CHRISTUS Health CEO salary and executive pay
CHRISTUS Health paid its CEO, Ernie Sadau, $14,656,684 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $3,321,149 (18.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,261,646,593, up 1.6% from $1,242,166,704 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. CHRISTUS Health ranks 6th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. CHRISTUS Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 76-0590551, Irving, TX.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$14,656,684
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Paul M Trevino (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER), $1,038,093; Cris C Daskevich (SVP/MATERNAL SVCS /CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CHOSA), $1,570,107; Lillian Montoya (PRES/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SVH), $1,212,120; Jason Proctor (Pres/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER MFH TYLER), $1,022,122.
- Total revenue
- $1,261,646,593
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Highest
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641269349303049.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 1st of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 1.16% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
The system's largest single return is filed separately by Mother Frances Hospital Regional Health Care Center (EIN 75-0818167), so the revenue shown here is this return's own, not the whole system's.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 30 people were paid more than $500,000, 29 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Ernie Sadau CEO PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $14,656,684 |
| Jeffrey M PuckettEVP/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $6,880,055 |
| Randy SafadyEVP/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $6,484,036 |
| Marty MargettsEVP/CHIEF ADMINSTRATIVE OFFICER | $5,398,146 |
| Paul D GeneraleEVP/CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER | $5,266,238 |
Also paid on the latest return: Gerard F Heeley (EVP/Chief Mission Integration Officer), $4,666,444; Sam Bagchi MD (EVP/Chief Clinical Officer), $4,065,459; Jon Manis (SVP/CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER), $2,426,512; Kimberly King Webb (SVP/CHIEF HR OFFICER), $1,762,027; J Chris Glenney (SVP/GROUP OPERATIONS NETX), $1,750,646; Jeannie Frey (SVP/CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER), $1,680,131; Kim Reynolds (SVP/FINANCE), $1,586,490; Fadi Nasrallah MD (SVP/CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER TRINITY CLINIC), $1,578,299; Cris C Daskevich (SVP/MATERNAL SVCS /CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CHOSA), $1,570,107; Gabriela Saenz (CORPORATE SECRETARY/SVP CORPORATE SERVICES), $1,555,139; Steven Keuer MD (DIRECTOR/PRES CTC/CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER NETX), $1,446,916; Dominic Dominguez (SVP/GROUP OPERATIONS SO TX), $1,422,069; Christopher Karam (SVP/Group Operations LA/SETX), $1,379,979; Gerardo Flores MD (SVP/CHIEF NURSING OFFICER), $1,306,407; M Shannon Stansbury (SVP/POPULATION HEALTH), $1,293,779; and 20 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Sister Kathleen Coughlin (DIRECTOR), Sister Loretta Felici (DIRECTOR), Sr JOYCE SUSAN NJERI MBATARU CCVI (DIRECTOR (EFF 1/24)).
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 | Ernie Sadau CEO PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $14,656,684 | $1,261,646,593 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Ernie Sadau CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $17,977,833 | $1,242,166,704 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | ERNIE SADAU CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $16,210,758 | $1,028,398,550 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | ERNIE SADAU CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $17,916,470 | $1,043,073,265 | 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 202641269349303049.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Ernie SadauPRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | $14,615,490 | $41,194 | $2,532,864 | $7,011,803 | $5,070,823 | $36,721 | $4,473 | $14,656,684 |
| Jeffrey M PuckettEVP/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $6,823,352 | $56,703 | $1,659,819 | $2,929,083 | $2,234,450 | $39,670 | $17,033 | $6,880,055 |
| Randy SafadyEVP/CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | $6,453,610 | $30,426 | $1,576,199 | $2,784,192 | $2,093,219 | $19,731 | $10,695 | $6,484,036 |
| Marty MargettsEVP/CHIEF ADMINSTRATIVE OFFICER | $5,300,499 | $97,647 | $1,323,588 | $2,340,994 | $1,635,917 | $73,366 | $24,281 | $5,398,146 |
| Paul D GeneraleEVP/CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER | $5,224,749 | $41,489 | $1,322,964 | $2,340,994 | $1,560,791 | $30,871 | $10,618 | $5,266,238 |
These figures come from CHRISTUS Health'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 CHRISTUS Health compares
Ranked 6th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 5th, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, $16,481,139
- Next in this ranking: 7th, Risant Health (Geisinger), $14,295,895
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Sentara Health$6,375,042 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Bayhealth Medical Center$1,936,220 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
St. Charles Health System$2,082,782 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Gundersen Health System$1,397,550 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Stormont-Vail Healthcare$1,829,935 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Ernie Sadau (PRESIDENT/CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER) was paid $14,656,684 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $14,615,490 from CHRISTUS Health and $41,194 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Ernie Sadau, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $14,656,684.
CHRISTUS Health paid its CEO, Ernie Sadau, $14,656,684 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $3,321,149 (18.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was ERNIE SADAU, paid $17,916,470. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $17,916,470 (ERNIE SADAU); June 2023, $16,210,758; June 2024, $17,977,833; June 2025, $14,656,684.
CHRISTUS Health's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,704,852,563 and total revenue of $1,261,646,593 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $443,205,970. Expenses were $1,433,932,010 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 18.9%. The CEO's pay of $14,656,684 equals 0.86% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns CHRISTUS Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 6, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.