Stockholders' Deficit (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Stockholders' Deficit [Abstract]

Schedule of Stockholders' Deficit

			Community Health Systems, Inc. Stockholders
	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest		Common Stock		Additional Paid-In Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Accumulated Deficit		Noncontrolling Interest		Total Stockholders’ Deficit
Balance, December 31, 2018	$	504	$	1	$	2,017	$	(10)	$	(3,543)	$	72	$	(1,463)
Comprehensive income (loss)		9		-		-		-		(118)		8		(110)
Contributions from noncontrolling
interests		1		-		-		-		-		-		-
Distributions to noncontrolling
interests		(19)		-		-		-		-		(8)		(8)
Purchase of subsidiary shares
from noncontrolling interests		(1)		-		-		-		-		-		-
Other reclassifications of
noncontrolling interests		(1)		-		-		-		-		1		1
Adjustment to redemption
value of redeemable
noncontrolling interests		12		-		(12)		-		-		-		(12)
Cancellation of restricted
stock for tax withholdings
on vested shares		-		-		(1)		-		-		-		(1)
Share-based compensation		-		-		3		-		-		-		3
Balance, March 31, 2019	$	505	$	1	$	2,007	$	(10)	$	(3,661)	$	73	$	(1,590)

			Community Health Systems, Inc. Stockholders
	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest		Common Stock		Additional Paid-In Capital		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss		Accumulated Deficit		Noncontrolling Interest		Total Stockholders’ Deficit
Balance, December 31, 2017	$	527	$	1	$	2,014	$	(21)	$	(2,761)	$	75	$	(692)
Comprehensive income (loss)		13		-		-		17		(25)		6		(2)
Adoption of new accounting standards		-		-		-		(12)		12		-		-
Distributions to noncontrolling
interests		(17)		-		-		-		-		(6)		(6)
Purchase of subsidiary shares
from noncontrolling interests		(1)		-		(2)		-		-		-		(2)
Other reclassifications of
noncontrolling interests		1		-		-		-		-		(1)		(1)
Cancellation of restricted
stock for tax withholdings
on vested shares		-		-		(2)		-		-		-		(2)
Share-based compensation		-		-		4		-		-		-		4
Balance, March 31, 2018	$	523	$	1	$	2,014	$	(16)	$	(2,774)	$	74	$	(701)

Schedule of Impact of Noncontrolling Interest to Stockholders' Deficit

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2019		2018
Net loss attributable to Community Health Systems,
Inc. stockholders	$	(118)	$	(25)
Transfers from the noncontrolling interests:
Net decrease in Community Health Systems, Inc.
paid-in-capital for purchase of subsidiary partnership interests		-		(2)
Net transfers from the noncontrolling interests		-		(2)
Change to Community Health Systems, Inc. stockholders’ deficit
from net loss attributable to Community Health
Systems, Inc. stockholders and transfers to noncontrolling interests	$	(118)	$	(27)