Cape Fear Valley Health CEO salary and executive pay
Cape Fear Valley Health paid its CEO, Michael Nagowski, $1,561,670 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. That is down $344,481 (18.1%) from the fiscal year ending September 2023. Total revenue on that return was $1,394,987,240, up 18.6% from $1,176,686,907 for the fiscal year ending September 2023. Cape Fear Valley Health ranks 208th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Cape Fear Valley Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 56-0845796, Fayetteville, NC.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2024
$1,561,670
- Total revenue
- $1,394,987,240
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 37%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2024, IRS object ID 202522689349301712.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 116th 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, 9 people were paid more than $500,000, 4 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Michael Nagowski CEO CEO | $1,561,670 |
| Robert MaughanPHYSICIAN | $1,397,956 |
| Charles HaworthPHYSICIAN | $1,252,513 |
| Irlene LocklearPHYSICIAN | $1,063,594 |
| Hughey CarterPHYSICIAN | $975,576 |
Also paid on the latest return: Kenneth Manning (PHYSICIAN), $889,934; Daniel Weatherly (COO), $799,986; Bret Johnson (CFO), $741,572; Philip Wood Jr (CIO), $584,326; Deborah Marshburn (CNO), $440,803; Chuck Chima (TRUSTEE), $62,500; Myron Strickland (TRUSTEE), $49,440.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Sanjay Shah MD (CHAIR), Jimmy Keefe (VICE CHAIR), Ernest Jones (SECRETARY), Glenn Adams (TRUSTEE), Afua Arhim (TRUSTEE), Michael Boose (TRUSTEE), Terrill Brown (TRUSTEE), Jeannette Council (TRUSTEE), Marshall Faircloth (TRUSTEE), Girum Feyissa MD (TRUSTEE), Michael Jones MD (TRUSTEE), Veronica Jones (TRUSTEE), Kelvin Farmer (TRUSTEE), Larry Lancaster (TRUSTEE), Shannon Matthews (TRUSTEE), Toni Stewart (TRUSTEE), Pamela Story (TRUSTEE), Clarence Grier (TRUSTEE), Ryan Aul (TRUSTEE).
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 Short year, 3 months | Michael Nagowski CEO CEO | $1,778,609 | $346,889,617 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Michael Nagowski CEO CEO | $1,561,670 | $1,394,987,240 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Michael Nagowski CEO CEO | $1,906,151 | $1,176,686,907 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Michael Nagowski CEO CEO | $1,537,259 | $1,261,363,285 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2024, IRS object ID 202522689349301712.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Michael NagowskiCEO | $1,541,010 | $20,660 | $1,104,910 | $433,195 | $2,905 | $9,386 | $11,274 | $1,561,670 |
| Robert MaughanPHYSICIAN | $1,385,898 | $12,058 | $1,385,898 | $0 | $0 | $9,900 | $2,158 | $1,397,956 |
| Charles HaworthPHYSICIAN | $1,236,208 | $16,305 | $896,534 | $137,347 | $202,327 | $7,889 | $8,416 | $1,252,513 |
| Irlene LocklearPHYSICIAN | $1,051,135 | $12,459 | $499,999 | $550,027 | $1,109 | $9,900 | $2,559 | $1,063,594 |
| Hughey CarterPHYSICIAN | $968,921 | $6,655 | $275,000 | $666,767 | $27,154 | $5,682 | $973 | $975,576 |
These figures come from Cape Fear Valley 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 Cape Fear Valley Health compares
Ranked 208th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 207th, Premier Health, $1,579,749
- Next in this ranking: 209th, UofL Health - Louisville, $1,506,278
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
SSM Health$7,886,813 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Southcoast Health$1,798,618 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Baptist Health South Florida$5,597,018 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Froedtert ThedaCare Health$5,238,377 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Driscoll Children's Hospital$2,221,293 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Common questions
Michael Nagowski (CEO) was paid $1,561,670 for the fiscal year ending September 2024: $1,541,010 from Cape Fear Valley Health and $20,660 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Michael Nagowski, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,561,670.
Cape Fear Valley Health paid its CEO, Michael Nagowski, $1,561,670 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. That is down $344,481 (18.1%) from the fiscal year ending September 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Michael Nagowski, paid $1,537,259. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,537,259 (Michael Nagowski); September 2023, $1,906,151; September 2024, $1,561,670; December 2024, $1,778,609.
Cape Fear Valley Health's return for the fiscal year ending September 2024 reports total expenses of $1,328,952,911 and total revenue of $1,394,987,240 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $66,034,329. Expenses were $1,096,544,980 for the fiscal year ending September 2023, so they rose 21.2%. The CEO's pay of $1,561,670 equals 0.12% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Cape Fear Valley Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on September 25, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.