Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare CEO salary and executive pay
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare paid its CEO, Michael Ugwueke, $2,444,821 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $362,244 (12.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $439,781,743, up 109.6% from $209,828,824 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare ranks 148th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 58-1454711, Memphis, TN.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$2,444,821
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: David Baytos (SVP/PRESIDENT/MS/INTERNAT), $547,273.
- Revenue on this return
- $439,781,743
- This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals (EIN 62-0479367), with $1,968,551,184 in revenue on its latest return.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202641249349301244.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, 3 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Michael Ugwueke CEO PRESIDENT/CEO/BOARD MEMBER | $2,444,821 |
| Monica WhartonEVP/Chief Operating Officer | $1,312,684 |
| Charles LaneSVP/Chief Financial Officer | $1,138,500 |
| Wayne LipsonSVP/Chief Medical Officer | $981,902 |
| Michael Crabb IIISVP/Chief of Business Development | $693,102 |
Also paid on the latest return: Robin Womeodu (SVP/Chief Academic Office), $652,407; Kathleen Forbes (Former SVP/Chief Academic Office), $648,394; Katherine Dowd (SVP/Chief Legal Officer), $631,752; Sarah Colley (SVP - Chief Human Resource Officer), $590,981; Tina Smith (SVP/Chief Information Officer), $582,660; David Baytos (SVP/PRESIDENT/MS/INTERNAT), $547,273; Cato Johnson (SVP/Chief of Staff/Pub Po), $538,333; Arthur Townsend (VP - Chief Clin Tranformati), $529,426; Larry Fogarty (VP - Materials Management), $510,910; Nikki Polis (SVP - CHIEF NURSING OFFICER), $406,360; Tabrina Davis (VP - Marketing/Communications), $394,916.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Harry Goldsmith (Board Director), Christopher Winston (Board director), Edith Kelly-Green (Board Director), Greg Christopher (Board Director), John H Petty III (Board Director), Kenny Armstrong (Board Director), Michael Lenz (Board Director), Paul Carruth MD (Board Director), Randall Davis (Board Director), Regan Williams MD (Board director), Ron Walter (Board Director), Sandy Smith (Board Director), Vernon Stafford Jr (Board 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 Amended | Michael Ugwueke CEO PRESIDENT/CEO/BOARD MEMBER | $2,444,821 | $439,781,743 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Michael Ugwueke CEO PRESIDENT/CEO/BOARD MEMBER | $2,807,065 | $209,828,824 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Michael Ugwueke CEO PRESIDENT/CEO/BOARD MEMBER | $2,804,019 | $315,179,126 | 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 202641249349301244.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Michael UgwuekePRESIDENT/CEO/BOARD MEMBER | $2,373,965 | $70,856 | $1,489,836 | $412,504 | $471,625 | $38,500 | $32,356 | $2,444,821 |
| Monica WhartonEVP/Chief Operating Officer | $1,094,838 | $217,846 | $834,984 | $166,500 | $93,354 | $185,390 | $32,456 | $1,312,684 |
| Charles LaneSVP/Chief Financial Officer | $942,830 | $195,670 | $702,384 | $129,867 | $110,579 | $167,158 | $28,512 | $1,138,500 |
| Wayne LipsonSVP/Chief Medical Officer | $811,871 | $170,031 | $650,000 | $123,069 | $38,802 | $130,663 | $39,368 | $981,902 |
| Michael Crabb IIISVP/Chief of Business Development | $654,844 | $38,258 | $210,428 | $77,027 | $367,389 | $24,290 | $13,968 | $693,102 |
These figures come from Methodist Le Bonheur 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 Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare compares
Ranked 148th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 147th, Mary Washington Healthcare, $2,477,935
- Next in this ranking: 149th, McLeod Health, $2,430,056
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Bronson Healthcare$3,569,592 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
FMOL Health$1,212,532 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Brown University Health (Lifespan)$2,016,723 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Legacy Health$2,784,747 (CEO), fiscal year ending Mar 2025
McLeod Health$2,430,056 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Michael Ugwueke (PRESIDENT/CEO/BOARD MEMBER) was paid $2,444,821 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $2,373,965 from Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and $70,856 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Michael Ugwueke, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,444,821.
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare paid its CEO, Michael Ugwueke, $2,444,821 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $362,244 (12.9%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Michael Ugwueke, paid $2,804,019. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $2,804,019 (Michael Ugwueke); December 2023, $2,807,065; December 2024, $2,444,821.
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $280,770,572 and total revenue of $439,781,743 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $159,011,171. Expenses were $232,675,028 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 20.7%. The CEO's pay of $2,444,821 equals 0.87% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on May 4, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.