British Columbia: doctors
Every doctor and other practitioner paid $25,000 or more by British Columbia’s Medical Services Plan for insured services, as disclosed under the Medicare Protection Act. 11 years, 2015 to 2025, searchable and compared across years. Fiscal years ending March 31 (2025 is April 2024 to March 2025). Gross payments, before the practice costs practitioners pay from them: not salaries.
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Each is published separately, with its own line, years and pay figure, so each has its own pages; together they are everything British Columbia publishes by name.
- Michael Ross $5,772,308
- Eduardo Vitor Navajas $4,826,188
- Manjeet Mann $4,254,360
Doctors and other practitioners paid by MSP (gross payments, not salaries)
You are here- Thomas Bechard $1,091,118
- David Wong $888,244
- Kim Chi $753,394
Top executives at Crown corporations, health authorities, universities, colleges and school districts
- G Cheng $374,684
- K R Levitt $350,899
- F J Connell $345,842
Cities: everyone paid over $75,000 (Vancouver and Victoria so far)
Everyone in the BC Public Service (the ministries) paid over $75,000
How the list has grown
People disclosed each year. Select a year for its full breakdown.
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 10,528 |
| 2016 | 10,826 |
| 2017 | 11,157 |
| 2018 | 11,448 |
| 2019 | 11,806 |
| 2020 | 12,052 |
| 2021 | 12,035 |
| 2022 | 12,567 |
| 2023 | 12,177 |
| 2024 | 12,693 |
| 2025 | 13,012 |
The $25,000 line is the same in every year shown here, so as pay rises with prices it catches more people each year. Why the line matters.
Median payment on the list
The line is the same median in 2025 dollars, by British Columbia’s consumer price index (Statistics Canada, table 18-10-0005-01), each fiscal year priced at the calendar year most of its months fall in.
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| Year | Median | In 2025 dollars |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $210,476 | $280,575 |
| 2016 | $211,798 | $279,285 |
| 2017 | $211,065 | $273,315 |
| 2018 | $204,254 | $258,994 |
| 2019 | $206,295 | $254,656 |
| 2020 | $214,951 | $259,282 |
| 2021 | $213,772 | $255,913 |
| 2022 | $221,618 | $258,093 |
| 2023 | $223,389 | $243,349 |
| 2024 | $273,011 | $286,192 |
| 2025 | $286,600 | $292,694 |
Highest paid in 2025
| # | Name | Gross payments | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Ross | $5,772,308 | +$821,272 (+16.6%) |
| 2 | Eduardo Vitor Navajas | $4,826,188 | −$203,273 (−4.0%) |
| 3 | Manjeet Mann | $4,254,360 | −$116,737 (−2.7%) |
| 4 | Kulbir Singh Gill | $3,780,231 | +$580,033 (+18.1%) |
| 5 | Sundeep Singh Uppal | $3,487,089 | +$347,492 (+11.1%) |
| 6 | Steven Schendel | $3,410,411 | +$681,410 (+25.0%) |
| 7 | David Andrew Albiani | $3,370,126 | −$197,758 (−5.5%) |
| 8 | Steve Daniel Levasseur | $3,365,546 | −$262,909 (−7.2%) |
| 9 | Andrew Han Yu | $3,301,656 | +$700,300 (+26.9%) |
| 10 | Colten Lee Wendel | $3,262,362 | +$166,714 (+5.4%) |
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Questions and answers
How many people are on British Columbia’s 2025 Doctors' MSP Payments?
13,012 people paid $25,000 or more in 2025, +2.5% on 2024 (12,693 people).
What is the median payment on the 2025 list?
$286,600: half the people on the list were paid more and half less. It is the median of people paid $25,000 or more, not of every public employee.
Who was the highest-paid public employee in British Columbia in 2025?
Michael Ross, at Medical Services Plan, with a salary of $5,772,308. See the top 100.
When was the 2025 Doctors' MSP Payments released?
In 2025. Each list covers the salaries paid in one year and is published after it ends.
When did the Doctors' MSP Payments start?
The earliest list on this site covers 2015: 10,528 people. Each year’s list is published after the year ends.
What is “gross payments”?
Gross payments for insured services in the fiscal year, as the Medical Services Commission publishes them, before the practice costs (staff, rent, equipment) practitioners pay from them: not a salary or take-home pay. How the lists work
Why is someone not on the list?
Only people paid $25,000 or more in the year are listed, for insured services MSP paid for. Someone paid less that year, or working elsewhere, does not appear.
How do I report a mistake or ask for a record to be removed?
See Privacy and corrections. Figures are shown exactly as British Columbia published them; we fix matching mistakes and handle removal requests there.