Virginia Mason Medical Center CEO salary and executive pay
Virginia Mason Medical Center paid its CEO, Ketul Patel, $5,754,859 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $3,109,319 (117.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $1,388,981,761, up 8.7% from $1,277,811,426 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Virginia Mason Medical Center ranks 4th of 36 hospitals on this site by CEO pay. All of Ketul Patel's reportable pay, $5,665,901, came from related organizations (column E). Virginia Mason Medical Center has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 91-0565539, Phoenix, AZ.
CEO, fiscal year ending June 2025
$5,754,859
Also listed with a chief executive title on this filing: Monica Hilt (PRESIDENT (THRU 2/15/25)), $1,009,282.
- Total revenue
- $1,388,981,761
- CEO pay vs. peers
- Higher than 91%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202641339349308404.View the filing
Peers: the 34 other hospitals on this site. Ranked 4th of 35 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.41% 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, 12 people were paid more than $500,000, 9 of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| Ketul Patel CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER VMFH | $5,754,859 |
| Rajiv Sethi MDNEUROSURGEON | $1,976,852 |
| Shayan Irani MDGASTROENTEROLOGIST | $1,564,868 |
| Michal Hubka MDCARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON | $1,447,987 |
| Robert Moraca MDCARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON | $1,442,195 |
Also paid on the latest return: Gautam Velamoor MD (CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON), $1,302,391; Stephen W Bayles (CHIEF, SURGERY), $1,240,442; Andrew Ross (VP/CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER (THRU 6/2/25)), $1,091,903; Monica Hilt (PRESIDENT (THRU 2/15/25)), $1,009,282; David Nosacka (TREASURER / SVP & CFO VMFH), $934,282; David Coy (INTERIM VP/CHIEF CLINICAL OFFICER), $692,787; Mariko Kita (CHIEF, MEDICINE), $599,667; Miriam Chambliss (CORPORATE SECRETARY / VP DIV GENERAL COUNSEL), $474,299; Jane Dunham (CHIEF, PRIMARY CARE), $393,366; Mila Sprouse (VP/CHIEF NURSING OFFICER), $300,085; Shelly Powell (VICE PRESIDENT, PATIENT CARE SERVICES (THRU 8/23/2), $241,732; Sydney Bersante (FORMER INTERIM PRESIDENT), $181,714.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Chuck Arnold (DIRECTOR), Bob Carlile (DIRECTOR), Uli Chi PhD (DIRECTOR/CHAIR), Carolyn Corvi (DIRECTOR), Sister Ruth Goodwin Osf (DIRECTOR), Tod Hamachek (DIRECTOR), David Hohimer (DIRECTOR), Dennis Hunthausen (DIRECTOR), Karen Lee (DIRECTOR), Robert Lemon (DIRECTOR/VICE CHAIR), Anne McNamara Osf (DIRECTOR), Gregg Meyer MD MSC (DIRECTOR), John Oppenheimer (DIRECTOR), Diann Puls (DIRECTOR), David Tupponce (INTERIM PRESIDENT).
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 | Ketul Patel CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER VMFH | $5,754,859 | $1,388,981,761 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | Ketul Patel CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER VMFH | $2,645,540 | $1,277,811,426 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | Ketul Patel CEO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER VMFH | $3,097,504 | $1,252,381,020 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | Ketul Patel CEO PRESIDENT / CO-CEO VMFH | $3,596,145 | $1,275,112,452 | 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 202641339349308404.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Related | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| Ketul Patel*CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER VMFH | $0 | $5,665,901 | $88,958 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $1,399,822 | $4,002,957 | $263,122 | $74,757 | $14,201 | $5,754,859 | |||
| Rajiv Sethi MDNEUROSURGEON | $1,963,986 | $0 | $12,866 | $1,734,777 | $228,795 | $414 | $0 | $12,866 | $1,976,852 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Shayan Irani MDGASTROENTEROLOGIST | $1,558,830 | $0 | $6,038 | $1,535,560 | $0 | $23,270 | $0 | $6,038 | $1,564,868 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Michal Hubka MDCARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON | $1,435,845 | $0 | $12,142 | $1,285,580 | $126,851 | $23,414 | $0 | $12,142 | $1,447,987 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
| Robert Moraca MDCARDIOTHORACIC SURGEON | $1,432,128 | $0 | $10,067 | $1,408,714 | $0 | $23,414 | $0 | $10,067 | $1,442,195 |
| Schedule J, from related orgs | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||
These figures come from Virginia Mason Medical Center'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 Virginia Mason Medical Center compares
Ranked 4th of 36 hospitals by CEO pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 3rd, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, $7,634,720
- Next in this ranking: 5th, Nuvance Health, $5,305,723
Closest in revenue among the hospitals on this site:
Bryan Medical Center$898,484 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Scott & White Memorial Hospital$1,336,606 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital$1,145,699 (CEO), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Prime Healthcare Foundation$505,748 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center$7,634,720 (CEO), fiscal year ending Dec 2024
Common questions
Ketul Patel (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER VMFH) was paid $5,754,859 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $0 from Virginia Mason Medical Center, $5,665,901 from related organizations and $88,958 in other compensation (Part VII columns D, E and F).
The CEO, Ketul Patel, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $5,754,859.
Virginia Mason Medical Center paid its CEO, Ketul Patel, $5,754,859 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $3,109,319 (117.5%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the CEO was Ketul Patel, paid $3,596,145. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $3,596,145 (Ketul Patel); June 2023, $3,097,504; June 2024, $2,645,540; June 2025, $5,754,859.
Virginia Mason Medical Center's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $1,443,125,510 and total revenue of $1,388,981,761 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so expenses exceeded revenue by $54,143,749. Expenses were $1,322,031,006 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 9.2%. The CEO's pay of $5,754,859 equals 0.40% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Virginia Mason Medical Center 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.