Sutter Health CEO salary and executive pay
Sutter Health paid its CEO, WARNER THOMAS, $11,904,420 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $407,379 (3.5%) from the fiscal year ending December 2023. Sutter Health ranks 15th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay. Sutter Health has 3 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2024.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 94-2788907, Sacramento, CA.
CEO, fiscal year ending December 2024
$11,904,420
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: MARK MULLER (SVP, PRIN. CONSULT. PRES/CEO), $2,243,574.
- Total revenue
- $2,685,790,764
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 96%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending December 2024, IRS object ID 202503179349311165.View the filing
Peers: the 120 other hospital systems on this site. Ranked 5th of 121 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.44% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
This is the Sutter Health system parent. Sutter affiliates file their own returns. The system's largest single return is filed separately by Sutter Bay Hospitals (EIN 94-0562680), so the revenue shown here is this return's own, not the whole system's.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 26 people were paid more than $500,000, 23 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| WARNER THOMAS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO, SH | $11,904,420 |
| MARK SEVCOSVP, COO | $3,655,805 |
| CONRAD VIAL MDSVP, SH NETWORK PRESIDENT | $2,848,300 |
| JILL RAGSDALESH SVP, CHIEF PPL & CLTR OFCR | $2,596,655 |
| ELIZABETH VILARDO-MORGANCMO, STRAT & PHIL INITIATIVES | $2,457,564 |
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 | WARNER THOMAS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO, SH | $11,904,420 | $2,685,790,764 | Filing |
| Dec 2023 | WARNER THOMAS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO | $11,497,041 | $1,882,657,852 | Filing |
| Dec 2022 | WARNER THOMAS CEO PRESIDENT & CEO SH (PT-YR) | $3,459,427 | $1,918,502,649 | 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 202503179349311165.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| WARNER THOMASPRESIDENT & CEO, SH | $11,323,734 | $0 | $580,686 | $2,589,728 | $8,687,254 | $46,752 | $476,257 | $104,429 | $11,904,420 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| MARK SEVCOSVP, COO | $3,326,965 | $0 | $328,840 | $1,427,186 | $1,876,261 | $23,518 | $280,857 | $47,983 | $3,655,805 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| CONRAD VIAL MDSVP, SH NETWORK PRESIDENT | $2,548,796 | $0 | $299,504 | $1,156,150 | $1,122,494 | $270,152 | $241,357 | $58,147 | $2,848,300 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| JILL RAGSDALESH SVP, CHIEF PPL & CLTR OFCR | $1,453,586 | $1,128,479 | $14,590 | $21,442 | $608,821 | $823,323 | $6,657 | $7,933 | $1,468,176 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $1,128,479 | $0 | $0 | $1,128,479 | |||
| ELIZABETH VILARDO-MORGANCMO, STRAT & PHIL INITIATIVES | $1,581,984 | $0 | $875,580 | $756,069 | $633,593 | $192,322 | $835,887 | $39,693 | $2,457,564 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Sutter 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 Sutter Health compares
Ranked 15th of 148 hospital systems by CEO pay.
Closest in revenue among the hospital systems on this site:
Northwell Health$5,943,362 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Grady Health System$2,698,520 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Children's Health (Dallas)$4,345,262 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Temple University Hospital$1,176,873 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Rush University System for Health$4,819,778 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Common questions
WARNER THOMAS (PRESIDENT & CEO, SH) was paid $11,904,420 for the fiscal year ending December 2024: $11,323,734 from Sutter Health and $580,686 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F). Sutter Health ranks 15th of 148 hospital systems on this site by CEO pay.
The CEO, WARNER THOMAS, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $11,904,420. Next was MARK SEVCO (SVP, COO), at $3,655,805. On the latest return, 26 people were paid more than $500,000, 23 of them more than $1 million.
This is the Sutter Health system parent. Sutter affiliates file their own returns.
Sutter Health paid its CEO, WARNER THOMAS, $11,904,420 for the fiscal year ending December 2024. That is up $407,379 (3.5%) 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 THOMAS, paid $3,459,427. By fiscal year end: December 2022, $3,459,427 (WARNER THOMAS); December 2023, $11,497,041; December 2024, $11,904,420.
From the 3 Form 990 returns Sutter 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.