CommonSpirit Health CEO salary and executive pay
CommonSpirit Health paid its CEO, Wright L Lassiter III, $14,175,319 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $1,221,732 (7.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $11,619,907,844, up 3.1% from $11,265,480,050 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. CommonSpirit Health ranks 8th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. CommonSpirit Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as Dignity Health.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 94-1196203, Phoenix, AZ.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$14,175,319
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Terika Richardson MPH FACHE (CHAIR/ PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), $8,345,090.
- Total revenue
- $11,619,907,844
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 41%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601349349301000.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 108th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.12% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
CommonSpirit Health's chief executive is paid by Dignity Health, a CommonSpirit organization, so this page uses Dignity Health's return. CommonSpirit Health's own return lists the same executive with pay from related organizations.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 32 people were paid more than $1 million and no one else more than $500,000.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Wright L Lassiter III CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $14,175,319 |
| Tammara WilcoxSYSTEM SVP PAYER STRATEGY & RELATIONSHIPS (THRU 9/ | $9,242,123 |
| Terika Richardson MPH FACHECHAIR/ PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $8,345,090 |
| Anthony Scott CarswellSYSTEM SVP MARKET STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT (THRU 6/28/ | $7,543,215 |
| Julie SprengelPRESIDENT CALIFORNIA REGION | $7,074,593 |
Also paid on the latest return: John E Petersdorf (SYSTEM SVP OPERATIONAL FINANCE), $5,864,923; Thomas McGinn MD MPH (SEVP, PHYSICIAN ENTERPRISE), $5,539,630; Daniel J Morissette CPA (TREASURER/ SEVP, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $5,173,837; Daniel Barchi Mem (SEVP, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $4,919,846; Mitch Melfi Esq JD (SECRETARY/ VICE CHAIR/ SEVP, CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER), $4,666,901; Tracy N Sklar (SYSTEM SVP QUALITY), $4,580,912; Robert Wiebe MD (EVP, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER (THRU 1/10/25)), $4,174,774; Sheri Shapiro MBA (SEVP, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER), $3,812,862; Michelle Johnson-Tidjani JD MBA (BOARD MEMBER/ SEVP, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER), $3,792,171; Lilicia Bailey PhD MBA (SEVP, CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER), $3,101,906; Lisa Zuckerman (SYSTEM SVP TREASURY & STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS), $3,097,377; Kathleen Sanford Dba RN FAAN FACH (SEVP, CHIEF NURSING OFFICER), $3,039,133; Annette Lorenzi (SYSTEM SVP PEOPLE OPERATIONS (THRU 7/5/24)), $2,975,910; Tim Bricker (PRESIDENT CENTRAL REGION), $2,889,751; Benjie M Loanzon (SYSTEM SVP FINANCE AND CORPORATE CONTROLLER), $2,814,388; and 19 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Wright L Lassiter III CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $14,175,319 | $11,619,907,844 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Wright L Lassiter III CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (EFF 8/1/22) | $15,397,051 | $11,265,480,050 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Lloyd H Dean CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO THRU 7/31/22) | $27,954,468 | $9,914,543,261 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Lloyd H Dean CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $35,462,873 | $9,491,913,368 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202601349349301000.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Wright L Lassiter III*CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $14,076,171 | $0 | $99,148 | $2,871,082 | $10,901,250 | $303,839 | $75,420 | $23,728 | $14,175,319 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Tammara WilcoxSYSTEM SVP PAYER STRATEGY & RELATIONSHIPS (THRU 9/ | $6,467,716 | $0 | $2,774,407 | $500,115 | $1,834,460 | $4,133,141 | $2,744,956 | $29,451 | $9,242,123 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Terika Richardson MPH FACHE*CHAIR/ PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $0 | $7,764,970 | $580,120 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $2,196,630 | $5,532,500 | $35,840 | $550,000 | $30,120 | $8,345,090 | |||
| Anthony Scott CarswellSYSTEM SVP MARKET STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT (THRU 6/28/ | $5,085,421 | $0 | $2,457,794 | $376,475 | $861,233 | $3,847,713 | $2,416,123 | $41,671 | $7,543,215 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Julie SprengelPRESIDENT CALIFORNIA REGION | $6,655,764 | $0 | $418,829 | $1,842,854 | $4,797,820 | $15,090 | $413,939 | $4,890 | $7,074,593 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from CommonSpirit 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 CommonSpirit Health compares
Ranked 8th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 7th, Risant Health (Geisinger), $14,295,895
- Next in this ranking: 9th, Ascension, $14,086,474
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Bon Secours Mercy Health$12,809,033 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
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
Wright L Lassiter III (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) was paid $14,175,319 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $14,076,171 from CommonSpirit Health and $99,148 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Wright L Lassiter III, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $14,175,319.
CommonSpirit Health's chief executive is paid by Dignity Health, a CommonSpirit organization, so this page uses Dignity Health's return. CommonSpirit Health's own return lists the same executive with pay from related organizations.
CommonSpirit Health paid its CEO, Wright L Lassiter III, $14,175,319 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $1,221,732 (7.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Lloyd H Dean, paid $35,462,873. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $35,462,873 (Lloyd H Dean); June 2023, $27,954,468; June 2024, $15,397,051 (Wright L Lassiter III); June 2025, $14,175,319.
CommonSpirit Health's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $10,967,647,290 and total revenue of $11,619,907,844 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $652,260,554. Expenses were $10,917,775,522 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 0.5%. The CEO's pay of $14,175,319 equals 0.13% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns CommonSpirit Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.