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. Total revenue on that return was $3,588,588,824, up 13.4% from $3,165,214,831 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Boston Children's Hospital ranks 103rd of 229 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 27%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202632279349300908.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 134th of 184 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 |
Also paid on the latest return: Demosthenes Argys (EVP, Hospital Chief Operating), $1,373,253; Nancy Andrews (EVP, Chief Scientific Officer), $1,309,423; Lisa Hogarty (SVP, RE Planning and Development), $1,177,607; Lisa Abbott (EVP, Chief Human Resource Officer), $1,144,863; Christopher Viney JD (Secretary & EVP, System General Counsel), $1,105,466; Michele Garvin Esq (EVP, Chief of Staff), $1,054,550; Alexander McAdam (Department Chief, Lab Medicine), $1,020,542; Lynn Susman (EVP, Chief Development Officer), $999,448; Heather Nelson (SVP, Chief Information Officer), $985,520; Joseph A Mitchell MD END 425 (EVP & President, Franciscan Children's Hospital), $940,919; Cynthia Haines (SVP, National & International), $914,493; Martin Kelly (Director of Investments), $854,318; Nirav Desai (Director of Investments), $841,546; Patricia Hickey PhD MBA RN NEA-BC (SVP, Nursing/Patient Care), $824,752; Stacy Drury (Department Chief, Psychiatry), $790,430; and 7 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Ryan Nagy MD BEGIN TERM 22625 (President & System COO), Douglas Berthiaume (Director - Chairperson), Allan Bufferd (Director), Eugene Flood PhD (Director), Winston Henderson (Director), Ivor Horn MD (Director), Stephen Karp (Director), Steven Krichmar (Director), Samarth Kulkarni PhD (Director), Robert Langer ScD (Director), Vivian Lee MD (Director), Harvey Lodish PhD (Director), Gary Loveman MD (Director), James Mandell MD (Director), Ralph C Martin (Director), Thomas Melendez (Director), Ted Pappendick (Director), Kathleen Regan (Director), Anthony Ryan (Director), Robert A Smith (Director - Vice Chairman), Alison Taunton-Rigby PhD (Director), Lisa Wieland (Director), Shea Asfaw BEGIN TERM 31725 (Asst Secretary/Exec 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 | 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 103rd of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 102nd, Capital Health System, $3,510,693
- Next in this ranking: 104th, Cooper University Health Care, $3,398,140
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
Franciscan Health$3,036,555 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Tampa General Hospital$2,944,103 (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).
The CEO, Kevin Churchwell MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $3,490,323.
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.
Boston Children's Hospital's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $3,527,089,859 and total revenue of $3,588,588,824 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $61,498,965. Expenses were $3,150,537,035 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 12.0%. The CEO's pay of $3,490,323 equals 0.10% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Boston Children's Hospital filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.