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. MedStar Health ranks 41st of 148 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; most revenue is reported by HH Medstar Health (EIN 52-1542230), $2,399,792,762 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 |
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 41st of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Penn State Health$3,235,216 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
St. Luke's Health System (Idaho)$2,104,597 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Beth Israel Lahey Health$4,734,371 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
WellSpan Health$3,176,598 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Dartmouth Health$2,525,898 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 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). MedStar Health ranks 41st of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, KENNETH A SAMET, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $6,562,774. Next was M JOY DRASS MD (EVP), at $3,660,478. On the latest return, 14 people were paid more than $500,000, 13 of them more than $1 million.
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.
From the 4 Form 990 returns MedStar Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.