Flexible Participant Experience
Log in to the Client Portal to submit data (i.e., APP, benefits, employee, executive, investment and physician) once and qualify for all applicable surveys or delegate survey tasks across your organization to other colleagues
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.
Enhanced Multiphase Auditing Process
Our participant experience includes an audit process that allows organizations to identify year-over-year discrepancies and areas of concern, contributes to the robustness and integrity of our data and provides greater confidence in report accuracy. If audits are needed, SullivanCotter emails participants when their audits are ready. After which, they may log in to their accounts to clarify and submit feedback via secure communication.
Report Delivery
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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Gaining access to the right data is paramount. SullivanCotter’s proprietary survey data provide the intelligence and insights you’ll need to confidently navigate the compensation journey and make highly informed decisions.
Survey Highlights
- Comprehensive data on total cash compensation, including base salary and incentives
- Data are reported by organization size or revenue
- Unique source of benchmarking data on physician executives
- Over 1,275 survey participants with information on more than 2,930 physician executives
- Data reported on key physician executive positions, including president and chief executive officer, top medical informatics executive, top clinical research executive and top clinical integration/transformation executive
2026 Physician Executive Compensation Survey
2026 Survey Participation Is Open
Contribute to Gain Participation Privileges
Your participation ensures that your data are part of this valuable resource, providing you with robust, comprehensive information used by organizations across all market segments. In addition, participants receive exclusive, discounted pricing on valuable data and reports and early access to survey results.
Participation in our surveys is made easy through our online data collection tool
Non-health care organizations are welcome to participate in the survey on their client’s behalf; however, they are not eligible to purchase the report at the participant rate. Please call 888.739.7039 or email surveys@sullivancotter.com for pricing.
Survey Samples
- Download a sample of the 2025 survey report.
Reduced Pricing for Participants:
- 2026 Survey Participants: $1,225
- 2026 Early Submission Discount: $300 off participant price
- Health Care Nonparticipants (organizations directly involved in the delivery of care): $4,900
- Non-Health Care Organizations: Please call 888.739.7039 or email surveys@sullivancotter.com for pricing
Key Dates:
Participation opens: January 6, 2026
Deadline for early submission discount: February 24, 2026
Deadline for participation: March 13, 2026
Benchmarks publication: August 2026
Current status: Open for participation
Questions?
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact our Survey Team by phone at 888.739.7039 or by email at surveys@sullivancotter.com.
Order the 2025 Physician Executive Compensation Survey
2025 Survey Costs:
- 2025 Survey Participants: $1,050
- 2025 Early Submission Discount: $200 off participant price
- Health Care Nonparticipants (organizations directly involved in the delivery of care): $4,200
- Non-Health Care Organizations: Please call 888.739.7039 or email surveys@sullivancotter.com for pricing
Questions?
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact our Survey Team by phone at 888.739.7039 or by email at surveys@sullivancotter.com.