Children's Health (Dallas) CEO salary and executive pay
Children's Health (Dallas) paid its CEO, Christopher J Durovich, $4,345,262 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $180,468 (4.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $2,662,618,681, up 9.3% from $2,436,016,056 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Children's Health (Dallas) ranks 77th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Children's Health (Dallas) has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 75-0800628, Dallas, TX.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$4,345,262
- Total revenue
- $2,662,618,681
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 59%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202533179349311633.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 75th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.16% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 35 people were paid more than $500,000, 16 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Christopher J Durovich CEO President CEO | $4,345,262 |
| Kimberly BesseChief People Officer | $3,310,749 |
| Vanessa U WallsCME & CMC PLANO ADMINISTRATOR | $2,117,698 |
| Amy YeagerChief Legal Officer and Secretary | $1,995,780 |
| Matthew M DavisCME & CMC DALLAS ADMINISTRATOR | $1,988,394 |
Also paid on the latest return: Robert S Fries (Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer), $1,979,819; Doris E Hunt (Chief Compliance Officer), $1,850,338; Dane Peterson (Chief Operating Officer), $1,825,716; Tammy R Webb (Chief Nurse Executive), $1,722,473; Lindsey Tyra (Chief Strategy Officer (Effective 1/1/24)), $1,626,225; Dai H Chung MD (Chief Medical Executive), $1,463,178; Tom M Burt (HR Advisor), $1,443,778; Kim Cummings (SVP Employee Experience (Thru. 8/2/24)), $1,291,735; Jen Barrera (EVP Strategic Initiatives), $1,234,945; Queen E Greene (EVP HR Operations and Shared Services), $1,046,002; Ken Lee (EVP Chief Investment Officer), $1,010,593; Peter C Perialas Jr (Former Officer), $1,000,000; David D Campbell (SVP Chief Learning Officer (Thru. 5/17/24)), $993,329; Matthew Moore (Chief External Relations Officer (Effective 3/25/24)), $984,981; Jodi L Landon (Executive Advisor NPC), $940,476; and 15 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Ed Heffernan (Chairman), Caren Kline (Director), Connie O'Neill (Director (Thru. 12/31/24)), Debra B Tagg (Director), Lee Jackson (Director (Thru. 12/31/24)), Lou Grabowsky (Director), Mark Speese (Director), Michael Dardick (Director), Michael Silverman (Director), Rebecca Egelston Caso (Voting Ex Officio), Steven M Gruber (Director), Sylvia Cespedes (Director), Thomas A Montgomery (Director), Tony Roach (Director).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | Christopher J Durovich CEO President CEO | $4,345,262 | $2,662,618,681 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Christopher J Durovich CEO President CEO CHST | $4,164,794 | $2,436,016,056 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Peter C Perialas Jr CEO President | $2,185,693 | $2,001,118,732 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending December 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202533179349311633.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Christopher J DurovichPresident CEO | $4,271,409 | $73,853 | $1,957,214 | $2,220,440 | $93,755 | $23,000 | $50,853 | $4,345,262 |
| Kimberly BesseChief People Officer | $3,054,290 | $256,459 | $786,888 | $1,224,000 | $1,043,402 | $203,849 | $52,610 | $3,310,749 |
| Vanessa U WallsCME & CMC PLANO ADMINISTRATOR | $1,850,515 | $267,183 | $625,885 | $1,003,000 | $221,630 | $221,953 | $45,230 | $2,117,698 |
| Amy YeagerChief Legal Officer and Secretary | $1,737,590 | $258,190 | $576,430 | $870,420 | $290,740 | $206,410 | $51,780 | $1,995,780 |
| Matthew M DavisCME & CMC DALLAS ADMINISTRATOR | $1,754,840 | $233,554 | $659,315 | $903,000 | $192,525 | $219,653 | $13,901 | $1,988,394 |
These figures come from Children's Health (Dallas)'s Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Children's Health (Dallas) compares
Ranked 77th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 76th, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, $4,407,510
- Next in this ranking: 78th, Children's Hospital Colorado, $4,286,194
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Sutter Health$11,904,420 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Northwell Health$5,943,362 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Grady Health System$2,698,520 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
WakeMed$2,218,512 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Temple University Hospital$1,176,873 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Christopher J Durovich (President CEO) was paid $4,345,262 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $4,271,409 from Children's Health (Dallas) and $73,853 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Christopher J Durovich, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $4,345,262.
Children's Health (Dallas) paid its CEO, Christopher J Durovich, $4,345,262 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $180,468 (4.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Peter C Perialas Jr, paid $2,185,693. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $2,185,693 (Peter C Perialas Jr); December 2023, $4,164,794 (Christopher J Durovich); December 2024, $4,345,262.
Children's Health (Dallas)'s return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $2,449,136,918 and total revenue of $2,662,618,681 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $213,481,763. Expenses were $2,098,331,314 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 16.7%. The CEO's pay of $4,345,262 equals 0.18% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Children's Health (Dallas) filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 13, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.