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. Inova Health System ranks 40th of 148 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 40%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543159349304194.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 73rd of 121 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 |
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 40th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
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
Sanford Health$4,999,360 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Indiana University Health$5,720,461 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
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). Inova Health System ranks 40th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, J STEPHEN JONES MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $6,579,451. Next was JAMES ECKLUND (PRESIDENT NEUROSCIENCES), at $2,447,719. On the latest return, 20 people were paid more than $500,000, 18 of them more than $1 million.
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.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Inova Health System filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.