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Compensation Comparability Determination

Northwest Hospital Center Inc

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 521372665
MD · NTEE E22
FY ending 2023-06-30
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of Robert Saltzman Md, Executive Director / CEO ($1,062,657) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 166 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 74th percentile of comparable organizationswithin the typical range

How comparable organizations were selected

166 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 166 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$26,730 total compensation of comparable organizations → $6,079,027 $1,062,657
$62,47210th
$213,39325th
$594,864Median
$1,081,10275th
$1,433,46190th
$1,062,657This org · 74th
p10$62,472
p25$213,393
p50$594,864
p75$1,081,102
p90$1,433,461
$1,062,657

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to MD cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateTotal revenueTotal compSource
St Helena HospitalCA $308,838,663$52,011 990
Southcoast Physicians Group IncMA $308,535,976$47,878 990
Tuality HealthcareOR $308,057,194$669,235 990
Ephrata Community HospitalPA $310,055,569$93,319 990
Baptist Memorial Hospital-MS $310,083,705$122,132 990
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Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to MD cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default74th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)78th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted81st
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted48th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

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Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.