Pikeville Medical Center CEO salary and executive pay
Pikeville Medical Center paid its CEO, William D Blackburn, $1,738,038 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $550,733 (46.4%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $789,640,637, up 14.6% from $688,908,540 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Pikeville Medical Center ranks 18th of 36 hospitals on this site by CEO pay. Pikeville Medical Center has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 61-0458376, Pikeville, KY.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$1,738,038
Highest-paid person, fiscal year ending September 2025
$1,969,159Keith Hall MDORTHOPEDIC SURGEON
- Total revenue
- $789,640,637
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 52%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202612299349302556.View the filing
Peers: the 34 other hospitals on this site. Ranked 17th of 35 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.22% 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, 11 people were paid more than $500,000, 7 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Keith Hall MDORTHOPEDIC SURGEON | $1,969,159 |
| Kevin Pugh MDORTHOPEDIC SURGEON | $1,845,759 |
| William D Blackburn CEO BOARD CHAIR/PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,738,038 |
| Aaron Crum MDEX-OFFICIO/CMO/ASST CEO | $1,331,440 |
| Kenneth Koval MDORTHOPEDIC TRAUMA SURGEON | $1,308,354 |
Also paid on the latest return: Christopher Reynolds MD (ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST/CARDIOLOGIST), $1,245,443; Angela Maggard MD (OBSTETRICIAN GYNECOLOGIST), $1,165,656; Erich Blackburn (EX-OFFICIO/CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, EXEC. VP), $954,085; Michelle Hagy (EX-OFFICIO/CFO/EXEC. VP FINANCE), $894,363; Kansas Justice (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER-EXEC. VP), $676,797; Michelle Rainey (CHIEF NURSING OFFICER-EXEC. VP), $505,881; Jennifer Erin Mullins MD (BOD/CHIEF OF STAFF/OBGYN), $498,994; Tony Damron (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER-EXEC. VP), $439,553; Melissa Thacker (CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER-EXEC. VP), $388,983; Marcus Conley (SENIOR VP FINANCE), $331,594; Cheryl Hickman (CHIEF REGULATORY OFFICER-EXEC. VP), $290,424; David Baird (BOARD MEMBER), $36,116; Jyothi Mettu MD (BOARD MEMBER), $24,993; Phillip D Reed (BOARD MEMBER), $24,218; Julius Clinton Martin II (BOARD MEMBER), $24,082; and 7 more.
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 | William D Blackburn CEO BOARD CHAIR/PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,738,038 | $789,640,637 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | William D Blackburn CEO BOARD CHAIR/PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,187,305 | $688,908,540 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | William D Blackburn CEO BOARD CHAIR/PRESIDENT/CEO | $990,466 | $652,780,410 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | William D Blackburn CEO BOARD CHAIR/PRESIDENT AND CEO | $997,622 | $616,608,970 | 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 202612299349302556.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Keith Hall MDORTHOPEDIC SURGEON | $1,916,676 | $52,483 | $979,232 | $880,130 | $57,314 | $15,250 | $37,233 | $1,969,159 |
| Kevin Pugh MDORTHOPEDIC SURGEON | $1,797,026 | $48,733 | $979,232 | $745,561 | $72,233 | $11,500 | $37,233 | $1,845,759 |
| William D BlackburnBOARD CHAIR/PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,685,555 | $52,483 | $1,149,512 | $346,680 | $189,363 | $15,250 | $37,233 | $1,738,038 |
| Aaron Crum MDEX-OFFICIO/CMO/ASST CEO | $1,315,073 | $16,367 | $987,317 | $302,945 | $24,811 | $15,250 | $1,117 | $1,331,440 |
| Kenneth Koval MDORTHOPEDIC TRAUMA SURGEON | $1,256,119 | $52,235 | $1,253,909 | $0 | $2,210 | $15,002 | $37,233 | $1,308,354 |
These figures come from Pikeville Medical Center'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 Pikeville Medical Center compares
Ranked 18th of 36 hospitals by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 17th, Covenant HealthCare, $1,907,478
- Next in this ranking: 19th, Baylor University Medical Center, $1,688,142
Closest in revenue among the hospitals on this site:
CaroMont Health$2,074,421 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2024
Children's Nebraska$2,195,461 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Mercyhealth$16,336,153 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Dayton Children's Hospital$2,091,992 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center$3,198,225 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
William D Blackburn (BOARD CHAIR/PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $1,738,038 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $1,685,555 from Pikeville Medical Center and $52,483 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The highest-paid person on the latest return was Keith Hall MD (ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON), at $1,969,159. That is $231,121 more than the CEO, William D Blackburn.
Pikeville Medical Center paid its CEO, William D Blackburn, $1,738,038 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is up $550,733 (46.4%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was William D Blackburn, paid $997,622. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $997,622 (William D Blackburn); September 2023, $990,466; September 2024, $1,187,305; September 2025, $1,738,038.
Pikeville Medical Center's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $706,641,708 and total revenue of $789,640,637 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $82,998,929. Expenses were $668,729,431 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 5.7%. The CEO's pay of $1,738,038 equals 0.25% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Pikeville Medical Center filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 17, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.