Northwestern Medicine CEO salary and executive pay
Northwestern Medicine paid its CEO, Howard B Chrisman MD, $8,174,061 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $3,177,361 (63.6%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. Northwestern Medicine ranks 30th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Northwestern Medicine has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as Northwestern Memorial HealthCare.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 36-4724966, Chicago, IL.
CEO, fiscal year ending August 2025
$8,174,061
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending August 2025
$10,838,181Dean M HarrisonFormer Executive Chair (Schedule O)
- Total revenue
- $11,241,795,455
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 19%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202601949349301305.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 98th of 121 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.07% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare files a group return whose Part VII titles read "See Schedule O". The titles shown here are copied from Schedule O, for example "Title: Director and President & CEO" for Howard Chrisman on the latest return.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 34 people were paid more than $500,000, 20 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Dean M HarrisonFormer Executive Chair (Schedule O) | $10,838,181 |
| Howard B Chrisman MD CEO Director and President & CEO (Schedule O) | $8,174,061 |
| John A OrsiniSee Schedule O | $4,578,710 |
| Patrick McCarthy MDSee Schedule O | $3,003,007 |
| Craig A JohnsonSee Schedule O | $2,685,319 |
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | Howard B Chrisman MD CEO Director and President & CEO (Schedule O) | $8,174,061 | $11,241,795,455 | Filing |
| Aug 2024 | Howard B Chrisman MD CEO Director and President & CEO (Schedule O) | $4,996,700 | $10,054,188,947 | Filing |
| Aug 2023 | Dean M Harrison CEO President & CEO (9/1/2022-12/31/2022); Executive Chair (01/01/2023) (Schedule O) | $10,517,520 | $9,147,061,001 | Filing |
| Aug 2022 | Dean M Harrison CEO President, CEO, Director, Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (Schedule O) | $6,553,410 | $8,405,195,352 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending August 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending August 2025, IRS object ID 202601949349301305.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Dean M Harrison*Former Executive Chair (Schedule O) | $10,834,719 | $3,462 | $57,692 | $1,916,267 | $8,860,760 | $3,462 | $0 | $10,838,181 |
| Howard B Chrisman MDDirector and President & CEO (Schedule O) | $7,491,303 | $682,758 | $2,345,715 | $3,019,560 | $2,126,028 | $676,460 | $6,298 | $8,174,061 |
| John A OrsiniSee Schedule O | $4,157,699 | $421,011 | $1,274,229 | $1,201,338 | $1,682,132 | $400,891 | $20,120 | $4,578,710 |
| Patrick McCarthy MDSee Schedule O | $2,931,408 | $71,599 | $1,906,542 | $904,050 | $120,816 | $41,400 | $30,199 | $3,003,007 |
| Craig A JohnsonSee Schedule O | $2,231,402 | $453,917 | $1,238,347 | $989,845 | $3,210 | $443,096 | $10,821 | $2,685,319 |
These figures come from Northwestern Medicine'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 Northwestern Medicine compares
Ranked 30th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
BJC HealthCare$5,392,901 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Bon Secours Mercy Health$12,809,033 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
CommonSpirit Health$14,175,319 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Banner Health$13,535,312 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
NewYork-Presbyterian$26,271,976 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Howard B Chrisman MD (Director and President & CEO (Schedule O)) was paid $8,174,061 for the fiscal year ending August 2025: $7,491,303 from Northwestern Medicine and $682,758 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Northwestern Medicine ranks 30th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Dean M Harrison (Former Executive Chair (Schedule O)), at $10,838,181. That is $2,664,120 more than the CEO, Howard B Chrisman MD. Next was John A Orsini (See Schedule O), at $4,578,710. On the latest return, 34 people were paid more than $500,000, 20 of them more than $1 million.
Northwestern Medicine paid its CEO, Howard B Chrisman MD, $8,174,061 for the fiscal year ending August 2025. That is up $3,177,361 (63.6%) from the fiscal year ending August 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending August 2022, when the CEO was Dean M Harrison, paid $6,553,410. By fiscal year end: August 2022, $6,553,410 (Dean M Harrison); August 2023, $10,517,520; August 2024, $4,996,700 (Howard B Chrisman MD); August 2025, $8,174,061.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Northwestern Medicine filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending August 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.