Deaconess Health System CEO salary and executive pay
Deaconess Health System paid its CEO, Shawn McCoy, $2,206,787 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $151,469 (7.4%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $338,378,498, down 15.0% from $398,061,398 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Deaconess Health System ranks 160th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. $806,495 of Shawn McCoy's pay came from related organizations (column E). Deaconess Health System has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 35-1532889, Evansville, IN.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,206,787
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Lynn Lingafelter (PRESIDENT), $1,271,339.
- Revenue on this return
- $338,378,498
- This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Deaconess Hospital (EIN 35-0593390), with $1,644,988,862 in revenue on its latest return.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622309349300042.View the filing
Revenue is Part I, line 12. Pay as a share of revenue and the peer comparison are not shown for a parent filer.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 14 people were paid more than $500,000, 5 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Shawn McCoy CEO CEO | $2,206,787 |
| Mia Hindi MDDIRECTOR | $1,703,267 |
| Lynn LingafelterPRESIDENT | $1,271,339 |
| James R PorterPRESIDENT, DHS | $1,260,538 |
| Cheryl WathenCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $1,183,383 |
Also paid on the latest return: Paul Weinberger MD (DIR MED SPECIALTY CARE), $924,120; Marc Florence (VICE PRESIDENT), $907,337; Bradley Scheu MD (VICE PRESIDENT), $885,901; Christina Ryan (DIRECTOR WOMEN'S HOSPITAL), $793,325; Melinda Lebofsky (VICE PRESIDENT), $631,833; Jennifer Chiusano (CHIEF NURSE EXECUTIVE), $622,076; Amanda Bohleber MD (CHIEF HEALTH INFO OFFICER), $555,409; Diane Hunt (VP CMIO), $538,467; William Davis (IL REG PRESIDENT), $521,099; Jared Antczak (VICE PRESIDENT), $250,060; Dr Linda Bennett (CHAIRMAN), $7,600; Curtis Begle (DIRECTOR), $5,800; Teri Hollander Albin (TREASURER), $5,600; David Papariella (SECRETARY), $5,600; James Ryan III (VICE CHAIRMAN), $5,400; and 8 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Leah Curry (DIRECTOR), Jim Huebner (DIRECTOR), Amy Romain (DIRECTOR), Jay Woodland MD (VICE PRESIDENT).
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 | Shawn McCoy CEO CEO | $2,206,787 | $338,378,498 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Shawn McCoy CEO CEO | $2,055,318 | $398,061,398 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Shawn McCoy CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,877,899 | $99,884,307 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Shawn McCoy CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,076,096 | $59,070,323 | 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 202622309349300042.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Shawn McCoyCEO | $1,209,743 | $806,495 | $190,549 | $743,128 | $274,391 | $192,224 | $18,990 | $26,980 | $1,255,713 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $495,419 | $182,927 | $128,149 | $126,593 | $17,986 | $951,074 | |||
| Mia Hindi MD*DIRECTOR | $2,400 | $1,646,400 | $54,467 | $0 | $0 | $2,400 | $0 | $0 | $2,400 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,271,680 | $364,399 | $10,321 | $19,075 | $35,392 | $1,700,867 | |||
| Lynn LingafelterPRESIDENT | $1,072,960 | $0 | $198,379 | $694,891 | $216,135 | $161,934 | $162,333 | $36,046 | $1,271,339 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| James R Porter*PRESIDENT, DHS | $1,073,178 | $0 | $187,360 | $682,862 | $213,203 | $177,113 | $160,685 | $26,675 | $1,260,538 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Cheryl WathenCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $988,864 | $0 | $194,519 | $660,905 | $178,364 | $149,595 | $148,420 | $46,099 | $1,183,383 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Deaconess Health System'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 Deaconess Health System compares
Ranked 160th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 159th, WakeMed, $2,218,512
- Next in this ranking: 161st, Carilion Clinic, $2,205,266
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Prisma Health$3,374,451 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
TriHealth$2,633,757 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Marshfield Clinic Health System$1,623,181 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Moffitt Cancer Center$2,243,616 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Children's Wisconsin$2,658,331 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Shawn McCoy (CEO) was paid $2,206,787 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,209,743 from Deaconess Health System, $806,495 from related organizations and $190,549 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F).
The CEO, Shawn McCoy, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,206,787.
Deaconess Health System paid its CEO, Shawn McCoy, $2,206,787 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $151,469 (7.4%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Shawn McCoy, paid $2,076,096. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $2,076,096 (Shawn McCoy); September 2023, $1,877,899; September 2024, $2,055,318; September 2025, $2,206,787.
Deaconess Health System's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $306,954,899 and total revenue of $338,378,498 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $31,423,599. Expenses were $74,484,075 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 312.1%. The CEO's pay of $2,206,787 equals 0.72% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Deaconess Health System filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 17, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.