Cone Health CEO salary and executive pay
Cone Health paid its CEO, Mary Jo Cagle MD, $1,678,281 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. On the return for the fiscal year ending September 2023, the CEO was Cagle Mary Jo, paid $1,732,949. Total revenue on that return was $2,307,557,291, up 19.6% from $1,929,317,490 for the fiscal year ending September 2023. Cone Health ranks 200th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Cone Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 58-1588823, Greensboro, NC.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2024
$1,678,281
- Total revenue
- $2,307,557,291
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 14%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2024, IRS object ID 202522269349302362.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 158th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.07% 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, 16 people were paid more than $500,000, 1 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Mary Jo Cagle MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,678,281 |
| Priest MD MARLONEXE VP & ASST SEC THRU 02/24 | $984,905 |
| Katragadda SreedharPHYSICIAN | $955,040 |
| Eaton MandyCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $940,578 |
| Bokshan StevenPHYSICIAN | $887,208 |
Also paid on the latest return: Hammock Preston (SVP & PRESIDENT MOSES CONE HOS), $842,199; Barrow Andrew (CFO & SECRETARY), $810,934; Patel Bakul (EVP & CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICE), $744,494; Akin Terrence (FORMER PRESIDENT & CEO), $743,891; Carter Robert (SVP & CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL), $647,139; Castaneda Mayorga Daniel (PHYSICIAN), $636,685; Thekkekandam Thomas (PHYSICIAN), $627,932; Miller John (CIO & TREASURER), $606,686; Cornue Christopher (EXECUTIVE VP & ASSISTANT SECRE), $549,878; Swords Bruce (FORMER CHIEF PHYSICIAN EXEC.), $518,717; Adamolekun Michelle (EXECUTIVE VP & ASSITANT SECRE), $510,542; Rempher Kenneth (FORMER EVP & ASST. SECRETARY), $497,645; Antrum DNP VI-ANNE (EXECUTIVE VP & ASSISTANT SECRE), $488,507; Jeffrey Paul (SVP & PRES. WESLEY LONG HOSP.), $463,930; Stuckey MD THOMAS (TRUSTEE), $312,640; and 5 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Boylston MD YUN (TRUSTEE), Brandon MD ASHLEY (TRUSTEE), Campbell PhD LENORA (TRUSTEE), Chandler Thomas (TRUSTEE), Cone Edward (TRUSTEE), Donnelly Abby (TRUSTEE), Douglas Mae (CHAIR), French David (TRUSTEE), Gonzalez Maria (TRUSTEE), Hayes William (VICE CHAIR), McIvor William (TRUSTEE), Samet Arthur (TRUSTEE), Stringer MD ARTHUR (TRUSTEE).
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 Short year, 3 months | Mary Jo Cagle MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,397,790 | $598,632,199 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Mary Jo Cagle MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,678,281 | $2,307,557,291 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Cagle Mary Jo CEO President & CEO | $1,732,949 | $1,929,317,490 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Cagle Mary Jo CEO President & CEO | $2,406,019 | $1,647,783,819 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2024.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2024, IRS object ID 202522269349302362.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Mary Jo Cagle MDPRESIDENT & CEO | $1,587,536 | $90,745 | $1,224,308 | $190,602 | $172,626 | $61,636 | $29,109 | $1,678,281 |
| Priest MD MARLONEXE VP & ASST SEC THRU 02/24 | $902,565 | $82,340 | $752,756 | $5,587 | $144,222 | $72,761 | $9,579 | $984,905 |
| Katragadda SreedharPHYSICIAN | $930,404 | $24,636 | $477,371 | $445,448 | $7,585 | $22,871 | $1,765 | $955,040 |
| Eaton MandyCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $861,178 | $79,400 | $689,759 | $72,205 | $99,214 | $45,000 | $34,400 | $940,578 |
| Bokshan StevenPHYSICIAN | $834,526 | $52,682 | $627,413 | $207,113 | $0 | $22,500 | $30,182 | $887,208 |
These figures come from Cone 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 Cone Health compares
Ranked 200th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 199th, St. Elizabeth Healthcare, $1,709,972
- Next in this ranking: 201st, Erlanger Health, $1,672,028
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Community Health Network$3,879,760 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Endeavor Health$5,191,626 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Children's Mercy Kansas City$1,803,068 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Nemours Children's Health$3,081,278 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Northeast Georgia Health System$2,489,525 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Mary Jo Cagle MD (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $1,678,281 for the fiscal year ending September 2024: $1,587,536 from Cone Health and $90,745 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Mary Jo Cagle MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $1,678,281.
Cone Health paid its CEO, Mary Jo Cagle MD, $1,678,281 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. On the return for the fiscal year ending September 2023, the CEO was Cagle Mary Jo, paid $1,732,949. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Cagle Mary Jo, paid $2,406,019. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $2,406,019 (Cagle Mary Jo); September 2023, $1,732,949; September 2024, $1,678,281 (Mary Jo Cagle MD); December 2024, $2,397,790.
Cone Health's return for the fiscal year ending September 2024 reports total expenses of $2,042,818,228 and total revenue of $2,307,557,291 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $264,739,063. Expenses were $1,745,593,096 for the fiscal year ending September 2023, so they rose 17.0%. The CEO's pay of $1,678,281 equals 0.08% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Cone Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on August 14, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.