SSM Health CEO salary and executive pay
SSM Health paid its CEO, Laura Kaiser, $7,886,813 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $240,365 (3.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $1,391,036,296, up 16.4% from $1,194,913,384 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. SSM Health ranks 33rd of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. SSM Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 46-6029223, St Louis, MO.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$7,886,813
- Total revenue
- $1,391,036,296
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 94%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513219349322866.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 11th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.57% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
The system's largest single return is filed separately by SSM Health Care St Louis (EIN 43-1343281), so the revenue shown here is this return's own, not the whole system's.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 20 people were paid more than $500,000, 14 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Laura Kaiser CEO DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO) & PRES/CEO | $7,886,813 |
| Steven SmootVICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $3,484,633 |
| Douglas LongSECRETARY & CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | $2,287,921 |
| Janet Smith-HillCHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER | $1,868,021 |
| Kevin SmithTREASURER & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $1,677,558 |
Also paid on the latest return: Alexander Garza MD (CHIEF COMMUNTY HEALTH OFFICER), $1,645,431; John Nguyen (CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER), $1,603,353; Randall Combs (FORMER OFFICER), $1,483,527; Stephanie Duggan (CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER), $1,408,150; Patrick McCruden (CHIEF MISSION INTEGRATION OFFICER), $1,363,835; Joan Bachleitner (CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER), $1,350,452; Joy Grosser (CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER), $1,313,117; Karen Rewerts (VP FINANCIAL OPERATIONS), $1,080,323; Timothy Johnson (VP CLINICAL INTEGRATION), $1,061,933; Amy Wilson (CHIEF NURSING EXECUTIVE), $988,666; Michael Gray (VP SUPPLY CHAIN), $977,140; Mark Cagwin (ASSISTANT TREASURER & VP TREASURY), $824,756; Todd Shuman MD (CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER), $619,319; Carter Dredge (LEAD FUTURIST), $545,270; Jennifer Horrom (ASSISTANT SECRETARY & VP LEGAL), $508,136.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Sr Mary Noel Brown Csa (DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)), Sr Kathleen Buchheit Fsm (DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)), Rick Corcoran (DIRECTOR & CHAIR), Marie Devlin (DIRECTOR & VICE CHAIR), Don Imholz (DIRECTOR), Tom Merfeld (PART YR DIRECTOR), Evans Richardson (DIRECTOR), Samuel L Ross MD (DIRECTOR), Michael Rozier Sj (DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)), James Whalen (DIRECTOR), Janice Burnett PhD (DIRECTOR), John Hardt PhD (DIRECTOR), Carolyn Kindle (DIRECTOR), Sr Judith Bell Fsm (DIRECTOR), Alex J Valdez (DIRECTOR), Tomas Valdivia MD (DIRECTOR), Peter Dolan (DIRECTOR), Tom Naim (DIRECTOR), Therese Pandl (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 | Laura Kaiser CEO DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO) & PRES/CEO | $7,886,813 | $1,391,036,296 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Laura Kaiser CEO DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO), PRES/CEO | $7,646,448 | $1,194,913,384 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Laura Kaiser CEO Director (ex-officio), President & CEO | $8,384,492 | $988,615,388 | 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 202513219349322866.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Laura KaiserDIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO) & PRES/CEO | $5,205,665 | $2,681,148 | $2,163,350 | $2,238,900 | $803,415 | $2,656,557 | $24,591 | $7,886,813 |
| Steven SmootVICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $2,364,935 | $1,119,698 | $1,305,272 | $895,103 | $164,560 | $1,075,677 | $44,021 | $3,484,633 |
| Douglas LongSECRETARY & CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER | $1,587,150 | $700,771 | $813,979 | $583,198 | $189,973 | $676,547 | $24,224 | $2,287,921 |
| Janet Smith-HillCHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER | $1,239,045 | $628,976 | $699,370 | $502,151 | $37,524 | $595,901 | $33,075 | $1,868,021 |
| Kevin SmithTREASURER & CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $1,050,477 | $627,081 | $1,034,519 | $0 | $15,958 | $586,407 | $40,674 | $1,677,558 |
These figures come from SSM 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 SSM Health compares
Ranked 33rd of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 32nd, Novant Health, $8,150,937
- Next in this ranking: 34th, Trinity Health, $7,298,977
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Cape Fear Valley Health$1,561,670 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2024
Southcoast Health$1,798,618 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Froedtert ThedaCare Health$5,238,377 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Baptist Health South Florida$5,597,018 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Driscoll Children's Hospital$2,221,293 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Common questions
Laura Kaiser (DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO) & PRES/CEO) was paid $7,886,813 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $5,205,665 from SSM Health and $2,681,148 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Laura Kaiser, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $7,886,813.
SSM Health paid its CEO, Laura Kaiser, $7,886,813 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $240,365 (3.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Laura Kaiser, paid $8,384,492. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $8,384,492 (Laura Kaiser); December 2023, $7,646,448; December 2024, $7,886,813.
SSM Health's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $1,282,554,955 and total revenue of $1,391,036,296 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $108,481,341. Expenses were $1,184,756,476 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 8.3%. The CEO's pay of $7,886,813 equals 0.61% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns SSM Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 17, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.