Boston Medical Center CEO salary and executive pay
Boston Medical Center paid its CEO, ALASTAIR BELL MD, $2,199,373 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $250,097 (12.8%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Boston Medical Center ranks 124th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Boston Medical Center has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 04-3314093, Boston, MA.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,199,373
- Total revenue
- $2,974,938,543
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 20%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202602269349302250.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 96th of 121 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, 13 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| ALASTAIR BELL MD CEO BMCHS PRESIDENT & CEO/TRUSTEE | $2,199,373 |
| ANTHONY HOLLENBERG MDPRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $1,223,979 |
| JOY BROWNSVP/CHIEF DIGITAL INFO OFFICER | $1,013,130 |
| JOE CAMILLUSSVP/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $1,006,492 |
| DAVID MCANENYSVP/CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER | $921,092 |
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return, or the highest-paid person where no one has a chief executive title.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | ALASTAIR BELL MD CEO BMCHS PRESIDENT & CEO/TRUSTEE | $2,199,373 | $2,974,938,543 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | ALASTAIR BELL MDTRUSTEE /INTERIM PRESIDENT(THRU 5/31/24) (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $1,949,276 | $2,600,525,380 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | KATHLEEN E WALSHPRESIDENT/TRUSTEE (THRU 2/28/23) (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $2,283,762 | $2,380,282,356 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | KATHLEEN E WALSH CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,557,277 | $2,141,060,598 | 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 202602269349302250.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| ALASTAIR BELL MDBMCHS PRESIDENT & CEO/TRUSTEE | $1,919,294 | $280,079 | $1,280,083 | $512,500 | $126,711 | $274,150 | $5,929 | $2,199,373 |
| ANTHONY HOLLENBERG MDPRESIDENT/TRUSTEE | $1,207,284 | $16,695 | $865,633 | $277,200 | $64,451 | $0 | $16,695 | $1,223,979 |
| JOY BROWNSVP/CHIEF DIGITAL INFO OFFICER | $959,611 | $53,519 | $584,130 | $325,000 | $50,481 | $42,000 | $11,519 | $1,013,130 |
| JOE CAMILLUSSVP/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $844,176 | $162,316 | $618,527 | $197,000 | $28,649 | $114,150 | $48,166 | $1,006,492 |
| DAVID MCANENYSVP/CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER | $877,850 | $43,242 | $611,450 | $176,400 | $90,000 | $10,350 | $32,892 | $921,092 |
These figures come from Boston 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 Boston Medical Center compares
Ranked 124th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
UF Health Shands$1,608,122 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
UC Health (Cincinnati)$2,068,092 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Presbyterian Healthcare Services$4,407,510 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Stanford Medicine Children's Health$2,338,281 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Seattle Children's$2,856,316 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
ALASTAIR BELL MD (BMCHS PRESIDENT & CEO/TRUSTEE) was paid $2,199,373 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,919,294 from Boston Medical Center and $280,079 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Boston Medical Center ranks 124th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, ALASTAIR BELL MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,199,373. Next was ANTHONY HOLLENBERG MD (PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE), at $1,223,979. On the latest return, 13 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
Boston Medical Center paid its CEO, ALASTAIR BELL MD, $2,199,373 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $250,097 (12.8%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was KATHLEEN E WALSH, paid $2,557,277. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $2,557,277 (KATHLEEN E WALSH); September 2023, $2,283,762; September 2024, $1,949,276 (ALASTAIR BELL MD); September 2025, $2,199,373.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Boston Medical Center 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.