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. Children's Health (Dallas) ranks 70th of 148 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 65%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202533179349311633.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 42nd of 121 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 |
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return, or the highest-paid person where no one has a chief executive title.
| 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 JrPresident (highest-paid; no CEO title listed) | $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 70th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
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). Children's Health (Dallas) ranks 70th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, Christopher J Durovich, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $4,345,262. Next was Kimberly Besse (Chief People Officer), at $3,310,749. On the latest return, 35 people were paid more than $500,000, 16 of them more than $1 million.
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 highest-paid person 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.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Children's Health (Dallas) filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.