Bon Secours Mercy Health CEO salary and executive pay
Bon Secours Mercy Health paid its CEO, John Starcher Jr JD, $12,809,033 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $512,733 (4.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $11,537,795,267, up 32.5% from $8,710,340,168 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Bon Secours Mercy Health ranks 15th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Bon Secours Mercy Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 52-1301088, Blue Ash, OH.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$12,809,033
- Total revenue
- $11,537,795,267
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 35%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543189349312314.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 119th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.11% 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, 25 people were paid more than $500,000, 18 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| John Starcher Jr JD CEO President & CEO, Bon Secours Mercy Health | $12,809,033 |
| Deborah Bloomfield PhD CPACFO, Board Treasurer (End 07/24) | $3,157,645 |
| Kenechukwu Ugokwe MDNEUROSURGEON | $3,157,509 |
| Benjamin Boothby MDOrthopedic Surgeon | $2,547,275 |
| Wael Haidar MDChief Clinical Officer | $2,539,165 |
Also paid on the latest return: Michael Bezney JD (Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel), $2,517,954; Sameh Arebi MD (Orthopedic Surgeon), $2,493,164; Jason Szczuka (Chief Digital Officer), $2,394,534; Manish Patel MD (Orthopedic Surgeon), $2,391,964; Donald Kline (Chief Operating Officer), $2,307,102; Zoheir Abdelbaki MD (Cardiologist), $2,200,938; David A Cannady (Chief Strategy Officer), $2,027,618; Joseph Gage Jr JD (Chief Human Resources Officer), $1,778,346; Travis Crum (CFO, Board Treasurer (Beg 07/24)), $1,621,878; Staci Lucius (President, BSMH Medical Group), $1,605,050; Daniel Hurry (President - AHP and BSMH Chief Supply Chain Officer), $1,236,429; Jason Siegert (Former Key, Chief Ventures Officer), $1,096,491; Jerome Judd (SVP, Treasury), $1,091,333; Laishy Williams-Carlson (Former Chief Information Officer), $979,657; Donna Abbondandolo (Chief Compliance Officer), $853,923; and 16 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Fr Myles N Sheehan SJ MD (Board Member), Janet B Reid PhD (Board Member), Sister Fran Gorsuch CBS (Board Member), Sister Patricia A Eck CBS (Board Member).
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 | John Starcher Jr JD CEO President & CEO, Bon Secours Mercy Health | $12,809,033 | $11,537,795,267 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | JOHN STARCHER JR JD CEO President & CEO, Bon Secours Mercy Health | $12,296,300 | $8,710,340,168 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | JOHN STARCHER JR JD CEO Chief Executive Officer | $11,580,768 | $8,211,838,521 | 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 202543189349312314.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| John Starcher Jr JDPresident & CEO, Bon Secours Mercy Health | $10,780,891 | $2,028,142 | $2,946,938 | $3,163,987 | $4,669,966 | $1,985,213 | $42,929 | $12,809,033 |
| Deborah Bloomfield PhD CPACFO, Board Treasurer (End 07/24) | $2,563,971 | $593,674 | $1,014,145 | $483,250 | $1,066,576 | $564,266 | $29,408 | $3,157,645 |
| Kenechukwu Ugokwe MDNEUROSURGEON | $3,093,510 | $63,999 | $1,228,898 | $1,784,873 | $79,739 | $33,400 | $30,599 | $3,157,509 |
| Benjamin Boothby MDOrthopedic Surgeon | $2,468,473 | $78,802 | $637,192 | $1,742,800 | $88,481 | $33,400 | $45,402 | $2,547,275 |
| Wael Haidar MDChief Clinical Officer | $1,988,113 | $551,052 | $840,737 | $414,229 | $733,147 | $529,255 | $21,797 | $2,539,165 |
These figures come from Bon Secours Mercy Health'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 Bon Secours Mercy Health compares
Ranked 15th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 14th, Kaiser Permanente (Health Plan), $12,976,050
- Next in this ranking: 16th, Sutter Health, $11,904,420
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
CommonSpirit Health$14,175,319 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
BJC HealthCare$5,392,901 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Mayo Clinic$4,888,096 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
UPMC$13,324,020 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Kaiser Permanente (Health Plan)$12,976,050 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
John Starcher Jr JD (President & CEO, Bon Secours Mercy Health) was paid $12,809,033 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $10,780,891 from Bon Secours Mercy Health and $2,028,142 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, John Starcher Jr JD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $12,809,033.
Bon Secours Mercy Health paid its CEO, John Starcher Jr JD, $12,809,033 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $512,733 (4.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was JOHN STARCHER JR JD, paid $11,580,768. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $11,580,768 (JOHN STARCHER JR JD); December 2023, $12,296,300; December 2024, $12,809,033.
Bon Secours Mercy Health's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $11,229,979,856 and total revenue of $11,537,795,267 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $307,815,411. Expenses were $9,002,797,483 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 24.7%. The CEO's pay of $12,809,033 equals 0.11% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Bon Secours Mercy Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 14, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.