The following 48 statistics detail the base salary, incentive/bonus/stock award compensation and total compensation of CEOs and CFOs of the largest for-profit hospital companies in the United States. All figures were paid to the executives in 2011 and were based on the hospital company's 2010 results. All statistics come directly from each hospital company's most recent definitive proxy statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Form DEF 14A).

Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.)

CEO Wayne Smith
Base salary: $1.4 million
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $20.18 million
Total compensation: $21.58 million

CFO Larry Cash
Base salary: $750,000
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $7.98 million
Total compensation: $8.73 million

Health Management Associates (Naples, Fla.)

CEO Gary Newsome
Base salary: $941,667
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $6.16 million
Total compensation: $7.11 million

CFO Kelly Curry
Base salary: $675,000
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $2.73 million
Total compensation: $3.41 million

Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.)

CEO Richard Bracken
Base salary: $1.32 million
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $4.41 million
Total compensation: $5.74 million

CFO R. Milton Johnson
Base salary: $849,984
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $1.91 million
Total compensation: $2.76 million

IASIS Healthcare (Franklin, Tenn.)

CEO Carl Whitmer
Base salary: $741,667
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $4.84 million
Total compensation: $5.58 million

CFO John Doyle
Base salary: $400,000
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $1.57 million
Total compensation: $1.97 million

LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.)

CEO Bill Carpenter
Base salary: $968,500
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $6.76 million
Total compensation: $7.73 million

CFO Jeff Sherman
Base salary: $475,000
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $2.24 million
Total compensation: $2.72 million

Tenet Healthcare (Dallas)

CEO Trevor Fetter
Base salary: $1.08 million
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $9.66 million
Total compensation: $10.74 million

Former CFO Biggs Porter
Base salary: $579,000
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $2.6 million
Total compensation: $3.18 million

Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.)

CEO Alan Miller
Base salary: $1.4 million
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $11.1 million
Total compensation: $12.5 million

CFO Steve Filton
Base salary: $471,018
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $1.33 million
Total compensation: $1.8 million

Vanguard Health Systems (Nashville, Tenn.)

CEO Charles Martin Jr.
Base salary: $1.1 million
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $2.6 million
Total compensation: $3.7 million

CFO Phillip Roe
Base salary: $525,000
Other incentives, bonuses and stock awards: $1.14 million
Total compensation: $1.67 million

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