Children's Hospital of Philadelphia CEO salary and executive pay
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia paid its CEO, Madeline Bell, $5,479,580 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,724,793 (45.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $4,165,576,231, up 8.0% from $3,858,554,683 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ranks 56th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 23-1352166, Philadelphia, PA.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$5,479,580
- Total revenue
- $4,165,576,231
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 48%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631279349303503.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 96th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.13% 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, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 14 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Madeline Bell CEO PRESIDENT, CEO & TRUSTEE | $5,479,580 |
| N Scott Adzick MDTRUSTEE | $2,817,494 |
| Douglas HockEXECUTIVE VP & COO | $2,389,292 |
| Sophia G HolderASSISTANT TREASURER | $2,176,677 |
| Joseph W St Geme III MDTRUSTEE | $1,966,172 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jeffrey D Kahn (ASSISTANT SECRETARY), $1,875,227; Monica Taylor Lotty (EVP & CHIEF DEVELOP. OFFICER), $1,596,394; Steven G Docimo (EVP BUSINESS DEV & STRATEGY), $1,569,791; Calvin Allen (EVP & CHIEF HR OFFICER), $1,503,318; Susan Furth (EVP & CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER), $1,371,049; Jan Boswinkel (SVP COO HOSPITAL OPERATIONS), $1,229,575; Jenny Chan (SVP & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), $1,166,738; Shakeeb Akhter (SVP & CDIO), $1,041,589; Paula Agosto (SVP & CHIEF NURSING OFFICER), $1,002,894; Donald Moore (SVP REAL ESTATE & FACILITIES), $673,156; Thomas R Dole (FORMER SVP OPERATIONS), $250,011.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Christopher Gheysens (CHAIR & TRUSTEE), Diem H Nguyen PhD (TRUSTEE), George E Aitken-Davies (TRUSTEE), Gregory Davis (VICE CHAIR & TRUSTEE), Steven Gipstein MD (TRUSTEE), Seth Lehr (TREASURER & TRUSTEE), Brian M McNeill (TRUSTEE), David G Nichols MD (TRUSTEE), Jay A Perman MD (TRUSTEE), Nefertiti A Greene (SECRETARY & TRUSTEE), Jeffrey D Marrazzo (TRUSTEE), Damien Dwin (TRUSTEE), Kay Herr (TRUSTEE).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Madeline Bell CEO PRESIDENT, CEO & TRUSTEE | $5,479,580 | $4,165,576,231 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Madeline Bell CEO PRESIDENT, CEO & TRUSTEE | $3,754,787 | $3,858,554,683 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Madeline Bell CEO PRESIDENT, CEO & TRUSTEE | $3,740,056 | $3,447,182,713 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Madeline Bell CEO PRESIDENT, CEO & TRUSTEE | $7,671,953 | $3,155,873,035 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631279349303503.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Madeline BellPRESIDENT, CEO & TRUSTEE | $5,413,888 | $0 | $65,692 | $1,916,706 | $3,101,291 | $395,891 | $33,546 | $32,146 | $5,479,580 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| N Scott Adzick MD*TRUSTEE | $0 | $2,755,818 | $61,676 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,554,198 | $915,317 | $286,303 | $34,500 | $27,176 | $2,817,494 | |||
| Douglas HockEXECUTIVE VP & COO | $2,318,915 | $0 | $70,377 | $1,133,336 | $983,676 | $201,903 | $20,700 | $49,677 | $2,389,292 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Sophia G HolderASSISTANT TREASURER | $2,122,362 | $0 | $54,315 | $1,029,557 | $924,098 | $168,707 | $23,550 | $30,765 | $2,176,677 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Joseph W St Geme III MD*TRUSTEE | $0 | $1,917,307 | $48,865 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,073,768 | $690,298 | $153,241 | $34,500 | $14,365 | $1,966,172 | |||
These figures come from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia'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 Hospital of Philadelphia compares
Ranked 56th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 55th, Mount Sinai Health System, $5,489,914
- Next in this ranking: 57th, BJC HealthCare, $5,392,901
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Lehigh Valley Health Network$5,806,648 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
PeaceHealth$4,455,419 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Nationwide Children's Hospital$2,187,047 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
OSF HealthCare$3,181,962 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute$531,515 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Madeline Bell (PRESIDENT, CEO & TRUSTEE) was paid $5,479,580 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $5,413,888 from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and $65,692 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Madeline Bell, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $5,479,580.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia paid its CEO, Madeline Bell, $5,479,580 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $1,724,793 (45.9%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Madeline Bell, paid $7,671,953. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $7,671,953 (Madeline Bell); June 2023, $3,740,056; June 2024, $3,754,787; June 2025, $5,479,580.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $3,837,536,215 and total revenue of $4,165,576,231 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $328,040,016. Expenses were $3,633,669,226 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 5.6%. The CEO's pay of $5,479,580 equals 0.14% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Children's Hospital of Philadelphia filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 7, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.