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Long-Term Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt

NOTE 7 — LONG-TERM DEBT

A summary of long-term debt at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, including related interest rates at September 30, 2022, follows (dollars in millions):

 

 

 

 

September 30,
2022

 

 

December 31,
2021

 

Senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (effective interest rate of 4.1%)

$

2,550

 

 

$

2,780

 

Senior secured revolving credit facility

 

 

 

 

 

Senior secured term loan facilities (effective interest rate of 4.3%)

 

1,900

 

 

 

1,960

 

Senior secured notes

 

 

 

 

16,200

 

Other senior secured debt (effective interest rate of 4.1%)

 

917

 

 

 

935

 

Senior secured debt

 

5,367

 

 

 

21,875

 

Senior unsecured notes (effective interest rate of 4.9%)

 

32,652

 

 

 

12,952

 

Debt issuance costs and discounts

 

(309

)

 

 

(248

)

Total debt (average life of 9.9 years, rates averaging 4.8%)

 

37,710

 

 

 

34,579

 

Less amounts due within one year

 

218

 

 

 

237

 

 

$

37,492

 

 

$

34,342

 

 

 

During March 2022, we issued $6.000 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes comprised of (i) $1.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 3 1/8% senior secured notes due 2027, (ii) $500 million aggregate principal amount of 3 3/8% senior secured notes due 2029, (iii) $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 3 5/8% senior secured notes due 2032, (iv) $500 million aggregate principal amount of 4 3/8% senior secured notes due 2042 and (v) $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 4 5/8% senior secured notes due 2052. During March 2022, we used a portion of the net proceeds to pay down our revolving credit facilities. During the second quarter of 2022, we redeemed all $1.250 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of our 4.75% senior secured notes due 2023 and all $1.250 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of our 5.875% senior notes due 2023. The pretax loss on retirement of debt for these two redemptions was $78 million.

 

During May 2022, Standard & Poor's Rating Services ("S&P") announced it had issued an investment grade rating with respect to the issuer credit rating of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its subsidiaries. S&P's announcement, in conjunction with the Moody's Investors Service, Inc. upgrade in 2021, permitted the permanent release of the subsidiary guarantees and all collateral securing our senior secured notes. As a result of these releases, the senior secured notes are now classified as senior unsecured notes. The subsidiary guarantees and collateral securing our senior secured credit facilities are not affected.