Woman's Hospital CEO salary and executive pay
Woman's Hospital paid its CEO, Rene Ragas, $936,701 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is down $118,289 (11.2%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,003,943,473, up 11.9% from $897,501,869 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Woman's Hospital ranks 222nd of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Woman's Hospital has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 72-0652905, Baton Rouge, LA.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$936,701
- Total revenue
- $1,003,943,473
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 25%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202632269349301918.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 138th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.09% 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, 8 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Rene Ragas CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $936,701 |
| Anthony C Evans Jr MDPHYSICIAN | $905,736 |
| Robert Moore MDCHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER | $859,711 |
| Edward W Veillon Jr MDPHYSICIAN | $791,129 |
| Marshall St Amant MDPHYSICIAN | $776,016 |
Also paid on the latest return: Renee Cowan MD (PHYSICIAN), $697,967; Pamela Simmons MD (PHYSICIAN), $688,055; Nina Dusang (EXEC VP/CHIEF FINANCIAL OF), $512,723; Patrick Seiter (IN-HOUSE GENERAL COUNSEL), $492,908; April Chaisson (VP, FINANCE), $478,992; Paul Kirk (VP, CHIEF INFORMATION OFFI), $432,571; Cheri Johnson (SR VP, PT CARE/CHIEF NSG), $403,219; Eboni Buchanan (VP, PHYSICIAN SERVICES), $393,951; Kurt Scott (SR. VP/CHIEF OP OFFICER), $391,402; Ed Halphen (VP, HUMAN RESOURCES), $376,908; Cynthia Amedee (SVP, LEGAL & COMP OFFICER), $254,355; Keila Stoval (FORMER CHIEF PHIL OFF & FND PRES), $170,453.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Amanda Pearson MD (BOARD MEMBER), Cheree Schwartzenburg MD (BOARD MEMBER), Chris Ciesielski (CHAIR), Greg Gelpi MD (BOARD MEMBER), Janet Olson (CHAIR ELECT), Jessica Baghian (BOARD MEMBER), John Everett (BOARD MEMBER), Nick Speyrer (SECRETARY/TREASURER), Rose Hudson (BOARD MEMBER), Rudy Aguilar (BOARD MEMBER), Shawn Kleinpeter MD (BOARD MEMBER), Susan Puyau MD (BOARD MEMBER), Terrie Thomas MD (BOARD MEMBER), Tim Poche (BOARD MEMBER), Whitney Breaux (BOARD MEMBER).
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 | Rene Ragas CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $936,701 | $1,003,943,473 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Rene Ragas CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $1,054,990 | $897,501,869 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Rene Ragas CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $603,481 | $843,976,082 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Paul Cleckner CEO PRESIDENT/CEO (INTERIM) | $426,808 | $730,785,025 | 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 202632269349301918.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Rene RagasPRESIDENT/CEO | $802,135 | $134,566 | $765,231 | $35,386 | $1,518 | $95,294 | $39,272 | $936,701 |
| Anthony C Evans Jr MDPHYSICIAN | $850,972 | $54,764 | $622,353 | $129,853 | $98,766 | $16,315 | $38,449 | $905,736 |
| Robert Moore MDCHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER | $808,544 | $51,167 | $666,257 | $0 | $142,287 | $17,250 | $33,917 | $859,711 |
| Edward W Veillon Jr MDPHYSICIAN | $715,357 | $75,772 | $623,528 | $0 | $91,829 | $34,950 | $40,822 | $791,129 |
| Marshall St Amant MDPHYSICIAN | $698,845 | $77,171 | $647,454 | $0 | $51,391 | $40,922 | $36,249 | $776,016 |
These figures come from Woman's Hospital'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 Woman's Hospital compares
Ranked 222nd of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 221st, Hennepin Healthcare, $1,007,646
- Next in this ranking: 223rd, Loma Linda University Health, $914,639
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
UK King's Daughters Medical Center$1,196,109 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Hendrick Health$1,812,647 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Sky Lakes Medical Center$849,837 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Onvida Health$2,671,867 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
University Hospitals (Cleveland)$4,448,841 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Rene Ragas (PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $936,701 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $802,135 from Woman's Hospital and $134,566 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Rene Ragas, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $936,701.
Woman's Hospital paid its CEO, Rene Ragas, $936,701 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is down $118,289 (11.2%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Paul Cleckner, paid $426,808. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $426,808 (Paul Cleckner); September 2023, $603,481 (Rene Ragas); September 2024, $1,054,990; September 2025, $936,701.
Woman's Hospital's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $939,469,994 and total revenue of $1,003,943,473 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $64,473,479. Expenses were $845,208,738 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 11.2%. The CEO's pay of $936,701 equals 0.10% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Woman's Hospital filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.