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. Rady Children's Health ranks 112th of 148 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 60%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631339349303453.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 49th of 121 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 |
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 112th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Lexington Medical Center$4,261,823 (CEO), fiscal year ending Sep 2025
Maimonides Medical Center$1,815,126 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Children's Hospital Los Angeles$1,888,151 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Children's National Hospital$2,644,721 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Mercy$8,335,401 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
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). Rady Children's Health ranks 112th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, PATRICK FRIAS MD, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $2,563,540. Next was KIMBERLY CRIPE (CO-PRESIDENT & CEO (BEGIN 1/2025)), at $2,444,654. On the latest return, 14 people were paid more than $500,000, 5 of them more than $1 million.
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.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Rady Children's Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above. The methodology page explains how they're chosen.