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Chart: CEO Pay Packages, Ranked By Hospital Revenue

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RANK NAME STATE HOSPITAL REVENUE HIGHEST-PAID EXECUTIVE TOTAL COMPENSATION ADJUSTED COMPENSATION 1 CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER OH $1,461,074,989 James M. Anderson – President & CEO $1,747,573 $1,577,367 2 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA PA $1,439,522,728 Steven M. Altschuler- President & CEO $2,070,775 $2,070,775 3 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BOSTON MA $1,348,731,678 James Mandell – CEO $1,962,538 $663,132 4 TEXAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, HOUSTON TX $1,001,158,792 Mark A. Wallace – President $1,430,013 $1,430,013 5 NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, COLUMBUS OH $918,711,467 Steven Allen – CEO $1,111,264 $1,111,264 6 CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS TX $912,034,106 Christopher J. Durovich – President & CEO $2,845,980 $2,128,120 7 CHILDREN’S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA, INC. 1 GA $872,173,403 James Tally-CEO 2 $3,474,172 NA 8 PACKARD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD CA $772,101,422 Christopher Dawes-President & CEO $1,102,983 $641,714 9 CHILDREN’S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER DC $730,275,611 Edwin K. Zechman Jr.-President & CEO $1,987,629 $1,987,629 10 SEATTLE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WA $707,928,519 Thomas Hansen – CEO $1,209,562 $1,209,562 11 CHILDREN’S MERCY HOSPITAL, KANSAS CITY MO $684,116,645 Randall L. O’Donnell – President & CEO $5,987,194 3 $1,902,203 12 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN, MILWAUKEE WI $588,727,332 Jon E. Vice – President $5,465,948 4 $5,465,948 13 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL DENVER CO $588,534,289 James Shmerling-President & CEO $1,088,845 $1,088,845 14 CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS & CLINICS, MINNEAPOLIS MN $565,417,744 Alan L. Goldbloom -President & CEO $1,324,535 $1,262,436 15 COOK CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER, FORT WORTH TX $563,749,365 Rick W. Merrill-President & CEO $1,006,707 $1,006,707 16 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES CA $546,993,497 Richard Cordova-President & CEO $1,159,984 $1,026,269 17 CHILDREN’S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, CHICAGO IL $533,957,494 Patrick Magoon – President & CEO $1,802,955 $1,802,955 18 RADY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, SAN DIEGO CA $515,220,872 Kathleen Dooley Sellick-President & CEO $1,016,086 $716,418 19 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA, BIRMINGHAM AL $488,044,516 William M. Warren – President & CEO $686,125 $686,125 20 ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, LITTLE ROCK AR $513,077,329 Jonathan Bates -President & CEO $688,147 $688,147 21 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, OAKLAND CA $443,463,208 Frank Tiedmann- President & CEO $1,356,330 $1,356,330 22 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, AKRON OH $434,893,891 William H. Considine-President $5,132,104 5 $1,582,104 23 MIAMI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FL $420,342,520 Narendra Kini, President $859,596 $859,596 24 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY CA $419,642,149 Kimberly C. Cripe – President & CEO $1,518,607 $1,028,907 25 PHOENIX CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AZ $410,997,658 Robert Meyer- President & CEO $1,106,402 $1,106,402 TOTALS: $49,142,054 $34,398,968 AVERAGE: $1,965,682 $1,375,959

Total compensation includes all income reported in 2009, including any income earned in earlier years but reported in 2009. Adjusted compensation excludes any income reported in prior years. Source: Based on 2009 hospital tax returns, KHN analysis.

1) Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Inc. includes Egleston Childen’s Hospital at Emory University and Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center, Inc.2) Tally retired in 2008. His 2009 compensation was earned in prior years. Current CEO, Donna Hyland, was paid $865,514 in 2008, including $52,248 earned in prior years.3) O’Donnell’s compensation included $4,084,991 in supplemental pay accrued from 1993-2008, according to the hospital.4) Vice retired in 2009 after 30 years at the organization. His compensation included $4.2 million in deferred compensation.5) Considine’s compensation included $3,972,286 in supplemental retirement earned in prior years but paid in 2009.

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