Inova Health System CEO salary and executive pay
Inova Health System paid its CEO, J Stephen Jones MD, $6,579,451 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $1,028,560 (18.5%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $6,423,097,177, up 13.3% from $5,667,336,357 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Inova Health System ranks 42nd of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Inova Health System has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 54-0620889, Fairfax, VA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$6,579,451
- Total revenue
- $6,423,097,177
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 30%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543159349304194.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 129th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.10% 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, 20 people were paid more than $500,000, 18 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| J Stephen Jones MD CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $6,579,451 |
| James EcklundPRESIDENT NEUROSCIENCES | $2,447,719 |
| John HamiltonPHYSICIAN | $2,306,425 |
| Toni ArdabellCHIEF CLINICAL ENTERPRISE | $2,084,472 |
| John PhippsCHIEF CARE TRANSFORMATION OFFICER | $2,075,814 |
Also paid on the latest return: Nicholas Szary (PHYSICIAN), $2,012,809; Christopher O'Connor (PRESIDENT IHVI), $2,010,983; Anuj Narang (PRESIDENT IFMC & PEDS SERVICES), $1,867,549; Terri Feely (CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER IHS), $1,825,387; John Gaul (SECRETARY), $1,788,448; John Moynihan (PRESIDENT SURGICAL SERVICE), $1,724,599; Nilesh Vyas (DIVISION CHIEF), $1,690,662; Matthew Kull (CHIEF INFORMATION DIGITAL STRATEGY), $1,524,734; Zobair Younossi (FORMER RESEARCH PHYSICIAN), $1,410,482; Susan Carroll (PRESIDENT ILH), $1,360,967; Harvey McDuffie (SVP PRESIDENT INOVA REALTY), $1,271,281; Stephen Motew (FORMER CHIEF CLINICAL ENTERPRISE), $1,238,492; Alice Pope (TREASURER-CFO, ENDING 1/1/24), $1,198,901; Ricardo Talento (TREASURER-CFO, BEG 1/1/24), $876,724; Christopher Chiantella (FORMER CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER), $672,995.
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 | J Stephen Jones MD CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $6,579,451 | $6,423,097,177 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | J Stephen Jones MD CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $5,550,891 | $5,667,336,357 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | J Stephen Jones MD CEO PRESIDENT/CEO | $5,370,547 | $5,068,330,080 | 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 202543159349304194.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| J Stephen Jones MDPRESIDENT/CEO | $6,505,967 | $73,484 | $2,203,308 | $3,718,894 | $583,765 | $40,250 | $33,234 | $6,579,451 |
| James EcklundPRESIDENT NEUROSCIENCES | $2,346,748 | $100,971 | $1,317,760 | $763,106 | $265,882 | $70,750 | $30,221 | $2,447,719 |
| John HamiltonPHYSICIAN | $2,203,314 | $103,111 | $1,240,779 | $960,213 | $2,322 | $70,750 | $32,361 | $2,306,425 |
| Toni ArdabellCHIEF CLINICAL ENTERPRISE | $2,010,575 | $73,897 | $1,041,965 | $744,712 | $223,898 | $70,750 | $3,147 | $2,084,472 |
| John PhippsCHIEF CARE TRANSFORMATION OFFICER | $1,982,814 | $93,000 | $663,112 | $409,754 | $909,948 | $69,203 | $23,797 | $2,075,814 |
These figures come from Inova Health System'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 Inova Health System compares
Ranked 42nd of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 41st, Valley Health System (New Jersey), $6,647,856
- Next in this ranking: 43rd, MedStar Health, $6,562,774
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Novant Health$8,150,937 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Duke University Health System$2,338,899 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Risant Health (Geisinger)$14,295,895 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Indiana University Health$5,720,461 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Orlando Health$9,439,845 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
J Stephen Jones MD (PRESIDENT/CEO) was paid $6,579,451 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $6,505,967 from Inova Health System and $73,484 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, J Stephen Jones MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $6,579,451.
Inova Health System paid its CEO, J Stephen Jones MD, $6,579,451 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $1,028,560 (18.5%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was J Stephen Jones MD, paid $5,370,547. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $5,370,547 (J Stephen Jones MD); December 2023, $5,550,891; December 2024, $6,579,451.
Inova Health System's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $6,013,870,130 and total revenue of $6,423,097,177 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $409,227,047. Expenses were $5,406,947,957 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 11.2%. The CEO's pay of $6,579,451 equals 0.11% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Inova Health System filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 11, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.