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Mercy Hospital

Aaron J Herbel, Administrator And CFO. Fiscal year ending 2025-09.

$103,571

CEO total compensation
Form 990 Part VII, columns D+E+F

0.84%

of expenses spent on charity care
Schedule H Part I line 7a

173.8%

CEO pay as a share of all charity care

In the most recent filing year, Aaron J Herbel’s reported compensation was $103,571. The system’s charity care for the same year was $59,588. One person’s reported compensation was 1.7 times what the system gave to every patient who could not pay.

Not in the ranking because the chief executive could not be identified from the filing with confidence. The figures below are shown as filed.

§1The filing

Total revenue: $7,335,228
Total expenses: $7,100,587
Net assets: $1,946,019
Employees: 81
Hospitals covered: 1 facilities across 1 filing
Charity care, net: $59,588
Bad debt: $77,891
Medicare surplus (shortfall), as filed: ($1,763,130)
CEO pay from the organization (Part VII col. D): $96,933
From related organizations (col. E): $0
Other compensation, including deferred pay and nontaxable benefits (col. F): $6,638
CEO total compensation (D+E+F): $103,571 to Aaron J Herbel

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, Mercy Hospital, EIN 48-0663711, fiscal year ending 2025-09, as published by the IRS. CEO identification: administrator title multiple.

§2Community benefit versus charity care

What the system reported as total community benefit (Schedule H line 7k)$2.1M Of which charity care to patients who could not pay (line 7a)$59,588 (3%)

The rest of line 7k is Medicaid shortfall, medical education, research, subsidized services and contributions. Bad debt ($77,891) and Medicare shortfall are reported separately by the IRS and are not community benefit on the form.

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Mercy Hospital reported $103,571 in compensation for chief executive Aaron J Herbel in the fiscal year ending 2025-09. It spent 0.84% of expenses on charity care, $59,588. Source: its own IRS Form 990. https://everythingisbroken.org/reports/hospital-ceo-pay/system/mercy-hospital-inc-48-0663711.html