Mercy CEO salary and executive pay
Mercy paid its CEO, Stephen L Mackin, $8,335,401 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $2,754,447 (49.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,656,435,434, up 7.5% from $1,540,453,031 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Mercy ranks 30th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Mercy has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as Mercy (St. Louis) or MHM Support Services.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 20-2553101, Chesterfield, MO.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$8,335,401
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Shannon Sock (EVP, CSO & COO, President), $8,311,222; John Mohart MD (EVP, Chief Operating Officer & President (start 01/2025)), $2,319,329; Michelle Fortune (President, Enterprise Executive Surgery & Gastroenterology), $867,183.
- Total revenue
- $1,656,435,434
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 92%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202621359349307532.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 15th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.50% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Mercy's CEO is paid by MHM Support Services, a Mercy organization in Chesterfield, Missouri, so this page uses its return. Mercy's hospitals file their own returns. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Mercy Hospitals East Communities (EIN 43-0653493), 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, 25 people were paid more than $500,000, 19 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Stephen L Mackin CEO President, Mercy Health CEO | $8,335,401 |
| Shannon SockEVP, CSO & COO, President | $8,311,222 |
| Joseph KellyEVP, Chief Strategy & Technology Officer | $3,394,702 |
| James BrittonFormer Key Employee | $2,403,859 |
| Cheryl L MatejkaEVP, Chief Financial Officer | $2,345,497 |
Also paid on the latest return: John Mohart MD (EVP, Chief Operating Officer & President (start 01/2025)), $2,319,329; John G Helton MD (President, Primary Care), $2,191,476; Dave Thompson (SVP, Chief Growth Officer & President, Population Health), $1,951,998; Jeffrey Ciaramita MD (President, Specialty Service Lines), $1,924,209; Philip Wheeler (Former Officer), $1,683,812; Brian Day (SVP, Financial Ops & Planning & Treasurer), $1,482,284; Ajay Pathak (SVP, Chief Strategic Ventures Officer), $1,415,145; David Argueta (SVP, Community Operations, Acute & Ambulatory Care (start 02/2025)), $1,386,409; Jeffrey A Johnston (Former Key Employee), $1,306,639; Ryan C Geib (VP, Operational Performance), $1,112,239; Betty Jo Rocchio (SVP, Chief Nurse Executive), $1,065,530; Catherine Codispoti (EVP, Chief People & Product Officer), $1,036,834; Kevin Minder (SVP, Mission & Community Health), $1,018,938; Dana Haynie (VP, Specialty Care), $1,010,193; Mike Hubert (SVP, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer (start 02/2025)), $970,993; and 8 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 | Stephen L Mackin CEO President, Mercy Health CEO | $8,335,401 | $1,656,435,434 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Stephen L Mackin CEO President, Mercy Health CEO | $5,580,954 | $1,540,453,031 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Stephen L Mackin CEO President, Mercy Health CEO (Beg 4/2022) | $3,650,338 | $1,376,481,170 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | James Britton CEO President, Mercy Health CEO (THRU 4/22) | $4,863,989 | $1,227,902,351 | 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 202621359349307532.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Stephen L MackinPresident, Mercy Health CEO | $7,558,489 | $776,912 | $2,332,643 | $5,156,248 | $69,598 | $755,997 | $20,915 | $8,335,401 |
| Shannon Sock*EVP, CSO & COO, President | $8,048,004 | $263,218 | $1,359,056 | $6,297,766 | $391,182 | $241,703 | $21,515 | $8,311,222 |
| Joseph KellyEVP, Chief Strategy & Technology Officer | $3,235,410 | $159,292 | $747,820 | $2,426,150 | $61,440 | $137,777 | $21,515 | $3,394,702 |
| James Britton*Former Key Employee | $2,130,158 | $273,701 | $2,068,916 | $0 | $61,242 | $260,589 | $13,112 | $2,403,859 |
| Cheryl L MatejkaEVP, Chief Financial Officer | $2,182,852 | $162,645 | $815,737 | $1,306,619 | $60,496 | $148,628 | $14,017 | $2,345,497 |
These figures come from Mercy'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 Mercy compares
Ranked 30th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 29th, Houston Methodist, $8,338,578
- Next in this ranking: 31st, Northwestern Medicine, $8,174,061
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Texas Health Resources$5,590,405 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
LCMC Health$3,735,208 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
University of Tennessee Medical Center$4,119,053 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Erlanger Health$1,672,028 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Willis-Knighton Medical Center$1,235,962 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Stephen L Mackin (President, Mercy Health CEO) was paid $8,335,401 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $7,558,489 from Mercy and $776,912 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Stephen L Mackin, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $8,335,401.
Mercy's CEO is paid by MHM Support Services, a Mercy organization in Chesterfield, Missouri, so this page uses its return. Mercy's hospitals file their own returns.
Mercy paid its CEO, Stephen L Mackin, $8,335,401 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $2,754,447 (49.4%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was James Britton, paid $4,863,989. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $4,863,989 (James Britton); June 2023, $3,650,338 (Stephen L Mackin); June 2024, $5,580,954; June 2025, $8,335,401.
Mercy's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,714,673,169 and total revenue of $1,656,435,434 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $58,237,735. Expenses were $1,636,338,957 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 4.8%. The CEO's pay of $8,335,401 equals 0.49% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Mercy filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 15, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.