Rady Children's Health CEO salary and executive pay
Rady Children's Health paid its CEO, Patrick Frias MD, $2,563,540 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $509,574 (24.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,762,087,501, up 1.2% from $1,741,094,069 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Rady Children's Health ranks 141st of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Rady Children's Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 95-1691313, San Diego, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$2,563,540
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Kimberly Cripe (CO-PRESIDENT & CEO (BEGIN 1/2025)), $2,444,654.
- Total revenue
- $1,762,087,501
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 51%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631339349303453.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 89th of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.15% 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, 14 people were paid more than $500,000, 5 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Patrick Frias MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,563,540 |
| Kimberly CripeCO-PRESIDENT & CEO (BEGIN 1/2025) | $2,444,654 |
| James Uli JrSVP, CFO, TREASURER | $1,153,655 |
| Charles B DavisEVP, REGIONAL PRESIDENT, SAN DIEGO | $1,041,692 |
| Gail L KnightSR VP, CMO | $1,035,585 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jay Gabriel (CLO & SECRETARY (BEGIN 1/2025)), $947,668; Jill Strickland (SR VP, CAO), $931,937; Stephen Jennings (SR VP, CHIEF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER (UNTIL 12/20), $909,314; Angela M Vieira (SECRETARY (UNTIL 12/2024)), $899,476; Albert Oriol (VP, INFO MGMT/CIO), $777,051; Scott D Campbell (VP, CFO & ADMIN OFFICER - MPF), $672,068; Laurel Moyer (VP, CHIEF QUAL & SAFETY OFFICER), $648,116; Karen Kitchen Briggs (VP, HUMAN RESOURCES), $628,257; Chris Abe (VP, OPERATIONS), $566,279; Belinda Santos-Ramirez (ASSISTANT SECRETARY), $167,454; Nicholas Holmes MD (SR VP, COO), $145,604.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Paul J Hering (CHAIR), Byron Scott MD (VICE CHAIR), Richard Leib (VOTING MEMBER (BEGIN 12/2024)), Doug Arthur (VOTING MEMBER), Michael J Farrell (VOTING MEMBER), Lynn Schenk (VOTING MEMBER), Michael A Friedman MD (VOTING MEMBER), David F Hale (VOTING MEMBER), Debra L Reed-Klages (VOTING MEMBER (UNTIL 12/2024)), Gdiego Miralles MD (VOTING MEMBER), Henry L Nordhoff (VOTING MEMBER), Michael P Peckham (VOTING MEMBER), Harry M Rady (VOTING MEMBER), Theodore D Roth (VOTING MEMBER), Donald J Rosenberg Esq (VOTING MEMBER), Michael R Stone (VOTING MEMBER (UNTIL 12/2024)), Vanessa V Wertheim PhD (VOTING MEMBER), John Carethers MD (VOTING MEMBER), Scott N Wolfe (VOTING MEMBER), Sdouglas Hutcheson (VOTING MEMBER), Romeo Ignacio MD (VOTING MEMBER), Pradeep Khosla PhD (VOTING MEMBER), Shelby Leuin MD (VOTING MEMBER), Joseph Beery (VOTING MEMBER).
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 | Patrick Frias MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,563,540 | $1,762,087,501 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Patrick Frias MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,053,966 | $1,741,094,069 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Patrick Frias MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,780,638 | $1,933,133,560 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Patrick Frias MD CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $1,713,578 | $1,654,213,599 | 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 202631339349303453.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Patrick Frias MD*PRESIDENT & CEO | $2,518,676 | $0 | $44,864 | $1,409,191 | $657,743 | $451,742 | $10,350 | $34,514 | $2,563,540 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Kimberly Cripe*CO-PRESIDENT & CEO (BEGIN 1/2025) | $0 | $2,413,249 | $31,405 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,330,701 | $790,183 | $292,365 | $16,534 | $14,871 | $2,444,654 | |||
| James Uli Jr*SVP, CFO, TREASURER | $1,131,345 | $0 | $22,310 | $794,247 | $215,496 | $121,602 | $10,350 | $11,960 | $1,153,655 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Charles B DavisEVP, REGIONAL PRESIDENT, SAN DIEGO | $1,003,648 | $0 | $38,044 | $700,613 | $179,473 | $123,562 | $34,076 | $3,968 | $1,041,692 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Gail L KnightSR VP, CMO | $1,021,257 | $0 | $14,328 | $687,652 | $198,576 | $135,029 | $10,350 | $3,978 | $1,035,585 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Rady Children's 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 Rady Children's Health compares
Ranked 141st of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 140th, Nicklaus Children's Health System, $2,570,950
- Next in this ranking: 142nd, Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, $2,535,492
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Hospital for Special Surgery$5,329,588 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Lexington Medical Center$4,261,823 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Rochester Regional Health$4,013,008 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Phoenix Children's Hospital$3,558,771 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Maimonides Medical Center$1,815,126 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Patrick Frias MD (PRESIDENT & CEO) was paid $2,563,540 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $2,518,676 from Rady Children's Health and $44,864 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Patrick Frias MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,563,540.
Rady Children's Health paid its CEO, Patrick Frias MD, $2,563,540 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $509,574 (24.8%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Patrick Frias MD, paid $1,713,578. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,713,578 (Patrick Frias MD); June 2023, $1,780,638; June 2024, $2,053,966; June 2025, $2,563,540.
Rady Children's Health's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,717,147,159 and total revenue of $1,762,087,501 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $44,940,342. Expenses were $1,533,544,620 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 12.0%. The CEO's pay of $2,563,540 equals 0.15% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Rady Children's Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 13, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.