Mercyhealth CEO salary and executive pay
Mercyhealth paid its CEO, Javon Bea, $16,336,153 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $6,421,626 (28.2%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $769,826,493, up 6.5% from $723,060,516 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Mercyhealth ranks 1st of 36 hospitals on this site by CEO pay. Mercyhealth has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 39-0816848, Janesville, WI.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$16,336,153
- Total revenue
- $769,826,493
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 97%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641359349310394.View the filing
Peers: the 34 other hospitals on this site. Ranked 2nd of 35 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 2.12% 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, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Javon Bea CEO PRESIDENT/CEO (SEE PAGES 66-67) | $16,336,153 |
| Craig LyonPHYSICIAN | $2,908,694 |
| Shahid ShekhaniPHYSICIAN | $2,079,987 |
| Imdad AhmedPHYSICIAN | $1,878,562 |
| David NelsonPHYSICIAN | $1,735,212 |
Also paid on the latest return: Manish Gharia (PHYSICIAN), $1,427,279; Todd Anderson (VP/CFO (TERM 01/2025)), $1,013,099; Kimberly Scaccia (VICE-PRESIDENT (TERM 09/2025)), $599,642; Joanna Benning (VICE-PRESIDENT), $570,787; Aliakbar Abdulla Olia (VICE-PRESIDENT), $559,378; Kara Sankey (VICE-PRESIDENT), $552,957; Mark L Goelzer MD (DIRECTOR/PHYSICIAN), $539,240; Bradley Olson (VICE-PRESIDENT), $535,661; Jennifer Hallatt (VICE-PRESIDENT), $526,738; E Patrick Cranley (VICE-PRESIDENT), $522,071; Rob Brinkerhoff (VICE-PRESIDENT (TERM 08/2025)), $453,955; Amy Whitaker (VICE-PRESIDENT), $440,888; Ladd Udy (VICE-PRESIDENT), $349,435; Tyler Killpack (VICE-PRESIDENT), $285,766; Rowland J McClellan Chair (& DIRECTOR (IN MEMORIAM 07/2024)), $26,893; and 6 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return, or the highest-paid person where no one has a chief executive title.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Javon Bea CEO PRESIDENT/CEO (SEE PAGES 66-67) | $16,336,153 | $769,826,493 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Javon R Bea CEO PRESIDENT/CEO (SEE PAGES 74-80) | $22,757,779 | $723,060,516 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Javon R Bea CEO president/CEO (see schedule J, pages 57 - 59) | $11,561,020 | $685,918,513 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Javon R Bea President& DIRECTOR (SEE PAGES 70-73) (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $12,527,853 | $657,550,084 | 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 202641359349310394.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Javon BeaPRESIDENT/CEO (SEE PAGES 66-67) | $11,640,824 | $4,695,329 | $3,006,196 | $0 | $8,634,628 | $4,677,610 | $17,719 | $16,336,153 |
| Craig LyonPHYSICIAN | $2,851,580 | $57,114 | $703,201 | $753,901 | $1,394,478 | $26,885 | $30,229 | $2,908,694 |
| Shahid ShekhaniPHYSICIAN | $2,033,578 | $46,409 | $270,049 | $1,739,465 | $24,064 | $22,046 | $24,363 | $2,079,987 |
| Imdad AhmedPHYSICIAN | $1,816,228 | $62,334 | $571,212 | $1,221,476 | $23,540 | $39,577 | $22,757 | $1,878,562 |
| David NelsonPHYSICIAN | $1,686,781 | $48,431 | $691,073 | $800,000 | $195,708 | $30,460 | $17,971 | $1,735,212 |
These figures come from Mercyhealth'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 Mercyhealth compares
Ranked 1st of 36 hospitals by CEO pay.
- Next in this ranking: 2nd, McLaren Health Care, $13,036,599
Closest in revenue among the hospitals on this site:
Concord Hospital$2,016,109 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Children's Nebraska$2,195,461 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Altru Health System$1,330,342 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
CaroMont Health$2,074,421 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2024
Manning Family Children's$1,393,997 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Javon Bea (PRESIDENT/CEO (SEE PAGES 66-67)) was paid $16,336,153 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $11,640,824 from Mercyhealth and $4,695,329 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Javon Bea, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $16,336,153.
Mercyhealth paid its CEO, Javon Bea, $16,336,153 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $6,421,626 (28.2%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the highest-paid person was Javon R Bea President, paid $12,527,853. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $12,527,853 (Javon R Bea President); June 2023, $11,561,020 (Javon R Bea); June 2024, $22,757,779; June 2025, $16,336,153.
Mercyhealth's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $719,245,884 and total revenue of $769,826,493 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $50,580,609. Expenses were $669,619,770 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 7.4%. The CEO's pay of $16,336,153 equals 2.27% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Mercyhealth 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.