Phoenix Children's Hospital CEO salary and executive pay
Phoenix Children's Hospital paid its CEO, Robert L Meyer, $3,558,771 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $45,963 (1.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Total revenue on that return was $1,736,932,091, up 17.3% from $1,480,711,862 for the fiscal year ending December 2023. Phoenix Children's Hospital ranks 100th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Phoenix Children's Hospital has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 86-0422559, Phoenix, AZ.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$3,558,771
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Dustin Rayhorn MD (MEDICAL STAFF, PRESIDENT (START 04/2024)), $332,529.
- Total revenue
- $1,736,932,091
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 69%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202522489349301322.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 57th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.20% 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, 18 people were paid more than $500,000, 10 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Robert L Meyer CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO | $3,558,771 |
| Daniel Velez MDDIVISION CHIEF | $1,670,271 |
| Jared Muenzer MDEVP, CHIEF PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVE | $1,525,296 |
| Daniel Ostlie MDSVP, SURGEON IN CHIEF | $1,481,549 |
| Mark Molitor Jr MDPEDIATRIC SURGEON | $1,260,943 |
Also paid on the latest return: Carmen Neuberger (EVP/GENERAL COUNSEL/SECRETARY), $1,238,106; David Notrica MD (PEDIATRIC SURGEON), $1,215,048; David Higginson (EVP & CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER), $1,208,102; Benjamin Padilla MD (Pediatric Surgeon), $1,207,358; Michelle Bruhn (EVP & CFO/TREASURER), $1,155,661; Brian Meyer (SVP/CIO), $908,636; Kety Duron (SVP, HUMAN RESOURCES), $846,807; Nathan Page MD (MEDICAL STAFF, VP), $764,269; Chad Johnson (SVP, PCCN), $734,264; Russ Korcuska (SVP, CONSTRUCTION & SPECIAL PROJECTS), $689,089; Blake Bulloch MD (MEDICAL STAFF, PRESIDENT (THRU 04/2024)), $662,284; Tamra Kaplan (SVP, OPERATIONS (THRU 12/2024)), $600,620; Justin Bradshaw (EVP, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (START 06/2024)), $600,328; Dustin Rayhorn MD (MEDICAL STAFF, PRESIDENT (START 04/2024)), $332,529; Rich Lehmuth (SVP, STRATEGIC PLANNING (THRU 12/2023)), $324,986; and 1 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: David Lenhardt (DIRECTOR/CHAIR), Michael Ebert (DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR), Donald Slager (DIRECTOR), George F Getz (DIRECTOR), Jon Hulburd (DIRECTOR), Molly Ryan Carson (DIRECTOR), Omar Alvarez (DIRECTOR), Rich Boals (DIRECTOR), Robert M Delgado (DIRECTOR), Taylor Burke (DIRECTOR).
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 | Robert L Meyer CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO | $3,558,771 | $1,736,932,091 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | ROBERT L MEYER CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO | $3,604,734 | $1,480,711,862 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | ROBERT L MEYER CEO DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO | $3,508,941 | $1,331,683,534 | 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 202522489349301322.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Robert L MeyerDIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO | $3,532,157 | $26,614 | $1,385,206 | $1,889,406 | $257,545 | $13,800 | $12,814 | $3,558,771 |
| Daniel Velez MDDIVISION CHIEF | $1,642,961 | $27,310 | $1,498,369 | $107,503 | $37,089 | $13,800 | $13,510 | $1,670,271 |
| Jared Muenzer MDEVP, CHIEF PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVE | $1,499,579 | $25,717 | $767,303 | $618,124 | $114,152 | $13,800 | $11,917 | $1,525,296 |
| Daniel Ostlie MDSVP, SURGEON IN CHIEF | $1,449,982 | $31,567 | $964,778 | $344,278 | $140,926 | $13,800 | $17,767 | $1,481,549 |
| Mark Molitor Jr MDPEDIATRIC SURGEON | $1,229,766 | $31,177 | $959,105 | $236,711 | $33,950 | $13,800 | $17,377 | $1,260,943 |
These figures come from Phoenix Children's Hospital'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 Phoenix Children's Hospital compares
Ranked 100th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 99th, Bronson Healthcare, $3,569,592
- Next in this ranking: 101st, ChristianaCare, $3,545,430
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Rochester Regional Health$4,013,008 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago$2,617,499 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Rady Children's Health$2,563,540 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Hennepin Healthcare$1,007,646 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Willis-Knighton Medical Center$1,235,962 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Common questions
Robert L Meyer (DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $3,558,771 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $3,532,157 from Phoenix Children's Hospital and $26,614 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Robert L Meyer, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $3,558,771.
Phoenix Children's Hospital paid its CEO, Robert L Meyer, $3,558,771 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is down $45,963 (1.3%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending December 2022, when the CEO was ROBERT L MEYER, paid $3,508,941. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $3,508,941 (ROBERT L MEYER); December 2023, $3,604,734; December 2024, $3,558,771.
Phoenix Children's Hospital's return for the fiscal year ending December 2024 reports total expenses of $1,538,377,122 and total revenue of $1,736,932,091 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $198,554,969. Expenses were $1,317,475,021 for the fiscal year ending December 2023, so they rose 16.8%. The CEO's pay of $3,558,771 equals 0.23% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Phoenix Children's Hospital filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024. The latest full-year return was filed on September 5, 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending December 2024 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.