Boston Children's Hospital CEO salary and executive pay
Boston Children's Hospital paid its CEO, Kevin Churchwell MD, $3,490,323 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $292,431 (9.1%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Boston Children's Hospital ranks 88th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Boston Children's Hospital has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-2774441, Boston, MA.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$3,490,323
- Total revenue
- $3,588,588,824
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 35%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202632279349300908.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 78th of 121 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.10% 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, 23 people were paid more than $500,000, 12 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Kevin Churchwell MD CEO Chief Executive Officer | $3,490,323 |
| Philip RotnerChief Investment Officer | $1,961,004 |
| Doug VandersliceTreasurer & EVP, System CFO | $1,953,676 |
| Peter Laussen MDEVP, Health Affairs | $1,557,949 |
| Laura J Wood DNP MS RNEVP, Chief Nursing Officer | $1,411,895 |
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 | Kevin Churchwell MD CEO Chief Executive Officer | $3,490,323 | $3,588,588,824 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Kevin Churchwell MD CEO President & CEO | $3,197,892 | $3,165,214,831 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Kevin Churchwell MD CEO President & CEO | $3,365,304 | $2,712,815,226 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Kevin Churchwell MD CEO President & CEO | $2,858,280 | $2,493,039,815 | 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 202632279349300908.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Kevin Churchwell MDChief Executive Officer | $3,311,889 | $178,434 | $1,856,511 | $915,518 | $539,860 | $34,500 | $143,934 | $3,490,323 |
| Philip RotnerChief Investment Officer | $1,882,678 | $78,326 | $1,060,465 | $580,250 | $241,963 | $34,500 | $43,826 | $1,961,004 |
| Doug VandersliceTreasurer & EVP, System CFO | $1,859,177 | $94,499 | $1,054,348 | $522,489 | $282,340 | $34,500 | $59,999 | $1,953,676 |
| Peter Laussen MDEVP, Health Affairs | $1,448,138 | $109,811 | $917,563 | $377,010 | $153,565 | $37,950 | $71,861 | $1,557,949 |
| Laura J Wood DNP MS RNEVP, Chief Nursing Officer | $1,307,311 | $104,584 | $794,114 | $378,200 | $134,997 | $37,950 | $66,634 | $1,411,895 |
These figures come from Boston Children's Hospital'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 Boston Children's Hospital compares
Ranked 88th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
UChicago Medicine$3,295,016 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Cincinnati Children's$2,814,850 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Lee Health$709,634 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
HonorHealth$4,422,352 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
City of Hope$7,115,860 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Kevin Churchwell MD (Chief Executive Officer) was paid $3,490,323 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $3,311,889 from Boston Children's Hospital and $178,434 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Boston Children's Hospital ranks 88th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, Kevin Churchwell MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $3,490,323. Next was Philip Rotner (Chief Investment Officer), at $1,961,004. On the latest return, 23 people were paid more than $500,000, 12 of them more than $1 million.
Boston Children's Hospital paid its CEO, Kevin Churchwell MD, $3,490,323 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $292,431 (9.1%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Kevin Churchwell MD, paid $2,858,280. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $2,858,280 (Kevin Churchwell MD); September 2023, $3,365,304; September 2024, $3,197,892; September 2025, $3,490,323.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Boston Children's Hospital filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.