Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]

Schedule of Stockholders' Equity

			Community Health Systems, Inc. Stockholders
	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest		Common Stock		Additional Paid-In Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)		Noncontrolling Interest		Total Stockholders’ Equity
Balance, December 31, 2016	$	554	$	1	$	1,975	$	(62)	$	(299)	$	113	$	1,728
Comprehensive income		17		-		-		8		(199)		5		(186)
Contributions from noncontrolling
interests		5		-		-		-		-		-		-
Distributions to noncontrolling
interests		(22)		-		-		-		-		(6)		(6)
Purchase of subsidiary shares
from noncontrolling interests		(4)		-		-		-		-		-		-
Disposition of less-than-wholly
owned entity		4		-		-		-		-		(2)		(2)
Other reclassifications of														-
noncontrolling interests		(1)		-		-		-		-		1		1
Noncontrolling interests in
acquired entity		-		-		-		-		-		1		1
Adjustment to redemption
value of redeemable
noncontrolling interests		(1)		-		1		-		-		-		1
Cancellation of restricted
stock for tax withholdings
on vested shares		-		-		(5)		-		-		-		(5)
Share-based compensation		-		-		9		-		-		-		9
Balance, March 31, 2017	$	552	$	1	$	1,980	$	(54)	$	(498)	$	112	$	1,541

Schedule of Impact of Noncontrolling Interest to Stockholders' Equity

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2017
Net loss attributable to Community Health Systems,
Inc. stockholders	$	(199)
Transfers from the noncontrolling interests:
Net decrease in Community Health Systems, Inc.
paid-in-capital for purchase of subsidiary partnership interests		-
Net transfers from the noncontrolling interests		-
Change to Community Health Systems, Inc. stockholders’ equity
from net loss attributable to Community Health Systems,
Inc. stockholders and transfers to noncontrolling interests	$	(199)