University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Romoff collected almost $3.95 million in compensation in fiscal 2007, up 19.7 percent from the year before.

Mr. Romoff also received pension plan contributions of $41,968 and an additional $20,380 for taxable expenses, such as a car allowance, spousal travel, legal and financial counseling.

His total pay is significantly higher than the $1.2 million average for CEOs at hospital systems with more than $1 billion in revenue (as surveyed early last year by Chicago consulting firm Sullivan, Cotter & Associates Inc). At the same time, his fiscal 2006 compensation of $3.3 million trailed counterparts at the Cleveland Clinic ($7.5 million) and several other nonprofit systems around the country such as San Francisco's Catholic Healthcare West ($5.3 million).

Jeffrey Romoff ... made nearly $4 million in 2007.

The 2007 figures for the comparable hospital systems were not available at an online database.

The nonprofit UPMC disclosed Mr. Romoff's compensation yesterday in its annual filing with the Internal Revenue Service, available for viewing at www.upmc.com, under the "financial information" heading. UPMC, the region's largest employer with 48,000 workers, also revealed more this year about income its employees received from "related organizations."

For example, Dr. Stanley Marks earned $355,000 as an officer of UPMC (he is deputy director of clinical services for UPMC Cancer Centers) and $499,408 from UPMC Presbyterian/Shadyside (where he is chief of hematology/oncology division at UPMC Shadyside). But he also collected $749,540 from Oncology-Hematology Association Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of UPMC. That's a total of $1.6 million -- second only to Mr. Romoff in total compensation as reported to the IRS.

Dr. Jeffrey Shogan, treasurer of the UPMC Cancer Centers and deputy director of business affairs for the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, earned a total of $1.48 million in fiscal 2007 -- $355,000 as an officer of UPMC, $393,621 from UPMC Presbyterian/Shadyside and $737,840 from Oncology-Hematology Association Inc., the for-profit subsidiary.

In all, UPMC lists 11 people who collected more than $1 million in fiscal 2007. They include UPMC Executive Vice President Elizabeth C1oncordia, $1.2 million; general counsel Robert Cindrich, $1.05 million; and neurological surgery chief Dr. Amin Bardai Kassam, $1.3 million ($142,493 of that from the University of Pittsburgh).

The five highest-paid employees who are not officers include Dr. Ghassan Bejjani ($1.3 million), Dr. Kenton James Zehr ($1.2 million), Dr. James Luketich ($1.18 million), Dr. Michael Horowitz ($1.05 million), and Dr. Victor Onofre Morell ($1.02 million).

UPMC also paid $5.3 million to Managed Care Advisory Service Inc., the company that once contracted with UPMC for Mr. Romoff's services.

Mr. Romoff has not been employed by Managed Care since July 2005, said UPMC spokeswoman Wendy Zellner. But "a number of senior executives" have been part of Managed Care "over time," she added, and the $5.3 million paid in fiscal 2007 represents accumulated retirement benefits, deferred revenues and severance for its former employees, Ms. Zellner said.

"None" of the $5.3 million went to Mr. Romoff, said Ms. Zellner, who would not disclose which executives shared the amount. As recently as December 2007, state documents listed David Farner as president of Managed Care Advisory. Mr. Farner is a senior associate to Mr. Romoff.