Sanford Health CEO salary and executive pay
Sanford Health paid its CEO, BILL GASSEN, $4,999,360 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $1,738,328 (53.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Sanford Health ranks 59th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. All of BILL GASSEN's reportable pay, $4,414,119, came from related organizations (column E). Sanford Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 45-3791176, Sioux Falls, SD.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$4,999,360
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: PAUL HANSON (PRESIDENT & CEO, SIOUX FALLS), $1,644,815; TIFFANY LAWRENCE (PRESIDENT & CEO, FARGO), $1,605,697; TODD SCHAFFER (PRESIDENT & CEO, BISMARCK), $1,351,976; KARLA EISCHENS (PRESIDENT & CEO, BEMIDJI), $837,278.
- Total revenue
- $6,110,580,553
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 28%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202523179349302617.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 87th of 121 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.08% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This is a group return: one Form 990 filed for a group of affiliated organizations together.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 17 people were paid more than $500,000, 15 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| BILL GASSEN CEO TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT & CEO | $4,999,360 |
| WILLIAM BRUNNER MDPHYSICIAN | $3,333,557 |
| ADAM STYS MDPHYSICIAN | $3,303,293 |
| MATT HOCKSEVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $3,074,978 |
| TOMASZ STYS MDPHYSICIAN | $2,960,002 |
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 | BILL GASSEN CEO TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT & CEO | $4,999,360 | $6,110,580,553 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | BILL GASSEN CEO TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT & CEO | $3,261,032 | $5,738,655,914 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | BILL GASSEN III CEO TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT & CEO | $3,063,165 | $5,321,937,014 | 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 202523179349302617.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| BILL GASSENTRUSTEE, PRESIDENT & CEO | $0 | $4,414,119 | $585,241 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $2,334,458 | $1,624,395 | $455,266 | $584,349 | $892 | $4,999,360 | |||
| WILLIAM BRUNNER MDPHYSICIAN | $3,286,993 | $0 | $46,564 | $3,282,364 | $0 | $4,629 | $16,627 | $29,937 | $3,333,557 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| ADAM STYS MDPHYSICIAN | $3,250,190 | $0 | $53,103 | $2,941,668 | $0 | $308,522 | $17,250 | $35,853 | $3,303,293 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| MATT HOCKSEVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $0 | $2,798,445 | $276,533 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,499,992 | $1,059,337 | $239,116 | $240,957 | $35,576 | $3,074,978 | |||
| TOMASZ STYS MDPHYSICIAN | $2,911,937 | $0 | $48,065 | $2,748,910 | $0 | $163,027 | $17,250 | $30,815 | $2,960,002 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Sanford Health'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 Sanford Health compares
Ranked 59th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Indiana University Health$5,720,461 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Highmark Health (Allegheny Health Network)$9,716,380 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Duke University Health System$2,338,899 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Ochsner Health$7,011,513 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Allina Health$4,092,093 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
BILL GASSEN (TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $4,999,360 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $0 from Sanford Health, $4,414,119 from related organizations and $585,241 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F). Sanford Health ranks 59th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, BILL GASSEN, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $4,999,360. Next was WILLIAM BRUNNER MD (PHYSICIAN), at $3,333,557. On the latest return, 17 people were paid more than $500,000, 15 of them more than $1 million.
Sanford Health paid its CEO, BILL GASSEN, $4,999,360 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $1,738,328 (53.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was BILL GASSEN III, paid $3,063,165. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $3,063,165 (BILL GASSEN III); December 2023, $3,261,032; December 2024, $4,999,360.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Sanford Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.