Kaiser Foundation Hospitals CEO salary and executive pay
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals paid its CEO, Gregory Adams, $12,976,050 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $254,604 (2.0%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $38,196,336,924, up 16.5% from $32,787,361,466 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. All of Gregory Adams' reportable pay, $12,789,811, came from related organizations (column E). Kaiser Foundation Hospitals has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. Also known as Kaiser Permanente.
See also: Kaiser Permanente (Health Plan), which reports the same executives on its own return.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 94-1105628, Oakland, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$12,976,050
- Total revenue
- $38,196,336,924
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 22%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202523219349309952.View the filing
Peers: the 53 other organizations on this site with revenue over $5 billion. Ranked 42nd of 54 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.03% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals is part of Kaiser Permanente and files its own return. It lists the same top executives as Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, reported as pay from related organizations, so the same pay appears on both returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 57 people were paid more than $500,000, 46 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Gregory Adams CEO Chairman & CEO | $12,976,050 |
| Kimberly HornEVP, Group President, MOC | $6,474,308 |
| Janet LiangEVP, Group President & COO | $5,011,705 |
| Kathryn LancasterEVP & CFO | $5,004,087 |
| Brandon CuevasEVP, Health Plan | $4,354,878 |
Also paid on the latest return: Yazdi Bagli (EVP, Enterprise Business Svcs), $3,822,029; Carrie Plietz (Regional President - NCAL), $3,326,860; Chuck Bevilacqua (SVP, Health Plan Product, Svc), $3,007,814; Michael Ramseier (Region President - CO), $2,817,773; Gregory Holmes (EVP, Chief HR Officer), $2,671,910; Paul Swenson (EVP, Chief Admin Officer), $2,648,633; Vanessa Benavides (EVP,Chief Legal Officer & Secy), $2,623,191; Andrew Bindman (EVP, Chief Medical Officer), $2,594,208; Samuel Glick (EVP, Enterprise Strat, Bus Dev), $2,593,047; Angela Dowling (Region President - WA), $2,481,109; Chandrika Bhalla (SVP, CFO - Hospital Mkts & FP), $2,397,170; Jeffrey Collins (Regional President - NW), $2,329,252; Michelle Gaskill (Regional President - SCAL & HI), $2,318,703; Pamela Shipley (SVP, Health Plan Innovation), $2,128,599; Thomas Hanenburg (SVP, Ambulatory Operations), $2,128,422; and 56 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 | Gregory Adams CEO Chairman & CEO | $12,976,050 | $38,196,336,924 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Gregory Adams CEO Chairman & CEO | $12,721,446 | $32,787,361,466 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Gregory Adams CEO Chairman & CEO | $13,697,450 | $30,232,760,181 | 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 202523219349309952.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Gregory Adams*Chairman & CEO | $0 | $12,789,811 | $186,239 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $2,195,616 | $9,348,865 | $1,245,330 | $152,508 | $33,731 | $12,976,050 | |||
| Kimberly Horn*EVP, Group President, MOC | $0 | $5,678,798 | $795,510 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $26,092 | $2,984,810 | $2,667,896 | $793,971 | $1,539 | $6,474,308 | |||
| Janet Liang*EVP, Group President & COO | $0 | $4,322,020 | $689,685 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,312,190 | $2,487,529 | $522,301 | $643,461 | $46,224 | $5,011,705 | |||
| Kathryn Lancaster*EVP & CFO | $0 | $4,850,102 | $153,985 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,322,140 | $2,987,353 | $540,609 | $132,955 | $21,030 | $5,004,087 | |||
| Brandon Cuevas*EVP, Health Plan | $0 | $3,512,002 | $842,876 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,314,589 | $345,958 | $1,851,455 | $807,302 | $35,574 | $4,354,878 | |||
These figures come from Kaiser Foundation Hospitals' 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 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals compares
Ranking: CEO pay at major US nonprofits.
Closest in revenue among organizations in the same revenue band:
Battelle Memorial Institute$5,978,396 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
AARP$2,871,820 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Feeding America$1,214,028 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
Gregory Adams (Chairman & CEO) was paid $12,976,050 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $0 from Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, $12,789,811 from related organizations and $186,239 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F).
The CEO, Gregory Adams, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $12,976,050.
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals is part of Kaiser Permanente and files its own return. It lists the same top executives as Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, reported as pay from related organizations, so the same pay appears on both returns.
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals paid its CEO, Gregory Adams, $12,976,050 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $254,604 (2.0%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Gregory Adams, paid $13,697,450. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $13,697,450 (Gregory Adams); December 2023, $12,721,446; December 2024, $12,976,050.
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals' return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $33,780,993,362 and total revenue of $38,196,336,924 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $4,415,343,562. Expenses were $30,650,696,643 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 10.2%. The CEO's pay of $12,976,050 equals 0.04% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Kaiser Foundation Hospitals 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.