Total compensation includes base salaries, stock awards, option awards, non-equity incentive plans and any other reported compensation.
Here’s how much major payer CEOs earned in 2022, ranked from highest to lowest:
- Joseph Zubretsky, Molina Healthcare
- Salary: $1,500,000
- Stock awards: $14,999,868
- Non-equity incentive plan: $5,550,000
- Other compensation: $81,388
- Total: $22,131,256
- Karen Lynch, CVS Health
- Salary: $1,487,500
- Stock awards: $12,374,946
- Option awards: $4,124,984
- Non-equity incentive plan: $2,975,000
- Other compensation: $354,625
- Total: $21,317,055
- David Cordani, Cigna
- Salary: $1,500,000
- Stock awards: $12,644,278
- Option awards: $2,900,029
- Non-equity incentive plan: $3,600,000
- Other compensation: $321,197
- Total: $20,965,504
- Gail Boudreux, Elevance Health
- Salary: $1,600,000
- Stock awards: $11,100,128
- Option awards: $3,699,929
- Non-equity incentive compensation: $3,840,000
- Other compensation: $691,024
- Total: $20,931,081
- Andrew Witty, UnitedHealth Group
- Salary: $1,500,000
- Stock awards: $12,375,672
- Option awards: $4,125,100
- Non-equity incentive compensation: $2,760,000
- Other compensation: $104,334
- Total: $20,865,106
- Bruce Broussard, Humana
- Salary: $1,349,465
- Stock awards: $9,638,547
- Option awards: $2,785,410
- Non-equity incentive plan compensation: $2,785,410
- All other compensation: $353,028
- Total: $17,198,844
- Sarah London, Centene
- Salary: $1,359,038
- Stock Awards: $7,624,974
- Non-equity incentive plan compensation: $4,041,866
- Other compensation: $220,569
- Total: $13,246,447
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