Upmc

Legal name: Upmc Pinnacle

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251778658
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2023
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-T 2022
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
1-800-533-8762
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, General

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$229,979,761
Expenses
$228,819,451
Assets
$291,621,322
Liabilities
$30,083,751

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID GIBBONS (PRESIDENT)
  • LOUIS BAVERSO (PRESIDENT & COO (R 9/23))
  • ELIZABETH RITTER (PRESIDENT, UPMC HARRISBURG)
  • PHILIP W GUARNESCHELLI (FMR PRESIDENT & CEO (R 9/22))

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID GIBBONS (PRESIDENT): $1,347,033 total reported compensation
  • PHILIP W GUARNESCHELLI (FMR PRESIDENT & CEO (R 9/22)): $1,152,327 total reported compensation
  • TROY MORITZ DO (DIRECTOR (R 6/24)): $929,845 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Upmc pinnacle (a.k.a., upmc in central pa.) is a division of upmc. Upmc is a world-renowned nonprofit health care provider and insurer with 100,000 employees-including more than 5,000 physicians-caring for patients across more than 40 hospitals and 800 outpatient sites in Pennsylvania, New York, and Maryland, as well as overseas. Upmc insurance services covers more than 4 million members.

What it reported doing in 2023

Upmc pinnacle (a.k.a., upmc in central pa) encompasses 1,226 licensed beds, has seven acute care hospitals and offers the helen m. Simpson rehab hospital, a 55-bed inpatient rehab hospital jointly owned with select medical. Upmc in central pa offers access to more than 200 outpatient locations, including primary and specialty care, upmc urgent care centers, and upmc hillman cancer centers. Upmc has more than 13,000 employees, including more than 3,100 physicians and allied health professionals. During fiscal year 2024, (july 2023 - june 2024), upmc in central pa admitted 53,000 inpatients, and recorded more than recorded 267,000 inpatient days, 239,000 emergency room visits, 1.5 million outpatient visits, 56,000 surgeries 5,600 births/deliveries, 77 transplants, and participated in more than 400 clinical trials. Upmc in central pa's member organizations provided charity care and other uncompensated care, including medicaid and medicare shortfalls, at a cost of almost $406,000,000. The communities served by upmc in central pa's member organizations are in an economically distressed and medically underserved area. In the year ended june 30, 2024, upmc in central pa's member organizations provided community service programs and other funding at a cost of over $49,600,000 and funding for education and research at a cost of approximately $30,200,000.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.9%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 74.8%; rating input score 75; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.27; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 75.9% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $174.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.3M · 29 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2009 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 29 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 162 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.