Houston Methodist CEO salary and executive pay
Houston Methodist paid its CEO, Marc L Boom MD, $8,338,578 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $1,198,944 (16.8%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $4,404,411,075, up 12.1% from $3,927,550,209 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Houston Methodist ranks 29th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Houston Methodist has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Also known as Methodist Hospital Group or Houston Methodist Hospital.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 35-2410801, Houston, TX.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$8,338,578
- Total revenue
- $4,404,411,075
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 66%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202533119349302358.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 62nd of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.19% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Methodist Hospital Group files a group return whose Part VII titles read "SEE SCHEDULE O". Schedule O says Marc Boom "RECEIVED HIS PART VII COMPENSATION FROM HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL" and held the title "PRESIDENT & CEO" there, which is the title shown.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 44 people were paid more than $500,000, 20 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Marc L Boom MD CEO President & CEO (Schedule O) | $8,338,578 |
| Kevin J BurnsSEE SCHEDULE O | $3,228,085 |
| Roberta L Schwartz PhDSEE SCHEDULE O | $3,105,356 |
| Ramon M CantuSEE SCHEDULE O | $2,794,634 |
| H Dirk Sostman MDSEE SCHEDULE O | $2,248,246 |
Also paid on the latest return: Chris Siebenaler (SEE SCHEDULE O), $2,189,854; Shlomit Schaal MD PhD (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,945,042; Michael D Brown (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,247,492; Kenneth Letkeman (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,240,311; Cathy Easter (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,227,472; Wayne M Voss (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,213,704; Keith Barber (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,156,048; Julia Andrieni MD (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,139,558; Edward A Jones (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,128,078; Edward L Tyrrell (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,125,246; Stephen E Spielman (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,115,379; Susan H Coulter (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,088,952; Debra Sukin PhD (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,088,578; Sean A Menogan (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,066,317; David P Bernard (SEE SCHEDULE O), $1,050,122; and 43 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Amy L Waer MD (SEE SCHEDULE O), Ann Snyder PhD (SEE SCHEDULE O), Antonio Gotto MD DPHIL (SEE SCHEDULE O), Armando A Perez (SEE SCHEDULE O), Bishop Cynthia Fierro Harvey (SEE SCHEDULE O), Brent Allmon MD (SEE SCHEDULE O), Carlton E Baucum (SEE SCHEDULE O), Christopher Stavros (SEE SCHEDULE O), Connie Dyer (SEE SCHEDULE O), David Chao (SEE SCHEDULE O), David M Underwood Jr (SEE SCHEDULE O), David Modesett (SEE SCHEDULE O), Donna Sims Wilson (SEE SCHEDULE O), Douglas E Swanson Jr (SEE SCHEDULE O), Dr Edmund Robb III (SEE SCHEDULE O), Dr Thomas J Pace III (SEE SCHEDULE O), Edward R Allen III (SEE SCHEDULE O), Edwin Ed Knight (SEE SCHEDULE O), Elaine Finger (SEE SCHEDULE O), Elizabeth Blanton Wareing (SEE SCHEDULE O), Emily A Crosswell (SEE SCHEDULE O), Ernie D Cockrell II (SEE SCHEDULE O), Evan Katz (SEE SCHEDULE O), Ewing Werlein Jr (SEE SCHEDULE O), Gilbert Santana (SEE SCHEDULE O), and 42 more.
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 | Marc L Boom MD CEO President & CEO (Schedule O) | $8,338,578 | $4,404,411,075 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Marc L Boom MD CEO President & CEO (Schedule O) | $7,139,634 | $3,927,550,209 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Marc L Boom MD CEO President & CEO (Schedule O) | $4,821,137 | $3,572,464,535 | 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 202533119349302358.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Marc L Boom MDPresident & CEO (Schedule O) | $7,251,200 | $1,087,378 | $2,477,491 | $3,087,106 | $1,686,603 | $999,401 | $87,977 | $8,338,578 |
| Kevin J BurnsSEE SCHEDULE O | $2,934,047 | $294,038 | $903,403 | $872,901 | $1,157,743 | $259,036 | $35,002 | $3,228,085 |
| Roberta L Schwartz PhDSEE SCHEDULE O | $2,765,576 | $339,780 | $1,324,941 | $976,887 | $463,748 | $294,616 | $45,164 | $3,105,356 |
| Ramon M CantuSEE SCHEDULE O | $2,468,542 | $326,092 | $1,202,117 | $866,566 | $399,859 | $271,527 | $54,565 | $2,794,634 |
| H Dirk Sostman MDSEE SCHEDULE O | $2,009,180 | $239,066 | $1,006,302 | $721,592 | $281,286 | $231,245 | $7,821 | $2,248,246 |
These figures come from Houston Methodist'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 Houston Methodist compares
Ranked 29th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 28th, MultiCare Health System, $8,673,258
- Next in this ranking: 30th, Mercy, $8,335,401
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
OSF HealthCare$3,181,962 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Texas Children's Hospital$13,338,019 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Nationwide Children's Hospital$2,187,047 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Mount Sinai Health System$5,489,914 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Scripps Health$3,689,779 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Marc L Boom MD (President & CEO (Schedule O)) was paid $8,338,578 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $7,251,200 from Houston Methodist and $1,087,378 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Marc L Boom MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $8,338,578.
Houston Methodist paid its CEO, Marc L Boom MD, $8,338,578 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $1,198,944 (16.8%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Marc L Boom MD, paid $4,821,137. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $4,821,137 (Marc L Boom MD); December 2023, $7,139,634; December 2024, $8,338,578.
Houston Methodist's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $3,934,185,696 and total revenue of $4,404,411,075 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $470,225,379. Expenses were $3,537,417,267 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 11.2%. The CEO's pay of $8,338,578 equals 0.21% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Houston Methodist filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 7, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.