Report No. 1 · 2026 edition · all states
Tennessee
In Tennessee, 0 of the 15 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 Tennessee spent 2.88% of expenses on charity care, against 1.06% for all systems nationally. Highest reported chief executive compensation: $16,481,139, Jeffrey R Balser MD PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
27 nonprofit hospital systems have a hospital in Tennessee, 4 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 CEO | CEO pay | Revenue | Charity care, % of expenses | Charity care | CEO pay as % of charity care |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Vanderbilt University Medical CenterJeffrey R Balser MD PhD | $16.5M | $8.7B | 2.82% | $233.1M | 7.1% |
| 65 | University Health SystemJoseph R Landsman Jr | $4.1M | $1.6B | 2.88% | $46.3M | 8.9% |
| 94 | Parkwest Medical CenterJames D VanderSteeg | $3.2M | $1.6B | 3.51% | $56.5M | 5.7% |
| 105 | Hamilton Medical CenterJeffrey D Myers · files from Georgia | $2.9M | $733.4M | 2.80% | $18.9M | 15.6% |
| 139 | Methodist Healthcare-Memphis HospitalsMichael Ugwueke | $2.4M | $2.0B | 4.59% | $100.4M | 2.4% |
| 190 | Saint Thomas West HospitalFahad Tahir · files from Missouri | $2.0M | $2.1B | 2.40% | $45.7M | 4.4% |
| 230 | St Jude Children's Research HospitalJames R Downing · children’s | $1.7M | $2.2B | 7.52% | $142.7M | 1.2% |
| 239 | Erlanger HealthJim Coleman | $1.7M | $1.7B | 5.69% | $92.7M | 1.8% |
| 253 | Shelby County Health CareReginald Coopwood | $1.6M | $809.1M | 7.29% | $59.1M | 2.7% |
| 362 | Memorial Health Care SystemJanelle Reilly · files from Arizona | $1.1M | $731.7M | 1.70% | $13.1M | 8.7% |
| 419 | East Tennessee Children's Hospital AssociationMatt Schaefer · children’s | $1.0M | $413.8M | 1.25% | $4.4M | 22.8% |
| 458 | Baptist Memorial HospitalEdwin P Cade | $907,999 | $1.1B | 5.39% | $54.8M | 1.7% |
| 581 | Siskin Hospital for Physical RehabilitationMatthew A Gibson PhD FACHE | $652,806 | $61.0M | 0.40% | $232,357 | 280.9% |
| 628 | Wellmont Health SystemJohn Jeter | $576,994 | $1.1B | 2.03% | $22.2M | 2.6% |
| 639 | Mountain States Health AllianceKenneth Shafer | $551,509 | $1.3B | 2.97% | $36.1M | 1.5% |
| 753 | Baptist Memorial Hospital- HuntingdonSusan M Breeden | $412,293 | $48.3M | 3.19% | $1.7M | 23.7% |
| 758 | Takoma Regional HospitalEric Carroll | $407,273 | $152.3M | 3.95% | $5.5M | 7.5% |
| 802 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union CityBarry Bondurant | $361,091 | $78.7M | 3.60% | $2.4M | 15.1% |
| 824 | Baptist Memorial Hospital-TiptonParker Harris | $338,965 | $487.8M | 2.46% | $9.2M | 3.7% |
| 864 | Sweetwater Hospital AssociationAndrea Henry | $292,468 | $84.9M | 2.09% | $1.7M | 17.1% |
| 907 | Ridgeview Psychiatric Hospital & CenterBrian Buuck | $250,931 | $23.6M | 1.67% | $368,066 | 68.2% |
| 976 | Baptist Memorial Regional Rehabilitation ServicesMark Kelly | $189,479 | $7.8M | 0.89% | $94,235 | 201.1% |
| 1018 | Prisma Health - Blount Memorial HospitalGeorge H Naramore · files from South Carolina | $120,401 | $240.5M | 2.56% | $5.7M | 2.1% |
Systems not shown: 4 with an unidentifiable chief executive or charity care reported off line 7a. Each has its own page: Unity Medical Center, Macon Hospital, Wellmont Hawkins County Memorial Hospital, Case Management Inc dba Cmi Health Services.
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