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LESTER E COX MEDICAL CENTER

EIN 44-0577118 SPRINGFIELD, MO

Revenue 2024
$1,960,936,555
Expenses 2024
$1,923,741,396

Program services were 89.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E220
Classification
1700
Street
1423 N JEFFERSON AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • HAL L HIGDON

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • JEFFERSON M TYNES

    2ND VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • SALLY HARGIS

    1ST VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • BRAD E ERWIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • LARRY W LIPSCOMB

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • ROBERT C FULP

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 5 related

  • JACOB M MCWAY

    EVP, COXHEALTH CFO

    Total calculated
    $1,529,586
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,291,822
    Other
    $237,764
    Hours/week
    1 + 47 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $822,771 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $245,588 related
    Other
    $0 + $223,463 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $217,234 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,530 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,529,586 related

  • MAX D BUETOW

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,977,250
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,641,774
    Other
    $335,476
    Hours/week
    1 + 47 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $1,131,935 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $454,236 related
    Other
    $0 + $55,603 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $319,300 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,176 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,977,250 related

  • VICKIE J NELSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $88,803
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $76,966
    Other
    $11,837
    Hours/week
    1 + 44 related

  • ASHLEY CASAD

    PRESIDENT, SHG

    Total calculated
    $528,737
    From this org
    $500,453
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,284
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $414,293
    Bonus
    $85,890
    Other
    $270
    Deferred
    $16,675
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,609
    Filer's total
    $528,737

  • BETH POLIVKA

    SVP, CNO

    Total calculated
    $405,631
    From this org
    $379,911
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,720
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $313,373
    Bonus
    $65,848
    Other
    $690
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,470
    Filer's total
    $405,631

  • ELLEN HAMMOCK

    VP, CMG

    Total calculated
    $314,591
    From this org
    $292,217
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,374
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $252,921
    Bonus
    $38,846
    Other
    $450
    Deferred
    $8,973
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,401
    Filer's total
    $314,591

  • JEFF HAWKINS

    VP, CLINICAL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $333,115
    From this org
    $308,610
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,505
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $265,089
    Bonus
    $41,541
    Other
    $1,980
    Deferred
    $15,694
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,811
    Filer's total
    $333,115

  • JOHNATHAN SHAMEL

    SVP, CMG

    Total calculated
    $449,188
    From this org
    $416,337
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,851
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $322,431
    Bonus
    $70,652
    Other
    $23,254
    Deferred
    $16,675
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,176
    Filer's total
    $449,188

  • SHAWN USERY

    SVP, CMO

    Total calculated
    $691,885
    From this org
    $666,584
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,301
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $553,634
    Bonus
    $112,650
    Other
    $300
    Deferred
    $8,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,676
    Filer's total
    $691,885

  • GREGORY S STAMPS

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $897,506
    From this org
    $864,723
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,783
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $839,770
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $24,953
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,533
    Filer's total
    $897,506

  • KARIM WELAYA

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $953,948
    From this org
    $895,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,032
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $882,101
    Bonus
    $13,653
    Other
    $162
    Deferred
    $36,612
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,420
    Filer's total
    $953,948

  • LOUIS P KRENN

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $490,219
    From this org
    $462,210
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,009
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $409,136
    Bonus
    $52,884
    Other
    $190
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,759
    Filer's total
    $490,219

  • MIMI PROPST

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $835,628
    From this org
    $812,552
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,076
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $775,873
    Bonus
    $36,409
    Other
    $270
    Deferred
    $6,900
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,176
    Filer's total
    $835,628

  • RAJESH BANDERUDRAPPAGARI

    PHYSICIAN

    Total calculated
    $825,821
    From this org
    $762,274
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,547
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $758,861
    Bonus
    $3,413
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $46,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,547
    Filer's total
    $825,821

  • STEVE EDWARDS

    FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $655,726
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $622,051
    Other
    $33,675
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $313,523 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $308,528 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,250 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $16,425 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $655,726 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,960,936,555
    Expenses
    $1,923,741,396
    Contributions
    $6,548,395
    Grants paid
    $2,463,188
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,830,394,766
    Expenses
    $1,770,434,588
    Contributions
    $10,152,147
    Grants paid
    $1,979,951
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,639,754,736
    Expenses
    $1,611,918,444
    Contributions
    $72,556,069
    Grants paid
    $1,713,242

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

Nonprofiteer parses the Form 990 only. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.