Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer · HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA)

Michael Cuffe

Michael Cuffe, Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at HCA Healthcare, Inc., received a total compensation of $5,704,197 for fiscal year 2025. His disclosed compensation included a base salary of $974,834, a cash bonus of $1,918,606, and stock-based compensation of $2,543,385.

A named executive officer of HCA Healthcare in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2021 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$5,704,197

FY2021: $5,157,924

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 13, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Michael Cuffe compensation by year

HCA Healthcare Summary Compensation Table · all 2 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as HCA Healthcare reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2021FY2025
Salary$694,435$974,834
Bonus$0$0
Stock awards$1,621,594$1,268,782
Option awards$1,657,529$1,274,603
Non-equity incentive$1,050,330$1,918,606
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0
All other$134,036$267,372
Total$5,157,924$5,704,197

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: HCA Healthcare, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 13, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-106142, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$5.2M
$5.7M
FY21
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU4,382$2,045,781—
PSU3,860$1,802,080—
SAR7,262—$253.30
SAR9,492—$304.90
SAR3,813—$236.61
SAR11,171—$328.70

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in HCA Healthcare, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

HCA Healthcare’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Samuel HazenChief Executive Officer$26,456,606
Jon FosterExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$10,992,786
Michael MarksExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$10,355,111
Michael McAleveyExecutive Vice President - Chief Legal and Administrative Officer$5,710,335
Michael Cuffe · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer$5,704,197

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