UPMC CEO salary and executive pay
UPMC paid its CEO, Leslie C Davis, $13,324,020 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,288,810 (10.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $30,348,523,096, up 24.8% from $24,322,528,674 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. UPMC ranks 13th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. UPMC has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Also known as University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 20-8295721, Pittsburgh, PA.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$13,324,020
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Diane Holder UPM (EVP, Pres Ins Svc & CEO HPLAN), $5,504,768; Tami Minnier UTS (President), $1,600,350; Sandra Rader PRY (President), $1,377,515; Richard Wadas MD EMI (Board Member and President), $1,245,659; Elizabeth A Wild UPC (Board Member and President), $1,187,407; Deborah S Brodine CPS (Board Chair and President), $1,060,134; Brian Durniok NWH (Board Member and President), $1,054,790; Elizabeth Piccione MD PSV (President), $968,672; Matthew Hurford CCB (President), $928,877; Michael Gaskins HAN (President), $814,115; Philip M Cacchione MD EPN (Board Chair and President), $802,959; Susan Hoolahan PSV (President), $777,720; David Kruszewski MD SHB (Board Chair & President), $708,915; David Patton SMH (President), $623,094; Andrew Rush SOM (President), $616,986; Andrew Ritchie SMH (President), $608,867; Michael Corso ALT (President), $606,502; Mark O'Hern EAS (President), $591,989; Deborah Willwerth LIT (President & Secretary), $559,468; Mark Bondi THS (President), $520,155; Lynn Rupp RHS (President), $439,604; Amy Meister ASC (President), $405,716; Nanci Case HNF (President), $378,342; James Houser CEM (President), $343,833; Jennifer Vennare HNA (President), $312,352; Jonathan Bailey NWH (President), $260,689; Mark Papalia KAN (President), $249,233; Timothy Balconi ALF (President), $249,150; Mandy Fauble PhD SHB (Executive Director), $141,667.
- Total revenue
- $30,348,523,096
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 3%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641339349305214.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 177th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.04% 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, 106 people were paid more than $500,000, 49 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Leslie C Davis CEO President & CEO | $13,324,020 |
| Diane Holder UPMEVP, Pres Ins Svc & CEO HPLAN | $5,504,768 |
| David Farner UPMEVP & Chief of Staff | $4,763,114 |
| Stanley Marks MD UPCBoard Chair | $4,084,535 |
| Fadi Sweiss MDNeurosurgeon | $3,729,831 |
Also paid on the latest return: Frederick Hargett UPM (EVP & CFO), $3,397,217; Abhinav Humar MD (Transplant Surgeon), $3,273,363; Matthew El-Kadi MD (Neurosurgeon), $2,691,577; Charles Bogosta UPM (FORMER EVP & Pres Int'l), $2,652,289; Jean Cunicelli (EVP & PRES, UPMC ENTERPRISES), $2,536,289; Victor Morell MD UPP (Board Member), $2,463,002; Joel Yuhas UPM (EVP, UPMC & Pres, UPMC Hospita), $2,335,011; Ibrahim Sultan MD (CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON), $2,205,797; Joel B Nelson MD UPM (EVP, UPMC Chief Clinical Off &), $2,177,944; Oscar Marroquin MD UPM (SVP & PRES PHYSICIAN SERVICES), $2,137,387; Robert P Edwards MD UPP (Board Member and Dept Chair), $1,933,807; Mark Tamburri UPM (EVP & Chief Legal Officer), $1,883,835; Robert M Friedlander MD UPP (Board Member and Dept Chair), $1,844,236; Donald M Yealy MD EMI (Board Member and V President), $1,837,662; Anantha Shekhar MD UPM (Board Member), $1,700,885; and 186 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Brian Fritz BHM (Board President and Treasurer), Karen A Allen BHM (Board Vice President), Matthew Schnur BHM (Board Vice President), Richard Beigi MD CEM (Board Chair), Bruce Erb CPF (Board Vice Chair & V Pres), Melynda Budd CCH (Board Treasurer), John Leete CCH (Board Chair), Patrick Larsen CCH (Board Vice Chair), Christina Stager CCH (Board Member), Elizabeth Wallance CCH (Board Chair), Cheryl Kimmel CAC (Board Chair & President), Deborah Shaw CAC (Board Member & Secretary), Roseann Tomocheck CAC (Board Member & Vice President), Diane Holder CCB (Board Chair), David Lewis CCB (Board Chair), Gregory Mistifer CLT (Board Treasurer & CFO), Felicia Dell CLT (Board Member), Brian Enterline CLT (Board Member), Steven Shaver CLT (Board Member), James Fisher CLT (Board Member), Tina Carroll CLT (Board Member), Barry Albertson CLT (Board Chair), Deborah S Brodine CRP (Board Chair and President), Mark Bondi CRP (Board Member and President), Eileen Simmons CRP (Board Treasurer), and 403 more.
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Leslie C Davis CEO President & CEO | $13,324,020 | $30,348,523,096 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Leslie C Davis CEO President & CEO | $12,035,210 | $24,322,528,674 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Leslie C Davis CEO President & CEO | $11,314,762 | $22,568,515,184 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Leslie C Davis CEO President and CEO | $4,211,830 | $20,520,943,502 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641339349305214.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Leslie C DavisPresident & CEO | $12,586,076 | $0 | $737,944 | $2,048,483 | $9,500,000 | $1,037,593 | $699,277 | $38,667 | $13,324,020 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Diane Holder UPM*EVP, Pres Ins Svc & CEO HPLAN | $0 | $5,202,604 | $302,164 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $568,926 | $4,065,000 | $568,678 | $266,164 | $36,000 | $5,504,768 | |||
| David Farner UPMEVP & Chief of Staff | $4,440,268 | $0 | $322,846 | $1,184,496 | $2,440,000 | $815,772 | $281,387 | $41,459 | $4,763,114 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Stanley Marks MD UPCBoard Chair | $1,586,935 | $2,154,649 | $342,951 | $1,427,189 | $0 | $159,746 | $305,825 | $37,126 | $1,929,886 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $2,042,543 | $112,106 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $2,154,649 | |||
| Fadi Sweiss MDNeurosurgeon | $3,655,216 | $0 | $74,615 | $1,838,061 | $1,814,647 | $2,508 | $22,000 | $52,615 | $3,729,831 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from UPMC'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 UPMC compares
Ranked 13th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 12th, Texas Children's Hospital, $13,338,019
- Next in this ranking: 14th, Kaiser Permanente (Health Plan), $12,976,050
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Mayo Clinic$4,888,096 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
CommonSpirit Health$14,175,319 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Bon Secours Mercy Health$12,809,033 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
BJC HealthCare$5,392,901 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Kaiser Permanente (Health Plan)$12,976,050 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Leslie C Davis (President & CEO) was paid $13,324,020 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $12,586,076 from UPMC and $737,944 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Leslie C Davis, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $13,324,020.
UPMC paid its CEO, Leslie C Davis, $13,324,020 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,288,810 (10.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Leslie C Davis, paid $4,211,830. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $4,211,830 (Leslie C Davis); June 2023, $11,314,762; June 2024, $12,035,210; June 2025, $13,324,020.
UPMC's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $29,967,885,458 and total revenue of $30,348,523,096 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $380,637,638. Expenses were $24,631,005,734 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 21.7%. The CEO's pay of $13,324,020 equals 0.04% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns UPMC filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.