Hennepin Healthcare CEO salary and executive pay
Hennepin Healthcare paid its CEO, Jennifer Decubellis Ma, $1,007,646 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $110,816 (9.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $1,709,796,054, up 10.0% from $1,554,670,883 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Hennepin Healthcare ranks 221st of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Hennepin Healthcare has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2021 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 42-1707837, Minneapolis, MN.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,007,646
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending December 2024
$1,214,250Thomas Bergman MDPHYSICIAN DIVISION CHAIR
- Total revenue
- $1,709,796,054
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 7%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503089349302050.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 171st of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.06% 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, 12 people were paid more than $500,000, 3 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Thomas Bergman MDPHYSICIAN DIVISION CHAIR | $1,214,250 |
| Walter Galicich MDPHYSICIAN-MANAGING | $1,108,110 |
| Jennifer Decubellis Ma CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $1,007,646 |
| Xiao Wang MDPHYSICIAN-RADIOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC | $913,928 |
| Asad Irfanullah MDPHYSICIAN-RADIOLOGY IR | $905,579 |
Also paid on the latest return: Prateek Sahgal MD (PHYSICIAN-MNG-RADIOLOGY), $903,682; Andrew Schmidt MD (CMO (INTERIM) (UNTIL 5/24)), $660,694; Thomas Wyatt MD (DIRECTOR/PHYSICIAN (UNTIL 4/24)), $620,762; Arti Prasad MD (DIRECTOR/PHYSICIAN), $577,280; Meghan Walsh MD (CHIEF ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH OFFICER), $539,918; Lisa Anderson CPA INACTIVE (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER), $533,999; Wendy Stulac-Motzel (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), $511,169; Theresa Pesch RN (VP PHILANTHROPY HHF PRESIDENT), $494,094; Nathaniel Scott MD (CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER), $458,991; Karen Strauman (CHIEF NURSING OFFICER), $450,239; Nneka Sederstrom PhD MPH MA FCC (CHIEF HEALTH EQUITY OFFICER), $421,843; Eric Ling MD (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER (EFF. 5/24)), $362,495; Tom Klemond MD DIRECTORVP (MEDICAL AFFAIRS (EFF. 6/24)), $338,551; Abdirahman Abdi (CAO (EFF. 6/24)), $253,105; Irene Fernando (DIRECTOR), $151,301; and 1 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Babette Apland (DIRECTOR (UNTIL 9/24)), Mohamed Omar MBA MS (DIRECTOR), Kathy Tunheim (BOARD CHAIR (UNTIL 10/24)), Jennell Bilek (DIRECTOR), Brock Nelson (DIRECTOR (UNTIL 12/24)), Craig Warren (DIRECTOR), Mitchell Davis (DIRECTOR), Connie Delaney (DIRECTOR), Kyle Makarios (DIRECTOR).
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 | Jennifer Decubellis Ma CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $1,007,646 | $1,709,796,054 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Jennifer Decubellis Ma CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $1,118,462 | $1,554,670,883 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 Amended | Jennifer Decubellis Ma CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $1,087,944 | $1,429,182,475 | Filing |
| Dec 2021 | Jennifer Decubellis Ma CEO CEO/SECRETARY/TREASURER | $880,044 | $1,359,047,890 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503089349302050.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Thomas Bergman MDPHYSICIAN DIVISION CHAIR | $1,161,851 | $52,399 | $969,801 | $187,440 | $4,610 | $30,360 | $22,039 | $1,214,250 |
| Walter Galicich MDPHYSICIAN-MANAGING | $1,049,370 | $58,740 | $982,087 | $64,240 | $3,043 | $30,360 | $28,380 | $1,108,110 |
| Jennifer Decubellis MaCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $927,516 | $80,130 | $927,240 | $0 | $276 | $51,750 | $28,380 | $1,007,646 |
| Xiao Wang MDPHYSICIAN-RADIOLOGY DIAGNOSTIC | $859,776 | $54,152 | $822,215 | $35,000 | $2,561 | $30,360 | $23,792 | $913,928 |
| Asad Irfanullah MDPHYSICIAN-RADIOLOGY IR | $845,183 | $60,396 | $802,729 | $40,000 | $2,454 | $30,360 | $30,036 | $905,579 |
These figures come from Hennepin Healthcare'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 Hennepin Healthcare compares
Ranked 221st of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 220th, Enloe Health, $1,035,232
- Next in this ranking: 222nd, Woman's Hospital, $936,701
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Willis-Knighton Medical Center$1,235,962 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$2,617,499 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Phoenix Children's Hospital$3,558,771 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Rochester Regional Health$4,013,008 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Hospital for Special Surgery$5,329,588 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Jennifer Decubellis Ma (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) was paid $1,007,646 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $927,516 from Hennepin Healthcare and $80,130 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Thomas Bergman MD (PHYSICIAN DIVISION CHAIR), at $1,214,250. That is $206,604 more than the CEO, Jennifer Decubellis Ma.
Hennepin Healthcare paid its CEO, Jennifer Decubellis Ma, $1,007,646 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $110,816 (9.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2021, when the CEO was Jennifer Decubellis Ma, paid $880,044. By fiscal year end: December 2021, $880,044 (Jennifer Decubellis Ma); December 2022, $1,087,944; December 2023, $1,118,462; December 2024, $1,007,646.
Hennepin Healthcare's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $1,719,315,271 and total revenue of $1,709,796,054 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $9,519,217. Expenses were $1,609,599,129 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 6.8%. The CEO's pay of $1,007,646 equals 0.06% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Hennepin Healthcare filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2021 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 4, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.