McLeod Health CEO salary and executive pay
McLeod Health paid its CEO, Donna C Isgett, $2,430,056 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $194,038 (8.7%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $399,579,390, up 17.2% from $340,817,246 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. McLeod Health ranks 149th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. McLeod Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 51-0473500, Florence, SC.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$2,430,056
- Total revenue
- $399,579,390
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 95%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202622269349302922.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 10th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.61% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
The system's largest single return is filed separately by McLeod Regional Medical Center of the Pee Dee (EIN 57-0370242), so the revenue shown here is this return's own, not the whole system's.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 13 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Donna C Isgett CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,430,056 |
| Patrick Denton MDTRUSTEE/STAFF MD-RELATED ORG | $1,692,407 |
| S Fulton Ervin IIICORPORATE SR. VP/CFO - PART YEAR | $1,208,592 |
| Matthew Johnson MDCOO/CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER | $1,156,973 |
| C Dale Lusk MDSR. VP/EXEC MEDICAL OFFICER | $1,056,781 |
Also paid on the latest return: Carmen Piccolo MD (TRUSTEE/STAFF MD-RELATED ORG), $1,050,457; Amit Pande MD (TRUSTEE/STAFF MD-RELATED ORG), $1,046,642; Lesli McGee (SR. VP), $828,769; William Barnes (SVP OF LEGAL OPERATIONS), $807,494; James C H Smith MD (TRUSTEE/STAFF MD-RELATED ORG), $794,617; Matt Reich (SR. VP/CIO), $727,947; Michael Rose MD (SR. VP), $723,180; David Atkinson MD (TRUSTEE/STAFF MD-RELATED ORG), $619,175; Christian L Soura (CORPORATE SR. VP/CFO), $417,297.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Frank J Buddy Brand II (VICE CHAIR), Ronald M Fowler (CHAIR), Allie E Brooks Jr (TRUSTEE), Amy Urquhart (TRUSTEE), Ashley Brady (TRUSTEE), Benjamin T Zeigler (TRUSTEE - PART YEAR), Beverly S Hazelwood (TRUSTEE), Frances Segars Jones (TRUSTEE), Frank V Boulineau III (TRUSTEE), H Sullivan Blair (TRUSTEE), J Douglas Lynn (TRUSTEE), Jeannette Glenn (TRUSTEE), John M Scott III Esq (TRUSTEE), Mary D Anderson (TRUSTEE), Matthew Prince (TRUSTEE), Raymond B Clark (TRUSTEE - PART YEAR), Tarek M Bishara MD (TRUSTEE), Tracy P Ray (TRUSTEE), Virginia L Clyburn-Ipock MD (TRUSTEE), William Boulware MD (TRUSTEE), Willie E Bill Boyd Sr (TRUSTEE).
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 | Donna C Isgett CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,430,056 | $399,579,390 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Donna C Isgett CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $2,236,018 | $340,817,246 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Donna C Isgett CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,732,124 | $313,376,956 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Donna C Isgett CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,327,126 | $280,862,953 | 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 202622269349302922.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Donna C IsgettPRESIDENT/CEO | $2,187,646 | $0 | $242,410 | $1,463,219 | $652,018 | $72,409 | $211,062 | $31,348 | $2,430,056 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Patrick Denton MD*TRUSTEE/STAFF MD-RELATED ORG | $0 | $1,644,298 | $48,109 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,638,851 | $0 | $5,447 | $0 | $48,109 | $1,692,407 | |||
| S Fulton Ervin IIICORPORATE SR. VP/CFO - PART YEAR | $1,057,761 | $0 | $150,831 | $710,029 | $238,413 | $109,319 | $101,961 | $48,870 | $1,208,592 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Matthew Johnson MDCOO/CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER | $1,031,223 | $0 | $125,750 | $754,118 | $250,052 | $27,053 | $110,022 | $15,728 | $1,156,973 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| C Dale Lusk MDSR. VP/EXEC MEDICAL OFFICER | $933,178 | $0 | $123,603 | $619,070 | $215,574 | $98,534 | $90,007 | $33,596 | $1,056,781 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from McLeod 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 McLeod Health compares
Ranked 149th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 148th, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, $2,444,821
- Next in this ranking: 150th, BronxCare Health Systems, $2,392,653
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Baptist Memorial Health Care$3,913,950 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
CoxHealth$1,977,250 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Legacy Health$2,784,747 (CEO), fiscal year ending Mar 2025
MedStar Health$6,562,774 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare$2,444,821 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Donna C Isgett (PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $2,430,056 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $2,187,646 from McLeod Health and $242,410 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Donna C Isgett, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,430,056.
McLeod Health paid its CEO, Donna C Isgett, $2,430,056 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $194,038 (8.7%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Donna C Isgett, paid $1,327,126. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $1,327,126 (Donna C Isgett); September 2023, $1,732,124; September 2024, $2,236,018; September 2025, $2,430,056.
McLeod Health's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $401,431,177 and total revenue of $399,579,390 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $1,851,787. Expenses were $342,603,028 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 17.2%. The CEO's pay of $2,430,056 equals 0.61% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns McLeod Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.