Physician Executive Compensation Survey
Gain benchmark data on physician executive pay to guide your leadership compensation decisions in the evolving landscape of health care.
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Specialties Reported
Key Leadership Positions
Health care leaders with strong clinical backgrounds are in high demand with the focus on value-based care creating opportunities for physicians to move into executive positions. Our Physician Executive Compensation Survey provides detailed total cash compensation data on physicians in C-suite and other key executive roles, providing organizations with critical benchmarking data on these crucial leadership positions.
Survey Highlights
Benchmarks:
Base salary, total cash compensation and total direct compensation
Data reported by organization type and size
Annual and long-term incentive award opportunities and payouts.
Regression equations by organization type
Key Details
Download a sample of the 2025 survey report.
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Data collected through our secure, online data collection.
Submit data once and qualify for all applicable surveys.
Prepopulated prior-year data whenever possible.
Submit compensation data through an Excel file upload.
Delegate survey tasks across your organization to other colleagues.
Enhanced multiphase auditing process helps to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
Dedicated participant support team and subject matter experts on hand to assist with any questions.
Dedicated participant support team and subject matter experts to assist with any questions.
Exclusive participant pricing, bundles as well as and early submission discounts.
Early access to benchmarks and pay practices reports.
Input on preferred topics for future surveys.
Access to pulse survey results covering hot topics.
Complimentary access to pay practices reports when submitting to those survey sections.
The compensation benchmarks are delivered via SullivanCotter’s web-based Benchmarks360™ product suite – providing users with self-serve analytics dashboards for their unique reporting needs.
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Key Dates:
Opens: January 6, 2026
Early Submission: February 24, 2026
Closes: March 13, 2026
Publication: August 2026
Current Status: Closed
2026 Pricing
Participants: $1,225
Health Care Nonparticipants (i.e., Direct Care Delivery): $4,900
Non-Health Care Organizations: Call 888.739.7039 for Pricing
Early Submission Discount: $300 Off Participant Price
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Frequently Asked Questions
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More details regarding submission and publication dates can be found here.
More details regarding pricing options can be found here. Non-health care nonparticipants will need to call 888.739.7039 for pricing information. Participants can receive $300 off the participant price by submitting their organization’s data by the early submission deadline
The survey report includes benchmarks and electronic data table results.
Our survey reports are delivered via our web-based Benchmarks360™ product suite.
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