Official Seal, Everything Is Broken (2026)

Everything Is Broken

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

Wisconsin · Ranked 902 of 1033 by CEO pay.

Burnett Medical Center

Mark Thayer, Medical Director/Interim CEO. Fiscal year ending 2025-09.

$253,706
CEO total compensation
Form 990 Part VII, columns D+E+F
0.72%
of expenses spent on charity care
Schedule H Part I line 7a
119.5%
CEO pay as a share of all charity care
In the most recent filing year, Mark Thayer’s reported compensation was $253,706. The system’s charity care for the same year was $212,219. One person’s reported compensation was 1.2 times what the system gave to every patient who could not pay.

The chief executive's title on the filing indicates a change during the year (MEDICAL DIRECTOR/INTERIM CEO); the pay shown is what the filing reports for that person, which may cover part of the year.

§1The filing

Total revenue
$27,385,137
Total expenses
$29,421,125
Net assets
$9,486,470
Employees
259
Hospitals covered
1 facilities across 1 filing
Charity care, net
$212,219
Bad debt
$1,066,368
Medicare surplus (shortfall), as filed
($27,392)
CEO pay from the organization (Part VII col. D)
$239,700
From related organizations (col. E)
$0
Other compensation, including deferred pay and nontaxable benefits (col. F)
$14,006
CEO total compensation (D+E+F)
$253,706 to Mark Thayer

Medicare surplus (shortfall) is Schedule H Part III line 7: Medicare revenue minus the cost of Medicare care. A figure in parentheses is a shortfall. Like bad debt, it is not community benefit on the IRS form.

Source: Form 990, Burnett Medical Center, EIN 39-0938661, fiscal year ending 2025-09, as published by the IRS. CEO identification: ceo title multiple.

§2Community benefit versus charity care

What the system reported as total community benefit (Schedule H line 7k)$4.1M Of which charity care to patients who could not pay (line 7a)$212,219 (5%)

The rest of line 7k is Medicaid shortfall, medical education, research, subsidized services and contributions. Bad debt ($1.1M) and Medicare shortfall are reported separately by the IRS and are not community benefit on the form.

Every number on this page was copied from the filing linked above. If a figure is wrong, send the filing that contradicts it and the correction runs at the top of this page.

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Burnett Medical Center: CEO pay $253,706, charity care 0.72% of expenses