Most major payer CEOs earned millions more than for-profit health system leaders in 2022.
Compensation packages for the CEOs of Tenet Healthcare, HCA Healthcare, Universal Health Services and Community Health Systems dropped in 2022 from 2021 levels.
Payer executives saw pay increases ranging from 5 to 13 percent in 2022.
Here is how the salaries of major payer and for-profit health system CEOs compared in 2022, ranked from highest to lowest:
Molina Healthcare
Joseph Zubretsky, CEO
2022 total compensation: $22.1 million
CVS Health
Karen Lynch, CEO
2022 total compensation: $21.3 million
Cigna
David Cordani, CEO
2022 total compensation: $21 million
Elevance Health
Gail Boudreaux, CEO
2022 total compensation: $20.9 million
UnitedHealth Group
Andrew Witty, CEO
2022 total compensation: $20.9 million
Humana
Bruce Broussard, CEO
2022 total compensation: $17.2 million
HCA Healthcare (Nashville, Tenn.)
Samuel Hazen, CEO
2022 total compensation: $14.6 million
Centene
Sarah London, CEO
2022 total compensation: $13.2 million
Former CEO Michael Neidorff
2022 total compensation: $7.6 million
Tenet Healthcare (Dallas)
Saum Sutaria, MD, CEO
2022 total compensation: $11 million
Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.)
Marc Miller, CEO
2022 total compensation: $10.9 million
Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.)
Tim Hingtgen, CEO
2022 total compensation: $6.3 million