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. SSM Health ranks 32nd of 148 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
- Highest
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202513219349322866.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 1st of 121 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 |
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 32nd of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Froedtert ThedaCare Health$5,280,159 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Baptist Health South Florida$5,597,018 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Sentara Health$6,375,042 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Parkview Health$3,677,159 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
BayCare Health System$3,027,169 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
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). SSM Health ranks 32nd of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, LAURA KAISER, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $7,886,813. Next was STEVEN SMOOT (VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), at $3,484,633. On the latest return, 20 people were paid more than $500,000, 14 of them more than $1 million.
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.
From the 3 Form 990 returns SSM 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.