Norton Healthcare CEO salary and executive pay
Norton Healthcare paid its CEO, Russell F Cox, $4,115,838 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $630,193 (18.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Norton Healthcare ranks 74th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Norton Healthcare has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 61-1028725, Louisville, KY.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$4,115,838
- Revenue on this return
- $759,365,626
- This is the system's parent filer; most revenue is reported by Norton Hospitals (EIN 61-0703799), $3,371,281,873 on its latest return.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202543109349302839.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, 25 people were paid more than $500,000, 10 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Russell F Cox CEO President & CEO/Trustee | $4,115,838 |
| Michael W GoughExec VP and COO (partial year) | $3,217,019 |
| Steven Hester MDSenior VP & Chief Clinical and Strategy Office | $1,949,641 |
| Adam KempfSr VP & CFAO | $1,659,943 |
| Robert B AzarSr VP Chief Legal Officer/Secretary | $1,302,529 |
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 | Russell F Cox CEO President & CEO/Trustee | $4,115,838 | $759,365,626 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Russell F Cox CEO President & CEO/Trustee | $3,485,645 | $607,102,092 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Russell F Cox CEO President & CEO/Trustee | $4,959,205 | $569,215,201 | 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 202543109349302839.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Russell F CoxPresident & CEO/Trustee | $3,633,654 | $482,184 | $1,857,038 | $953,295 | $823,321 | $449,244 | $32,940 | $4,115,838 |
| Michael W GoughExec VP and COO (partial year) | $3,200,723 | $16,296 | $719,698 | $554,516 | $1,926,509 | $0 | $16,296 | $3,217,019 |
| Steven Hester MDSenior VP & Chief Clinical and Strategy Office | $1,641,761 | $307,880 | $1,049,339 | $444,885 | $147,537 | $276,350 | $31,530 | $1,949,641 |
| Adam KempfSr VP & CFAO | $1,418,297 | $241,646 | $925,300 | $363,283 | $129,714 | $212,195 | $29,451 | $1,659,943 |
| Robert B AzarSr VP Chief Legal Officer/Secretary | $1,125,537 | $176,992 | $692,567 | $303,986 | $128,984 | $162,205 | $14,787 | $1,302,529 |
These figures come from Norton Healthcare'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 Norton Healthcare compares
Ranked 74th 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
Russell F Cox (President & CEO/Trustee) was paid $4,115,838 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $3,633,654 from Norton Healthcare and $482,184 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Norton Healthcare ranks 74th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, Russell F Cox, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $4,115,838. Next was Michael W Gough (Exec VP and COO (partial year)), at $3,217,019. On the latest return, 25 people were paid more than $500,000, 10 of them more than $1 million.
Norton Healthcare paid its CEO, Russell F Cox, $4,115,838 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $630,193 (18.1%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Russell F Cox, paid $4,959,205. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $4,959,205 (Russell F Cox); December 2023, $3,485,645; December 2024, $4,115,838.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Norton Healthcare 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.