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FORM 4

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549
         
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(Print or Type Responses) 		  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
 
Wall, III      Howard     T. 		  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
 
Province Healthcare Company (PRHC; PRV effective 6/5/02) 		  6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)
 
(Last)         (First)          (Middle)
 
 
 
 
 
 
105 Westwood Place, Suite 400 		  3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity
 
(Voluntary)
  		  4. Statement For Month/Year
 
5/2002 		   o  Director   
  x Officer (give title below)
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary 		  o 10% Owner
o  Other (Specify
below)
 
                            (Street)
 
 
 
Brentwood,      TN       37027 		      5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Year)
  		  7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
(Check applicable line)
 
x Form Filed by One Reporting Person
o Form Filed by More Than One Reporting Person
(City)             (State)             (Zip)                    
 
Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned    
                                     
1. Title of Security
(Instr. 3) 		  2. Transaction
Date
(Month/ Day/
Year) 		  3.  Transaction Code
(Instr. 8) 		  4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)   5. Amount of
Securities
Beneficially Owned
at End of Month
(Instr. 3 and 4) 		  6. Ownership
Form:
Direct (D)
or
Indirect  (I)
(Instr.  4) 		  7. Nature
of Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr.  4)
        Code   V   Amount   (A) or
(D) 		  Price            
Common Stock   5/1/02   M       7,798   A   $7.111 per share   7,653 (See Note 1)   D    
Common Stock   5/1/02   M       7,155   A   $6.722 per share   7,653   D    
Common Stock   See Note 2   M       15,000   A   $8.945 per share   7,653   D    
Common Stock   5/1/02   S       14,953   D   See Note 3   7,653   D    
Common Stock   5/6/02   S       1,000   D   $25.000 per share   7,653   D    
Common Stock   5/7/02   S       14,000   D   $25.000 per share   7,653   D    
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II — Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., Puts, Calls, Warrants, Options, Convertible Securities)
                                                         
 1. Title of
Derivative
Security
(Instr. 3)
 
 2. Conversion
or Exercise
Price of
Derivative
Security
 
 3. Transac-
tion Date (Month/ Day/Year)
 
 4. Transac-
tion Code
(Instr. 8)
 
 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
 
 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/
Year)
 
 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
 
 8. Price
of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
 
 9. Number
of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month
(Instr. 4)
 
 10.  Owner-
ship Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
 
 11. Nature of
Indirect
Beneficial
Ownership
(Instr. 4)
            Code   V   (A)   (D)   Date
Exercis-
able 		  Expira-
tion
Date 		 
Title 		  Amount or
Number of
Shares 		               
Employee Stock Options   $7.111   5/1/02   M           7,798   9/29/01   2/10/08   Common Stock   7,798       21,297 (See Note 1)        
Employee Stock Options   $6.722   5/1/02   M           7,155   2/25/02   2/25/09   Common Stock   7,155       14,310 (See Note 1)        
Employee Stock Options   $8.945   See Note 2   M         15,000   3/1/00   3/1/10   Common Stock   15,000       25,642 (See Note 1)        
Employee Stock Options   $21.08   3/13/02   A   V   15,883       3/13/02   3/13/12   Common Stock   15,883       15,883        
Employee Stock Options   $23.50   5/22/02   A   V   47,650       5/22/02   5/22/12   Common Stock   47,650       47,650        
Explanation of Responses:
 
Note 1: The number of securities and derivative securities beneficially owned at the end of the month has been adjusted to reflect a 3-for-2 stock split on April 30, 2002.
Note 2: 1,000 options were exercised on 5/16/02; 14,000 options were exercised on 5/7/02.
Note 3: 3,953 shares were sold at $25.650 per share; the remaining 11,000 shares were sold at $25.670 per share.

         
    /s/ Howard T. Wall   6/10/02
   
 
    **Signature of Reporting Person   Date
 
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