,859 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Bryan Medical Center$898,484 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital$1,145,699 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Kyle Armstrong (President/CEO) was paid $1,688,142 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $1,539,054 from Baylor University Medical Center and $149,088 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Steven Newton (Former Officer), at $2,977,455. That is $1,289,313 more than the CEO, Kyle Armstrong.
Baylor University Medical Center paid its CEO, Kyle Armstrong, $1,688,142 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $25,758 (1.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Steven Newton, paid $1,886,058. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,886,058 (Steven Newton); June 2023, $980,469 (Kyle Armstrong); June 2024, $1,713,900; June 2025, $1,688,142.
Baylor University Medical Center's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,515,360,286 and total revenue of $2,318,236,064 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $802,875,778. Expenses were $1,470,198,617 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 3.1%. The CEO's pay of $1,688,142 equals 0.11% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Baylor University Medical Center filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.