Corewell Health CEO salary and executive pay
Corewell Health paid its CEO, Christina Freese Decker, $6,952,800 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $220,651 (3.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $1,957,749,115, up 50.9% from $1,297,092,448 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Corewell Health ranks 40th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Corewell Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 38-3382353, Grand Rapids, MI.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$6,952,800
- Revenue on this return
- $1,957,749,115
- This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by Corewell Health and affiliates (EIN 61-1740292), with $11,491,275,449 in revenue on its latest return.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503219349302710.View the filing
Revenue is Part I, line 12. Pay as a share of revenue and the peer comparison are not shown for a parent filer.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 22 people were paid more than $500,000, 19 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Christina Freese Decker CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT | $6,952,800 |
| Kongkrit Chaiyasate MDPHYSICIAN | $3,572,350 |
| Darryl Elmouchi MDCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER PY | $3,463,968 |
| Praveen ThadaniPRESIDENT PRIORITY HEALTH | $3,153,750 |
| Matthew E CoxTREASURER | $3,081,750 |
Also paid on the latest return: Mohammad Chisti MD (PHYSICIAN), $2,780,452; Sara Riaz MD (PHYSICIAN), $2,204,730; Tracie Morris (CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER), $1,934,337; David Leonard (SECRETARY), $1,833,896; Laith Jamil MD (PHYSICIAN), $1,832,629; Jason Joseph (CHIEF DIGITAL AND INFO OFFICER), $1,800,661; Paul Mazaris MD (PHYSICIAN), $1,589,344; Jeremy Harper (CHIEF STRATEGY AND MKT OFFICER), $1,575,579; Alejandro Quiroga Chand MD (PRESIDENT CHW PY), $1,546,216; Loren B Hamel MD (PRESIDENT CHS PY), $1,526,281; Benjamin Schwartz MD (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $1,518,565; Carlos Cubia (CHIEF COM AND HLTH BELONGING OFFICER), $1,296,697; Chad Tuttle (INTERIM CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER PY), $1,160,550; Joshua Kooistra Do (INTERIM PRESIDENT CHW PY), $1,000,547; James Moses MD (CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER), $998,404; and 15 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Danielle Brown (DIRECTOR), Douglas Devos (DIRECTOR).
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 | Christina Freese Decker CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT | $6,952,800 | $1,957,749,115 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Christina Freese Decker CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT | $6,732,149 | $1,297,092,448 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Christina Freese Decker CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT | $4,492,371 | $719,851,214 | 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 202503219349302710.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Christina Freese DeckerDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT | $5,453,830 | $1,498,970 | $2,489,108 | $2,726,865 | $237,857 | $1,462,145 | $36,825 | $6,952,800 |
| Kongkrit Chaiyasate MD*PHYSICIAN | $3,517,598 | $54,752 | $3,515,888 | $0 | $1,710 | $23,850 | $30,902 | $3,572,350 |
| Darryl Elmouchi MDCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER PY | $3,007,016 | $456,952 | $1,525,444 | $1,374,225 | $107,347 | $418,200 | $38,752 | $3,463,968 |
| Praveen Thadani*PRESIDENT PRIORITY HEALTH | $2,602,705 | $551,045 | $1,254,753 | $1,230,454 | $117,498 | $517,393 | $33,652 | $3,153,750 |
| Matthew E CoxTREASURER | $2,523,615 | $558,135 | $1,237,492 | $1,186,309 | $99,814 | $520,376 | $37,759 | $3,081,750 |
These figures come from Corewell 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 Corewell Health compares
Ranked 40th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 39th, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, $6,979,162
- Next in this ranking: 41st, Valley Health System (New Jersey), $6,647,856
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Kaleida Health$3,764,180 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Hawai'i Pacific Health$1,393,821 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Children's Hospital Colorado$4,286,194 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Baystate Health$1,747,717 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
John Muir Health$3,802,506 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Christina Freese Decker (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT) was paid $6,952,800 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $5,453,830 from Corewell Health and $1,498,970 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Christina Freese Decker, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $6,952,800.
Corewell Health paid its CEO, Christina Freese Decker, $6,952,800 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $220,651 (3.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Christina Freese Decker, paid $4,492,371. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $4,492,371 (Christina Freese Decker); December 2023, $6,732,149; December 2024, $6,952,800.
Corewell Health's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $1,658,500,498 and total revenue of $1,957,749,115 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $299,248,617. Expenses were $1,149,227,831 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 44.3%. The CEO's pay of $6,952,800 equals 0.42% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Corewell Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 17, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.