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Report No. 1 · Nonprofit Hospital Executive Pay vs Charity Care · Annual Report, 2026 edition

Report No. 1 · 2026 edition · all states

Arizona

In Arizona, 2 of the 11 general hospital systems over $100 million with a hospital in the state reported more in chief executive compensation than they gave in charity care; nationally, 73 of 655. The median system with a hospital in Arizona spent 0.63% of expenses on charity care, against 1.06% for all systems nationally. Highest reported chief executive compensation: $14,175,319, Wright L Lassiter III, CommonSpirit Health (Dignity).

24 nonprofit hospital systems have a hospital in Arizona, 2 of them filing from another state. A system with hospitals in several states is listed on each of those states' pages with its system-wide figures.

#System and CEOCEO payRevenueCharity care,
% of expenses
Charity careCEO pay as %
of charity care
7 CommonSpirit Health (Dignity)Wright L Lassiter III $14.2M $15.7B 1.68% $249.8M 5.7%
19 Banner HealthAmy Perry $9.1M $11.1B 1.92% $184.2M 4.9%
26 City of Hope National Medical CenterRobert W Stone · files from California $7.1M $4.4B 1.37% $59.2M 12.0%
54 Mayo ClinicGianrico Farrugia MD · files from Minnesota $4.9M $14.9B 0.61% $87.3M 5.6%
60 HonorhealthTodd Laporte $4.4M $3.5B 6.66% $211.6M 2.1%
86 Phoenix Children's HospitalRobert L Meyer · children’s $3.6M $1.7B 0.31% $4.8M 74.3%
121 Yuma Regional Medical CenterRobert Trenschel DO $2.7M $1.0B 0.91% $8.1M 32.8%
292 Flagstaff Medical CenterDavid Cheney $1.4M $856.0M 3.17% $22.7M 6.2%
387 Tucson Medical CenterJennifer Mendrzycki $1.0M $913.2M 0.20% $1.8M 58.8%
393 Yavapai Community Hospital Association dba Yavapai Regional Medical CenterAnthony V Torres MD $1.0M $523.0M 1.30% $6.6M 15.8%
478 Kingman HealthcareEvans Heath $850,169 $433.6M 0.19% $789,445 107.7%
647 Bisbee Hospital AssociationRobert Seamon $532,585 $96.8M 0.49% $409,011 130.2%
706 La Paz Regional HospitalZafer Genc $467,283 $53.3M 0.43% $227,433 205.5%
743 Mt Graham Regional Medical CenterRoland Knox $428,239 $122.9M 0.32% $330,000 129.8%
764 Community Hospital AssociationJackie Lundblad $401,647 $53.0M 0.37% $191,000 210.3%
839 West Yavapai Guidance ClinicTamara Player $325,075 $39.5M 3.35% $1.3M 25.3%
877 Benson HospitalGary Kartchner $279,822 $57.9M 0.89% $417,842 67.0%
940 White Mountain Regional Medical CenterWesley Babers $223,906 $28.8M 0.14% $35,000 639.7%
956 Little Colorado Medical CenterTravis Udall $207,705 $48.1M 0.49% $226,000 91.9%

Systems not shown: 5 with an unidentifiable chief executive or charity care reported off line 7a. Each has its own page: Tuba City Regional Health Care, Winslow Indian Health Care Center, Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, Navajo Health Foundation - Sage Memorial Hospital, The Guidance Center.

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Arizona nonprofit hospitals: CEO pay vs charity care