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. Ochsner Health ranks 37th of 148 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.
- Total revenue
- $6,038,885,387
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 47%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503189349314185.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 64th of 121 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 |
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 37th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
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
Duke University Health System$2,338,899 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
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). Ochsner Health ranks 37th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, PETER C NOVEMBER, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $7,011,513. Next was BENJAMIN B PEELER MD (SR PHYSICIAN-SECTION HEAD), at $6,760,012. On the latest return, 27 people were paid more than $500,000, 17 of them more than $1 million.
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.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Ochsner Health 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.