Ochsner Health CEO salary and executive pay
Ochsner Health paid its CEO, Peter C November, $7,011,513 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $1,975,734 (39.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $6,038,885,387, up 12.5% from $5,368,249,222 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Ochsner Health ranks 38th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Ochsner Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 72-0502505, New Orleans, LA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$7,011,513
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Robert Wolterman (CEO-SS REGION & CLINICAL JVS), $1,401,008; Charles D Daigle (CEO-BATON ROUGE & LAKE CHARLES), $1,233,740; Timothy L Riddell MD (BRD MBR/CEO-NS & MS GC (END: 4/24)), $1,080,416; Bradley R Goodson (CEO-OMC (END: 9/24)), $877,704; Beth E Walker (CEO-OMC (BEG: 9/24)), $797,602; Michael F Hulefeld (PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER), $4,206,022.
- Total revenue
- $6,038,885,387
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 38%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503189349314185.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 113th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.12% 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, 27 people were paid more than $500,000, 17 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Peter C November CEO CEO/BOARD MEMBER | $7,011,513 |
| Benjamin B Peeler MDSR PHYSICIAN-SECTION HEAD | $6,760,012 |
| Robert I Hart MDCHIEF PHYS EXEC & PRES, OCH CLINIC | $4,411,566 |
| Michael F HulefeldPRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $4,206,022 |
| Tracey T SchiroEVP-CHIEF PEOPLE & CULTURE OFFICER | $3,793,439 |
Also paid on the latest return: James Molloy (EVP-CFO AND TREASURER), $3,296,122; Mohamad A Allam MD (PHYSICIAN), $3,233,982; George E Loss Jr MD PhD (SYS VP-CHIEF CLNC TRANSF & STRAT OFF), $2,310,355; Cuong Q Bui MD (BOARD MEMBER/SENIOR PHYSICIAN), $2,168,674; Patrick E Parrino MD (SR PHYSICIAN-VICE CHAIR), $1,892,822; Leonardo B Seoane MD (EVP-CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER), $1,877,643; Denise S Basow (EVP-CHIEF DIGITAL HEALTH OFFICER), $1,855,371; Robert Wolterman (CEO-SS REGION & CLINICAL JVS), $1,401,008; Shelley S Tynan (SYS VP-LEGAL & GEN COUNSEL, SEC), $1,379,907; Charles D Daigle (CEO-BATON ROUGE & LAKE CHARLES), $1,233,740; Scott J Posecai (EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT), $1,224,180; Timothy L Riddell MD (BRD MBR/CEO-NS & MS GC (END: 4/24)), $1,080,416; Brian A Moore MD (BOARD MEMBER/RMD), $966,145; Matthew Block (EVP-CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER), $884,704; Bradley R Goodson (CEO-OMC (END: 9/24)), $877,704; and 26 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 | Peter C November CEO CEO/BOARD MEMBER | $7,011,513 | $6,038,885,387 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | Peter C November CEO CEO / BOARD MEMBER | $5,035,779 | $5,368,249,222 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | Warner L Thomas CEO PRES/CEO/BOARD MEMBER (END: 11/2022) | $10,020,836 | $5,075,999,430 | 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 202503189349314185.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Peter C NovemberCEO/BOARD MEMBER | $6,112,385 | $899,128 | $2,082,283 | $3,910,000 | $120,102 | $866,860 | $32,268 | $7,011,513 |
| Benjamin B Peeler MDSR PHYSICIAN-SECTION HEAD | $6,742,839 | $17,173 | $2,681,762 | $1,500 | $4,059,577 | $6,800 | $10,373 | $6,760,012 |
| Robert I Hart MDCHIEF PHYS EXEC & PRES, OCH CLINIC | $4,182,299 | $229,267 | $1,312,705 | $2,200,000 | $669,594 | $205,550 | $23,717 | $4,411,566 |
| Michael F HulefeldPRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | $3,695,089 | $510,933 | $1,536,541 | $2,100,000 | $58,548 | $481,963 | $28,970 | $4,206,022 |
| Tracey T SchiroEVP-CHIEF PEOPLE & CULTURE OFFICER | $3,385,647 | $407,792 | $1,082,918 | $1,150,000 | $1,152,729 | $376,202 | $31,590 | $3,793,439 |
These figures come from Ochsner 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 Ochsner Health compares
Ranked 38th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 37th, Henry Ford Health, $7,081,174
- Next in this ranking: 39th, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, $6,979,162
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Highmark Health (Allegheny Health Network)$9,716,380 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Indiana University Health$5,720,461 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Sanford Health$4,999,360 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Allina Health$4,092,093 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Montefiore Health System$16,690,037 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Peter C November (CEO/BOARD MEMBER) was paid $7,011,513 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $6,112,385 from Ochsner Health and $899,128 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Peter C November, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $7,011,513.
Ochsner Health paid its CEO, Peter C November, $7,011,513 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $1,975,734 (39.2%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was Warner L Thomas, paid $10,020,836. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $10,020,836 (Warner L Thomas); December 2023, $5,035,779 (Peter C November); December 2024, $7,011,513.
Ochsner Health's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $5,713,804,551 and total revenue of $6,038,885,387 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $325,080,836. Expenses were $5,008,368,403 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 14.1%. The CEO's pay of $7,011,513 equals 0.12% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Ochsner Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on November 14, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.