Stockholders' Deficit (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Stockholders' Deficit [Abstract]

Schedule of Stockholders' Deficit

			Community Health Systems, Inc. Stockholders
	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest		Common Stock		Additional Paid-In Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)		Accumulated Deficit		Noncontrolling Interest		Total Stockholders’ Deficit
Balance, December 31, 2017	$	527	$	1	$	2,014	$	(21)	$	(2,761)	$	75	$	(692)
Comprehensive income (loss)		32		-		-		25		(460)		23		(412)
Adoption of new accounting standards		-		-		-		(12)		12		-		-
Contributions from noncontrolling
interests		-		-		-		-		-		2		2
Distributions to noncontrolling
interests		(53)		-		-		-		-		(21)		(21)
Purchase of subsidiary shares
from noncontrolling interests		(24)		-		(5)		-		-		(3)		(8)
Other reclassifications of
noncontrolling interests		1		-		-		-		-		(1)		(1)
Noncontrolling interests in
acquired entity		6		-		-		-		-		-		-
Adjustment to redemption
value of redeemable
noncontrolling interests		6		-		(6)		-		-		-		(6)
Cancellation of restricted
stock for tax withholdings
on vested shares		-		-		(2)		-		-		-		(2)
Share-based compensation		-		-		10		-		-		-		10
Balance, September 30, 2018	$	495	$	1	$	2,011	$	(8)	$	(3,209)	$	75	$	(1,130)

Schedule of Impact of Noncontrolling Interest to Stockholders' Deficit

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2018
Net loss attributable to Community Health Systems,
Inc. stockholders	$	(460)
Transfers from the noncontrolling interests:
Net decrease in Community Health Systems, Inc.
paid-in-capital for purchase of subsidiary partnership interests		(5)
Net transfers from the noncontrolling interests		(5)
Change to Community Health Systems, Inc. stockholders’ deficit
from net loss attributable to Community Health
Systems, Inc. stockholders and transfers to noncontrolling interests	$	(465)