MedStar Health CEO salary and executive pay
MedStar Health paid its CEO, Kenneth A Samet, $6,562,774 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $627,061 (8.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $423,331,709, up 16.4% from $363,603,125 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. MedStar Health ranks 43rd of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. MedStar Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 52-2087445, Columbia, MD.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$6,562,774
- Revenue on this return
- $423,331,709
- This is the system's parent filer; the system's largest single return is filed by HH MedStar Health (EIN 52-1542230), with $2,399,792,762 in revenue on its latest return.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631339349306383.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, 14 people were paid more than $500,000, 13 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Kenneth A Samet CEO CEO AND PRESIDENT | $6,562,774 |
| M Joy Drass MDEVP | $3,660,478 |
| Stephen Evans MDEVP | $3,091,813 |
| Susan NelsonEVP & CFO | $2,449,856 |
| Oliver M Johnson IIEVP | $2,171,468 |
Also paid on the latest return: David H Song MD (VP, MEDICAL AFFAIRS), $2,163,381; Michael Sachtleben (SVP & COO, WASHINGTON REGI), $2,124,986; Loretta Walker (SVP), $1,869,445; Bradley Chambers (SVP & COO, BALITMORE REGIO), $1,859,893; Jeffrey Matton (SVP), $1,533,047; Leigh Ann Curl MD (DIRECTOR), $1,506,496; Eric Wagner (FORMER EVP), $1,231,856; Christopher G Kalhorn MD (DIRECTOR), $1,200,416; Allen J Taylor MD (DIRECTOR), $990,887; Susan O'Mara (DIRECTOR), $444,533; Michael J Curran (FORMER EVP & CAO), $408,174.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Anthony J Buzzelli (DIRECTOR), Thomas P Joyce Jr (DIRECTOR), Vincent J Martorana Dpm (DIRECTOR), John J Degioia PhD (DIRECTOR), James A Dorta MD (DIRECTOR), Rev Dr Gwendolyn E Boyd (DIRECTOR), Gary H Tabach (VICE CHAIR), Eben D Finney III (DIRECTOR), Adaeze Enekwechi PhD MPP (DIRECTOR), Tamla Olivier (DIRECTOR), Rosie Allen-Herring (CHAIR), William Matt Kelly (DIRECTOR), Michael Randolph MD (DIRECTOR).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | Kenneth A Samet CEO CEO AND PRESIDENT | $6,562,774 | $423,331,709 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Kenneth A Samet CEO CEO AND PRESIDENT | $7,189,835 | $363,603,125 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Kenneth A Samet CEO CEO AND PRESIDENT | $5,459,567 | $366,652,043 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Kenneth A Samet CEO CEO AND PRESIDENT | $15,867,683 | $324,422,604 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631339349306383.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Kenneth A SametCEO AND PRESIDENT | $6,456,778 | $105,996 | $2,415,571 | $3,962,207 | $79,000 | $68,897 | $37,099 | $6,562,774 |
| M Joy Drass MDEVP | $3,588,849 | $71,629 | $1,637,304 | $1,951,545 | $0 | $42,192 | $29,437 | $3,660,478 |
| Stephen Evans MDEVP | $3,025,422 | $66,391 | $1,384,579 | $1,640,843 | $0 | $22,465 | $43,926 | $3,091,813 |
| Susan NelsonEVP & CFO | $2,401,004 | $48,852 | $1,085,161 | $1,315,843 | $0 | $9,900 | $38,952 | $2,449,856 |
| Oliver M Johnson IIEVP | $2,125,787 | $45,681 | $979,262 | $1,146,525 | $0 | $9,900 | $35,781 | $2,171,468 |
These figures come from MedStar 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 MedStar Health compares
Ranked 43rd of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 42nd, Inova Health System, $6,579,451
- Next in this ranking: 44th, OhioHealth, $6,546,210
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Legacy Health$2,784,747 (CEO), fiscal year ending Mar 2025
Bronson Healthcare$3,569,592 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
McLeod Health$2,430,056 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Baptist Memorial Health Care$3,913,950 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
CoxHealth$1,977,250 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Kenneth A Samet (CEO AND PRESIDENT) was paid $6,562,774 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $6,456,778 from MedStar Health and $105,996 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Kenneth A Samet, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $6,562,774.
MedStar Health paid its CEO, Kenneth A Samet, $6,562,774 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is down $627,061 (8.7%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Kenneth A Samet, paid $15,867,683. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $15,867,683 (Kenneth A Samet); June 2023, $5,459,567; June 2024, $7,189,835; June 2025, $6,562,774.
MedStar Health's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $374,727,640 and total revenue of $423,331,709 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $48,604,069. Expenses were $298,423,419 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 25.6%. The CEO's pay of $6,562,774 equals 1.75% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns MedStar Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.