Blue Cross Blue Shield Association CEO salary and executive pay
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association paid its CEO, KIM KECK, $8,414,231 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $2,372,816 (39.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association ranks 5th of 46 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay. Blue Cross Blue Shield Association has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Also known as BCBSA or Blue Cross Blue Shield.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 13-5656874, Chicago, IL.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$8,414,231
- Total revenue
- $862,659,881
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 98%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202523189349310097.View the filing
Peers: the 179 other organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion. Ranked 3rd of 180 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.98% 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 the national association in Chicago. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans are independent companies, many of them for-profit, and their executives are not on this return.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 27 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| KIM KECK CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $8,414,231 |
| SEAN ROBBINSEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT (END 05/24) | $1,651,878 |
| WILLIAM NEHSSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT (END 06/24) | $1,627,148 |
| JENNIFER VACHONEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT (END 07/24) | $1,610,579 |
| CHRISTINA FISHEREXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CFO | $1,329,060 |
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 | KIM KECK CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $8,414,231 | $862,659,881 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | KIM KECK CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $6,041,415 | $819,123,548 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | KIM KECK CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO | $3,986,239 | $755,791,525 | 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 202523189349310097.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| KIM KECKPRESIDENT AND CEO | $6,155,415 | $2,258,816 | $1,555,062 | $4,392,400 | $207,953 | $2,227,277 | $31,539 | $8,414,231 |
| SEAN ROBBINSEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT (END 05/24) | $1,284,466 | $367,412 | $310,304 | $972,724 | $1,438 | $349,860 | $17,552 | $1,651,878 |
| WILLIAM NEHSSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT (END 06/24) | $1,455,280 | $171,868 | $310,007 | $559,308 | $585,965 | $155,860 | $16,008 | $1,627,148 |
| JENNIFER VACHONEXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT (END 07/24) | $1,302,007 | $308,572 | $442,521 | $1,038,402 | -$178,916 | $268,095 | $40,477 | $1,610,579 |
| CHRISTINA FISHEREXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CFO | $1,097,094 | $231,966 | $589,315 | $504,445 | $3,334 | $214,715 | $17,251 | $1,329,060 |
These figures come from Blue Cross Blue Shield Association'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 Blue Cross Blue Shield Association compares
Ranked 5th of 46 major nonprofits by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the organizations on this site with revenue of $500 million to $5 billion:
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University$1,048,438 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
St. Luke's Health System (Idaho)$2,104,597 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Penn State Health$3,235,216 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
University of Denver$1,209,539 (Chancellor), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Wake Forest University$1,883,267 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
KIM KECK (PRESIDENT AND CEO) was paid $8,414,231 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $6,155,415 from Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and $2,258,816 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Blue Cross Blue Shield Association ranks 5th of 46 major nonprofits on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, KIM KECK, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $8,414,231. Next was SEAN ROBBINS (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT (END 05/24)), at $1,651,878. On the latest return, 27 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
This is the national association in Chicago. The Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans are independent companies, many of them for-profit, and their executives are not on this return.
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association paid its CEO, KIM KECK, $8,414,231 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $2,372,816 (39.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was KIM KECK, paid $3,986,239. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $3,986,239 (KIM KECK); December 2023, $6,041,415; December 2024, $8,414,231.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Blue Cross Blue Shield Association filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.