Scripps Health CEO salary and executive pay
Scripps Health paid its CEO, Christopher Van Gorder, $3,689,779 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is down $652,224 (15.0%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. Total revenue on that return was $5,134,555,653, up 5.4% from $4,869,465,543 for the fiscal year ending September 2024. Scripps Health ranks 96th of 229 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Scripps Health has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 95-1684089, San Diego, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending September 2025
$3,689,779
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Carl Etter (CORP SR VP, REGION CHIEF EXEC), $1,778,371; Thomas Gammiere (CORP SR VP, REGION CHIEF EXEC), $1,086,950.
- Total revenue
- $5,134,555,653
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 12%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202642229349300344.View the filing
Peers: the 183 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 161st of 184 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.07% 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, 19 people were paid more than $500,000, 13 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Christopher Van Gorder CEO PRESIDENT / CEO | $3,689,779 |
| Carl EtterCORP SR VP, REGION CHIEF EXEC | $1,778,371 |
| Ghazala SharieffCORP EVP, CHF MED&OPS OFF-ACUTE | $1,615,874 |
| Brett TandeTREASURER / CORP EXEC VP, CFO | $1,512,468 |
| Thomas BuchholzCORP SR VP, ONCOLOGY SERVICES | $1,434,297 |
Also paid on the latest return: Anil Keswani (CORP EVP, CHF MED&OPS OFF-AMB), $1,368,537; Bradley Ellis (CORP SR VP, CHIEF LEGAL COUNSEL), $1,277,585; Richard Neale (CORP EXEC VP, CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER), $1,248,946; June Komar (CORP EXEC VP, STRATEGY & ADMIN (PART YEAR)), $1,214,872; Barbara Price (CORP SR VP, PLANNING/STRATEGY), $1,168,932; Eric Cole (CORP SR VP, HUMAN RESOURCES), $1,092,120; Thomas Gammiere (CORP SR VP, REGION CHIEF EXEC), $1,086,950; Shane Thielman (CORP SR VP, CIDO), $1,010,446; John Engle (CORP SR VP, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER), $925,062; Tracy Chu (CORP VP, POP HLTH/ACO), $809,506; John Poole (CORP VP, SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT), $785,240; Gerald Soderstrom (CORP SR VP, AUDIT / COMPLIANCE/RISK), $768,274; Craig M Uejo (CORP VP, CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER), $752,122; Sherman T Moore (CORP VP, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT), $731,759; Lisa Risserthakur (FORMER KEY EMPLOYEE), $489,746; and 2 more.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Don Goldman (TRUSTEE, VICE CHAIR), Kevin T Hamilton (TRUSTEE, CHAIR), Dan Feldman (TRUSTEE (PART YEAR)), Elliot A Scott (TRUSTEE), Gene H Barduson (TRUSTEE), Honorable Irma Gonzalez (TRUSTEE), Jan Caldwell (TRUSTEE), Jeff Bowman (TRUSTEE), John Boyer PhD (TRUSTEE), Nicole A Clay (TRUSTEE), Richard C Bigelow (TRUSTEE), Richard Vortmann (TRUSTEE), Robert Buell Esq (TRUSTEE), Shireen Matthews Esq (TRUSTEE), Theodore Thomas MD (TRUSTEE), William D Gore (TRUSTEE).
CEO pay by year
Each row is the CEO on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Christopher Van Gorder CEO PRESIDENT / CEO | $3,689,779 | $5,134,555,653 | Filing |
| Sep 2024 | Christopher Van Gorder CEO President / CEO | $4,342,003 | $4,869,465,543 | Filing |
| Sep 2023 | Christopher Van Gorder CEO PRESIDENT & CEO/TRUSTEE | $2,894,596 | $4,140,209,334 | Filing |
| Sep 2022 | Christopher Van Gorder CEO President CEO/TRUSTEE | $2,784,883 | $4,062,352,256 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending September 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending September 2025, IRS object ID 202642229349300344.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Christopher Van GorderPRESIDENT / CEO | $3,631,482 | $58,297 | $2,257,067 | $1,270,818 | $103,597 | $24,500 | $33,797 | $3,689,779 |
| Carl EtterCORP SR VP, REGION CHIEF EXEC | $1,720,345 | $58,026 | $1,368,692 | $244,557 | $107,096 | $24,500 | $33,526 | $1,778,371 |
| Ghazala SharieffCORP EVP, CHF MED&OPS OFF-ACUTE | $1,553,595 | $62,279 | $1,268,778 | $264,017 | $20,800 | $17,500 | $44,779 | $1,615,874 |
| Brett TandeTREASURER / CORP EXEC VP, CFO | $1,450,122 | $62,346 | $1,161,044 | $230,709 | $58,369 | $14,000 | $48,346 | $1,512,468 |
| Thomas BuchholzCORP SR VP, ONCOLOGY SERVICES | $1,386,946 | $47,351 | $1,136,419 | $234,544 | $15,983 | $14,000 | $33,351 | $1,434,297 |
These figures come from Scripps 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 Scripps Health compares
Ranked 96th of 229 hospital systems by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 95th, LCMC Health, $3,735,208
- Next in this ranking: 97th, Parkview Health, $3,677,159
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
MultiCare Health System$8,673,258 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Henry Ford Health$7,081,174 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Fairview Health Services$5,659,485 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Atlantic Health$11,531,308 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Baptist Health (Kentucky)$5,838,744 (CEO), fiscal year ending Aug 2025
Common questions
Christopher Van Gorder (PRESIDENT / CEO) was paid $3,689,779 for the fiscal year ending September 2025: $3,631,482 from Scripps Health and $58,297 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The CEO, Christopher Van Gorder, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $3,689,779.
Scripps Health paid its CEO, Christopher Van Gorder, $3,689,779 for the fiscal year ending September 2025. That is down $652,224 (15.0%) from the fiscal year ending September 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending September 2022, when the CEO was Christopher Van Gorder, paid $2,784,883. By fiscal year end: September 2022, $2,784,883 (Christopher Van Gorder); September 2023, $2,894,596; September 2024, $4,342,003; September 2025, $3,689,779.
Scripps Health's return for the fiscal year ending September 2025 reports total expenses of $4,695,662,360 and total revenue of $5,134,555,653 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $438,893,293. Expenses were $4,525,909,214 for the fiscal year ending September 2024, so they rose 3.8%. The CEO's pay of $3,689,779 equals 0.08% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Scripps Health filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on August 10, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending September 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.