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. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ranks 53rd of 148 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 55%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631279349303503.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 54th of 121 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 |
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 53rd of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Lehigh Valley Health Network$5,806,648 (highest-paid), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
PeaceHealth$1,552,367 (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
Houston Methodist$8,338,578 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
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). Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ranks 53rd of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, MADELINE BELL, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $5,479,580. Next was N SCOTT ADZICK MD (TRUSTEE), at $2,817,494. On the latest return, 15 people were paid more than $500,000, 14 of them more than $1 million.
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.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Children's Hospital of Philadelphia filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.