Which hospital CEO is paid the most?

Of the 148 nonprofit systems ranked here, the top total is $30,862,679 for JAMES SKOGSBERGH, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Advocate Health, on its return for the fiscal year ending December 2024. Next is ROBERT I GROSSMAN MD of NYU Langone Health at $30,286,568. Totals are Part VII columns D, E and F added together, so they include pay from related organizations and estimated other compensation such as retirement contributions.

How much do nonprofit hospital CEOs make?

Across these 148 systems the median is $4,103,966 (our calculation). 17 reported $10,000,000 or more for their CEO or top-paid person, and 58 reported $5,000,000 or more. The median share is 0.12% of the ranked return's revenue, our calculation from the same return.

Why do some systems show revenue far below their size?

Each row shows the revenue of the return that reports the CEO's pay, and nothing is added across returns. For 46 systems that return is a parent or another system company, not the system's largest filer, so its own revenue can be a small fraction of the system's. Those rows carry a note naming the larger filer.

Why isn't my hospital on the list?

The list covers nonprofit systems whose largest single return reports at least $1 billion in revenue, one row per system. Hospitals owned by governments or public universities, and for-profit chains, do not file a Form 990, and a hospital that belongs to a larger system is counted under that system's row. Health plans, physician groups and research institutes are left out.

CEO pay at US nonprofit hospital systems, ranked

This list ranks 148 of the largest US nonprofit hospital and health systems by what they paid their CEO, using each system's latest full-year IRS Form 990. Every row links to the return it comes from.

Last updated September 25, 2026 from IRS e-file data.

Highest total

$30,862,679

JAMES SKOGSBERGH, Advocate Health.

Median across the list

$4,103,966

Calculated by us from the 148 totals below.

Returns used

148

One per system, fiscal years ending June 2024 to September 2025.

What counts as a hospital system here

Nonprofit hospitals and health systems that file a Form 990, one row per system. A system is ranked by its largest single return, which must report at least $1 billion in total revenue (Part I, line 12); the list is the 150 largest by that measure. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and HealthPartners are included because they run hospital systems, and Highmark Health as the parent of Allegheny Health Network.

The row for each system is the return that reports the CEO's pay, which is often a parent company rather than the biggest hospital. Revenue is always that return's own; filed revenues are never added together. For 46 systems the ranked return is not the system's largest, and a note on the row names the larger filer. 16 rows are group returns, one Form 990 filed for many affiliates.

Public hospitals, including those owned by state universities or local governments, file no Form 990 and are not here. Hospitals that list the same executive as their system's parent are left out so one person's pay is not listed twice. Not ranked: Vandalia Health (the return that reports its CEO lists under $5 million in revenue, below this site's floor for a page) and Saint Francis Health System (the return that reports its CEO lists under $5 million in revenue, below this site's floor for a page).

The ranking

The CEO on each system's latest full-year return, or the highest-paid person where nobody has a chief executive title. Each row is a different return, so each links to its own filing.

Totals are Part VII columns D, E and F added together. Each organization's page shows the three amounts separately. Revenue is Part I, line 12, and pay / revenue is our calculation from the same return. Percentile is the share of the other organizations in the same group whose pay / revenue is lower (0% is the lowest in its group, 100% the highest); the groups are the 121 hospital systems on this site. n/a marks a system ranked on a parent return that carries under a quarter of its largest affiliate's revenue; see its note.
Rank	Organization and CEO	Total pay	Year ending	Revenue	Pay / revenue	Percentile	Source
1	Advocate HealthJAMES SKOGSBERGH CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSee note 1.	$30,862,679	Dec 2024	$71,462,282	n/a	n/a	Filing
2	NYU Langone HealthROBERT I GROSSMAN MD CEO EX-OFFICIO, DEAN & CEO	$30,286,568	Aug 2025	$10,489,477,025	0.29%	88%	Filing
3	NewYork-PresbyterianSTEVEN J CORWIN CEO PRESIDENT & CEO/TRUSTEE	$26,271,976	Dec 2024	$10,662,065,094	0.25%	85%	Filing
4	Montefiore Health SystemPHILIP O OZUAH MD PHD CEO PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 2.	$16,690,037	Dec 2024	$5,908,041,192	0.28%	87%	Filing
5	Vanderbilt University Medical CenterJeffrey R Balser MD PHD CEO President and CEO	$16,481,139	Jun 2025	$8,674,383,028	0.19%	75%	Filing
6	Risant Health (Geisinger)Jaewon Ryu CEO Chief Executive Officer	$14,295,895	Dec 2024	$6,730,942,360	0.21%	78%	Filing
7	CommonSpirit HealthWRIGHT L LASSITER III CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	$14,175,319	Jun 2025	$11,619,907,844	0.12%	49%	Filing
8	AscensionJOSEPH R IMPICCICHE JD MHA CEO CEOSee note 3.	$14,086,474	Jun 2025	$3,284,806,032	0.43%	95%	Filing
9	Hackensack Meridian HealthRobert C Garrett CEO CEO/TrusteeSee note 4.	$13,541,590	Dec 2024	$8,846,442,863	0.15%	61%	Filing
10	Banner HealthPETER S FINE CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	$13,535,312	Dec 2024	$10,839,690,022	0.12%	51%	Filing
11	Texas Children's HospitalMARK A WALLACE CEO BOARD MEMBER, CHAIR & CEO THROUGH 10/4/24	$13,338,019	Sep 2025	$4,436,955,658	0.30%	89%	Filing
12	UPMCLeslie C Davis UPM CEO President & CEOSee note 5.	$13,324,020	Jun 2025	$30,348,523,096	0.04%	5%	Filing
13	Kaiser Permanente (Health Plan)Gregory Adams CEO Chairman & CEOSee note 6.	$12,976,050	Dec 2024	$82,490,440,881	0.02%	0%	Filing
14	Bon Secours Mercy HealthJOHN STARCHER JR JD CEO President & CEO, Bon Secours Mercy Health	$12,809,033	Dec 2024	$11,537,795,267	0.11%	45%	Filing
15	Sutter HealthWARNER THOMAS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO, SHSee note 7.	$11,904,420	Dec 2024	$2,685,790,764	0.44%	96%	Filing
16	Atlantic HealthBrian Gragnolati CEO President & CEOSee note 8.	$11,531,308	Dec 2024	$4,763,861,023	0.24%	84%	Filing
17	Baylor Scott & White HealthPeter McCanna CEO CEOSee notes 9, 10.	$10,016,731	Jun 2024	$107,054,005	n/a	n/a	Filing
18	AdventHealthShaw Terry D CEO Dir/President/CEOSee note 11.	$9,855,391	Dec 2024	$3,188,539,500	0.31%	90%	Filing
19	Highmark Health (Allegheny Health Network)David Holmberg CEO CEO, PRESIDENT, & DIRECTORSee note 12.	$9,716,380	Dec 2024	$6,059,666,088	0.16%	65%	Filing
20	Intermountain Health (IHC Health Services)ROBERT W ALLENFORMER OFFICER (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)	$9,715,356	Dec 2024	$10,650,854,026	0.09%	30%	Filing
21	Cleveland ClinicMIHALJEVIC MD TOMISLAV CEO DIRECTOR, PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 13.	$9,709,152	Dec 2024	$9,680,031,802	0.10%	37%	Filing
22	Orlando HealthDAVID W STRONG CEO PRESIDENT & CEO	$9,439,845	Sep 2025	$7,296,589,884	0.13%	54%	Filing
23	Mass General BrighamANNE KLIBANSKI MD CEO PRESIDENT, CEO & DIRECTORSee note 14.	$9,180,758	Sep 2025	$2,444,998,724	n/a	n/a	Filing
24	Providence HealthERIK WEXLER CEO PRESIDENT/CEO	$9,125,384	Dec 2024	$9,728,808,188	0.09%	34%	Filing
25	Cedars-SinaiTHOMAS M PRISELACPRESIDENT/BOARD MEMBER (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)	$9,076,459	Jun 2025	$5,868,996,069	0.15%	62%	Filing
26	RWJBarnabas HealthMARK E MANIGAN CEO TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT/CEOSee note 15.	$8,864,611	Dec 2024	$2,184,226,025	0.41%	95%	Filing
27	MultiCare Health SystemWILLIAM ROBERTSON CEO CEO	$8,673,258	Dec 2024	$5,011,395,222	0.17%	68%	Filing
28	Houston MethodistMARC L BOOM MD CEO President & CEO (Schedule O)See note 16.	$8,338,578	Dec 2024	$4,404,411,075	0.19%	74%	Filing
29	MercyStephen L Mackin CEO President, Mercy Health CEOSee note 17.	$8,335,401	Jun 2025	$1,656,435,434	0.50%	97%	Filing
30	Northwestern MedicineHoward B Chrisman MD CEO Director and President & CEO (Schedule O)See note 18.	$8,174,061	Aug 2025	$11,241,795,455	0.07%	19%	Filing
31	Novant HealthCARL ARMATO CEO TRUSTEE, PRES/CEO NH	$8,150,937	Dec 2024	$6,542,888,138	0.12%	50%	Filing
32	SSM HealthLAURA KAISER CEO DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO) & PRES/CEOSee note 19.	$7,886,813	Dec 2024	$1,391,036,296	0.57%	100%	Filing
33	Trinity HealthMICHAEL SLUBOWSKI CEO DIRECTOR; PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 20.	$7,298,977	Jun 2025	$3,292,589,454	0.22%	80%	Filing
34	City of HopeROBERT W STONE CEO PRESIDENT & CEO	$7,115,860	Sep 2025	$3,432,349,751	0.21%	77%	Filing
35	MemorialCareBARRY S ARBUCKLE CEO BD MEMBER- LBMMC,OCMMC,SMMC,MCMF, CEO MHSSee note 21.	$7,083,129	Jun 2025	$3,129,989,503	0.23%	81%	Filing
36	Henry Ford HealthROBERT G RINEY CEO DIRECTOR/ PRESIDENT/CEO	$7,081,174	Dec 2024	$5,284,200,687	0.13%	57%	Filing
37	Ochsner HealthPETER C NOVEMBER CEO CEO/BOARD MEMBER	$7,011,513	Dec 2024	$6,038,885,387	0.12%	47%	Filing
38	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterSELWYN VICKERS MD CEO Board member, President & CEOSee note 22.	$6,979,162	Dec 2024	$1,819,162,205	n/a	n/a	Filing
39	Corewell HealthCHRISTINA FREESE DECKERDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)See note 23.	$6,952,800	Dec 2024	$1,957,749,115	n/a	n/a	Filing
40	Inova Health SystemJ STEPHEN JONES MD CEO PRESIDENT/CEO	$6,579,451	Dec 2024	$6,423,097,177	0.10%	40%	Filing
41	MedStar HealthKENNETH A SAMET CEO CEO AND PRESIDENTSee note 24.	$6,562,774	Jun 2025	$423,331,709	n/a	n/a	Filing
42	OhioHealthMarkovich Stephen E MD CEO CEO/President/Board - OhioHlth	$6,546,210	Jun 2025	$5,723,845,185	0.11%	46%	Filing
43	Sentara HealthDENNIS A MATHEIS CEO PRESIDENT/CEO/EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORSee note 25.	$6,375,042	Dec 2024	$1,261,880,759	0.51%	98%	Filing
44	Memorial Hermann Health SystemDavid L Callender MD CEO CEO/President	$6,061,094	Jun 2025	$8,563,610,095	0.07%	15%	Filing
45	Northside HospitalROBERT T QUATTROCCHI CEO PRESIDENT & CEO NSH, INC.	$5,944,335	Sep 2025	$8,363,035,234	0.07%	16%	Filing
46	Northwell HealthMICHAEL DOWLING CEO President & CEOSee note 26.	$5,943,362	Dec 2024	$2,686,059,921	0.22%	80%	Filing
47	Baptist Health (Kentucky)Gerard J Colman PhD CEO System President, CEO & Dir	$5,838,744	Aug 2025	$4,712,737,148	0.12%	50%	Filing
48	Lehigh Valley Health NetworkBRIAN A NESTER DOPRESIDENT (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)	$5,806,648	Jun 2025	$4,266,690,493	0.14%	58%	Filing
49	Indiana University HealthDENNIS M MURPHY CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO	$5,720,461	Dec 2024	$6,079,560,656	0.09%	35%	Filing
50	Fairview Health ServicesJames Hereford CEO President & CEO	$5,659,485	Dec 2024	$5,326,063,577	0.11%	43%	Filing
51	Baptist Health South FloridaALBERT BOULENGER CEO PRESIDENT AND CEOSee note 27.	$5,597,018	Sep 2025	$1,433,239,151	0.39%	93%	Filing
52	Mount Sinai Health SystemBRENDAN CARR 1 CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (START 1/1/24)	$5,489,914	Dec 2024	$4,653,204,635	0.12%	48%	Filing
53	Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaMADELINE BELL CEO PRESIDENT, CEO & TRUSTEE	$5,479,580	Jun 2025	$4,165,576,231	0.13%	55%	Filing
54	BJC HealthCareBJC LIEKWEG RICHARD CEO PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR; CEO (Schedule L)See note 28.	$5,392,901	Dec 2024	$11,251,316,536	0.05%	6%	Filing
55	Stanford Health CareDAVID ENTWISTLE CEO PRESIDENT & CEO (SEE SCH O)	$5,385,633	Aug 2025	$8,679,438,173	0.06%	10%	Filing
56	Froedtert ThedaCare HealthCatherine Jacobson CEO FTCH CEO (TERMED 6/30/24)See note 29.	$5,280,159	Jun 2025	$1,350,935,059	0.39%	94%	Filing
57	Endeavor HealthGerald P Gallagher CEO President and Chief Executive Officer	$5,191,626	Dec 2024	$2,288,929,952	0.23%	82%	Filing
58	Wellstar Health SystemCandice Saunders CEO President & CEO	$5,069,923	Jun 2025	$3,081,488,520	0.16%	66%	Filing
59	Sanford HealthBILL GASSEN CEO TRUSTEE, PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 30.	$4,999,360	Dec 2024	$6,110,580,553	0.08%	28%	Filing
60	Yale New Haven HealthCHRISTOPHER O'CONNOR CEO CEO/TRUSTEE (CURRENT YR COMP)See note 31.	$4,968,969	Sep 2025	$1,157,413,267	n/a	n/a	Filing
61	Mayo ClinicFARRUGIA MD GIANRICO CEO DIRECTOR/CEO/PRESIDENTSee note 32.	$4,888,096	Dec 2024	$14,891,458,272	0.03%	1%	Filing
62	Rush University System for HealthOmar B Lateef DO CEO President & Chief Executive Officer, RUSH	$4,819,778	Jun 2025	$2,758,712,727	0.17%	69%	Filing
63	Hartford HealthCareJeffrey Flaks CEO Director, President & CEOSee note 33.	$4,799,936	Sep 2025	$714,767,257	n/a	n/a	Filing
64	Beth Israel Lahey HealthTABB MD KEVIN CEO TTEE (EX-OFF), PRES, & CEOSee note 34.	$4,734,371	Sep 2025	$887,934,789	0.53%	99%	Filing
65	St. Luke's University Health NetworkRichard A Anderson CEO TRUSTEE - PRESIDENT/CEO-SLUHNSee note 35.	$4,495,929	Jun 2025	$147,653,642	n/a	n/a	Filing
66	University Hospitals (Cleveland)MEGERIAN CLIFF MD CEO DIRECTOR EX OFF/CEOSee note 36.	$4,448,841	Dec 2024	$954,845,315	n/a	n/a	Filing
67	Piedmont HealthcareMR KEVIN BROWN CEO BOARD MEMBER & CEO, PHCSee note 37.	$4,428,574	Jun 2025	$356,848,714	n/a	n/a	Filing
68	HonorHealthTODD LAPORTE CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO	$4,422,352	Dec 2024	$3,455,315,312	0.13%	53%	Filing
69	Presbyterian Healthcare ServicesDALE MAXWELL CEO CEO/ DIRECTOR (TERM: 10/18/2024)	$4,407,510	Dec 2024	$2,898,794,768	0.15%	60%	Filing
70	Children's Health (Dallas)Christopher J Durovich CEO President CEO	$4,345,262	Dec 2024	$2,662,618,681	0.16%	65%	Filing
71	Children's Hospital ColoradoJena Hausmann CEO Chief Executive Officer	$4,286,194	Dec 2024	$2,014,273,578	0.21%	79%	Filing
72	Lexington Medical CenterTOD AUGSBURGER CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO	$4,261,823	Sep 2025	$1,768,647,290	0.24%	83%	Filing
73	UMass Memorial HealthERIC W DICKSON MD CEO PRESIDENT, CEO, DIRECTOR, UMM HEALTH CARE, INC.See note 38.	$4,141,845	Sep 2025	$790,607,985	n/a	n/a	Filing
74	Norton HealthcareRussell F Cox CEO President & CEO/TrusteeSee note 39.	$4,115,838	Dec 2024	$759,365,626	n/a	n/a	Filing
75	Allina HealthLISA SHANNON CEO PRESIDENT/CEO	$4,092,093	Dec 2024	$5,929,260,387	0.07%	13%	Filing
76	Methodist Health System (Dallas)JAMES C SCOGGIN JR CEO CEO	$4,078,719	Sep 2025	$2,549,613,644	0.16%	64%	Filing
77	University of Maryland Medical SystemMOHAN SUNTHA MD CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO, UMMS	$3,940,617	Jun 2025	$2,527,227,702	0.16%	63%	Filing
78	UNC Rex HealthcareA Wesley Burks MDDirector (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)See note 40.	$3,939,666	Jun 2025	$1,916,498,283	0.21%	76%	Filing
79	HoagROBERT BRAITHWAITE CEO PRESIDENT & CEO	$3,921,506	Dec 2024	$2,118,202,627	0.19%	71%	Filing
80	Community Health NetworkBRYAN A MILLS CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO	$3,879,760	Dec 2024	$2,322,217,395	0.17%	67%	Filing
81	HealthPartners (Park Nicollet)ANDREA M WALSH CEO PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 41.	$3,838,003	Dec 2024	$2,192,407,935	0.18%	70%	Filing
82	John Muir HealthMICHAEL S THOMAS CEO PRESIDENT/CEO	$3,802,506	Dec 2024	$2,018,584,584	0.19%	72%	Filing
83	Kaleida HealthDONALD BOYD CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO	$3,764,180	Dec 2024	$1,948,879,909	0.19%	75%	Filing
84	Scripps HealthCHRISTOPHER VAN GORDER CEO PRESIDENT / CEO	$3,689,779	Sep 2025	$5,134,555,653	0.07%	17%	Filing
85	Parkview HealthRICK HENVEY CEO DIRECTOR/PH CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSee note 42.	$3,677,159	Dec 2024	$1,212,089,211	0.30%	90%	Filing
86	Cook Children's Health Care SystemRICK W MERRILL CEO PRESIDENT/CEOSee note 43.	$3,598,135	Sep 2025	$511,199,607	n/a	n/a	Filing
87	ChristianaCareJANICE E NEVIN MD CEO DIR. (EX-OFFICIO), PRES. & CEO	$3,545,430	Jun 2025	$3,368,541,741	0.11%	42%	Filing
88	Boston Children's HospitalKevin Churchwell MD CEO Chief Executive Officer	$3,490,323	Sep 2025	$3,588,588,824	0.10%	35%	Filing
89	Cooper University Health CareKEVIN O'DOWD JD CEO CO-PRESIDENT/CEO	$3,398,140	Dec 2024	$2,550,029,191	0.13%	56%	Filing
90	Prisma HealthMARK S O'HALLA CEO PRESIDENT AND CEO OF PRISMA HEALTHSee note 44.	$3,374,451	Sep 2025	$339,545,458	n/a	n/a	Filing
91	Main Line HealthJOHN J LYNCH III CEO CEO & Ttee (until june 2025)See note 45.	$3,302,622	Jun 2025	$1,876,580,310	0.18%	70%	Filing
92	UChicago MedicineMARK ANDERSONTRUSTEE EX OFFICIO/EVP MED AFFAIRS,DEAN, BSD & PRITZKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)See note 46.	$3,295,016	Jun 2025	$3,573,895,376	0.09%	32%	Filing
93	Penn State HealthSTEPHEN MASSINI CEO DIRECTOR/CEO - PART YEARSee note 47.	$3,235,216	Jun 2025	$856,562,700	0.38%	92%	Filing
94	OSF HealthCareROBERT C SEHRING CEO VICE CHAIRPERSON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	$3,181,962	Sep 2025	$4,392,210,016	0.07%	18%	Filing
95	WellSpan HealthROXANNA GAPSTUR PHD RN CEO PRESIDENT & CEO - WELLSPAN HEALTHSee note 48.	$3,176,598	Jun 2025	$920,651,702	0.35%	91%	Filing
96	Nemours Children's HealthR Lawrence Moss MD CEO President and CEO	$3,081,278	Dec 2024	$2,357,991,833	0.13%	55%	Filing
97	Franciscan HealthKEVIN D LEAHYPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)	$3,036,555	Dec 2024	$3,781,825,597	0.08%	26%	Filing
98	BayCare Health SystemSTEPHANIE CONNERS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO BAYCARESee note 49.	$3,027,169	Dec 2024	$1,605,385,449	0.19%	73%	Filing
99	Children's Healthcare of AtlantaDONNA HYLAND PRESIDENTCEOTRUSTEE - SYS/MAC/FDN/HSOC (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)See note 50.	$3,008,349	Dec 2024	$2,772,950,050	0.11%	44%	Filing
100	Tampa General HospitalJOHN COURIS CEO CEO & PRESIDENT	$2,944,103	Sep 2025	$3,809,952,749	0.08%	23%	Filing
101	Johns Hopkins Health SystemKEVIN W SOWERS MSN RN FAATRUSTEE, PRESIDENT (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)See note 51.	$2,922,528	Jun 2025	$783,774,051	n/a	n/a	Filing
102	Seattle Children'sJEFF SPERRING MDFORMER OFFICER (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)	$2,856,316	Sep 2025	$3,072,099,534	0.09%	33%	Filing
103	Cincinnati Children'sSTEVE DAVIS MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO	$2,814,850	Jun 2025	$3,568,680,376	0.08%	25%	Filing
104	Nebraska MedicineJames Linder MD CEO Chairman & CEO	$2,775,089	Jun 2025	$2,799,901,402	0.10%	36%	Filing
105	Sharp HealthCareCHRISTOPHER D HOWARD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO SHC	$2,750,617	Sep 2025	$2,192,680,289	0.13%	52%	Filing
106	Grady Health SystemJOHN M HAUPERT FACHE CEO PRESIDENT/CEO	$2,698,520	Dec 2024	$2,689,147,008	0.10%	38%	Filing
107	Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteLaurie H Glimcher MD CEO President & CEO Emerita	$2,679,650	Sep 2025	$3,917,771,259	0.07%	10%	Filing
108	Baptist Health (Jacksonville)MICHAEL A MAYO DHA CEO PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXEC OFFICERSee note 52.	$2,654,184	Sep 2025	$289,140,667	n/a	n/a	Filing
109	Children's National HospitalMICHELLE RILEY-BROWN CEO PRESIDENT/CEO	$2,644,721	Jun 2025	$1,872,813,787	0.14%	59%	Filing
110	MaineHealthAndrew Mueller MD CEO CEO and President	$2,618,396	Sep 2025	$4,705,659,409	0.06%	9%	Filing
111	Fred Hutchinson Cancer CenterTHOMAS J LYNCH MDPresident & Director (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)	$2,598,413	Jun 2025	$2,532,392,907	0.10%	40%	Filing
112	Rady Children's HealthPATRICK FRIAS MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO	$2,563,540	Jun 2025	$1,762,087,501	0.15%	60%	Filing
113	Dartmouth HealthJoanne M Conroy MD CEO Trustee, Ex-Officio, CEOSee notes 53, 54.	$2,525,898	Jun 2025	$933,976,465	0.27%	86%	Filing
114	Avera HealthJames Dover CEO President/CEOSee note 55.	$2,504,735	Jun 2025	$359,131,383	n/a	n/a	Filing
115	Albany Med Health SystemDENNIS P MCKENNA MD CEO PRES/CEO(AMCH),BD MEM(AMCH,AMCF,COL,CMH,GFH,SH)See note 56.	$2,495,953	Dec 2024	$3,278,662,634	0.08%	21%	Filing
116	Northeast Georgia Health SystemCAROL BURRELL CEO PRESIDENT & CEO (ENDED 5/25)	$2,489,525	Sep 2025	$2,231,786,507	0.11%	45%	Filing
117	Methodist Le Bonheur HealthcareMichael Ugwueke CEO PRESIDENT/CEO/BOARD MEMBERSee note 57.	$2,444,821	Dec 2024	$439,781,743	n/a	n/a	Filing
118	Duke University Health SystemCRAIG T ALBANESE MD CEO DIRECTOR/CEO	$2,338,899	Jun 2025	$6,165,109,566	0.04%	2%	Filing
119	Stanford Medicine Children's HealthPAUL KING CEO Dir., Pres & CEO	$2,338,281	Aug 2025	$2,890,101,302	0.08%	27%	Filing
120	Moffitt Cancer CenterPATRICK HWU CEO PRES/CEOSee note 58.	$2,243,616	Jun 2025	$322,301,135	n/a	n/a	Filing
121	UVM Medical CenterDR SUNIL EAPPEN CEO NTWK PRES/CEO	$2,235,745	Sep 2025	$2,494,689,024	0.09%	30%	Filing
122	WakeMedDONALD GINTZIG CEO PRESIDENT & CEO	$2,218,512	Sep 2025	$2,599,042,078	0.09%	29%	Filing
123	Carilion ClinicSTEVEN ARNER CEO PRESIDENT/CEO-CARILION CLINICSee note 59.	$2,205,266	Sep 2025	$514,313,784	n/a	n/a	Filing
124	Boston Medical CenterALASTAIR BELL MD CEO BMCHS PRESIDENT & CEO/TRUSTEE	$2,199,373	Sep 2025	$2,974,938,543	0.07%	20%	Filing
125	Nationwide Children's HospitalTimothy C Robinson CEO DIRECTOR / CEO - NCHSee note 60.	$2,187,047	Dec 2024	$4,325,096,802	0.05%	7%	Filing
126	ECU HealthMICHAEL WALDRUM MD CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERSee note 61.	$2,152,599	Sep 2025	$457,914,887	n/a	n/a	Filing
127	St. Luke's Health System (Idaho)Chris Roth CEO President & System CEOSee note 62.	$2,104,597	Sep 2025	$868,714,674	0.24%	85%	Filing
128	UC Health (Cincinnati)CORY SHAW CEO CEO & PRESIDENT	$2,068,092	Jun 2025	$2,926,481,065	0.07%	14%	Filing
129	Brown University Health (Lifespan)JOHN FERNANDEZ CEO PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 63.	$2,016,723	Sep 2025	$449,326,854	n/a	n/a	Filing
130	CoxHealthMAX D BUETOW CEO PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 64.	$1,977,250	Sep 2025	$394,598,058	n/a	n/a	Filing
131	Children's Hospital Los AngelesPaul S Viviano CEO Director, CEO	$1,888,151	Jun 2025	$1,816,852,966	0.10%	41%	Filing
132	Maimonides Medical CenterKENNETH GIBBS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO	$1,815,126	Dec 2024	$1,807,630,671	0.10%	39%	Filing
133	Children's Mercy Kansas CityPaul Kempinski MS FACHE CEO Director; President & CEO; End 1/2/25	$1,803,068	Jun 2025	$2,340,991,656	0.08%	22%	Filing
134	Community Health System (Fresno)CRAIG WAGONER CEO PRESIDENT & CEO (AS OF 02/25)See note 65.	$1,767,621	Aug 2025	$2,580,198,511	0.07%	11%	Filing
135	Queen's Health SystemsJILL HOGGARD GREEN CEO PRESIDENT/CEO - PART YEARSee note 66.	$1,759,879	Jun 2025	$255,434,067	n/a	n/a	Filing
136	Baystate HealthPETER D BANKO CEO TRUSTEE/PRESIDENT & CEO - BHSee note 67.	$1,747,717	Sep 2025	$1,900,731,020	0.09%	31%	Filing
137	Riverside Health SystemMICHAEL J DACEY MD CEO BOARD MEMBER/Chief Executive OfficerSee note 68.	$1,730,414	Dec 2024	$2,523,395,459	0.07%	12%	Filing
138	St. Jude Children's Research HospitalJAMES R DOWNING CEO PRESIDENT/CEO	$1,713,883	Jun 2025	$2,208,853,162	0.08%	24%	Filing
139	St. Elizabeth HealthcareGarren Colvin CEO PRESIDENT/CEO	$1,709,972	Dec 2024	$2,186,211,019	0.08%	25%	Filing
140	Cone HealthCAGLE MD MARY JO CEO PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 69.	$1,678,281	Sep 2024	$2,307,557,291	0.07%	20%	Filing
141	UF Health ShandsSTEPHEN MOTEW MD CEO VICE CHAIR & DIR / UF HEALTH PRES & SYSTEM CEO	$1,608,122	Jun 2025	$2,996,505,492	0.05%	8%	Filing
142	PeaceHealthCHARLES PROSPER CEO Chief Executive Northwest	$1,552,367	Jun 2025	$4,019,939,134	0.04%	3%	Filing
143	Hawai'i Pacific HealthDavid Underriner CEO Board of Director, CEO (part year)See note 70.	$1,393,821	Jun 2025	$1,971,029,391	0.07%	15%	Filing
144	FMOL HealthEvert Kuiper CEO CEO & PresidentSee note 71.	$1,212,532	Jun 2025	$445,304,404	n/a	n/a	Filing
145	Temple University HospitalAbhinav Rastogi CEO President & CEO	$1,176,873	Jun 2025	$2,728,530,922	0.04%	4%	Filing
146	WVU MedicineMichael GracePresident (highest-paid; no CEO title on this return)	$1,145,956	Dec 2024	$2,472,013,833	0.05%	5%	Filing
147	Loma Linda University HealthHART RICHARD HENRY CEO PRESIDENT & CEOSee note 72.	$914,639	Jun 2025	$47,523,748	n/a	n/a	Filing
148	Lee HealthLAWRENCE ANTONUCCI CEO PRESIDENT/CEO AND DIRECTOR (EX-OFFICIO)	$709,634	Sep 2025	$3,504,937,217	0.02%	0%	Filing

1.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Advocate Health and Hospitals Corp (EIN 36-2169147), $7,808,910,070 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
2.Montefiore Health System's return lists PHILIP O OZUAH MD PHD's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Montefiore Health System itself.
3.Revenue on this row is from Ascension's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Ascension Seton (EIN 74-1109643), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
4.Hackensack Meridian Health files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
5.UPMC files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
6.Kaiser Foundation Hospitals reports the same executives and is listed on its own page.
7.Revenue on this row is from Sutter Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Sutter Bay Hospitals (EIN 94-0562680), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
8.Atlantic Health files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
9.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Baylor University Medical Center (EIN 75-1837454), $2,318,236,064 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
10.Baylor Scott & White Health also filed a newer return that covers only 6 months, July 2024 to December 2024. A partial year is not comparable with a full one, so this row uses the latest full-year return.
11.Revenue on this row is from AdventHealth's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Adventist Health System/Sunbelt (EIN 59-1479658), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
12.Highmark Health (Allegheny Health Network) files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
13.Revenue on this row is from Cleveland Clinic's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Group Return (EIN 91-2153073), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
14.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return (EIN 90-0656139), $24,908,354,094 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
15.Revenue on this row is from RWJBarnabas Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by RWJ Barnabas Health - Subordinates (EIN 85-1296795), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
16.Houston Methodist files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
17.Revenue on this row is from Mercy's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Mercy Hospitals East Communities (EIN 43-0653493), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
18.Northwestern Medicine files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
19.Revenue on this row is from SSM Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by SSM Health Care St Louis (EIN 43-1343281), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
20.Revenue on this row is from Trinity Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Trinity Health - Michigan (EIN 38-2113393), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
21.MemorialCare files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together. MemorialCare's return lists BARRY S ARBUCKLE's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from MemorialCare itself.
22.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (EIN 91-2154267), $8,499,234,483 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
23.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Corewell Health Group Return (EIN 61-1740292), $11,491,275,449 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
24.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by HH Medstar Health (EIN 52-1542230), $2,399,792,762 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
25.Revenue on this row is from Sentara Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Sentara Hospitals (EIN 54-1547408), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
26.Revenue on this row is from Northwell Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Long Island Jewish Medical Center (EIN 11-2241326), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
27.Revenue on this row is from Baptist Health South Florida's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Baptist Hospital of Miami (EIN 59-0910342), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
28.BJC HealthCare files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
29.Revenue on this row is from Froedtert ThedaCare Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital (EIN 39-6105970), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
30.Sanford Health files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together. Sanford Health's return lists BILL GASSEN's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Sanford Health itself.
31.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Yale New Haven Hospital (EIN 06-0646652), $4,883,266,662 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
32.Mayo Clinic files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
33.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Hartford Hospital (EIN 06-0646668), $2,936,696,079 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
34.Revenue on this row is from Beth Israel Lahey Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (EIN 04-2103881), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
35.St. Luke's University Health Network's return lists Richard A Anderson's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from St. Luke's University Health Network itself. This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by St Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Pa (EIN 23-1352213), $1,788,643,219 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
36.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by University Hospitals Health System INC Group Return (EIN 90-0059117), $5,946,385,392 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
37.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Piedmont Hospital (EIN 58-0566213), $1,871,280,799 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
38.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by UMASS Memorial Health Care INC & Affiliates (EIN 91-2155626), $4,571,034,235 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
39.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Norton Hospitals (EIN 61-0703799), $3,371,281,873 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
40.UNC Rex Healthcare's return lists A Wesley Burks MD's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from UNC Rex Healthcare itself.
41.HealthPartners (Park Nicollet) files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together. HealthPartners (Park Nicollet)'s return lists ANDREA M WALSH's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from HealthPartners (Park Nicollet) itself.
42.Revenue on this row is from Parkview Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Parkview Hospital (EIN 35-0868085), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
43.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Cook Children's Medical Center (EIN 75-2051646), $2,268,395,631 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
44.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Prisma Health-Upstate (EIN 81-1723202), $3,605,252,123 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
45.Main Line Health's return lists JOHN J LYNCH III's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Main Line Health itself.
46.UChicago Medicine's return lists MARK ANDERSON's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from UChicago Medicine itself.
47.Revenue on this row is from Penn State Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by The Milton S Hershey Medical Center (EIN 25-1854772), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
48.Revenue on this row is from WellSpan Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by York Hospital (EIN 23-1352222), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
49.Revenue on this row is from BayCare Health System's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by St Joseph's Hospital (EIN 59-0774199), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
50.Children's Healthcare of Atlanta files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's return lists DONNA HYLAND PRESIDENTCEO's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta itself.
51.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by The Johns Hopkins Hospital (EIN 52-0591656), $3,757,011,681 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
52.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Southern Baptist Hospital of Florida (EIN 59-0747311), $2,969,280,739 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
53.Revenue on this row is from Dartmouth Health's own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (EIN 02-0222140), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
54.Dartmouth Health also filed a newer return that covers only 3 months, July 2025 to September 2025. A partial year is not comparable with a full one, so this row uses the latest full-year return.
55.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Avera Mckennan (EIN 46-0224743), $1,859,516,401 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
56.Albany Med Health System files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together. Albany Med Health System's return lists DENNIS P MCKENNA MD's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Albany Med Health System itself.
57.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals (EIN 62-0479367), $1,968,551,184 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
58.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital (EIN 59-3238634), $2,640,684,525 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
59.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Carilion Medical Center (EIN 54-0506332), $2,324,266,131 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
60.Nationwide Children's Hospital files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
61.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Pitt County Memorial Hospital (EIN 56-0585243), $2,223,240,973 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
62.Revenue on this row is from St. Luke's Health System (Idaho)'s own return. The system's largest single return is filed separately by St Luke's Regional Medical Center Ltd (EIN 82-0161600), so the revenue here is not the whole system's.
63.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Rhode Island Hospital (EIN 05-0258954), $2,454,579,414 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
64.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Lester E Cox Medical Centers (EIN 44-0577118), $1,960,936,555 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
65.Community Health System (Fresno)'s return lists CRAIG WAGONER's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Community Health System (Fresno) itself.
66.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by The Queen's Medical Center (EIN 99-0073524), $1,861,679,716 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
67.Baystate Health's return lists PETER D BANKO's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Baystate Health itself.
68.Riverside Health System files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together.
69.Cone Health also filed a newer return that covers only 3 months, October 2024 to December 2024. A partial year is not comparable with a full one, so this row uses the latest full-year return.
70.Hawai'i Pacific Health files a group return: one Form 990 for a group of affiliated organizations together. Hawai'i Pacific Health's return lists David Underriner's pay as pay from related organizations (Part VII column E), with nothing from Hawai'i Pacific Health itself.
71.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Our Lady of the Lake Hospital (EIN 72-0423651), $2,236,247,950 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.
72.This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Loma Linda University Medical Center (EIN 95-3522679), $2,014,325,537 on its latest return, so pay / revenue and the percentile are shown as n/a.

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Which return: The most recent return that covers a full year. Short-year returns, filed when an organization changes its fiscal year, cover only a few months and are not used as the latest year. Where a return was amended, the amended version is used.
What “total” means: Part VII columns D, E and F added together: reportable pay from the organization, reportable pay from related organizations, and estimated other compensation. We add them up; each organization's page shows the three amounts separately.
Timing: Returns are due up to 10½ months after the fiscal year ends and usually appear in IRS data 12 to 18 months after the year ends, so the latest year here is a year or more old.
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