10-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

(Mark One)

☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020

Or

☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                  to                 

Commission File Number 1-11239

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	27-3865930
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
One Park Plaza Nashville, Tennessee	37203
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (615) 344-9551

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value	HCA	New York Stock Exchange

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  ☐    No  ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.  ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes  ☐    No  ☒

As of January 31, 2021, there were 339,917,500 outstanding shares of the Registrant’s common stock. As of June 30, 2020, the aggregate market value of the common stock held by nonaffiliates was approximately $25.836 billion. For purposes of the foregoing calculation only, Hercules Holding II and the Registrant’s directors and executive officers have been deemed to be affiliates.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Portions of the Registrant’s definitive proxy materials for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference into Part III hereof.

INDEX

		Page Reference
Part I
Item 1.	Business		3
Item 1A.	Risk Factors		35
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments		56
Item 2.	Properties		57
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings		57
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures		57
Part II
Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities		58
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data		59
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		60
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk		82
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data		82
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure		82
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures		82
Item 9B.	Other Information		84
Part III
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance		84
Item 11.	Executive Compensation		84
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters		85
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence		85
Item 14.	Principal Accountant Fees and Services		85
Part IV
Item 15.	Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules		86
Item 16.	Form 10-K Summary		99
	Signatures		100

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PART I

Item 1. Business

General

HCA Healthcare, Inc. is one of the leading health care services companies in the United States. At December 31, 2020, we operated 185 hospitals, comprised of 178 general, acute care hospitals; five psychiatric hospitals; and two rehabilitation hospitals. In addition, we operated 121 freestanding surgery centers and 21 freestanding endoscopy centers. Our facilities are located in 20 states and England.

The terms “Company,” “HCA,” “we,” “our” or “us,” as used herein and unless otherwise stated or indicated by context, refer to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates. The term “affiliates” means direct and indirect subsidiaries of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and partnerships and joint ventures in which such subsidiaries are partners. The terms “facilities” or “hospitals” refer to entities owned and operated by affiliates of HCA, and the term “employees” refers to employees of affiliates of HCA.

Our primary objective is to provide a comprehensive array of quality health care services in the most cost-effective manner possible. Our general, acute care hospitals typically provide a full range of services to accommodate such medical specialties as internal medicine, general surgery, cardiology, oncology, neurosurgery, orthopedics and obstetrics, as well as diagnostic and emergency services. Outpatient and ancillary health care services are provided by our general, acute care hospitals, freestanding surgery centers, freestanding emergency care facilities, urgent care facilities, walk-in clinics, diagnostic centers and rehabilitation facilities. Our psychiatric hospitals provide a full range of mental health care services through inpatient, partial hospitalization and outpatient settings.

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol “HCA”). Through our predecessors, we commenced operations in 1968. The Company was incorporated in Delaware in October 2010. Our principal executive offices are located at One Park Plaza, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, and our telephone number is (615) 344-9551.

Available Information

We file certain reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K. The SEC maintains an Internet site at http://www.sec.gov that contains the reports, proxy and information statements and other information we file. Our website address is www.hcahealthcare.com. Please note that our website address is provided as an inactive textual reference only. We make available free of charge, through our website, our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. The information provided on our website is not part of this report, and is therefore not incorporated by reference unless such information is specifically referenced elsewhere in this report.

Our Code of Conduct is available free of charge upon request to our Corporate Secretary, HCA Healthcare, Inc., One Park Plaza, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, and is also available on the Ethics and Compliance and Corporate Governance portion of our website at www.hcahealthcare.com.

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Business Strategy

We are committed to providing the communities we serve with high quality, cost-effective health care while growing our business and creating long-term value for our stockholders. We strive to be the provider system of choice in the communities we serve and to support our operations with unique enterprise capabilities and best in class economies of scale. To achieve these objectives, we align our efforts around the following growth agenda:

• grow our presence in existing markets;

• achieve industry-leading performance in clinical, operational and satisfaction measures;

• recruit and employ physicians to meet the need for high quality health services;

• continue to leverage our scale and market positions to grow the Company; and

• pursue a disciplined development strategy.

Health Care Facilities

We currently own, manage or operate hospitals, freestanding surgery centers, freestanding emergency care facilities, urgent care facilities, walk-in clinics, diagnostic and imaging centers, radiation and oncology therapy centers, comprehensive rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, physician practices and various other facilities.

At December 31, 2020, we owned and operated 178 general, acute care hospitals with 48,492 licensed beds. Most of our general, acute care hospitals provide medical and surgical services, including inpatient care, intensive care, cardiac care, diagnostic services and emergency services. The general, acute care hospitals also provide outpatient services such as outpatient surgery, laboratory, radiology, respiratory therapy, cardiology and physical therapy. Each hospital has an organized medical staff and a local board of trustees or governing board, made up of members of the local community.

At December 31, 2020, we operated five psychiatric hospitals with 593 licensed beds. Our psychiatric hospitals provide therapeutic programs, including child, adolescent and adult psychiatric care and adolescent and adult alcohol and drug abuse treatment and counseling.

We also operate outpatient health care facilities, which include freestanding ambulatory surgery centers (“ASCs”), freestanding emergency care facilities, urgent care facilities, walk-in clinics, diagnostic and imaging centers, comprehensive rehabilitation and physical therapy centers, radiation and oncology therapy centers, physician practices and various other facilities. These outpatient services are an integral component of our strategy to develop comprehensive health care networks in select communities. Most of our ASCs are operated through partnerships or limited liability companies, with majority ownership of each partnership or limited liability company typically held by a general partner or member that is an affiliate of HCA.

Certain of our affiliates provide a variety of management services to our health care facilities, including patient safety programs, ethics and compliance programs, national supply contracts, equipment purchasing and leasing contracts, accounting, financial and clinical systems, governmental reimbursement assistance, construction planning and coordination, information technology systems and solutions, legal counsel, human resources services and internal audit services.

COVID-19 Pandemic and CARES Act Funding

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization designated COVID-19 as a global pandemic. Patient volumes and the related revenues for most of our services were significantly impacted during the latter portion of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter of 2020 and have continued to be impacted as various policies that were implemented by federal, state and local governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,

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including policies that have caused many people to remain at home, forced the closure of or limitations on certain businesses, and suspended elective surgical procedures by health care facilities. While many of these restrictions have been eased across the U.S. and most states have lifted moratoriums on non-emergent procedures, restrictions remain in place or may be adopted or re-imposed, and the possibility exists that the public, particularly segments with a high mortality risk, could remain wary of real or perceived opportunities for exposure to the virus. We are unable to predict the future impact of the pandemic on our operations.

During 2020, we received approximately $4.4 billion of accelerated Medicare payments and approximately $1.8 billion in general and targeted distributions from the Provider Relief Fund, both as provided for and established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. During October 2020, we announced our decision to return, or repay early, all of our share of the Provider Relief Fund distributions and all of the Medicare accelerated payments. During the fourth quarter of 2020, we returned, or repaid early, approximately $6.1 billion of these funds.

We believe the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on our operating results and financial condition has been and will continue to be driven by many factors, most of which are beyond our control and ability to forecast. Such factors include, but are not limited to: the severity or duration of the pandemic, including whether there will be additional periods of increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in the areas in which we operate, the rollout and availability of effective medical treatments and vaccines, the efficacy of public health controls, including vaccines, and the impact of any mutations of the virus; the scope and duration of stay-at-home practices and business closures and restrictions; recommended or required suspensions of elective procedures; continued declines in patient volumes for an indeterminable length of time; increases in the number of uninsured and underinsured patients as a result of higher sustained rates of unemployment; incremental expenses required for supplies and personal protective equipment (“PPE”); and changes in professional and general liability exposure. Because of these and other uncertainties, we cannot estimate how long or how severely the pandemic will impact our business. If we experience declines in cash flows and results of operations, such declines could have an impact on the inputs and assumptions used in significant accounting estimates, including estimated implicit price concessions related to uninsured patient accounts, professional and general liability reserves, and potential impairments of goodwill and long-lived assets.

Summary Risk Factors

You should carefully read and consider the risk factors set forth under Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” as well as all other information contained in this annual report on Form 10-K. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect us. If any of these risks occur, our business, financial position, results of operations, cash flows or prospects could be materially, adversely affected. Our business is subject to the following principal risks and uncertainties:

Risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic and other potential pandemics:

• The COVID-19 pandemic is significantly affecting our operations, business and financial condition. Our liquidity could also be negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly if the U.S. economy remains unstable for a significant amount of time.

• There is a high degree of uncertainty regarding the implementation and impact of the CARES Act and other existing or future stimulus legislation, if any. There can be no assurance as to the total amount of financial assistance or types of assistance we will receive, that we will be able to comply with the applicable terms and conditions to retain such assistance, that we will be able to benefit from provisions intended to increase access to resources and ease regulatory burdens for health care providers or that additional stimulus legislation will be enacted.

• The emergence and effects related to a potential future pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of an infectious disease could adversely affect our operations.

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Risks related to our indebtedness:

• Our substantial leverage could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, expose us to interest rate risk to the extent of our variable rate debt and prevent us from meeting our obligations.

• We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness and may not be able to refinance our indebtedness on favorable terms. If we are unable to do so, we may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may not be successful.

• Our debt agreements contain restrictions that limit our flexibility in operating our business.

• Discontinuation, reform or replacement of LIBOR may adversely affect our business.

Risks related to governmental regulation and other legal matters:

• Our results of operations may be adversely affected by health care reform efforts, including court challenges to, and efforts to repeal, replace or otherwise significantly change the Affordable Care Act. We are unable to predict what, if any, and when such changes will be made in the future.

• Changes in government health care programs may adversely affect our revenues.

• If we fail to comply with extensive laws and government regulations, we could suffer penalties or be required to make significant changes to our operations.

• State efforts to regulate the construction or expansion of health care facilities could impair our ability to operate and expand our operations.

• We may incur additional tax liabilities.

• We have been and could become the subject of government investigations, claims and litigation.

• We may be subject to liabilities from claims brought against our facilities.

Risks related to human capital:

• Our labor costs may be adversely affected by competition for staffing, the shortage of experienced nurses and labor union activity.

• We may be unable to attract, hire, and retain a highly qualified and diverse workforce, including key management.

• Our performance depends on our ability to recruit and retain quality physicians.

Risks related to technology, data privacy and cybersecurity:

• We may not be reimbursed for the cost of expensive, new technology.

• A cybersecurity incident could result in the compromise of our facilities, confidential data or critical data systems. A cybersecurity incident could also give rise to potential harm to patients; remediation and other expenses; and exposure to liability under HIPAA, consumer protection laws, common law theories or other laws. Such incidents could subject us to litigation and foreign, federal and state governmental inquiries, damage our reputation, and otherwise be disruptive to our business.

• Our operations could be impaired by a failure of our information systems.

• Health care technology initiatives, particularly those related to patient data and interoperability, may adversely affect our operations.

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Risks related to operations, strategy, demand and competition:

• Our hospitals face competition for patients from other hospitals and health care providers.

• A deterioration in the collectability of uninsured and patient due accounts could adversely affect our results of operations.

• If our volume of patients with private health insurance coverage declines or we are unable to retain and negotiate favorable contracts with private third-party payers, including managed care plans, our revenues may be reduced.

• Changes to physician utilization practices and treatment methodologies, third-party payer controls designed to reduce inpatient services or surgical procedures and other factors outside our control that impact demand for medical services may reduce our revenues.

• We may encounter difficulty acquiring hospitals and other health care businesses and challenges integrating the operations of acquired hospitals and other health care businesses and become liable for unknown or contingent liabilities as a result of acquisitions.

• Our facilities are heavily concentrated in Florida and Texas, which makes us sensitive to regulatory, economic, public health, environmental and competitive conditions and changes in those states.

• The industry trend toward value-based purchasing may negatively impact our revenues.

Risks related to macroeconomic conditions:

• Our overall business results may suffer during periods of general economic weakness.

• We are exposed to market risk related to changes in the market values of securities and interest rates.

Risks related to ownership of our common stock:

• There can be no assurance that we will continue to pay dividends.

• Certain of our investors may continue to have influence over us.

Sources of Revenue

Hospital revenues depend upon inpatient occupancy levels, the medical and ancillary services ordered by physicians and provided to patients, the volume of outpatient procedures and the charges or payment rates for such services. Reimbursement rates for inpatient and outpatient services vary significantly depending on the type of third-party payer, the type of service (e.g., medical/surgical, intensive care or psychiatric) and the geographic location of the hospital. Inpatient occupancy levels fluctuate for various reasons, many of which are beyond our control.

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We receive payments for patient services from the federal government under the Medicare program, state governments under their respective Medicaid or similar programs, managed care plans (including plans offered through the American Health Benefit Exchanges (“Exchanges”)), private insurers and directly from patients. Our revenues by primary third-party payer classification and other (including uninsured patients) for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	Years Ended December 31,
	2020		Ratio			2019		Ratio			2018		Ratio
Medicare	$	10,420		20.2	%	$	10,798		21.0	%	$	9,831		21.1	%
Managed Medicare		6,997		13.6			6,452		12.6			5,497		11.8
Medicaid		1,965		3.8			1,572		3.1			1,358		2.9
Managed Medicaid		2,621		5.1			2,450		4.8			2,403		5.1
Managed care and other insurers		26,535		51.5			26,544		51.6			24,467		52.4
International (managed care and other insurers)		1,120		2.2			1,162		2.3			1,156		2.5
Other		1,875		3.6			2,358		4.6			1,965		4.2
Revenues	$	51,533		100.0	%	$	51,336		100.0	%	$	46,677		100.0	%

Medicare is a federal program that provides certain hospital and medical insurance benefits to persons age 65 and over, some disabled persons, persons with end-stage renal disease and persons with Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Medicaid is a federal-state program, administered by the states, that provides hospital and medical benefits to qualifying individuals who are unable to afford health care. All of our general, acute care hospitals located in the United States are eligible to participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs. Amounts received under Medicare and Medicaid programs are generally significantly less than established hospital gross charges for the services provided.

Our hospitals generally offer discounts from established charges to certain group purchasers of health care services, including private health insurers, employers, health maintenance organizations (“HMOs”), preferred provider organizations (“PPOs”) and other managed care plans, including health plans offered through the Exchanges. These discount programs generally limit our ability to increase revenues in response to increasing costs. See Item 1, “Business — Competition.” For services under Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs, PPOs and other managed care plans, patients are generally responsible for any exclusions, deductibles or coinsurance features of their coverage. The amount of such exclusions, deductibles and coinsurance continues to increase. Collection of amounts due from individuals is typically more difficult than from government health care programs or other third-party payers. We provide discounts to uninsured patients who do not qualify for Medicaid or for financial relief under our charity care policy. We may attempt to provide assistance to uninsured patients to help determine whether they may qualify for Medicaid, other federal or state assistance or charity care under our charity care policy. If an uninsured patient does not qualify for these programs, the uninsured discount is applied.

Medicare

In addition to the reimbursement reductions and adjustments discussed below, the Budget Control Act of 2011 (the “BCA”) requires automatic spending reductions to reduce the federal deficit, including Medicare spending reductions of up to 2% per fiscal year, with a uniform percentage reduction across all Medicare programs. In 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) began imposing a 2.0% reduction on Medicare payments. The CARES Act temporarily suspended these reductions through December 31, 2020 and extended the reductions through 2030. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (“CAA”) further extended the suspension through March 31, 2021.

Inpatient Acute Care

Under the Medicare program, we receive reimbursement under a prospective payment system (“PPS”) for general, acute care hospital inpatient services. Under the hospital inpatient PPS, fixed payment amounts per

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inpatient discharge are established based on the patient’s assigned Medicare severity diagnosis-related group (“MS-DRG”). MS-DRGs classify treatments for illnesses according to the estimated intensity of hospital resources necessary to furnish care for each principal diagnosis. MS-DRG weights represent the average resources for a given MS-DRG relative to the average resources for all MS-DRGs. MS-DRG payments are adjusted for area wage differentials. Hospitals, other than those defined as “new,” receive PPS reimbursement for inpatient capital costs based on MS-DRG weights multiplied by a geographically adjusted federal rate. When the cost to treat certain patients falls well outside the normal distribution, providers typically receive additional “outlier” payments. These payments are financed by offsetting reductions in the inpatient PPS rates. A high-cost outlier threshold is set annually at a level that will result in estimated outlier payments equaling 5.1% of total inpatient PPS payments for the fiscal year.

MS-DRG rates are updated, and MS-DRG weights are recalibrated, using cost-relative weights each federal fiscal year (which begins October 1). The index used to update the MS-DRG rates (the “market basket”) gives consideration to the inflation experienced by hospitals and entities outside the health care industry in purchasing goods and services. Each federal fiscal year, the annual market basket update is reduced by a productivity adjustment based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”) 10-year moving average of changes in specified economy-wide productivity, as required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively, the “Affordable Care Act”). A decrease in payment rates or an increase in rates that is below the increase in our costs may adversely affect our results of operations.

For federal fiscal year 2020, CMS increased the MS-DRG rate by approximately 3.1%. This increase reflected a market basket update of 3.0%, adjusted by the following percentage points: a negative 0.4 productivity adjustment and a positive 0.5 adjustment in accordance with the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (“MACRA”). For federal fiscal year 2021, CMS increased the MS-DRG rate by approximately 2.9%. This increase reflects a market basket update of 2.4%, adjusted by a positive 0.5 adjustment required by MACRA. Additional adjustments may apply, depending on patient-specific or hospital-specific factors. For example, the two midnight rule limits payments to hospitals when services to Medicare beneficiaries are payable as inpatient services. In addition, under the post-acute care transfer policy, Medicare reimbursement rates may be reduced when an inpatient hospital discharges a patient in a specified MS-DRG to certain post-acute care settings.

CMS has implemented and is implementing a number of programs and requirements intended to transform Medicare from a passive payer to an active purchaser of quality goods and services. For example, hospitals that do not successfully participate in the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program are subject to a 25% reduction of the market basket update. Hospitals that do not demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records (“EHRs”) are subject to a 75% reduction of the market basket update.

Medicare does not allow an inpatient hospital discharge to be assigned to a higher paying MS-DRG if certain designated hospital acquired conditions (“HACs”) were not present on admission and the identified HAC is the only condition resulting in the assignment of the higher paying MS-DRG. In this situation, the case is paid as though the secondary diagnosis was not present. There are currently 14 categories of conditions on the list of HACs. In addition, the 25% of hospitals with the worst risk-adjusted HAC scores in the designated performance period receive a 1% reduction in their inpatient PPS Medicare payments. CMS has also established three National Coverage Determinations that prohibit Medicare reimbursement for erroneous surgical procedures performed on an inpatient or outpatient basis.

Payments to hospitals may also be reduced based on readmission rates. Each federal fiscal year, inpatient payments are reduced if a hospital experiences “excess” readmissions within the 30-day time period from the date of discharge for conditions designated by CMS. For federal fiscal year 2017 and subsequent years, CMS has designated six conditions or procedures, including heart attack, pneumonia and total hip arthroplasty. Hospitals with what CMS defines as excess readmissions for these conditions or procedures receive reduced payments for

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all inpatient discharges, not just discharges relating to the conditions or procedures subject to the excess readmission standard. The amount by which payments are reduced is determined by assessing a hospital’s performance relative to hospitals with similar proportions of dual eligible patients, subject to a cap established by CMS. The reduction in payments to hospitals with excess readmissions can be up to 3% of a hospital’s base payments. Each hospital’s performance is publicly reported by CMS.

In addition, CMS reduces the inpatient PPS payment amount for all discharges by 2.0%. The total amount collected from these reductions is pooled and used to fund payments to reward hospitals that meet certain quality performance standards established by CMS. CMS scores each hospital based on achievement (relative to other hospitals) and improvement ranges (relative to the hospital’s own past performance) for each applicable performance standard. Because the Affordable Care Act provides that the pool will be fully distributed, hospitals that meet or exceed the quality performance standards receive greater reimbursement under the value-based purchasing program than they would have otherwise. Hospitals that do not achieve the necessary quality performance receive reduced Medicare inpatient hospital payments. Hospitals are scored on a number of individual measures that are categorized into four domains: clinical outcomes; efficiency and cost reduction; safety; and person and community engagement. CMS estimates that $1.9 billion will be available to hospitals as incentive payments in federal fiscal year 2021 under the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program.

Outpatient

CMS reimburses hospital outpatient services (and certain Medicare Part B services furnished to hospital inpatients who have no Part A coverage) on a PPS basis. CMS uses fee schedules to pay for physical, occupational and speech therapies, durable medical equipment, clinical diagnostic laboratory services, nonimplantable orthotics and prosthetics, freestanding surgery center services and services provided by independent diagnostic testing facilities. In addition, certain items and services furnished by off-campus provider-based departments, subject to certain exceptions, are not covered as outpatient department services under the outpatient PPS, but are reimbursed under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (“Physician Fee Schedule”), subject to adjustments as specified by CMS. In calendar year 2019, CMS began a two-year phase-in of an expanded site-neutral policy under which clinic visit services provided at all off-campus provider-based departments are reimbursed at the Physician Fee Schedule rate, which is generally lower than the PPS rate. Previously, this rate did not apply to “excepted” provider-based departments. In September 2019, a federal judge invalidated the expansion of the site-neutral payment policy for 2019. CMS appealed this decision and won, but had begun reprocessing the 2019 claims paid at the lower rates. For calendar year 2020, CMS issued a final rule implementing year two of the policy phase-in. For calendar year 2021 and beyond, CMS is continuing the payment policy. CMS is considering how to address reprocessed claims from this litigation. In conjunction with these efforts aimed at increasing site neutrality, CMS also finalized a rule in December 2020 that will begin phasing out over three years the Inpatient Only List, which is a list of procedures eligible to be reimbursed by Medicare only if performed in an inpatient setting. As a result, these procedures will also be eligible to be reimbursed by Medicare if performed in outpatient settings.

Hospital outpatient services paid under PPS are classified into groups called ambulatory payment classifications (“APCs”). Services for each APC are similar clinically and in terms of the resources they require. A payment rate is established for each APC. Depending on the services provided, a hospital may be paid for more than one APC for a patient visit. The APC payment rates are updated for each calendar year. Each calendar year, the annual market basket update is further reduced by a productivity adjustment based on the BLS 10-year moving average of changes in specified economy-wide productivity as required by the Affordable Care Act. For calendar year 2020, CMS increased APC payment rates by an estimated 2.6%. This increase reflected a market basket increase of 3.0% with a negative 0.4 percentage point productivity adjustment. For calendar year 2021, CMS increased APC payment rates by an estimated 2.4%. This increase reflects a market basket increase of 2.4%. Together with other policy changes, CMS estimates that the calendar year 2021 rates will increase Medicare outpatient PPS payments by 2.4%. CMS requires hospitals to submit quality data relating to outpatient care to avoid receiving a 2.0 percentage point reduction in the annual payment update under the outpatient PPS.

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The 340B program allows participating hospitals to purchase certain outpatient drugs from manufacturers at discounted rates. These hospitals are reimbursed for the discounted drugs under the same Medicare payment methodology and rates as are applied to non-340B-discounted drugs. In a final rule effective January 1, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) reduced the Medicare payments under the outpatient PPS for most drugs obtained at the 340B-discounted rates. This payment policy has been heavily litigated. In 2020, HHS prevailed at the circuit court level, with the court upholding its authority to implement this policy. Depending upon the remedy and the outcome of any appeal, this case could result in a decrease to the Company’s outpatient Medicare reimbursement. For calendar year 2021, HHS will continue to pay the reduced rates that took effect beginning in 2018.

Rehabilitation

CMS reimburses inpatient rehabilitation facilities (“IRFs”) on a PPS basis. Under the IRF PPS, patients are classified into case mix groups that reflect the relative resource intensity typically associated with the patient’s clinical condition. The case mix groups are based upon impairment, age, functional motor and cognitive scores, and comorbidities (additional diseases or disorders from which the patient suffers). IRFs are paid a predetermined amount per discharge that reflects the patient’s case mix group that is adjusted for facility-specific factors, such as area wage levels, proportion of low-income patients, and location in a rural area. Each federal fiscal year, the IRF rates are updated using a market basket index, which is reduced by a productivity adjustment based on the BLS 10-year moving average of changes in specified economy-wide productivity. For federal fiscal year 2020, CMS increased IRF payment rates by an estimated 2.5%, reflecting an IRF market basket update of 2.9% with a negative 0.4 percentage point productivity adjustment. For federal fiscal year 2021, CMS increased IRF payment rates by an estimated 2.4%, reflecting an IRF market basket update of 2.4%. In addition, CMS requires IRFs to report quality measures to avoid receiving a reduction of 2.0 percentage points to the market basket update. CMS has indicated that it is working toward a unified payment system for post-acute care services, including those provided by IRFs.

In order to qualify for classification as an IRF, at least 60% of a facility’s inpatients during the most recent 12-month CMS-defined review period must have required intensive rehabilitation services for one or more of 13 specified conditions. IRFs must also meet additional coverage criteria, including patient selection and care requirements relating to pre-admission screenings, post-admission evaluations, ongoing coordination of care and involvement of rehabilitation physicians. A facility that fails to meet the 60% threshold, or other criteria to be classified as an IRF, will be paid under either the acute care hospital inpatient or outpatient PPS, which generally provide for lower payment amounts. As of December 31, 2020, we had two rehabilitation hospitals and 66 hospital rehabilitation units.

Psychiatric

Inpatient hospital services furnished in psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric units of general, acute care hospitals and critical access hospitals are reimbursed on a PPS basis. The inpatient psychiatric facility (“IPF”) PPS is based upon a per diem payment, with adjustments to account for certain patient and facility characteristics. The IPF PPS contains an “outlier” policy for extraordinarily costly cases and an adjustment to a facility’s base payment if it maintains a full-service emergency department. CMS has established the IPF PPS payment rate in a manner intended to be budget neutral. Each federal fiscal year, IPF payment rates are updated using a market basket index, which is reduced by a productivity adjustment based on the BLS 10-year moving average of changes in specified economy-wide productivity. For federal fiscal year 2020, CMS increased IPF payment rates by an estimated 1.75%, which reflects a 2.9% IPF market basket update with a negative 0.4 percentage point productivity adjustment and a negative 0.75 percentage point adjustment required by law. For federal fiscal year 2021, CMS increased IPF payment rates by an estimated 2.2%, which reflects a 2.2% IPF market basket increase. Inpatient psychiatric facilities are required to report quality measures to CMS to avoid receiving a 2.0 percentage point reduction to the market basket update. As of December 31, 2020, we had five psychiatric hospitals and 50 hospital psychiatric units.

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Ambulatory Surgery Centers

CMS reimburses ASCs using a predetermined fee schedule. Reimbursements for ASC overhead costs are limited to no more than the overhead costs paid to hospital outpatient departments under the Medicare hospital outpatient PPS for the same procedure. If CMS determines that a procedure is commonly performed in a physician’s office, the ASC reimbursement for that procedure is limited to the reimbursement allowable under the Physician Fee Schedule, with limited exceptions. All surgical procedures, other than those that pose a significant safety risk or generally require an overnight stay, are payable as ASC procedures. From time to time, CMS expands the services that may be performed in ASCs, which may result in more Medicare procedures that historically have been performed in hospitals being moved to ASCs, reducing surgical volume in our hospitals. Also, more Medicare procedures that historically have been performed in ASCs may be moved to physicians’ offices. Some commercial third-party payers have adopted similar policies.

Historically, CMS updated reimbursement rates for ASCs based on changes to the consumer price index. However, for calendar years through 2023, CMS updates to ASC reimbursement rates will be based on the hospital market basket index, partly to promote site-neutrality between hospitals and ASCs. For each federal fiscal year, the ASC payment system update is reduced by a productivity adjustment based on the BLS 10-year moving average of changes in specified economy-wide productivity. For calendar year 2020, CMS increased ASC payment rates by 2.6%, which reflected a market basket increase of 3.0% and a negative 0.4 percentage point productivity adjustment. For calendar year 2021, CMS increased ASC payment rates by 2.4%, which reflects a market basket increase of 2.4%. In addition, CMS has established a quality reporting program for ASCs under which ASCs that fail to report on specified quality measures receive a 2.0 percentage point reduction to the consumer price index update.

Physician Services

Physician services are reimbursed under the Physician Fee Schedule system, under which CMS has assigned a national relative value unit (“RVU”) to most medical procedures and services that reflects the various resources required by a physician to provide the services, relative to all other services. Each RVU is calculated based on a combination of work required in terms of time and intensity of effort for the service, practice expense (overhead) attributable to the service and malpractice insurance expense attributable to the service. These three elements are each modified by a geographic adjustment factor to account for local practice costs and are then aggregated. While RVUs for various services may change in a given year, any alterations are required by statute to be virtually budget neutral, such that total payments made under the Physician Fee Schedule may not differ by more than $20 million from what payments would have been if adjustments were not made. CMS annually reviews resource inputs for select services as part of the potentially misvalued code initiative. To determine the payment rate for a particular service, the sum of the geographically adjusted RVUs is multiplied by a conversion factor. For 2021, CMS updated the conversion factor based on a budget neutrality adjustment of negative 10.20%. However, the CAA provides for a 3.75% payment increase under the Physician Fee Schedule, which will partially offset this reduction.

Medicare payments are adjusted based on participation in the Quality Payment Program (“QPP”), a payment methodology intended to reward high-quality patient care. Physicians and certain other health care clinicians are required to participate in one of two QPP tracks. Under both tracks, performance data collected in each performance year will affect Medicare payments two years later. CMS expects to transition increasing financial risk to providers as the QPP evolves. The Advanced Alternative Payment Model (“APM”) track makes incentive payments available for participation in specific innovative payment models approved by CMS. Providers may earn a 5% Medicare incentive payment through 2024 and will be exempt from the reporting requirements and payment adjustments imposed under the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (“MIPS”) if the provider has sufficient participation (based on percentage of payments or patients) in an Advanced APM. Alternatively, providers may participate in the MIPS track. Currently, providers electing this option may receive payment incentives or be subject to payment reductions based on their performance with respect to clinical quality,

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resource use, clinical improvement activities, and meeting Promoting Interoperability standards related to the meaningful use of EHRs. Performance data collected in 2021 will result in payment adjustments of up to 9% in 2023. CMS will continue to offer the Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Policy for 2021 performance data. This policy is an exception providers must apply for, which allows reweighting for any or all MIPS performance categories for providers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. MIPS consolidates components of three previously established physician incentive programs: the Physician Quality Reporting System, the Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier, and the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.

Other

Under PPS, the payment rates are adjusted for area differences in wage levels by a factor (“wage index”) reflecting the relative wage level in the geographic area compared to the national average wage level and taking into account occupational mix. The redistributive impact of wage index changes is not anticipated to have a material financial impact for 2021.

Medicare reimburses hospitals for a portion (65%) of deductible and coinsurance amounts that are uncollectable from Medicare beneficiaries.

CMS has implemented contractor reform whereby CMS competitively bids the Medicare fiscal intermediary and Medicare carrier functions to Medicare Administrative Contractors (“MACs”), which are geographically assigned across 12 jurisdictions to service both Part A and Part B providers. While providers with operations across multiple geographies had the option of having all hospitals use one home office MAC, we chose, in most cases, to use the MACs assigned to the geographic areas in which our hospitals are located. CMS periodically re-solicits bids, and the MAC servicing a geographic area can change as a result of the bid competition. MAC transition periods can impact claims processing functions and the resulting cash flows.

CMS contracts with third parties to promote the integrity of the Medicare program through reviews of quality concerns and detections, and corrections of improper payments. Quality Improvement Organizations (“QIOs”), for example, are groups of physicians and other health care quality experts that work on behalf of CMS to ensure that Medicare pays only for goods and services that are reasonable and necessary, and that are provided in the most appropriate setting. Under the Recovery Audit Contractor (“RAC”) program, CMS contracts with RACs on a contingency basis to conduct post-payment reviews to detect and correct improper payments in the fee-for-service Medicare program. The compensation for RACs is based on their review of claims submitted to Medicare for billing compliance, including correct coding and medical necessity, and the amount of overpayments and underpayments they identify. CMS limits the number of claims that RACs may audit by limiting the number of records that RACs may request from hospitals based on each provider’s claim denial rate for the previous year. CMS has implemented the RAC program on a permanent, nationwide basis and expanded the RAC program to the Managed Medicare program and Medicare Part D. CMS is transitioning some of its other integrity programs to a consolidated model by engaging Unified Program Integrity Contractors (“UPICs”) to perform audits, investigations and other integrity activities.

We have established policies and procedures to respond to requests from and payment denials by RACs and other Medicare contractors. Payment recoveries resulting from reviews and denials are appealable through administrative and judicial processes, and we pursue reversal of adverse determinations at appropriate appeal levels. We incur additional costs related to responding to requests and denials, including costs associated with responding to requests for records and pursuing the reversal of payment denials and losses associated with overpayments that are not reversed upon appeal. Currently, there are significant delays in the Medicare appeals process. Depending upon changes to and the growth of the RAC program and other Medicare integrity programs and our success in appealing claims in future periods, our cash flows and results of operations could be negatively impacted.

Medicare reimburses teaching hospitals for portions of the direct and indirect costs of graduate medical education (“GME”) through statutory formulas that are generally based on the number of medical residents and

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which take into account patient volume or the number of hospital beds. Accrediting organizations review GME programs for compliance with educational standards. Many of our hospitals operate GME or other residency programs to train physicians and other allied health professionals.

Managed Medicare

Under the Managed Medicare program (also known as Medicare Part C, or Medicare Advantage), the federal government contracts with private health insurers to provide members with Medicare Part A, Part B and Part D benefits. Managed Medicare plans can be structured as HMOs, PPOs or private fee-for-service plans. In addition to covering Part A and Part B benefits, the health insurers may choose to offer supplemental benefits and impose higher premiums and plan costs on beneficiaries. CMS makes fee payment adjustments based on service benchmarks and quality ratings and publishes star ratings to assist beneficiaries with plan selection. According to CMS, over one-third of all Medicare enrollees participate in managed Medicare plans.

Medicaid

Medicaid programs are funded jointly by the federal government and the states and are administered by states under approved plans. Most state Medicaid program payments are made under a PPS or are based on negotiated payment levels with individual hospitals. Medicaid reimbursement is often less than a hospital’s cost of services. The Affordable Care Act requires states to expand Medicaid coverage to all individuals under age 65 with incomes effectively at or below 138% of the federal poverty level. However, states may opt out of the expansion without losing existing federal Medicaid funding. A number of states, including Texas and Florida, have opted out of the Medicaid expansion. Some states use, or have applied to use, waivers granted by CMS to implement expansion, impose different eligibility or enrollment restrictions, or otherwise implement programs that vary from federal standards. Previously, certain members of Congress and the prior presidential administration indicated their intent to increase state flexibility in the administration of Medicaid programs, including allowing states to condition enrollment on work or other community engagement. However, President Biden has issued executive orders directing agencies to re-examine measures that reduce coverage or undermine Medicaid programs, including work requirements.

Because most states must operate with balanced budgets and because the Medicaid program is often the state’s largest program, states can be expected to adopt or consider adopting legislation designed to reduce their Medicaid expenditures. Budgetary pressures have, in recent years, resulted and likely will continue to result in decreased spending, or decreased spending growth, for Medicaid programs in many states. Certain states in which we operate have adopted broad-based provider taxes to fund the non-federal share of Medicaid programs. Many states have also adopted, or are considering, legislation designed to reduce coverage, enroll Medicaid recipients in managed care programs and/or impose additional taxes on hospitals to help finance or expand the states’ Medicaid systems.

Federal funds under the Medicaid program may not be used to reimburse providers for medical assistance provided to treat certain provider-preventable conditions. Each state Medicaid program must deny payments to providers for the treatment of health care-acquired conditions designated by CMS as well as other provider-preventable conditions that may be designated by the state.

Congress has expanded the federal government’s involvement in fighting fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicaid program through the Medicaid Integrity Program. CMS employs UPICs to perform post-payment audits of Medicaid claims, identify overpayments, and perform other program integrity activities, many of which were previously performed by Medicaid Integrity Contractors. The UPICs collaborate with states and coordinate provider investigations across the Medicare and Medicaid programs. In addition, state Medicaid agencies are required to establish Medicaid RAC programs. These programs vary by state in design and operation.

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Managed Medicaid

Enrollment in managed Medicaid plans has increased in recent years, as state governments seek to control the cost of Medicaid programs. Managed Medicaid programs enable states to contract with one or more entities for patient enrollment, care management and claims adjudication. The states usually do not relinquish program responsibilities for financing, eligibility criteria and core benefit plan design. We generally contract directly with one or more of the designated entities, usually a managed care organization. The provisions of these programs are state-specific. Many states direct managed care plans to pass through supplemental payments to designated providers, independent of services rendered, to ensure consistent funding of providers that serve large numbers of low-income patients. However, in an effort to more closely tie funds to delivery and outcomes, CMS began limiting these “pass-through payments” to managed Medicaid plans in 2016 and will ultimately prohibit such payments by 2027.

Accountable Care Organizations and Bundled Payment Initiatives

An Accountable Care Organization (“ACO”) is a network of providers and suppliers that work together to invest in infrastructure and redesign delivery processes to attempt to achieve high quality and efficient delivery of services. Promoting accountability and coordination of care, ACOs are intended to produce savings as a result of improved quality and operational efficiency. ACOs that achieve quality performance standards established by HHS are eligible to share in a portion of the amounts saved by the Medicare program. There are several types of ACO programs, including the Medicare Shared Savings Program, which was established pursuant to the Affordable Care Act, and the Next Generation ACO Model.

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (“CMMI”) is responsible for establishing demonstration projects and other initiatives in order to identify, develop, test and encourage the adoption of new methods of delivering and paying for health care that create savings under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, while improving quality of care. For example, providers participating in bundled payment initiatives agree to receive one payment for services provided to Medicare patients for certain medical conditions or episodes of care, accepting accountability for costs and quality of care. By rewarding providers for increasing quality and reducing costs and penalizing providers if costs exceed a set amount, these models are intended to lead to higher quality, more coordinated care at a lower cost to the Medicare program. Hospitals may receive supplemental Medicare payments or owe repayments to CMS depending on whether overall CMS spending per episode exceeds or falls below a target specified by CMS and whether quality standards are met. The CMMI has implemented bundled payment models, including the Bundled Payment Care Improvement Advanced (“BPCI Advanced”) program, which is voluntary and expected to run through December 2023. Participation in bundled payment programs is generally voluntary, but CMS has required providers in selected geographic areas to participate in a mandatory bundled program for specified orthopedic procedures, which is scheduled to run through September 30, 2021. CMS will require hospitals in selected markets to participate in bundled payment initiatives for end-stage renal disease treatment, which began January 1, 2021, and radiation oncology, beginning as early as January 1, 2022. HHS has indicated that it plans to implement additional bundled payment programs, some of which will be mandatory.

HHS continues to focus on shifting from traditional fee-for-service reimbursement models to alternative payment models that tie reimbursement to quality and/or value, including bundled payment and pay-for-performance programs. Several private third-party payers are increasingly employing such reimbursement models, which may increasingly shift financial risk to providers.

Disproportionate Share Hospital and Medicaid Supplemental Payments

In addition to making payments for services provided directly to beneficiaries, Medicare makes additional payments to hospitals that treat a disproportionately large number of low-income patients (Medicaid and Medicare patients eligible to receive Supplemental Security Income). Disproportionate Share Hospital (“DSH”) payment adjustments are determined annually based on certain statistical information required by HHS and are paid as a percentage addition to MS-DRG payments. CMS also distributes a payment to each DSH hospital that is allocated according to the hospital’s proportion of uncompensated care costs relative to the uncompensated care amount of other DSH hospitals.

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Some states make additional payments to providers through the Medicaid program for certain specific claims. These supplemental payments may be in the form of Medicaid DSH payments, which help to offset hospital uncompensated care costs, or upper payment limit supplemental payments, which are intended to address the difference between Medicaid fee-for-service payments and Medicare reimbursement rates. CMS is considering changes to both types of payments. The federal government distributes federal Medicaid DSH funds to each state based on a statutory formula. The states then distribute the DSH funding among qualifying hospitals. States have broad discretion to define which hospitals qualify for Medicaid DSH payments and the amount of such payments. The Affordable Care Act and subsequent legislation provide for reductions to the Medicaid DSH hospital program. Under the budget bill signed into law in February 2018, Medicaid DSH payments would have been reduced by $4 billion in 2020 and by $8 billion per year from 2021 through 2025. However, Congress has delayed the implementation of these reductions through 2023, but added additional reductions for 2026 and 2027.

TRICARE

TRICARE is the Department of Defense’s health care program for members of the armed forces. For inpatient services, TRICARE reimburses hospitals based on a DRG system modeled on the Medicare inpatient PPS. For outpatient services, TRICARE reimburses hospitals based on a PPS that is similar to that utilized for services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries.

Annual Cost Reports

All hospitals participating in the Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE programs, whether paid on a reasonable cost basis or under a PPS, are required to meet certain financial reporting requirements. Federal and, where applicable, state regulations require the submission of annual cost reports covering the revenues, costs and expenses associated with the services provided by each hospital to Medicare beneficiaries and Medicaid recipients.

Annual cost reports required under the Medicare and Medicaid programs are subject to routine audits, which may result in adjustments to the amounts ultimately determined to be due to us under these reimbursement programs. These audits often require several years to reach the final determination of amounts due to or from us under these programs. Providers also have rights of appeal, and it is common to contest issues raised in audits of cost reports.

Managed Care and Other Discounted Plans

Most of our hospitals offer discounts from established charges to certain large group purchasers of health care services, including managed care plans and private health insurers. Admissions reimbursed by commercial managed care and other insurers were 29%, 28% and 28% of our total admissions for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Managed care contracts are typically negotiated for terms between one and three years. While we generally received contracted annual average increases of approximately 4% from managed care payers during 2020, there can be no assurance that we will continue to receive increases in the future. Price transparency initiatives may impact our ability to obtain or maintain favorable contract terms. Effective January 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act (enacted as part of the CAA) will require providers to send to a patient’s health plan good faith estimates of the expected charges for furnishing scheduled items or services, including any item or service that is reasonably expected to be provided in conjunction with the scheduled item or service or that is reasonably expected to be delivered by another provider, before the services are delivered. The No Surprises Act will also prohibit providers from charging patients an amount beyond the in-network cost sharing amount for services rendered by out-of-network providers, subject to limited exceptions. It is not clear what impact, if any, these or future health reform efforts at the federal and state levels, consolidation within the third-party payer industry and vertical integration among third-party payers and health care providers will have on our ability to negotiate reimbursement rates.

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Uninsured and Self-Pay Patients

Self-pay revenues are derived from providing health care services to patients without health insurance coverage and from the patient responsibility portion of payments for our health care services that are not covered by an individual’s health plan. Collection of amounts due from individuals is typically more difficult than collection of amounts due from government health care programs or private third-party payers. Any increases in uninsured individuals, changes to the payer mix or greater adoption of health plan structures that result in higher patient responsibility amounts could increase amounts due from individuals. Effective January 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act will require providers to send uninsured patients a good faith estimate of the expected charges for furnishing scheduled items or services, including any item or service that is reasonably expected to be provided in conjunction with the scheduled item or service or that is reasonably expected to be delivered by another provider, before the services are delivered. If the actual charges are substantially higher than the estimate, the patient can invoke a dispute resolution process to challenge the higher amount.

A high percentage of our uninsured patients are initially admitted through our emergency rooms. For the year ended December 31, 2020, approximately 87% of our admissions of uninsured patients occurred through our emergency rooms. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (“EMTALA”) requires any hospital that participates in the Medicare program to conduct an appropriate medical screening examination of every person who presents to the hospital’s emergency room for treatment and, if the individual is suffering from an emergency medical condition, to either stabilize that condition or make an appropriate transfer of the individual to a facility that can handle the condition. The obligation to screen and stabilize emergency medical conditions exists regardless of an individual’s ability to pay for treatment. In addition, health insurers are required to reimburse hospitals for emergency services provided to enrollees without prior authorization and without regard to whether a participating provider contract is in place.

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Hospital Utilization

We believe the most important factors relating to the overall utilization of a hospital are the quality and market position of the hospital and the number and quality of physicians and other health care professionals providing patient care within the facility. Generally, we believe the ability of a hospital to be a market leader is determined by its breadth of services, level of technology, quality and condition of the facilities, emphasis on quality of care and convenience for patients and physicians. Other factors that impact utilization include the growth in local population, local economic conditions and market penetration of managed care programs.

The following table sets forth certain operating statistics for our health care facilities. Health care facility operations are subject to certain seasonal fluctuations, including decreases in patient utilization during holiday periods and increases in the cold weather months.

	2020			2019			2018
Number of hospitals at end of period		185			184			179
Number of freestanding outpatient surgery centers at end of period(a)		121			123			123
Number of licensed beds at end of period(b)		49,265			49,035			47,199
Weighted average beds in service(c)		42,246			41,510			39,966
Admissions(d)		2,009,909			2,108,927			2,003,753
Equivalent admissions(e)		3,312,330			3,646,335			3,420,406
Average length of stay (days)(f)		5.1			4.9			4.9
Average daily census(g)		27,734			28,134			26,663
Occupancy rate(h)		66	%		68	%		67	%
Emergency room visits(i)		7,450,307			9,161,129			8,764,431
Outpatient surgeries(j)		882,483			1,009,947			971,537
Inpatient surgeries(k)		522,385			566,635			548,220
Days revenues in accounts receivable(l)		45			50			51
Outpatient revenues as a % of patient revenues(m)		35	%		39	%		38	%

(a) Excludes freestanding endoscopy centers (21 at December 31, 2020; 20 at December 31, 2019 and 19 at December 31, 2018).

(b) Licensed beds are those beds for which a facility has been granted approval to operate from the applicable state licensing agency.

(c) Represents the average number of beds in service, weighted based on periods owned.

(d) Represents the total number of patients admitted to our hospitals and is used by management and certain investors as a general measure of inpatient volume.

(e) Equivalent admissions are used by management and certain investors as a general measure of combined inpatient and outpatient volume. Equivalent admissions are computed by multiplying admissions (inpatient volume) by the sum of gross inpatient revenue and gross outpatient revenue and then dividing the resulting amount by gross inpatient revenue. The equivalent admissions computation “equates” outpatient revenue to the volume measure (admissions) used to measure inpatient volume, resulting in a general measure of combined inpatient and outpatient volume.

(f) Represents the average number of days admitted patients stay in our hospitals.

(g) Represents the average number of patients in our hospital beds each day.

(h) Represents the percentage of hospital beds in service that are occupied by patients. Both average daily census and occupancy rate provide measures of the utilization of inpatient rooms.

(i) Represents the number of patients treated in our emergency rooms.

(j) Represents the number of surgeries performed on patients who were not admitted to our hospitals. Pain management and endoscopy procedures are not included in outpatient surgeries.

(k) Represents the number of surgeries performed on patients who have been admitted to our hospitals. Pain management and endoscopy procedures are not included in inpatient surgeries.

(l) Revenues per day is calculated by dividing the revenues for the fourth quarter of each year by the days in the quarter. Days revenues in accounts receivable is then calculated as accounts receivable at the end of the period divided by revenues per day.

(m) Represents the percentage of patient revenues related to patients who are not admitted to our hospitals.

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Competition

Generally, other hospitals in the communities we serve provide services similar to those offered by our hospitals. Additionally, the number of freestanding specialty hospitals, surgery centers, emergency departments, urgent care centers and diagnostic and imaging centers in the geographic areas in which we operate continues to increase. As a result, most of our hospitals operate in a highly competitive environment. In some cases, competing facilities are more established than our hospitals. Some competing facilities are physician-owned or are owned by tax-supported government agencies and many others are owned by not-for-profit entities that may be supported by endowments, charitable contributions and/or tax revenues and are exempt from sales, property and income taxes. Such exemptions and support are not available to our hospitals and may provide the tax-supported or not-for-profit entities an advantage in funding capital expenditures. In certain localities there are large teaching hospitals that provide highly specialized facilities, equipment and services that may not be available at most of our hospitals. We also face competition from specialty hospitals and from both our own and unaffiliated freestanding ASCs for market share in certain high margin services. Psychiatric hospitals frequently attract patients from areas outside their immediate locale and, therefore, our psychiatric hospitals and units compete with both local and regional hospitals, including the psychiatric units of general, acute care hospitals.

Trends toward clinical and pricing transparency may impact our competitive position in ways that are difficult to predict. For example, hospitals are currently required to publish online a list of their standard charges for items and services. In 2019, CMS issued a final rule that, beginning January 2021, requires hospitals to publish additional types of standard charges for all items and services, including discounted cash prices and payer-specific and de-identified negotiated charges, in a publicly accessible online file. Hospitals are also required to publish a consumer-friendly list of charges for certain “shoppable” services (i.e., services that can be scheduled by a patient in advance) and associated ancillary services. Court challenges to the 2019 rule in both the District Court for the District of Columbia and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals were unsuccessful. It is not yet known whether the Biden administration will take any action regarding the rule or whether the matter will be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. CMS plans to begin auditing hospitals for compliance with transparency requirements and may impose civil monetary penalties for noncompliance. In addition, the No Surprises Act creates additional price transparency requirements beginning on January 1, 2022, including the requirement that providers send patients and health plans a good faith estimate of the expected charges and diagnostic codes prior to a patient’s appointment.

Our strategies are designed to ensure our hospitals are competitive. We believe our hospitals compete within local communities on the basis of many factors, including the quality of care, ability to attract and retain quality physicians, skilled clinical personnel and other health care professionals, location, breadth of services, technology offered, and quality and condition of the facilities. We focus on operating outpatient services with accessibility and convenient service for patients and predictability and efficiency for physicians.

Two of the most significant factors that impact the competitive position of a hospital are the number and quality of physicians affiliated with or employed by the hospital. Although physicians may at any time terminate their relationship with a hospital we operate, our hospitals seek to retain physicians with varied specialties on the hospitals’ medical staffs and to attract other qualified physicians. We believe physicians refer patients to a hospital on the basis of the quality and scope of services it renders to patients and physicians, the quality of physicians on the medical staff, the location of the hospital and the quality of the hospital’s facilities, equipment and employees. Accordingly, we strive to maintain and provide quality facilities, equipment, employees and services for physicians and patients. Our hospitals face competition from competitors that are implementing physician alignment strategies, such as employing physicians, acquiring physician practice groups and participating in ACOs or other clinical integration models.

Another major factor in the competitive position of our hospitals is our ability to negotiate service contracts with group purchasers of health care services. Managed care plans attempt to direct and control the use of hospital services and obtain discounts from hospitals’ established gross charges. Similarly, employers and

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traditional health insurers continue to attempt to contain costs through negotiations with hospitals for managed care programs and discounts from established gross charges. Generally, hospitals compete for service contracts with group purchasers of health care services on the basis of price, market reputation, geographic location, quality and range of services, quality of the medical staff and convenience. Our future success will depend, in part, on our ability to retain and renew our contracts with third-party payers and enter into new contracts on favorable terms. Other health care providers may impact our ability to enter into contracts with third-party payers or negotiate increases in our reimbursement and other favorable terms and conditions. For example, some of our competitors may negotiate exclusivity provisions with managed care plans or otherwise restrict the ability of managed care companies to contract with us. Price transparency initiatives and increasing vertical integration efforts involving third-party payers and health care providers, among other factors, may increase these challenges. Moreover, the trend toward consolidation among private third-party payers tends to increase payer bargaining power over fee structures. In addition, health reform efforts, such as the Affordable Care Act’s limitations on rescissions of coverage and pre-existing condition exclusions, may lead to private third-party payers increasingly demanding reduced fees or being unwilling to negotiate reimbursement increases. Health plans increasingly utilize narrow networks that restrict the number of participating providers or tiered networks that impose significantly higher cost sharing obligations on patients that obtain services from providers in a disfavored tier. These trends may continue regardless of potential repeal or replacement of, or changes to, the Affordable Care Act, or other health reform efforts. The importance of obtaining contracts with group purchasers of health care services varies from community to community, depending on the market strength of such organizations.

State certificate of need (“CON”) laws, which place limitations on a health care facility’s ability to expand services and facilities, make capital expenditures and otherwise make changes in operations, may also have the effect of restricting competition. We currently operate health care facilities in a number of states with CON laws or that require other types of approvals for the establishment or expansion of certain facility types or services. Before issuing a CON or other approval, these states consider the need for additional, changes in, or expanded health care facilities or services. Removal of these requirements could reduce barriers to entry and increase competition in our service areas. In those states that do not require state approval or that set relatively high levels of expenditures before they become reviewable by state authorities, competition in the form of new services, facilities and capital spending is more prevalent. See Item 1, “Business — Regulation and Other Factors.”

We and the health care industry as a whole face the challenge of continuing to provide quality patient care while dealing with rising costs and strong competition for patients. Changes in medical technology, existing and future legislation, regulations and interpretations and contracting for provider services by third-party payers remain ongoing challenges.

Admissions, average lengths of stay and reimbursement amounts continue to be negatively affected by third-party payer pre-admission authorization requirements, utilization review and pressure to maximize outpatient and alternative health care delivery services for less acutely ill patients. Increased competition, admission constraints and third-party payer pressures are expected to continue. To meet these challenges, we intend to expand and update our facilities or acquire or construct new facilities where appropriate, enhance the provision of a comprehensive array of outpatient services, offer market competitive pricing to group purchasers of health care services, upgrade facilities and equipment and offer new or expanded programs and services.

Regulation and Other Factors

Licensure, Certification and Accreditation

Health care facility construction and operation are subject to numerous federal, state and local regulations relating to the adequacy of medical care, equipment, personnel, operating policies and procedures, maintenance of adequate records, fire prevention, rate-setting, building codes and environmental protection. Facilities are subject to periodic inspection by governmental and other authorities to assure continued compliance with the

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various standards necessary for licensing and accreditation. We believe our health care facilities are properly licensed under applicable state laws. Each of our acute care hospitals located in the United States is eligible to participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs and is accredited by The Joint Commission. If any facility were to lose its Medicare or Medicaid certification, the facility would be unable to receive reimbursement from federal health care programs. From time to time, we may acquire a facility that is not accredited but for which we will seek accreditation. If any facility were to lose accreditation, the facility would be subject to state surveys, potentially be subject to increased scrutiny by CMS and likely lose payment from private third-party payers. Management believes our facilities are in substantial compliance with current applicable federal, state, local and independent review body regulations and standards. The requirements for licensure, certification and accreditation are subject to change, and, in order to remain qualified, it may become necessary for us to make changes in our facilities, equipment, personnel and services. The requirements for licensure, certification and accreditation also include notification or approval in the event of the transfer or change of ownership or certain other changes. Failure to provide required notifications or obtain necessary approvals in these circumstances can result in the inability to complete an acquisition or change of ownership, loss of licensure, lapses in reimbursement or other penalties.

Certificates of Need

In some states where we operate hospitals and other health care providers, the construction or expansion of health care facilities, the acquisition of existing facilities, the transfer or change of ownership, capital expenditures and the addition of new beds or services may be subject to review by and prior approval of, or notifications to, state regulatory agencies under a CON program. Such laws generally require the reviewing state agency to determine the public need for additional or expanded health care facilities and services or other change. Failure to provide required notifications or obtain necessary state approvals can result in the inability to expand facilities, complete an acquisition or expenditure or change ownership or other penalties.

State Rate Review

Some states have adopted legislation mandating rate or budget review for hospitals or have adopted taxes on hospital revenues, assessments or licensure fees to fund indigent health care within the state. In the aggregate, indigent tax provisions have not materially, adversely affected our results of operations. Although we do not currently operate facilities in states that mandate rate or budget reviews, we cannot predict whether we will operate in such states in the future, or whether the states in which we currently operate may adopt legislation mandating such reviews.

Federal Health Care Program Regulations

Participation in any federal health care program, including the Medicare and Medicaid programs, is heavily regulated by statute and regulation. If a hospital or other provider fails to substantially comply with the numerous conditions of participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs or performs certain prohibited acts, the provider’s participation in the federal health care programs may be terminated, or civil and/or criminal penalties may be imposed. Civil monetary penalties are adjusted annually based on updates to the consumer price index and were increased under the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.

Anti-kickback Statute

A section of the Social Security Act known as the “Anti-kickback Statute” prohibits providers and others from directly or indirectly soliciting, receiving, offering or paying any remuneration with the intent of generating referrals or orders for services or items covered by a federal health care program. Courts have interpreted this statute broadly and held that there is a violation of the Anti-kickback Statute if just one purpose of the remuneration is to generate referrals, even if there are other lawful purposes. Furthermore, the Affordable Care Act provides that knowledge of the law or the intent to violate the law is not required. Violations of the Anti-

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kickback Statute may be punished by criminal fines of up to $100,000 per violation, imprisonment, substantial civil monetary penalties per violation that are subject to annual adjustment based on updates to the consumer price index and damages of up to three times the total amount of the remuneration and/or exclusion from participation in federal health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. In addition, submission of a claim for services or items generated in violation of the Anti-kickback Statute may be subject to additional penalties under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) as a false or fraudulent claim.

The HHS Office of Inspector General (the “OIG”), among other regulatory agencies, is responsible for identifying and eliminating fraud, abuse and waste. The OIG carries out this mission through a nationwide program of audits, investigations and inspections. The OIG provides guidance to the industry through various methods, including advisory opinions and “Special Fraud Alerts.” These Special Fraud Alerts do not have the force of law, but identify features of arrangements or transactions that the government believes may cause the arrangements or transactions to violate the Anti-kickback Statute or other federal health care laws. The OIG has identified several incentive arrangements that constitute suspect practices, including: (a) payment of any incentive by a hospital each time a physician refers a patient to the hospital, (b) the use of free or significantly discounted office space or equipment in facilities usually located close to the hospital, (c) provision of free or significantly discounted billing, nursing or other staff services, (d) free training for a physician’s office staff in areas such as management techniques and laboratory techniques, (e) guarantees which provide, if the physician’s income fails to reach a predetermined level, the hospital will pay any portion of the remainder, (f) low-interest or interest-free loans, or loans which may be forgiven if a physician refers patients to the hospital, (g) payment of the costs of a physician’s travel and expenses for conferences or payments to a physician for speaking engagements, (h) coverage on the hospital’s group health insurance plans at an inappropriately low cost to the physician, (i) payment for services (which may include consultations at the hospital) which require few, if any, substantive duties by the physician, (j) purchasing goods or services from physicians at prices in excess of their fair market value, (k) rental of space in physician offices, at other than fair market value terms, by persons or entities to which physicians refer, and (l) physician-owned entities (frequently referred to as physician-owned distributorships or PODs) that derive revenue from selling, or arranging for the sale of, implantable medical devices ordered by their physician-owners for use on procedures that physician-owners perform on their own patients at hospitals or ASCs. The OIG has encouraged persons having information about hospitals who offer the above types of incentives to physicians to report such information to the OIG.

The OIG also issues “Special Advisory Bulletins” as a means of providing guidance to health care providers. These bulletins, along with the Special Fraud Alerts, have focused on certain arrangements that could be subject to heightened scrutiny by government enforcement authorities, including: (a) contractual joint venture arrangements and other joint venture arrangements between those in a position to refer business, such as physicians, and those providing items or services for which Medicare or Medicaid pays, and (b) certain “gainsharing” arrangements, i.e., the practice of giving physicians a share of any reduction in a hospital’s costs for patient care attributable in part to the physician’s efforts.

In addition to issuing Special Fraud Alerts and Special Advisory Bulletins, the OIG issues compliance program guidance for certain types of health care providers. The OIG guidance identifies a number of risk areas under federal fraud and abuse statutes and regulations. These areas of risk include compensation arrangements with physicians, recruitment arrangements with physicians and joint venture relationships with physicians.

As authorized by Congress, the OIG has published safe harbor regulations that outline categories of activities deemed protected from prosecution under the Anti-kickback Statute. Currently, there are statutory exceptions and safe harbors for various activities, including the following: certain investment interests, space rental, equipment rental, practitioner recruitment, personnel services and management contracts, sale of practice, referral services, warranties, discounts, employees, group purchasing organizations, waiver of beneficiary coinsurance and deductible amounts, managed care arrangements, obstetrical malpractice insurance subsidies, investments in group practices, freestanding surgery centers, ambulance replenishing, referral agreements for specialty services, care coordination arrangements, arrangements for patient engagement and support,

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CMS-sponsored model arrangements, cybersecurity technology and related services, and value-based arrangements.

The fact that conduct or a business arrangement does not fall within a safe harbor or is identified in a Special Fraud Alert, Special Advisory Bulletin or other guidance does not necessarily render the conduct or business arrangement illegal under the Anti-kickback Statute. However, such conduct and business arrangements may lead to increased scrutiny by government enforcement authorities.

We have a variety of financial relationships with physicians and others who either refer or influence the referral of patients to our hospitals, other health care facilities and employed physicians, including employment contracts, leases, medical director agreements and professional service agreements. We also have similar relationships with physicians and facilities to which patients are referred from our facilities and other providers. In addition, we provide financial incentives, including minimum revenue guarantees, to recruit physicians into the communities served by our hospitals. While we endeavor to comply with the applicable safe harbors, certain of our current arrangements, including joint ventures and financial relationships with physicians and other referral sources and persons and entities to which we refer patients, do not qualify for safe harbor protection.

Although we believe our arrangements with physicians and other referral sources and referral recipients have been structured to comply with current law and available interpretations, there can be no assurance regulatory authorities enforcing these laws will determine these financial arrangements comply with the Anti-kickback Statute or other applicable laws. An adverse determination could subject us to liabilities under the Social Security Act and other laws, including criminal penalties, civil monetary penalties and exclusion from participation in Medicare, Medicaid or other federal health care programs.

Stark Law

The Social Security Act also includes a provision commonly known as the “Stark Law.” The Stark Law prohibits physicians from referring Medicare and Medicaid patients to entities with which they or any of their immediate family members have a financial relationship, if these entities provide certain “designated health services” reimbursable by Medicare or Medicaid unless an exception applies. The Stark Law also prohibits entities that provide designated health services reimbursable by Medicare and Medicaid from billing the Medicare and Medicaid programs for any items or services that result from a prohibited referral and requires the entities to refund amounts received for items or services provided pursuant to the prohibited referral on a timely basis. “Designated health services” include inpatient and outpatient hospital services, clinical laboratory services and radiology services. Sanctions for violating the Stark Law include denial of payment, substantial civil monetary penalties per claim submitted and exclusion from the federal health care programs. Failure to refund amounts received as a result of a prohibited referral on a timely basis may constitute a false or fraudulent claim and may result in civil penalties and additional penalties under the FCA. The statute also provides for a penalty for a circumvention scheme. These penalties are updated annually based on changes to the consumer price index.

There are exceptions to the self-referral prohibition for many of the customary financial arrangements between physicians and providers, including employment contracts, leases, recruitment agreements and personal service arrangements. Unlike safe harbors under the Anti-kickback Statute with which compliance is voluntary, a financial relationship must comply with every requirement of a Stark Law exception or the arrangement is in violation of the Stark Law. Although there is an exception for a physician’s ownership interest in an entire hospital, the Affordable Care Act prohibits physician-owned hospitals established after December 31, 2010 from billing for Medicare or Medicaid patients referred by their physician owners. As a result, the law effectively prevents the formation of new physician-owned hospitals that participate in Medicare or Medicaid. While the Affordable Care Act grandfathers existing physician-owned hospitals, it does not allow these hospitals to increase the percentage of physician ownership and significantly restricts their ability to expand services.

Through a series of rulemakings, CMS has issued final regulations implementing the Stark Law. While these regulations were intended to clarify the requirements of the exceptions to the Stark Law, it is unclear how

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the government will interpret many of these exceptions for enforcement purposes. Further, we do not always have the benefit of significant regulatory or judicial interpretation of the Stark Law and its implementing regulations. We attempt to structure our relationships to meet an exception to the Stark Law, but the regulations implementing the exceptions are detailed and complex, and are subject to continuing legal and regulatory change. We cannot assure that every relationship complies fully with the Stark Law.

Similar State Laws

Many states in which we operate also have laws similar to the Anti-kickback Statute that prohibit payments to physicians for patient referrals and laws similar to the Stark Law that prohibit certain self-referrals. These state laws often apply regardless of the source of payment for care, and little precedent exists for their interpretation or enforcement. These statutes typically provide for criminal and civil penalties, as well as loss of licensure.

Other Fraud and Abuse Provisions

Certain federal fraud and abuse laws apply to all health benefit programs and provide for criminal penalties. The Social Security Act also imposes criminal and civil penalties for making false claims and statements to Medicare and Medicaid. False claims include, but are not limited to, billing for services not rendered or for misrepresenting actual services rendered in order to obtain higher reimbursement, billing for unnecessary goods and services and cost report fraud. Federal enforcement officials have the ability to exclude from Medicare and Medicaid any business entities and any investors, officers and managing employees associated with business entities that have committed health care fraud, even if the officer or managing employee had no knowledge of the fraud. Criminal and civil penalties may be imposed for a number of other prohibited activities, including failure to return known overpayments, certain gainsharing arrangements, billing Medicare amounts that are substantially in excess of a provider’s usual charges, offering remuneration to influence a Medicare or Medicaid beneficiary’s selection of a health care provider, contracting with an individual or entity known to be excluded from a federal health care program, making or accepting a payment to induce a physician to reduce or limit services, and soliciting or receiving any remuneration in return for referring an individual for an item or service payable by a federal health care program. Like the Anti-kickback Statute, these provisions are very broad. Civil penalties may be imposed for the failure to report and return an overpayment within 60 days of identifying the overpayment or by the date a corresponding cost report is due, whichever is later. To avoid liability, providers must, among other things, carefully and accurately code claims for reimbursement, promptly return overpayments and accurately prepare cost reports.

Some of these provisions, including the federal Civil Monetary Penalty Law, require a lower burden of proof than other fraud and abuse laws, including the Anti-kickback Statute. Substantial civil monetary penalties may be imposed under the federal Civil Monetary Penalty Law. These penalties will be updated annually based on changes to the consumer price index. In some cases, violations of the Civil Monetary Penalty Law may result in penalties of up to three times the remuneration offered, paid, solicited or received. In addition, a violator may be subject to exclusion from federal and state health care programs. Federal and state governments increasingly use the federal Civil Monetary Penalty Law, especially where they believe they cannot meet the higher burden of proof requirements under the Anti-kickback Statute. Further, individuals can receive up to $1,000 for providing information on Medicare fraud and abuse that leads to the recovery of at least $100 of Medicare funds under the Medicare Integrity Program.

The Federal False Claims Act and Similar State Laws

We are subject to state and federal laws that govern the submission of claims for reimbursement and prohibit the making of false claims or statements. One of the most prominent of these laws is the FCA, which may be enforced by the federal government directly or by a qui tam plaintiff, or whistleblower, on the government’s behalf. The government may use the FCA to prosecute Medicare and other government program fraud in areas such as coding errors, billing for services not provided and submitting false cost reports. In

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addition, the FCA covers payments made in connection with the Exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act, if those payments include any federal funds. When a private party brings a qui tam action under the FCA, the defendant is not made aware of the lawsuit until the government commences its own investigation or makes a determination whether it will intervene. If a defendant is determined by a court of law to be liable under the FCA, the defendant may be required to pay three times the actual damages sustained by the government, plus substantial mandatory civil penalties for each separate false claim. These penalties are updated annually based on changes to the consumer price index.

There are many potential bases for liability under the FCA. Liability often arises when an entity knowingly submits a false claim for reimbursement to the federal government. The FCA defines the term “knowingly” broadly. Though simple negligence will not give rise to liability under the FCA, submitting a claim with reckless disregard to its truth or falsity constitutes a “knowing” submission under the FCA and, therefore, may create liability. Submission of claims for services or items generated in violation of the Anti-kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim under the FCA. Whistleblowers and the federal government have taken the position, and some courts have held, that providers who allegedly have violated other statutes, such as the Stark Law, have thereby submitted false claims under the FCA. False claims under the FCA also include the knowing and improper failure to report and refund amounts owed to the government in a timely manner following identification of an overpayment. An overpayment is deemed to be identified when a person has, or should have through reasonable diligence, determined that an overpayment was received and quantified the overpayment.

Every entity that receives at least $5 million annually in Medicaid payments must have written policies for all employees, contractors or agents, providing detailed information about false claims, false statements and whistleblower protections under certain federal laws, including the FCA, and similar state laws. In addition, federal law provides an incentive to states to enact false claims laws comparable to the FCA. A number of states in which we operate have adopted their own false claims provisions as well as their own whistleblower provisions under which a private party may file a civil lawsuit in state court. We have adopted and distributed policies pertaining to the FCA and relevant state laws.

HIPAA Administrative Simplification and Privacy, Security and Interoperability Requirements

The Administrative Simplification Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) and implementing regulations require the use of uniform electronic data transmission standards and code sets for certain health care claims and payment transactions submitted or received electronically. In addition, HIPAA requires that each provider use a National Provider Identifier. These provisions are intended to encourage electronic commerce in the health care industry.

The privacy and security regulations promulgated pursuant to HIPAA extensively regulate the use and disclosure of individually identifiable health information, known as “protected health information,” and require covered entities, including health plans and most health care providers, to implement administrative, physical and technical safeguards to protect the security of such information. Certain provisions of the security and privacy regulations apply to business associates (entities that handle protected health information on behalf of covered entities), and business associates are subject to direct liability for violation of these provisions. In addition, a covered entity may be subject to penalties as a result of a business associate violating HIPAA, if the business associate is found to be an agent of the covered entity.

Covered entities must report breaches of unsecured protected health information to affected individuals without unreasonable delay but not to exceed 60 days after discovery of the breach by a covered entity or its agents. Notification must also be made to HHS and, in certain situations involving large breaches, to the media. HHS is required to publish on its website a list of all covered entities that report a breach involving more than 500 individuals. All non-permitted uses or disclosures of unsecured protected health information are presumed to be breaches unless the covered entity or business associate establishes that there is a low probability the information has been compromised. Various state laws and regulations may also require us to notify affected individuals in the event of a data breach involving individually identifiable information.

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Violations of the HIPAA privacy and security regulations may result in criminal penalties and in substantial civil penalties per violation. These civil penalties are updated annually based on updates to the consumer price index. HHS enforces the regulations and performs compliance audits. In addition to enforcement by HHS, state attorneys general are authorized to bring civil actions seeking either injunction or damages in response to violations that threaten the privacy of state residents. HHS may resolve HIPAA violations through informal means, such as allowing a covered entity to implement a corrective action plan, but HHS has the discretion to move directly to impose monetary penalties and is required to impose penalties for violations resulting from willful neglect. We enforce compliance in accordance with HIPAA privacy and security regulations. The Information Protection and Security Department monitors our compliance with the HIPAA privacy and security regulations. The HIPAA privacy regulations and security regulations have and will continue to impose significant costs on our facilities in order to comply with these standards.

There are numerous other laws and legislative and regulatory initiatives at the federal and state levels addressing privacy and security concerns. Our facilities remain subject to any federal or state privacy-related laws that are more restrictive than the privacy regulations issued under HIPAA. These laws vary and could impose additional penalties. For example, the Federal Trade Commission uses its consumer protection authority to initiate enforcement actions in response to data breaches. The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”) affords consumers expanded privacy protections effective January 1, 2020. Moreover, the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) takes effect January 1, 2022, and significantly modifies the CCPA. The potential effects of these laws are far-reaching and may require us to modify our data processing practices and policies and to incur substantial costs and expenses to comply. For example, the CCPA and CPRA give California residents expanded rights to access and require deletion of their personal information, opt out of certain personal information sharing and receive detailed information about how their personal information is used. The CCPA and CPRA provide for civil penalties for violations, as well as a private right of action for data breaches.

Health care providers and industry participants are also subject to a growing number of requirements intended to promote the interoperability and exchange of patient health information. For example, beginning April 5, 2021, health care providers and certain other entities will be subject to information blocking restrictions pursuant to the 21st Century Cures Act that prohibit practices that are likely to interfere with the access, exchange or use of electronic health information, except as required by law or specified by HHS as a reasonable and necessary activity. Violations may result in penalties or other disincentives.

Many foreign data privacy regulations (including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”)) are more stringent than those in the United States. In the case of non-compliance with a material provision of the GDPR (such as non-adherence to the core principles of processing personal data), regulators have the authority to levy a fine in an amount that is up to the greater of €20 million or 4% of global annual turnover in the prior year. If it is determined that non-compliance is related to a non-material provision (such as failure to comply with technical measures), regulators may impose a fine in an amount that is up to the greater of €10 million or 2% of the global annual turnover from the prior year. These administrative fines are discretionary and based, in each case, on a multi-factored approach.

EMTALA

All of our hospitals in the United States are subject to EMTALA. This federal law requires any hospital participating in the Medicare program to conduct an appropriate medical screening examination of every individual who presents to the hospital’s emergency room for treatment and, if the individual is suffering from an emergency medical condition, to either stabilize the condition or make an appropriate transfer of the individual to a facility able to handle the condition. The obligation to screen and stabilize emergency medical conditions exists regardless of an individual’s ability to pay for treatment. There are severe penalties under EMTALA if a hospital fails to screen or appropriately stabilize or transfer an individual or if the hospital delays appropriate treatment in order to first inquire about the individual’s ability to pay. Penalties for violations of EMTALA include exclusion from participation in the Medicare program and civil monetary penalties. These civil monetary penalties are

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adjusted annually based on updates to the consumer price index. In addition, an injured individual, the individual’s family or a medical facility that suffers a financial loss as a direct result of a hospital’s violation of the law can bring a civil suit against the hospital.

The government broadly interprets EMTALA to cover situations in which individuals do not actually present to a hospital’s emergency room, but present for emergency examination or treatment to the hospital’s campus, generally, or to a hospital-based clinic that treats emergency medical conditions or are transported in a hospital-owned ambulance, subject to certain exceptions. At least one court has interpreted the law also to apply to a hospital that has been notified of a patient’s pending arrival in a non-hospital owned ambulance. EMTALA does not generally apply to individuals admitted for inpatient services. The government has expressed its intent to investigate and enforce EMTALA violations actively.

Corporate Practice of Medicine/Fee Splitting

Some of the states in which we operate have laws prohibiting corporations and other entities from employing physicians, practicing medicine for a profit and making certain direct and indirect payments to, or entering into fee-splitting arrangements with, health care providers designed to induce or encourage the referral of patients to, or the recommendation of, particular providers for medical products and services. Possible sanctions for violation of these restrictions include loss of license and civil and criminal penalties. In addition, agreements between the corporation and the physician may be considered void and unenforceable. These statutes vary from state to state, are often vague and have seldom been interpreted by the courts or regulatory agencies.

Health Care Industry Investigations

Significant media and public attention has focused in recent years on the hospital industry. This media and public attention, changes in government personnel and other factors have led to increased scrutiny of the health care industry. Except as may be disclosed in our SEC filings, we are not aware of any material investigations of the Company under federal or state health care laws or regulations. It is possible that governmental entities could initiate investigations or litigation in the future at facilities we operate and that such matters could result in significant penalties, as well as adverse publicity. It is also possible that our executives and managers could be included in governmental investigations or litigation or named as defendants in private litigation.

Our substantial Medicare, Medicaid and other governmental billings result in heightened scrutiny of our operations. We continue to monitor all aspects of our business and have developed a comprehensive ethics and compliance program that is designed to meet or exceed applicable federal guidelines and industry standards.

Because the law in this area is complex and constantly evolving, governmental investigations or litigation may result in interpretations that are inconsistent with our practices or industry practices.

In public statements surrounding current investigations, governmental authorities have taken positions on a number of issues, including some for which little official interpretation previously has been available, that appear to be inconsistent with practices that have been common within the industry and that previously have not been challenged in this manner. In some instances, government investigations that have in the past been conducted under the civil provisions of federal law may now be conducted as criminal investigations.

Both federal and state government agencies have increased their focus on and coordination of civil and criminal enforcement efforts in the health care area. The OIG and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) have, from time to time, established national enforcement initiatives, targeting all hospital providers that focus on specific billing practices or other suspected areas of abuse. The Affordable Care Act included additional federal funding of $350 million over 10 years to fight health care fraud, waste and abuse, which expired in 2020. In addition, governmental agencies and their agents, such as MACs, fiscal intermediaries and carriers, may conduct audits of our health care operations. Private third-party payers may conduct similar post-payment audits, and we also perform internal audits and monitoring.

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In addition to national enforcement initiatives, federal and state investigations have addressed a wide variety of routine health care operations such as: cost reporting and billing practices, including for Medicare outliers; financial arrangements with referral sources; physician recruitment activities; physician joint ventures; and hospital charges and collection practices for self-pay patients. We engage in many of these routine health care operations and other activities that could be the subject of governmental investigations or inquiries. For example, we have significant Medicare and Medicaid billings, numerous financial arrangements with physicians who are referral sources to our hospitals, and joint venture arrangements involving physician investors. Certain of our individual facilities have received, and other facilities may receive, government inquiries from, and may be subject to investigation by, federal and state agencies. Any additional investigations of the Company, our executives or managers could result in significant liabilities or penalties to us, as well as adverse publicity.

Health Care Reform

The health care industry is subject to changing political, regulatory, and other influences, along with various scientific and technological initiatives. In recent years, the U.S. Congress and certain state legislatures have passed a large number of laws and regulations intended to effect major change within the U.S. health care system, including the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act affects how health care services are covered, delivered and reimbursed through expanded health insurance coverage, reduced growth in Medicare program spending, reductions in Medicare and Medicaid DSH payments, and the establishment of programs that tie reimbursement to quality and integration. However, there is uncertainty regarding the future of the Affordable Care Act. The law has been subject to legislative and regulatory changes and court challenges. For example, final rules issued in 2018 expand the availability of association health plans and allow the sale of short-term, limited-duration health plans, neither of which are required to cover all of the essential health benefits mandated by the Affordable Care Act. A number of members of Congress have stated their desire to repeal or make additional significant changes to the Affordable Care Act, its implementation or interpretation. Effective January 1, 2019, the penalty associated with the individual mandate to maintain health insurance was eliminated. As a result of this change, in December 2018, the United States District Court for the North District of Texas found the individual mandate to be unconstitutional and determined that the rest of the Affordable Care Act was, therefore, invalid. In December 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld this decision with respect to the individual mandate, but remanded for further consideration of how this affects the rest of the law. On November 10, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding this case, and the law remains in place pending the appeals process. The elimination of the individual mandate penalty and other changes may impact the number of individuals that elect to obtain public or private health insurance or the scope of such coverage, if purchased.

As currently structured, the Affordable Care Act expands coverage through a combination of private sector health insurance requirements, public program expansion and other reforms. Expansion of coverage through the private sector has been driven by requirements applicable to health insurers, employers, and individuals. For example, health insurers are prohibited from imposing annual coverage limits, dropping coverage, excluding persons based upon pre-existing conditions or denying coverage for any individual who is willing to pay the premiums for such coverage. Expansion in public program coverage has been driven primarily by expanding the categories of individuals eligible for Medicaid coverage and permitting individuals with relatively higher incomes to qualify. A number of states, including Texas and Florida, have opted out of the Medicaid expansion provisions, which they may do without losing federal funding. For states that have not participated in the Medicaid expansion, the maximum income level required for individuals and families to qualify for Medicaid varies widely from state to state. Some states are using waivers granted by CMS to expand their Medicaid programs, impose different eligibility or enrollment restrictions, or otherwise implement programs that vary from federal standards. In addition, some states are proposing or have implemented various health reform initiatives at the state level. For example, some states have proposed public health insurance options, and some states have passed or are considering legislation to address out-of-network billing.

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continue to have a positive contribution to the Company’s results of operations. However, there is uncertainty regarding the ongoing net effect of the Affordable Care Act due to efforts to change, repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act, court challenges, and the development of agency guidance, among other factors. There is also uncertainty regarding the potential impact of other reform efforts at the federal and state levels. For example, some members of Congress have proposed measures that would expand government-sponsored coverage, including proposals to expand coverage of federally-funded insurance programs as an alternative to private insurance or establish a single-payer system (such reforms often referred to as “Medicare for All”), and some states are considering similar measures. Further, the impact of the 2020 federal election on health reform efforts is unknown, although President Biden has indicated through executive orders that his administration intends to protect and strengthen the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid programs. Other initiatives and proposals, including those aimed at price transparency and out-of-network charges, may impact prices and the relationships between health care providers and insurers. These issues are further discussed in Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”

General Economic and Demographic Factors

The health care industry is impacted by the overall United States economy. The COVID-19 pandemic has led, and may continue to lead, to a general worsening of economic conditions. Budget deficits at federal, state and local government entities have had a negative impact on spending for many health and human service programs, including Medicare, Medicaid and similar programs, which represent significant payer sources for our hospitals and other providers. We anticipate that the federal deficit, the growing magnitude of Medicare and Medicaid expenditures and the aging of the United States population will continue to place pressure on government health care programs. Other risks we face during periods of economic weakness and high unemployment include potential declines in the population covered under managed care agreements, increased patient decisions to postpone or cancel elective and nonemergency health care procedures (including delaying surgical procedures), potential increases in the uninsured and underinsured populations, increased adoption of health plan structures that shift financial responsibility to patients and increased difficulties in collecting patient receivables for copayment and deductible amounts.

Compliance Program

We maintain a comprehensive ethics and compliance program that is designed to meet or exceed applicable federal guidelines and industry standards. The program is intended to monitor and raise awareness of various regulatory issues among employees and to emphasize the importance of complying with governmental laws and regulations. As part of the ethics and compliance program, we provide annual ethics and compliance training to our employees and encourage all employees to report any violations to their supervisor, an ethics and compliance officer or to the Company’s ethics line available 24 hours a day by phone and internet portal.

Antitrust Laws

The federal government and most states have enacted antitrust laws that prohibit certain types of conduct deemed to be anti-competitive. These laws prohibit price fixing, market allocation, bid-rigging, concerted refusal to deal, market monopolization, price discrimination, tying arrangements, acquisitions of competitors and other practices that have, or may have, an adverse effect on competition. Violations of federal or state antitrust laws can result in various sanctions, including criminal and civil penalties. Antitrust enforcement in the health care industry is currently a priority of the Federal Trade Commission and the DOJ. We believe we are in compliance with such federal and state laws, but courts or regulatory authorities may reach a determination in the future that could adversely affect our operations.

Environmental Matters

We are subject to various federal, state and local statutes and ordinances regulating the discharge of materials into the environment. We do not believe that we will be required to expend any material amounts in order to comply with these laws and regulations.

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Insurance

As is typical in the health care industry, we are subject to claims and legal actions by patients in the ordinary course of business. Subject, in most cases, to a $15 million per occurrence self-insured retention, our facilities are insured by our 100% owned insurance subsidiary for losses up to $50 million per occurrence. The insurance subsidiary has obtained reinsurance for professional liability risks generally above a retention level of either $25 million or $35 million per occurrence, depending on the jurisdiction for the related claim. We also maintain professional liability insurance with unrelated commercial carriers for losses in excess of amounts insured by our insurance subsidiary.

We purchase, from unrelated insurance companies, coverage for cyber security incidents, directors and officers liability and property loss in amounts we believe are adequate and subject to terms of coverage we believe to be reasonable.

Human Capital Resources

Our workforce is comprised of approximately 275,000 employees (as of December 31, 2020), including approximately 80,000 part-time employees (references herein to “employees” refer to employees of our affiliates). Our Board of Directors and its committees oversee human capital matters through regular reporting from management and advisors.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion that embraces and supports our patients, colleagues, partners, physicians and communities. Our workforce is comprised of approximately 80% women and 41% people of color. Our policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, gender, disability, race, color, ancestry, citizenship, religion, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, payment source or ability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.

We are dedicated to being an employer of choice. We seek to recruit diverse candidates at all stages of their careers and through a variety of venues and programs. We recently launched a data-driven diversity, equity and inclusion strategy based on internal and external research to support the advancement of women and people of color into leadership roles. We also partner with national organizations which promote diversity in leadership positions. Our Chief Diversity Officer leads a 20-person team that is responsible for advancing diversity, inclusion, equity and cultural competence initiatives across the Company.

We encourage you to review the “Inclusion, Compassion and Respect” section of our website, as well as the “Excellent People Make Excellence Happen” section of our 2020 Impact Report (located on our website) for more detailed information regarding our diversity, equity, inclusion and pay equity programs and initiatives. Nothing on our website, including our 2020 Impact Report or sections thereof, shall be deemed incorporated by reference into this annual report on Form 10-K.

Compensation and Benefits

We provide competitive compensation and benefits programs to help meet the needs of our employees. In addition to salaries, these programs (which vary by location) include an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, a 401(k) Plan, health care and insurance benefits, health savings and flexible spending accounts, paid time off, family leave, family care resources, flexible work schedules, employee assistance programs, tuition and student loan assistance and on-site services, such as cafeterias and fitness centers, among many others.

Serving the Community

We provide our colleagues with opportunities to learn, serve, lead and give in their communities. By joining forces with other leading organizations, we maximize our ability to provide care for patients and populations.

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Through research, partnerships, policies and investments, we are tackling problems in our communities, from disaster relief to environmental sustainability. We also support the HCA Healthcare Foundation, whose mission is to promote health and well-being and strive to make a positive impact in all the communities HCA Healthcare serves by providing leadership, service and financial support to effective non-profit organizations.

Culture and Talent Development

HCA Healthcare’s culture is critical to our success. We seek to instill a culture across our system that includes making a positive impact on our patients, communities and each other. We seek to nurture a collaborative culture built on inclusion, compassion and respect.

To assess and improve employee retention and engagement, we conduct colleague pulse surveys and take action to address areas of concern. During 2020, we hosted routine surveys as well as an innovative pandemic survey to gauge the pulse of our teams as we pivoted to respond to the needs of our communities during the pandemic.

We also seek to support our colleagues throughout their career journey, providing education, training, and opportunities to grow as clinicians and leaders. We also support our colleagues’ development through programs such as tuition reimbursement, clinical training and certification, loan forgiveness and award-winning programs offered through the HCA Healthcare Leadership Institute.

Health, Safety and Wellness

We provide our employees and their families with access to a variety of health and wellness programs. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we implemented changes to address the interests of our patients, employees, medical staff members and contractors, as well as the communities in which we operate, such as providing PPE, COVID-19 screening for patients and certain hospital staff, and scrub laundering. During 2020:

• Over 36,000 quarantined caregivers unable to work received 100% of base pay through our Quarantine Pay Program;

• More than 127,000 full-time/part-time care or support facility colleagues with reduced hours due to COVID-19 received 70% of base pay through our Pandemic Pay Program;

• 3,500 caregivers were supported through company-paid hotel stays to protect their families from exposure;

• More than 25,000 calls were placed to the HCA Nurse Care line, a free, confidential 24-hour phone counseling support program for nurses; and

• $10.6 million in assistance provided by the HCA Healthcare Hope Fund to HCA Healthcare colleagues, including more than $3 million provided to colleagues to help with the loss of household income, childcare costs or other unexpected financial challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Labor Matters

We are subject to various state and federal laws that regulate wages, hours, benefits and other terms and conditions relating to employment. At December 31, 2020, certain employees at 37 of our domestic hospitals are represented by various labor unions. Two elections were held in January 2020 that resulted in the addition of a number of employees to existing bargaining units at one of our facilities in California and one facility in Missouri. During September 2020, an election was held that resulted in the creation of a new bargaining unit at one of our facilities in North Carolina, and a decertification election was held that resulted in the elimination of a bargaining unit at a facility in Virginia. While no other elections are scheduled in 2021, it is possible that employees at additional hospitals may unionize in the future. We consider our employee relations to be good and have not experienced work stoppages that have materially, adversely affected our business or results of operations. However, it is possible that a material work stoppage at one or more of our hospitals may occur in the

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future. Our hospitals, like most hospitals, have experienced rising labor costs. In some markets, nurse and medical support personnel availability has become a significant operating issue to health care providers. To address this challenge, we have implemented several initiatives to improve retention, recruiting, compensation programs and productivity.

Our hospitals are staffed by licensed physicians, including both employed physicians and physicians who are not employees of our hospitals. Some physicians provide services in our hospitals under contracts, which generally describe a term of service, provide and establish the duties and obligations of such physicians, require the maintenance of certain performance criteria and fix compensation for such services. Any licensed physician may apply to be accepted to the medical staff of any of our hospitals, but the hospital’s medical staff and the appropriate governing board of the hospital, in accordance with established credentialing criteria, must approve acceptance to the staff. Members of the medical staffs of our hospitals often also serve on the medical staffs of other hospitals and may terminate their affiliation with one of our hospitals at any time.

We may be required to continue to enhance wages and benefits to recruit and retain nurses and other medical support personnel or to hire more expensive temporary or contract personnel. As a result, our labor costs could increase. We also depend on the available labor pool of semi-skilled and unskilled employees in each of the markets in which we operate. If there is additional union organizing activity or a significant portion of our employee base unionizes, our costs could increase. In addition, the states in which we operate could adopt mandatory nurse-staffing ratios or could reduce mandatory nurse-staffing ratios already in place. State-mandated nurse-staffing ratios could significantly affect labor costs, and have an adverse impact on revenues if we are required to limit patient admissions in order to meet the required ratios.

Information about our Executive Officers

As of February 1, 2021, our executive officers were as follows:

Name	Age	Position(s)
Samuel N. Hazen	60	Chief Executive Officer and Director
Jennifer L. Berres	50	Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer
Phillip G. Billington	53	Senior Vice President — Internal Audit Services
Jeff E. Cohen	49	Senior Vice President — Government Relations
Michael S. Cuffe, M.D.	55	President — Physician Services Group
Jane D. Englebright	63	Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer
Jon M. Foster	59	President — American Group
Charles J. Hall	67	President — National Group
A. Bruce Moore, Jr.	60	President — Service Line and Operations Integration
Sandra L. Morgan	58	Senior Vice President — Provider Relations
J. William B. Morrow	50	Senior Vice President — Finance and Treasurer
P. Martin Paslick	61	Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Jonathan B. Perlin, M.D.	59	President — Clinical Operations Group and Chief Medical Officer
Deborah M. Reiner	59	Senior Vice President — Marketing and Communications
William B. Rutherford	57	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Joseph A. Sowell, III	64	Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer
Kathryn A. Torres	57	Senior Vice President — Payer Contracting and Alignment
Robert A. Waterman	67	Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Kathleen M. Whalen	57	Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
Christopher F. Wyatt	43	Senior Vice President and Controller

Samuel N. Hazen was appointed Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2019 and was appointed as a director in September 2018. From November 2016 through December 2018, Mr. Hazen served as the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that, he served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company from January 2015 to November 2016 and as President — Operations of the Company from 2011 to 2015. He also

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served as President — Western Group from 2001 to 2011 and as Chief Financial Officer — Western Group of the Company from 1995 to 2001. Prior to that time, Mr. Hazen served in various hospital, regional and division Chief Financial Officer positions with the Company, Humana Inc. and Galen Health Care, Inc.

Jennifer L. Berres was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer effective November 1, 2019. Ms. Berres joined HCA in 1993 and served in various capacities, including as Vice President — Human Resources from April 2013 through October 2019.

Phillip G. Billington was appointed Senior Vice President — Internal Audit Services effective January 1, 2019. Mr. Billington previously served as Vice President — Corporate Internal Audit from June 2005 to December 2018. Prior to joining HCA, Mr. Billington worked as a managing director for FTI Consulting, Inc., a director for KPMG LLP and was a senior manager at Arthur Andersen LLP.

Jeff E. Cohen was appointed Senior Vice President — Government Relations effective October 1, 2019. Prior to joining HCA, Mr. Cohen spent 20 years with the Federation of American Hospitals, most recently as Executive Vice President of Public Affairs, where he managed all advocacy, public affairs and communications for the association.

Dr. Michael S. Cuffe has served as President — Physician Services Group since October 2011. From October 2011 to January 2015, Dr. Cuffe also served as a Vice President of the Company. Prior to that time, Dr. Cuffe served Duke University Health System as Vice President for Ambulatory Services and Chief Medical Officer from March 2011 to October 2011 and Vice President Medical Affairs from June 2005 to March 2011. He also served Duke University School of Medicine as Vice Dean for Medical Affairs from June 2008 to March 2011, Deputy Chair of the Department of Medicine from August 2009 to August 2010 and Associate Professor of Medicine from March 2005 to October 2011. Prior that time, Dr. Cuffe served in various leadership roles with the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center and Duke University School of Medicine.

Dr. Jane D. Englebright was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer in January 2015. Dr. Englebright previously served as Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer from 2007 to January 2015. Dr. Englebright joined HCA in 1992 as a critical care nurse at Lewisville Medical Center in Texas and became Chief Nursing Officer of HCA’s San Antonio Community Hospital in 1996. Dr. Englebright currently serves on The Joint Commission’s Board of Commissioners.

Jon M. Foster was appointed President — American Group in January 2013. Prior to that, Mr. Foster served as President — Southwest Group from February 2011 to January 2013 and as Division President for the Central and West Texas Division from January 2006 to February 2011. Mr. Foster joined HCA in March 2001 as President and CEO of St. David’s HealthCare in Austin, Texas and served in that position until February 2011. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Foster served in various executive capacities within the Baptist Health System in Knoxville, Tennessee and The Methodist Hospital System in Houston, Texas.

Charles J. Hall was appointed President — National Group in February 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Hall served as President — Eastern Group from October 2006 to February 2011. Mr. Hall had previously served the Company as President — North Florida Division from April 2003 until October 2006, as President of the East Florida Division from January 1999 until April 2003, as a Market President in the East Florida Division from January 1998 until December 1998, as President of the South Florida Division from February 1996 until December 1997, and as President of the Southwest Florida Division from October 1994 until February 1996, and in various other capacities since 1987.

A. Bruce Moore, Jr. was appointed President — Service Line and Operations Integration in February 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Moore had served as President — Outpatient Services Group since January 2006. Mr. Moore served as Senior Vice President and as Chief Operating Officer — Outpatient Services Group from July 2004 to January 2006 and as Senior Vice President — Operations Administration from July 1999 until July 2004.

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Mr. Moore served as Vice President — Operations Administration of the Company from September 1997 to July 1999, as Vice President — Benefits from October 1996 to September 1997, and as Vice President — Compensation from March 1995 until October 1996.

Sandra L. Morgan was appointed Senior Vice President — Provider Relations in January 2015. Prior to that time, she served as Vice President — National Sales from April 2008 to January 2015. From 2000 to 2008, Ms. Morgan served in various capacities with Pfizer Inc., including Vice President of Managed Care for the Customer Business Unit from 2005 to 2008.

J. William B. Morrow was appointed Senior Vice President — Finance and Treasurer in February 2017. Mr. Morrow served as Vice President — Finance and Treasurer from July 2016 through January 2017. From 2011 to 2016, Mr. Morrow served the Company as Vice President — Development/Special Assets. Mr. Morrow served as a partner in the law firm of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis from 2006 to October 2011. Prior to becoming a partner, Mr. Morrow was an associate at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis and at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton.

P. Martin Paslick was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in June 2012. Prior to that time, he served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Information Technology & Services from March 2010 to May 2012 and Vice President — Information Technology & Services Field Operations from September 2006 to February 2010. From January 1998 to September 2006, he served in various Vice President roles in the Company’s Information Technology & Services department. Mr. Paslick joined the Company in 1985.

Dr. Jonathan B. Perlin was appointed President — Clinical Operations Group (f/k/a Clinical Services Group) and Chief Medical Officer in November 2007. Dr. Perlin had served as Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President — Quality of the Company from August 2006 to November 2007. Prior to joining the Company, Dr. Perlin served as Under Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs since April 2004. Dr. Perlin joined the Veterans Health Administration in November 1999 where he served in various capacities, including as Deputy Under Secretary for Health from July 2002 to April 2004, and as Chief Quality and Performance Officer from November 1999 to September 2002. He also served as Senior Advisor to the Acting Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from July 2014 to September 2014 and as Chairman for the American Hospital Association in 2015.

Deborah M. Reiner was appointed Senior Vice President — Marketing and Communications in October 2017. Prior to that time, she served as Vice President of Marketing and Customer Relationship Management from August 2017 to October 2017 and Vice President of Customer Relationship Management from January 2012 to August 2017. Ms. Reiner joined the Company in 2000 and served in various roles with the Company’s Mountain Division from 2000 to 2012.

William B. Rutherford has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2014. Mr. Rutherford previously served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company’s Clinical and Physician Services Group from January 2011 to January 2014 and Chief Financial Officer of the Company’s Outpatient Services Group from November 2008 to January 2011. Prior to that time, Mr. Rutherford was employed by Summit Consulting Group of Tennessee from July 2007 to November 2008 and was Chief Operating Officer of Psychiatric Solutions, Inc. from March 2006 to June 2007. Mr. Rutherford also previously served in various positions with the Company from 1986 to 2005, including Chief Financial Officer of what was then the Company’s Eastern Group, Director of Internal Audit and Director of Operations Support.

Joseph A. Sowell, III was appointed as Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer in December 2009. From 1987 to 1996 and again from 1999 to 2009, Mr. Sowell was a partner at the law firm of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis where he specialized in the areas of health care law, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity financing, tax law and general corporate law. He also co-managed the firm’s corporate and commercial transactions practice. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Sowell served as the head of development, and later as the Chief Operating Officer of Arcon Healthcare.

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Kathryn A. Torres was appointed Senior Vice President — Payer Contracting and Alignment (formerly Senior Vice President — Employer and Payer Engagement) in July 2016. Ms. Torres joined HCA in 1993 and served in various capacities, including as Vice President of Employer and Payer Engagement and Vice President — Strategy.

Robert A. Waterman has served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel since November 1997. Mr. Waterman served as a partner in the law firm of Latham & Watkins from September 1993 to October 1997; he was Chair of the firm’s health care group during 1997.

Kathleen M. Whalen was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer effective January 1, 2019. Prior to that time, Ms. Whalen served as Vice President — Ethics and Compliance from August 2013 through December 2018 and Assistant Vice President — Ethics and Compliance Program Development from March 2000 through July 2013. Prior to joining HCA in January 1998, Ms. Whalen served as Associate Counsel to President Clinton with responsibility for the White House’s ethics program. She began her government service in the ethics division of the General Counsel’s Office at the U.S. Commerce Department. Prior to that, she practiced labor and employment law in Dayton, Ohio.

Christopher F. Wyatt was appointed Senior Vice President and Controller in April 2016. Prior to that time, Mr. Wyatt served the Company as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer — IT&S from January 2013 to April 2016 and Chief Financial Officer — Clinical Services Group from October 2010 until January 2013. From 2000 to 2010, Mr. Wyatt served in various capacities with Ernst & Young LLP.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

If any of the events discussed in the following risk factors were to occur, our business, financial position, results of operations, cash flows or prospects could be materially, adversely affected. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect us. Our business is subject to the following principal risks and uncertainties.

Risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic and other potential pandemics:

The COVID-19 pandemic is significantly affecting our operations, business and financial condition. Our liquidity could also be negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly if the U.S. economy remains unstable for a significant amount of time.

On January 31, 2020, HHS declared a national public health emergency (“PHE”) due to a novel coronavirus. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19, a disease caused by this novel coronavirus, a pandemic. This disease continues to spread throughout the United States and other parts of the world. The COVID-19 pandemic is significantly affecting our employees, patients, hospitals, communities and business operations, as well as the U.S. economy and financial markets. As the COVID-19 crisis continues to evolve, the full extent to which the COVID-19 outbreak will impact our business, results of operations, financial condition and liquidity will depend on future developments that are highly uncertain and cannot be accurately predicted. For example, we are not able to predict or control the severity or duration of the pandemic, including whether there will be additional periods of increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in areas in which we operate, the rollout and availability of effective medical treatments and vaccines, the efficacy of public health controls, including vaccines, or the impact of any mutations of the virus. Florida and Texas, our two largest markets, have been and may in the future be “hot spots” of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the concentration of our hospitals in Texas and Florida, we are particularly sensitive to the increase in COVID-19 cases in those states where the pandemic could have a disproportionate effect on our business.

We have been working with federal, state and local health authorities to respond to COVID-19 cases in the markets we serve and continue to take and support measures to try to limit the spread of the virus and to mitigate

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the burden on the health care system. For example, we are subject to COVID-19 data reporting requirements, and some states are requiring hospitals to maintain a reserve of PPE and mandating COVID-19 screening for new patients and certain hospital staff. CMS has made COVID-19 data reporting requirements a Medicare condition of participation for hospitals, such that noncompliance with these requirements could result in termination from the Medicare program. We have incurred and will continue to incur additional costs related to protecting the health and well-being and meeting the needs of our patients, employees, medical staff members and contractors, including pandemic pay programs, hoteling our staff and additional scrub laundering. We expect to continue to incur additional costs, which may be significant, as we continue to implement operational changes in response to this pandemic. Further, our management is focused on mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has required and will continue to require a substantial investment of time and resources across our enterprise, which may impact our ability to properly prioritize and successfully execute on the Company’s other strategic initiatives.

As a front line provider of health care services, we have been and will continue to be impacted by the health and economic effects of COVID-19. Although we are implementing considerable safety measures, treatment of COVID-19 patients has associated risks to our employees, patients and physicians. These risks, and how clinical staff perceive and respond to them, may adversely affect our operating capacity. Despite considerable efforts to source vital supplies, we have experienced and may continue to experience supply chain disruptions, including delays and price increases in equipment, pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, particularly PPE, and we may experience shortages. Our current PPE inventory is satisfactory, but we cannot be certain that our supplies will remain sufficient in the future. In addition, restrictive measures taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic may impact the availability of employed and contract labor staffing for corporate support services, including, but not limited to, coding, billing, collection and other business office functions, which could adversely affect our execution of established control procedures that may not be sufficiently mitigated through execution of our business continuity plans. Staffing, equipment, laboratory resources and pharmaceutical and medical supplies shortages may impact our ability to schedule, admit and treat patients. The COVID-19 pandemic has also resulted in an increased number of early retirements in our workforce and resulted in fewer graduate nurses being able to enter the workforce. The combined impact of these factors, despite our efforts to mitigate their effect, could result in reduced employee morale and increased exposure to labor unrest, work stoppages or other workforce disruptions.

Restrictions on elective procedures, travel bans, social distancing, quarantines and stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders, and other restrictive measures have reduced, and may in the future reduce, the volume of procedures performed at our facilities, as well as the volume of emergency room and physician office visits unrelated to COVID-19. In the last two weeks of March 2020 and in the second quarter of 2020, we cancelled a substantial amount of elective procedures at our facilities and closed or reduced operating hours at a significant number of our surgery centers that specialize in elective procedures, resulting in significantly reduced patient volumes and operating revenues. We may continue to cancel elective procedures and close or reduce operating hours at our facilities in the future. Some state and local governments are limiting hospital volume by requiring a minimum percentage of vacant beds in case of a surge in COVID-19 patients. Although some social contact restrictions have eased across the U.S. and most states have lifted moratoriums on non-emergent procedures, some restrictions remain in place. Further closings and restrictions on hours and services may be imposed or re-imposed for an unpredictable amount of time in connection with increasing or fluctuating COVID-19 cases. We are currently selectively suspending elective procedures at certain facilities based upon local COVID-19 volume trends, bed capacity and staffing levels. It is unclear whether certain markets, such as Florida and Texas, will continue to experience periods of increases or spikes in the number of COVID-19 cases. During the second half of 2020, we believe COVID-19 cases at our hospitals contributed to an increase in patient acuity and led to an increase in reimbursements. However, the impacts of COVID-19 in future periods may vary, could exert unpredictable and potentially negative effects on clinical performance metrics that impact reimbursement levels and could adversely affect our results of operations.

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Some individuals may choose to postpone medical care (including long-term care) for an undetermined period of time even in the absence of government or industry-adopted restrictions. At this time, we believe that certain of the patient volume declines we are experiencing reflect a deferral of health care services utilization to a later period, rather than a permanent reduction in demand for our services; however, we cannot provide assurances as to the recovery of pre-pandemic patient volumes or the ultimate impact on demand. Further, our patient volumes may be adversely impacted by the expanded use of telehealth services from other providers as a result of reduced regulatory barriers on the use and reimbursement of telehealth services and individuals becoming more comfortable with receiving remote care. The Company may not be able to timely innovate its strategies and technologies to meet changing consumer demands as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Broad economic factors resulting from the current COVID-19 pandemic, including high unemployment and underemployment rates and reduced consumer spending and confidence, also affect our service mix, revenue mix, payer mix and patient volumes, as well as our ability to collect outstanding receivables. Business closings and layoffs in the areas where we operate may lead to increases in the uninsured and underinsured populations and adversely affect demand for our services, as well as the ability of patients and other payers to pay for services rendered. Any increase in the amount or deterioration in the collectability of patient accounts receivable will adversely affect our cash flows and results of operations, requiring an increased level of working capital. In addition, our results and financial condition may be adversely affected by federal, state or local laws, regulations, orders, or other governmental or regulatory actions addressing the current COVID-19 pandemic or the U.S. health care system, which could result in direct or indirect restrictions to our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flow. We may also be subject to claims from patients, employees and others exposed to COVID-19 at our facilities. Such actions may involve large demands, as well as substantial defense costs, though there is no certainty at this time whether any such claims will be filed or the outcome of such claims if filed. Our professional and general liability insurance, a portion of which is provided through a 100% owned insurance subsidiary, may not cover all claims against us.

If general economic conditions continue to deteriorate or remain uncertain for an extended period of time, our liquidity and ability to repay our outstanding debt may be harmed and the trading price of our common stock could decline. Furthermore, the current COVID-19 pandemic may cause disruption in the financial markets and banking industry. These factors may affect the availability, terms or timing on which we may obtain any additional funding and our ability to access our cash. There can be no assurance that we will be able to raise additional funds on terms acceptable to us, if at all.

The foregoing and other continued disruptions to our business as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic could heighten the risks in certain of the other risk factors described in this annual report on Form 10-K, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial position.

There is a high degree of uncertainty regarding the implementation and impact of the CARES Act and other existing or future stimulus legislation, if any. There can be no assurance as to the total amount of financial assistance or types of assistance we will receive, that we will be able to comply with the applicable terms and conditions to retain such assistance, that we will be able to benefit from provisions intended to increase access to resources and ease regulatory burdens for health care providers or that additional stimulus legislation will be enacted.

The CARES Act is a $2 trillion economic stimulus package signed into law on March 27, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to stabilize the U.S. economy, the CARES Act provides for cash payments to individuals and loans and grants to small businesses, among other measures. The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement (“PPPHCE”) Act and the CAA, both expansions of the CARES Act that include additional emergency appropriations, were signed into law on April 24, 2020 and December 27, 2020, respectively. In total, the CARES Act, the PPPHCE Act, and the CAA authorize $178 billion in funding to be distributed to hospitals and other health care providers through the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund (“PHSSEF”), also known as the Provider Relief Fund. These funds are intended to reimburse eligible providers and suppliers for healthcare-related expenses or lost revenues attributable to COVID-19.

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Recipients are not required to repay PHSSEF funds, provided that they attest to and comply with certain terms and conditions, including limitations on balance billing and not using PHSSEF funds to reimburse expenses or losses that other sources are obligated to reimburse. HHS allocated $50 billion of the CARES Act provider relief funding for general distribution to Medicare providers impacted by COVID-19, to be distributed proportional to providers’ share of 2018 net patient revenue. HHS distributed $18 billion to eligible Medicaid and CHIP providers that did not receive a payment from the general distribution allocation and $14.4 billion to safety net hospitals. In addition, HHS has made targeted distributions for providers in areas particularly impacted by COVID-19, rural providers, providers of services with lower shares of Medicare reimbursement or who predominantly serve the Medicaid population, and providers requesting reimbursement for treatment of uninsured Americans, among others. A portion of the available funding is being distributed to reimburse health care providers that submit claims requests for COVID-19-related treatment of uninsured patients at Medicare rates. HHS has not yet announced the precise method by which all future payments from the PHSSEF will be determined or allocated, so the potential impact to us is not currently known.

The CARES Act also makes other forms of financial assistance available to health care providers, including Medicare and Medicaid payment adjustments and an expansion of the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program, which makes available advance payments of Medicare funds in order to increase cash flow to providers. CMS is no longer accepting applications from hospitals and other Medicare Part A providers for accelerated payments and has suspended the advance payment program for physicians and other Medicare Part B providers. Recoupment of accelerated payments was due to begin in August 2020, but CMS has delayed the recoupment process for these payments, based on amended repayment terms imposed by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act, enacted October 1, 2020, until one year after payment was issued. However, repayments can be made at any time.

During 2020, we received approximately $4.4 billion of accelerated Medicare payments and approximately $1.8 billion in general and targeted distributions from the Provider Relief Fund, both as provided for and established under the CARES Act. During October 2020, we announced our decision to return, or repay early, all of our share of the Provider Relief Fund distributions and all of the Medicare accelerated payments. During the fourth quarter of 2020, we returned, or repaid early, approximately $6.1 billion of these funds.

In addition to financial assistance, the CARES Act and related legislation include provisions intended to increase access to medical supplies and equipment and ease financial, legal and regulatory burdens on health care providers. For example, the CARES Act, the CAA and related legislation suspend the Medicare sequestration payment adjustment from May 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021 (but extend sequestration through 2030), provide for a 20% add-on payment under the hospital inpatient PPS for care provided to patients with COVID-19, expand access to and payment for telehealth services under Medicare, prioritize review of drug applications to help with shortages of emergency drugs, delay Medicaid DSH reductions, and provide funding to reimburse providers for conducting COVID-19 testing for the uninsured. HHS and CMS have announced other flexibilities for health care providers in response to COVID-19, such as extensions for and relief from data submission requirements for providers participating in certain quality reporting programs. It is unclear how changes to these and other value-based programs will affect our financial condition.

Due to the recent enactment of the CARES Act, the PPPHCE Act, the CAA and other enacted legislation, there is still a high degree of uncertainty surrounding their implementation, and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to evolve. Some of the measures allowing for flexibility in delivery of care and various financial supports for health care providers are available only for the duration of the PHE, and it is unclear whether or for how long the PHE declaration will be extended. The current PHE determination expires April 21, 2021. The HHS Secretary may choose to renew the PHE declaration for successive 90-day periods for as long as the emergency continues to exist and may terminate the declaration whenever he determines that the PHE no longer exists. The federal government may consider additional stimulus and relief efforts, but we are unable to predict whether additional stimulus measures will be enacted or their impact. There can be no assurance as to the total amount of financial and other types of assistance we will receive under the CARES Act, PPPHCE Act, the CAA or future

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legislation, if any, or whether we shall retain, return or repay any future assistance, and it is difficult to predict the impact of such legislation on our operations. Further, there can be no assurance that the terms and conditions of provider relief funding or other relief programs will not change or be interpreted in ways that affect our ability to comply with such terms and conditions in the future (which could affect our ability or willingness to retain assistance), the amount of total stimulus funding we will receive or our eligibility to participate in such stimulus funding. For time periods prior to returning Provider Relief Funds, with respect to future assistance, if any, we do not return, and in those cases where our partners retain such assistance, we will continue to monitor our compliance with the terms and conditions of the Provider Relief Fund, including demonstrating that the distributions received have been used for healthcare-related expenses or lost revenue attributable to COVID-19. If we are unable to attest to or comply with current or future terms and conditions with respect to any assistance not voluntarily returned for our less-than-wholly owned partnerships, our ability to retain some or all of the distributions received may be impacted. We will continue to assess the potential impact of COVID-19 and government responses to the pandemic on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

The emergence and effects related to a potential future pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of an infectious disease could adversely affect our operations.

If a pandemic, epidemic, outbreak of an infectious disease or other public health crisis were to occur in an area in which we operate, our operations could be adversely affected. Such a crisis could diminish the public trust in health care facilities, especially hospitals that fail to accurately or timely diagnose, or are treating (or have treated) patients affected by infectious diseases. If any of our facilities were involved, or perceived as being involved, in treating patients from such an infectious disease, patients might cancel elective procedures or fail to seek needed care at our facilities, and our reputation may be negatively affected. Patient volumes may decline or volumes of uninsured and underinsured patients may increase, depending on the economic circumstances surrounding the pandemic, epidemic, or outbreak. Further, a pandemic, epidemic or outbreak might adversely affect our operations by causing a temporary shutdown or diversion of patients, disrupting or delaying production and delivery of materials and products in the supply chain or causing staffing shortages in our facilities. We have disaster plans in place and operate pursuant to infectious disease protocols, but the potential emergence of a pandemic, epidemic or outbreak, as well as the public’s and the government’s response to the pandemic, epidemic, or outbreak, is difficult to predict and could adversely affect our operations.

Risks related to our indebtedness:

Our substantial leverage could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry, expose us to interest rate risk to the extent of our variable rate debt and prevent us from meeting our obligations.

We are highly leveraged. As of December 31, 2020, our total indebtedness was $31.004 billion. As of December 31, 2020, we had availability of $1.962 billion under our senior secured revolving credit facility, $3.750 billion under our senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility, after giving effect to letters of credit and borrowing base limitations and $2.000 billion under our senior secured 364-day term loan facility (which was terminated during January 2021). Our high degree of leverage could have important consequences, some of which may be exacerbated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including:

• increasing our vulnerability to downturns or adverse changes in general economic, industry or competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulations;

• requiring a substantial portion of cash flows from operations to be dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on our indebtedness, therefore reducing our ability to use our cash flows to fund our operations, capital expenditures and future business opportunities;

• exposing us to the risk of increased interest rates to the extent that our existing unhedged borrowings are at variable rates of interest or we seek to refinance our debt in a rising rate environment;

• limiting our ability to make strategic acquisitions or causing us to make nonstrategic divestitures;

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• limiting our ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, share repurchases, dividends, product or service line development, debt service requirements, acquisitions and general corporate or other purposes; and

• limiting our ability to adjust to changing market conditions and placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors who are less highly leveraged.

We and our subsidiaries have the ability to incur additional indebtedness in the future, subject to the restrictions contained in our senior secured credit facilities and the indentures governing our outstanding notes. If new indebtedness is added to our current debt levels, interest rates and the related risks that we now face could intensify.

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness and may not be able to refinance our indebtedness on favorable terms. If we are unable to do so, we may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may not be successful.

Our ability to make scheduled payments on or to refinance our debt obligations depends on our financial condition and operating performance, which are subject to prevailing economic and competitive conditions, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to certain financial, business and other factors beyond our control. We cannot assure you we will maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness.

In addition, we conduct our operations through our subsidiaries. Accordingly, repayment of our indebtedness is dependent on the generation of cash flows by our subsidiaries and their ability to make such cash available to us by dividend, debt repayment or otherwise. Our subsidiaries may not be able to, or may not be permitted to, make distributions to enable us to make payments in respect of our indebtedness. Each subsidiary is a distinct legal entity, and, under certain circumstances, legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash from our subsidiaries.

We may find it necessary or prudent to refinance our outstanding indebtedness, the terms of which may not be favorable to us. Our ability to refinance our indebtedness on favorable terms, or at all, is directly affected by the then current global economic and financial conditions which affect the availability of debt financing and the rates at which such financing is available. In addition, our ability to incur secured indebtedness (which would generally enable us to achieve better pricing than the incurrence of unsecured indebtedness) depends in part on the value of our assets, which depends, in turn, on the strength of our cash flows and results of operations, and on economic and market conditions and other factors.

If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations or we are unable to refinance our indebtedness, we may be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures, or to sell assets, seek additional capital or restructure our indebtedness. These alternative measures may not be successful and may not permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations. If our operating results and available cash are insufficient to meet our debt service obligations, we could face substantial liquidity problems and might be required to dispose of material assets or operations to meet our debt service and other obligations. We may not be able to consummate those dispositions, or the proceeds from the dispositions may not be adequate to meet any debt service obligations then due.

Our debt agreements contain restrictions that limit our flexibility in operating our business.

Our senior secured credit facilities and, to a lesser extent, the indentures governing our outstanding notes contain various covenants that limit our ability to engage in specified types of transactions. These covenants limit our and certain of our subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:

• incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred shares;

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• pay dividends on, repurchase or make distributions in respect of our capital stock or make other restricted payments;

• make certain investments;

• sell or transfer assets;

• create liens;

• consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets; and

• enter into certain transactions with our affiliates.

Under our asset-based revolving credit facility, borrowing availability is subject to a borrowing base of 85% of eligible accounts receivable less customary reserves, with any reduction in the borrowing base commensurately reducing our ability to access this facility as a source of liquidity. In addition, under the asset-based revolving credit facility, when (and for as long as) the combined availability under our asset-based revolving credit facility and our senior secured revolving credit facility is less than a specified amount for a certain period of time or, if a payment or bankruptcy event of default has occurred and is continuing, funds deposited into any of our depository accounts will be transferred on a daily basis into a blocked account with the administrative agent and applied to prepay loans under the asset-based revolving credit facility and to collateralize letters of credit issued thereunder.

Under our senior secured credit facilities, we are required to satisfy and maintain specified financial ratios. Our ability to meet those financial ratios may be affected by events beyond our control, and there can be no assurance we will continue to meet those ratios. A breach of any of these covenants could result in a default under both the cash flow credit facility and the asset-based revolving credit facility. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under these senior secured credit facilities, the lenders thereunder could elect to declare all amounts outstanding under the senior secured credit facilities to be immediately due and payable and terminate all commitments to extend further credit, which would also result in an event of default under a significant portion of our other outstanding indebtedness. If we were unable to repay those amounts, the lenders under the senior secured credit facilities could proceed against the collateral granted to them to secure such indebtedness. We have pledged a significant portion of our assets under our senior secured credit facilities and that collateral is also pledged as collateral under our first lien notes. If any of the lenders under the senior secured credit facilities accelerate the repayment of borrowings, there can be no assurance there will be sufficient assets to repay the senior secured credit facilities, the first lien notes and our other indebtedness.

Discontinuation, reform or replacement of LIBOR may adversely affect our business.

As of December 31, 2020, we had $3.671 billion of borrowings under our senior secured credit facilities that bore interest at a floating rate based on LIBOR and $7.712 billion of unfunded commitments under those facilities. The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced in 2017 that it intends to phase out LIBOR by the end of 2021. However, the ICE Benchmark Administration, in its capacity as administrator of LIBOR, has published a consultation regarding its intention to continue publication of certain LIBOR tenors by 18 months to June 2023. Notwithstanding this possible extension, a joint statement by key regulatory authorities called on banks to cease entering into new contracts that use LIBOR as a reference rate by no later than December 31, 2021, and it is impossible to predict whether LIBOR rates will continue to be published or supported after the end of 2021. If LIBOR becomes unavailable, the interest rate applicable to our floating rate debt will be calculated based on an alternative, comparable or successor rate, which may have a material adverse impact on the cost of the floating rate portion of our indebtedness. The timing and result of the phase out of LIBOR are unclear, and efforts of industry groups to develop a suitable successor are not guaranteed to result in a viable or widely adopted replacement for LIBOR. If LIBOR becomes unavailable before a suitable replacement is widely adopted, it could have a material adverse impact on the availability of floating rate financing.

As of December 31, 2020, we also had $2.500 billion of interest rate swap agreements based on LIBOR. If LIBOR becomes unavailable, it is unclear how payments under those agreements would be calculated. The

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International Swaps and Derivatives Association has published a standard protocol addressing the expected discontinuation of LIBOR, but there can be no assurance that such a protocol will be implemented with respect to our swap agreements.

Risks related to governmental regulation and other legal matters:

Our results of operations may be adversely affected by health care reform efforts, including court challenges to, and efforts to repeal, replace or otherwise significantly change the Affordable Care Act. We are unable to predict what, if any, and when such changes will be made in the future.

In recent years, the U.S. Congress and certain state legislatures have passed a large number of laws and regulations intended to effect major change within the U.S. health care system, including the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act affects how health care services are covered, delivered and reimbursed through expanded health insurance coverage, reduced growth in Medicare program spending, reductions in Medicare and Medicaid DSH payments, and the establishment of programs that tie reimbursement to quality and integration. However, there is uncertainty regarding the future of the Affordable Care Act. The law has been subject to legislative and regulatory changes and court challenges. For example, final rules issued in 2018 expand the availability of association health plans and allow the sale of short-term, limited-duration health plans, neither of which are required to cover all of the essential health benefits mandated by the Affordable Care Act. A number of members of Congress have stated their desire to repeal or make additional significant changes to the Affordable Care Act, its implementation or interpretation. Effective January 1, 2019, the penalty associated with the individual mandate to maintain health insurance was eliminated. As a result of this change, in December 2018, the United States District Court for the North District of Texas found the individual mandate to be unconstitutional and determined that the rest of the Affordable Care Act was, therefore, invalid. In December 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld this decision with respect to the individual mandate, but remanded for further consideration of how this affects the rest of the law. On November 10, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding this case, and the law remains in place pending the appeals process. The elimination of the individual mandate penalty and other changes may impact the number of individuals that elect to obtain public or private health insurance or the scope of such coverage, if purchased, either of which may have an adverse effect on our business.

There is uncertainty regarding whether, when, and how the Affordable Care Act may be further changed, the ultimate outcome of court challenges and how the law will be interpreted and implemented. Changes by Congress or government agencies could eliminate or alter provisions beneficial to us, while leaving in place provisions reducing our reimbursement or otherwise negatively impacting our business. There is also uncertainty regarding whether, when, and what other health reform initiatives will be adopted and the impact of such efforts on providers and other health care industry participants. Further, the potential impact of the 2020 federal election on health reform efforts is unknown. Some members of Congress have proposed measures that would expand government-sponsored coverage, including proposals to expand coverage of federally-funded insurance programs as an alternative to private insurance or establish a single-payer system (such reforms often referred to as “Medicare for All”), and some states are considering similar measures. CMS has indicated that it intends to increase flexibility in state Medicaid programs, including by expanding the scope of waivers under which states may implement Medicaid expansion provisions, impose different eligibility or enrollment restrictions, or otherwise implement programs that vary from federal standards. CMS administrators have also signaled interest in changing Medicaid payment models. Other health reform initiatives and proposals, such as the limitations and prohibitions on surprise billing imposed by the No Surprises Act, enacted as part of the CAA, may impact prices, our relationships with patients, payers or ancillary providers (such as anesthesiologists, radiologists, and pathologists), and our competitive position. Other industry participants, such as private payers and large employer groups and their affiliates, may also introduce financial or delivery system reforms. We are unable to predict the nature and success of such initiatives. Health care reform initiatives, including changes to or repeal or invalidation of the Affordable Care Act, may have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flow, capital resources, and liquidity.

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Changes in government health care programs may adversely affect our revenues.

A significant portion of our patient volume is derived from government health care programs, principally Medicare and Medicaid. Specifically, we derived 42.7% of our revenues from the Medicare and Medicaid programs in 2020. Changes in government health care programs, including Medicaid waiver programs, may reduce the reimbursement we receive and could adversely affect our business and results of operations. The Affordable Care Act has made significant changes to Medicare and Medicaid, and future health reform efforts or further efforts to repeal or significantly change the Affordable Care Act may impact these programs.

In recent years, legislative and regulatory changes have resulted in limitations on and, in some cases, reductions in levels of payments to health care providers for certain services under the Medicare program. Congress has established automatic spending reductions that extend through 2030. However, the percentage reduction for Medicare may not be more than 2% for a fiscal year, with a uniform percentage reduction across all Medicare programs. While this reduction has been suspended by the CARES Act and related legislation, it is scheduled to be reinstated April 1, 2021. We are unable to predict what other deficit reduction initiatives may be proposed by Congress. These reductions are in addition to reductions mandated by the Affordable Care Act and other laws. Further, from time to time, CMS revises the reimbursement systems used to reimburse health care providers, including changes to the MS-DRG system and other payment systems, which may result in reduced Medicare payments. For example, CMS plans to use data that hospitals are required to report to CMS for cost reports ending on or after January 1, 2021 regarding their median negotiated charges by MS-DRG for Medicare Advantage payers to determine MS-DRG relative weights beginning in 2024. We cannot predict how this change might impact Medicare payment in the future, but the scope and magnitude have the potential to be material to our business. Further, under a site neutrality policy, clinic visit services provided by off-campus provider-based departments that were formerly paid under the outpatient PPS are now paid under the Physician Fee Schedule, subject to certain exceptions that were phased out through calendar years 2019 and 2020. CMS has also issued final rules reducing Medicare payment rates under the outpatient PPS for drugs obtained under the 340B Drug Pricing Program. CMS is also considering proposals to reduce drug costs such as the most-favored nation drug pricing model that would align payment for the 50 Medicare Part B drugs with the highest expenditures to the payment amounts for those drugs in international markets. CMS may implement further changes to how items or services are reimbursed that result in payment reductions for other services.

Because most states must operate with balanced budgets and the Medicaid program is often a state’s largest program, some states have enacted or may consider enacting legislation designed to reduce their Medicaid expenditures. Further, many states have also adopted, or are considering, legislation designed to reduce coverage, enroll Medicaid recipients in managed care programs, dis-enroll Medicaid recipients who fail to meet work requirements and/or impose additional taxes on hospitals to help finance or expand the states’ Medicaid systems. Periods of economic weakness may increase the budgetary pressures on many states, and these budgetary pressures may result in decreased spending, or decreased spending growth, for Medicaid programs and the Children’s Health Insurance Program in many states. Some states that provide Medicaid supplemental payments are reviewing these programs or have filed waiver requests with CMS to replace these programs, and CMS has performed and continues to perform compliance reviews of some states’ programs and is considering changes to the requirements for such programs, which could result in Medicaid supplemental payments being reduced or eliminated. Further, legislation and administrative actions at the federal level may significantly alter the funding for, or structure of, the Medicaid program. For example, from time to time, Congress considers proposals to restructure the Medicaid program to involve block grants that would be administered by the states. CMS has announced its intent to introduce additional flexibilities for Medicaid program operation, including block grants and increased use of value-based care models.

In some cases, private third-party payers rely on all or portions of Medicare payment systems to determine payment rates. Changes to government health care programs that reduce payments under these programs may negatively impact payments from private third-party payers.

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Current or future health care reform and deficit reduction efforts, changes in laws or regulations regarding government health care programs, other changes in the administration of government health care programs and changes by private third-party payers in response to health care reform and other changes to government health care programs could have a material, adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.

If we fail to comply with extensive laws and government regulations, we could suffer penalties or be required to make significant changes to our operations.

The health care industry is required to comply with extensive and complex laws and regulations at the federal, state and local government levels relating to, among other things:

• billing and coding for services and properly handling overpayments;

• appropriateness and classification of level of care provided, including proper classification of inpatient admissions, observation services and outpatient care;

• relationships with physicians and other referral sources and referral recipients;

• necessity and adequacy of medical care;

• quality of medical equipment and services;

• qualifications of medical and support personnel;

• issues associated with the confidentiality, maintenance, interoperability, exchange, data breach, identity theft and security of health-related and personal information and medical records;

• screening, stabilization and transfer of individuals who have emergency medical conditions;

• licensure, certification and enrollment with government programs;

• hospital rate or budget review;

• debt collection, limits or prohibitions on balance billing and billing for out of network services;

• communications with patients and consumers;

• preparing and filing of cost reports;

• operating policies and procedures;

• activities regarding competitors;

• addition of facilities and services; and

• environmental protection.

Among these laws are the federal Anti-kickback Statute, the federal Stark Law, the FCA and similar state laws. We have a variety of financial relationships with physicians and others who either refer or influence the referral of patients to our hospitals, other health care facilities and employed physicians or who are the recipients of referrals, and these laws govern those relationships. The OIG has enacted safe harbor regulations that outline practices deemed protected from prosecution under the Anti-kickback Statute. While we endeavor to comply with the applicable safe harbors, certain of our current arrangements, including joint ventures and financial relationships with physicians and other referral sources and persons and entities to which we refer patients, do not qualify for safe harbor protection. Failure to qualify for a safe harbor does not mean the arrangement necessarily violates the Anti-kickback Statute but may subject the arrangement to greater scrutiny. However, we cannot offer assurance that practices outside of a safe harbor will not be found to violate the Anti-kickback Statute. Allegations of violations of the Anti-kickback Statute may be brought under the federal Civil Monetary Penalty Law, which requires a lower burden of proof than other fraud and abuse laws, including the Anti-kickback Statute.

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Our financial relationships with referring physicians and their immediate family members must comply with the Stark Law by meeting an exception. We attempt to structure our relationships to meet an exception to the Stark Law, but the regulations implementing the exceptions are detailed and complex and are subject to continuing legal and regulatory change. Thus, we cannot provide assurance that every relationship complies fully with the Stark Law. Unlike the Anti-kickback Statute, failure to meet an exception under the Stark Law results in a violation of the Stark Law, even if such violation is technical in nature.

Additionally, if we violate the Anti-kickback Statute or Stark Law, or if we improperly bill for our services, we may be found to violate the FCA, either under a suit brought by the government or by a private person under a qui tam, or “whistleblower,” suit. See Item 1, “Business — Regulation and Other Factors.”

We also operate health care facilities in the United Kingdom and have operations and commercial relationships with companies in other foreign jurisdictions and, as a result, are subject to certain U.S. and foreign laws applicable to businesses generally, including anti-corruption laws. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act regulates U.S. companies in their dealings with foreign officials, prohibiting bribes and similar practices, and requires that they maintain records that fairly and accurately reflect transactions and appropriate internal accounting controls. In addition, the United Kingdom Bribery Act has wide jurisdiction over certain activities that affect the United Kingdom.

A variety of state, national, foreign and international laws and regulations apply to the collection, use, retention, protection, security, disclosure, transfer and other processing of personal data. For example, the CCPA, which affords consumers expanded privacy protections such as the right to know what personal information is collected and how it is used, went into effect on January 1, 2020 and was recently significantly amended by the CPRA, which will go into effect on January 1, 2022. California residents also have the right to request that a business delete their personal information unless it is necessary for the business to maintain for certain purposes, to direct a business to correct errors in their personal information, and to restrict the use and disclosure of sensitive information. They have the right to know if their personal information is being sold or shared and the right to opt-out of the sale or disclosure. Failure to comply with the CCPA and CPRA may result in regulator enforcement action and damage to our reputation. The CPRA creates a new regulator responsible for enforcement of the CPRA, and enforcement priorities of this new regulatory body have yet to be determined. The CCPA and CPRA also provide for civil penalties for violations, as well as a private right of action for data breaches that may increase data breach litigation. The potential effects of this legislation are far-reaching and may require us to modify our data processing practices and policies and to incur substantial costs and expenses to comply. The GDPR contains stricter privacy restrictions than laws and regulations in the United States and provides for significant fines in the event of violations. These administrative fines are based on a multi-factored approach. Moreover, rules for data transfers outside of the United Kingdom and European Economic Area have changed significantly with Brexit and a recent Court of European Justice decision, and are subject to further revision and updated regulator guidance, making necessary compliance measures challenging to ascertain and implement with respect to our United Kingdom operations. We expect that there will continue to be new laws, regulations and industry standards concerning privacy, data protection and information security proposed and enacted in various jurisdictions, which could impact our operations and cause us to incur substantial costs.

We send short message service, or SMS, text messages to patients. While we obtain consent from these individuals to send text messages, federal or state regulatory authorities or private litigants may claim that the notices and disclosures we provide, form of consents we obtain or our SMS texting practices are not adequate or violate applicable law. In addition, we must ensure that our SMS texting practices comply with regulations and agency guidance under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (the “TCPA”), a federal statute that protects consumers from unwanted telephone calls, faxes and text messages. While we strive to adhere to strict policies and procedures that comply with the TCPA, the Federal Communications Commission, as the agency that implements and enforces the TCPA, may disagree with our interpretation of the TCPA and subject us to penalties and other consequences for noncompliance. Determination by a court or regulatory agency that our SMS texting practices violate the TCPA could subject us to civil penalties and could require us to change some portions of our

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business. Even an unsuccessful challenge by patients or regulatory authorities of our activities could result in adverse publicity and could require a costly response from and defense by us.

We engage in consumer debt collection for HCA-affiliated hospitals and certain non-affiliated hospitals. We also engage in credit reporting for certain non-affiliated hospitals. The federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the TCPA restrict the methods that companies may use to contact and seek payment from consumer debtors regarding past due accounts and to report to consumer reporting agencies on the status of those accounts. Many states impose additional requirements on debt collection and credit reporting practices, and some of those requirements may be more stringent than the federal requirements.

If we fail to comply with these or other applicable laws and regulations, which are subject to change, we could be subject to liabilities, including civil penalties, money damages, the loss of our licenses to operate one or more facilities, exclusion of one or more facilities from participation in the Medicare, Medicaid and other federal and state health care programs, civil lawsuits and criminal penalties. The costs of compliance with, and the other burdens imposed by, these and other laws or regulatory actions may increase our operational costs, result in interruptions or delays in the availability of systems and/or result in a patient volume decline. We may also face audits or investigations by one or more domestic or foreign government agencies relating to our compliance with these regulations. An adverse outcome under any such investigation or audit could result in liability, result in adverse publicity, and adversely affect our business.

We do not always have the benefit of significant regulatory or judicial interpretation of these laws and regulations. In the future, different interpretations or enforcement of, or amendments to, these or other laws and regulations could subject our current or past practices to allegations of impropriety or illegality or could require us to make changes in our facilities, equipment, personnel, services, capital expenditure programs and operating expenses. A determination that we have violated these or other laws, or the public announcement that we are being investigated for possible violations of these or other laws, could have a material, adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects, and our business reputation could suffer significantly. In addition, other legislation or regulations at the federal or state level may be adopted that adversely affect our business.

State efforts to regulate the construction or expansion of health care facilities could impair our ability to operate and expand our operations.

Some states, particularly in the eastern part of the country, require health care providers to obtain prior approval, often known as a CON, for the purchase, construction or expansion of health care facilities, to make certain capital expenditures or to make changes in services or bed capacity. In giving approval, these states consider the need for additional or expanded health care facilities or services. We currently operate health care facilities in a number of states with CON laws or that require other types of approvals for the establishment or expansion of certain facility types or services. The failure to obtain any required CON or other required approval could impair our ability to operate or expand operations. Any such failure could, in turn, adversely affect our ability to attract patients and physicians to our facilities and grow our revenues, which would have an adverse effect on our results of operations.

We may incur additional tax liabilities.

We are subject to tax in the United States as well as those states and foreign jurisdictions in which we do business. Changes in tax laws, including increases in tax rates, or interpretations of tax laws by taxing authorities or other standard setting bodies could increase our tax obligations and have a material, adverse impact on our results of operations.

We are also subject to examination by federal, state and foreign taxing authorities. Management believes HCA Healthcare, Inc., its predecessors, subsidiaries and affiliates properly reported taxable income and paid

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taxes in accordance with applicable laws and agreements established with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), state and foreign taxing authorities and final resolution of any disputes will not have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position. However, if payments due upon final resolution of any issues exceed our recorded estimates, such resolutions could have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position.

We have been and could become the subject of government investigations, claims and litigation.

Health care companies are subject to numerous investigations by various government agencies. Further, under the FCA, private parties have the right to bring qui tam, or “whistleblower,” suits against companies that submit false claims for payments to, or improperly retain overpayments from, the government. Some states have adopted similar state whistleblower and false claims provisions. Certain of our individual facilities and/or affiliates have received, and other facilities and/or affiliates may receive, government inquiries from, and may be subject to investigation by, federal and state agencies. Depending on whether the underlying conduct in these or future inquiries or investigations could be considered systemic, their resolution could have a material, adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

Government agencies and their agents, such as the MACs, fiscal intermediaries and carriers, as well as the OIG, CMS and state Medicaid programs, conduct audits of our health care operations. CMS and state Medicaid agencies contract with RACs and other contractors on a contingency fee basis to conduct post-payment reviews to detect and correct improper payments in the Medicare program, including managed Medicare plans, and the Medicaid programs. RAC denials are appealable; however, there are currently significant delays in the Medicare appeals process, which negatively impacts our ability to appeal RAC payment denials. Private third-party payers may conduct similar post-payment audits, and we also perform internal audits and monitoring. Depending on the nature of the conduct found in such audits and whether the underlying conduct could be considered systemic, the resolution of these audits could have a material, adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and liquidity.

Should we be found out of compliance with applicable laws, regulations or programs, depending on the nature of the findings, our business, our financial position and our results of operations could be negatively impacted.

We may be subject to liabilities from claims brought against our facilities.

We are subject to litigation relating to our business practices, including claims and legal actions by patients and others in the ordinary course of business alleging malpractice, product liability or other legal theories. Many of these actions seek large sums of money as damages and involve significant defense costs. We insure a portion of our professional liability risks through a 100% owned insurance subsidiary. Management believes our reserves for self-insured retentions and insurance coverage are sufficient to cover insured claims arising out of the operation of our facilities. Our 100% owned insurance subsidiary has entered into certain reinsurance contracts; however, the subsidiary remains liable to the extent that the reinsurers do not meet their obligations under the reinsurance contracts. If payments for claims exceed actuarially determined estimates, are not covered by insurance, or reinsurers, if any, fail to meet their obligations, our results of operations and financial position could be adversely affected.

Risks related to human capital:

Our labor costs may be adversely affected by competition for staffing, the shortage of experienced nurses and labor union activity.

Our operations are dependent on the efforts, abilities and experience of our management and medical support personnel, such as nurses, pharmacists and lab technicians, as well as our physicians. We compete with

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other health care providers in recruiting and retaining qualified management and support personnel responsible for the daily operations of each of our hospitals, including nurses and other nonphysician health care professionals. In some markets, the availability of nurses and other medical support personnel has been a significant operating issue to health care providers. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated workforce competition and shortages. We may be required to continue to enhance wages and benefits to recruit and retain nurses and other medical support personnel or to hire more expensive temporary or contract personnel. As a result, our labor costs could increase. We also depend on the available labor pool of semi-skilled and unskilled employees in each of the markets in which we operate. If there is additional union organizing activity or a significant portion of our employee base unionizes, it is possible our labor costs could increase. When negotiating collective bargaining agreements with unions, whether such agreements are renewals or first contracts, there is the possibility that strikes could occur during the negotiation process, and our continued operation during any strikes could increase our labor costs. In addition, the states in which we operate could adopt mandatory nurse-staffing ratios or could reduce mandatory nurse staffing ratios already in place. State-mandated nurse-staffing ratios could significantly affect labor costs and have an adverse impact on revenues if we are required to limit admissions in order to meet the required ratios. If our labor costs increase, we may not be able to offset these increased costs as a significant percentage of our revenues consists of fixed, prospective payments. Our failure to recruit and retain qualified management, nurses and other medical support personnel, or to control labor costs, could have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations.

We may be unable to attract, hire, and retain a highly qualified and diverse workforce, including key management.

The talents and efforts of our employees, particularly our key management, are vital to our success. Our management team has significant industry experience and would be difficult to replace. In addition, institutional knowledge may be lost in any potential managerial transition. We may be unable to retain them or to attract other highly qualified employees, particularly if we do not offer employment terms that are competitive with the rest of the labor market. Failure to attract, hire, develop, motivate, and retain highly qualified and diverse employee talent, or failure to develop and implement an adequate succession plan for the management team, could disrupt our operations and adversely affect our business and our future success.

Our performance depends on our ability to recruit and retain quality physicians.

The success of our hospitals depends in part on the number and quality of the physicians on the medical staffs of our hospitals, the admitting and utilization practices of those physicians, maintaining good relations with those physicians and controlling costs related to the employment of physicians. Although we employ some physicians, physicians are often not employees of the hospitals at which they practice, and, in many of the markets we serve, most physicians have admitting privileges at other hospitals in addition to our hospitals. We continue to face increasing competition to recruit physicians. Such physicians may terminate their affiliation with our hospitals at any time. We may face increased challenges in this area as the physician population reaches retirement age, especially if there is a shortage of physicians willing and able to provide comparable services. If we are unable to provide adequate support personnel or technologically advanced equipment and hospital facilities that meet the needs of those physicians and their patients, they may be discouraged from referring patients to our facilities, admissions may decrease and our operating performance may decline.

Risks related to technology, data privacy and cybersecurity:

We may not be reimbursed for the cost of expensive, new technology.

As health care technology continues to advance, the price of purchasing such new technology has significantly increased for providers. Some payers have not adapted their payment systems to adequately cover the cost of these technologies for providers and patients. If payers do not adequately reimburse us for these new technologies, we may be unable to acquire such technologies or we may nevertheless determine to acquire or utilize these technologies in order to treat our patients. In either case, our results of operations and financial position could be adversely affected.

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A cybersecurity incident could result in the compromise of our facilities, confidential data or critical data systems. A cybersecurity incident could also give rise to potential harm to patients; remediation and other expenses; and exposure to liability under HIPAA, consumer protection laws, common law theories or other laws. Such incidents could subject us to litigation and foreign, federal and state governmental inquiries, damage our reputation, and otherwise be disruptive to our business.

We, directly and through third-party vendors, collect and store on our networks and devices sensitive information, including intellectual property, proprietary business information and personally identifiable information of our patients and employees. We have made significant investments in technology to adopt and meaningfully use EHR and in the use of medical devices that store sensitive data and are integral to the provision of patient care. In addition, medical devices manufactured by third parties that are used within our facilities are increasingly connected to the internet, hospital networks and other medical devices. The secure maintenance of this information and technology is critical to our business operations. We have implemented multiple layers of security measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this data and the systems and devices that store and transmit such data. We utilize current security technologies, and our defenses are monitored and routinely tested internally and by external parties. Despite these efforts, threats from malicious persons and groups, new vulnerabilities and advanced new attacks against information systems and devices against us or our third-party vendors create risk of cybersecurity incidents, including ransomware, malware and phishing incidents. The volume and intensity of cyberattacks on hospitals and health systems continues to increase. We are regularly the target of attempted cybersecurity and other threats that could have a security impact, and we expect to continue to experience an increase in cybersecurity threats in the future. There can be no assurance that we or our third-party vendors will not be subject to cybersecurity incidents that bypass our security measures, impact the integrity, availability or privacy of personal health information or other data subject to privacy laws or disrupt our information systems, devices or business, including our ability to provide various health care services. As a result, cybersecurity, physical security and the continued development and enhancement of our controls, processes and practices designed to protect our facilities, information systems and data from attack, damage or unauthorized access remain a priority for us. As cyber threats continue to evolve, along with their increased volume and sophistication, we may be required to expend significant additional resources to continue to modify or enhance our protective measures or to investigate and remediate any cybersecurity vulnerabilities or incidents. The occurrence of any of these events could result in (i) harm to patients; (ii) business interruptions and delays; (iii) the loss, misappropriation, corruption or unauthorized access of data; (iv) litigation and potential liability under privacy, security, breach notification and consumer protection laws, common law theories or other applicable laws; (v) reputational damage; and (vi) foreign, federal and state governmental inquiries, any of which could have a material, adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations and harm our business reputation.

Our operations could be impaired by a failure of our information systems.

The performance of our information systems is critical to our business operations. In addition to our shared services initiatives, our information systems are essential to a number of critical areas of our operations, including:

• accounting and financial reporting;

• billing and collecting accounts;

• coding and compliance;

• clinical systems and medical devices;

• medical records and document storage;

• inventory management;

• negotiating, pricing and administering managed care contracts and supply contracts; and

• monitoring quality of care and collecting data on quality measures necessary for full Medicare payment updates.

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Information systems may be vulnerable to damage from a variety of sources, including telecommunications or network failures, human acts and natural disasters. We have taken precautionary measures to prevent unanticipated problems that could affect our information systems. Nevertheless, we or our third-party vendors that we rely upon may experience system failures. The occurrence of any system failure could result in interruptions, delays, the loss or corruption of data and cessations or interruptions in the availability of systems, all of which could have a material, adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations and harm our business reputation.

Health care technology initiatives, particularly those related to patient data and interoperability, may adversely affect our operations.

The federal government is working to promote the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care. For example, HHS incentivizes the adoption and meaningful use of certified EHR technology through its Promoting Interoperability Programs. Eligible hospitals and eligible professionals, including our hospitals and employed professionals, are subject to reduced payments from Medicare if they fail to demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology. As these technologies have become widespread, the focus has shifted to increasing patient access to health care data and interoperability. The 21st Century Cures Act prohibits information blocking by health care providers and certain other entities, which is defined as engaging in activities likely to interfere with the access, exchange or use of electronic health information, except as required by law or specified by HHS as a reasonable and necessary activity. Current and future initiatives related to health care technology and interoperability may require changes to our operations, impose new and complex compliance obligations and require investments in infrastructure. We may be subject to financial penalties or other disincentives or experience reputational damage for failure to comply. It is difficult to predict how these initiatives will affect our relationships with providers and vendors, participation in health care information exchanges or networks, the exchange of patient data, and patient engagement.

Risks related to operations, strategy, demand and competition:

Our hospitals face competition for patients from other hospitals and health care providers.

The health care business is highly competitive, and competition among hospitals and other health care providers for patients has intensified in recent years. Generally, other hospitals in the communities we serve provide services similar to those offered by our hospitals. CMS publicizes on its Hospital Compare website performance data related to quality measures and data on patient satisfaction surveys that hospitals submit in connection with their Medicare reimbursement. The Hospital Compare website provides an overall rating that synthesizes various quality measures into a single star rating for each hospital. Federal law provides for the future expansion of the number of quality measures that must be reported. Further, hospitals are currently required by law to publish online a list of their standard charges for items and services. A CMS final rule implements expanded transparency requirements beginning in 2021. The rule was recently upheld by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. It is unclear whether the final rule will be subject to further court challenges or other changes under the Biden administration. If any of our hospitals achieve poor results (or results that are lower than our competitors) on quality measures or on patient satisfaction surveys, or if our standard charges are higher or are perceived to be higher than our competitors, our competitive position could be negatively affected.

The number of freestanding specialty hospitals, surgery centers, emergency departments, urgent care centers and diagnostic and imaging centers in the geographic areas in which we operate has increased. Many individuals are seeking a broader range of services at outpatient facilities as a result of the growing availability of stand-alone outpatient health care facilities, the increase in payer reimbursement policies that restrict inpatient coverage and the increase in the services that can be provided on an outpatient basis, including high margin services. Consequently, most of our hospitals operate in a highly competitive environment, which may put pressure on our pricing, ability to contract with third-party payers and the Company’s strategy for volume growth. Some of the

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facilities that compete with our hospitals are physician-owned or are owned by governmental agencies or not-for-profit corporations supported by endowments, charitable contributions and/or tax revenues and can finance capital expenditures and operations on a tax-exempt basis. Recent consolidations of not-for-profit hospital entities may intensify this competitive pressure. There is also increasing consolidation in the third-party payer industry, including vertical integration efforts among third-party payers and health care providers, and increasing efforts by payers to influence or direct the patient’s choice of provider by the use of narrow networks or other strategies. Health care industry participants are increasingly implementing physician alignment strategies, such as employing physicians, acquiring physician practice groups and participating in ACOs or other clinical integration models. Other industry participants, such as large employer groups and their affiliates, may intensify competitive pressure and affect the industry in ways that are difficult to predict.

Our hospitals compete with specialty hospitals and with both our own and unaffiliated freestanding ASCs and other outpatient providers for market share in certain high margin services and for quality physicians and personnel. If ASCs and other outpatient providers are better able to compete in this environment than our hospitals, our hospitals may experience a decline in patient volume, and we may experience a decrease in margin, even if those patients use our providers. In states that do not require a CON or other type of approval for the purchase, construction or expansion of health care facilities or services, competition in the form of new services, facilities and capital spending is more prevalent. Some states that have historically imposed CON or similar prior approval requirements have removed or are considering removing these requirements, which may reduce barriers to entry and increase competition in our service areas. If our competitors are better able to attract patients, make capital expenditures and maintain modern and technologically upgraded facilities and equipment, recruit physicians, expand services or obtain favorable third-party payer contracts at their facilities than our hospitals and other providers, we may experience an overall decline in patient volume. See Item 1, “Business — Competition.”

A deterioration in the collectability of uninsured and patient due accounts could adversely affect our results of operations.

The primary collection risks for our accounts receivable relate to the uninsured patient accounts and patient accounts for which the primary third-party payer has paid the amounts covered by the applicable agreement, but patient responsibility amounts (exclusions, deductibles and copayments) remain outstanding. Medicare reimburses hospitals for 65% of eligible Medicare bad debts. To be eligible for reimbursement, the amounts claimed must meet certain criteria, including that the debt is related to unpaid deductible or coinsurance amounts and that the hospital first attempted to collect the fees from the Medicare beneficiary.

The estimates for implicit price concessions are based upon management’s assessment of historical write-offs and expected net collections, business and economic conditions, trends in federal and state governmental and private employer health care coverage, the rate of growth in uninsured patient admissions and other collection indicators. At December 31, 2020, estimated implicit price concessions of $6.108 billion had been recorded to adjust our revenues and accounts receivable to the estimated amounts we expect to collect. The estimated cost of total uncompensated care was $3.483 billion for 2020, $3.733 billion for 2019 and $3.318 billion for 2018.

Any increase in the amount or deterioration in the collectability of uninsured accounts receivable will adversely affect our cash flows and results of operations. Our facilities may experience growth in total uncompensated care as a result of a number of factors, including conditions impacting the overall economy and high unemployment, both of which have been, and may continue to be, negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Effective January 2019, Congress eliminated the financial penalty associated with the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate. Further, final rules issued in 2018 expand the availability of association health plans and allow the sale of short-term, limited-duration health plans, neither of which are required to cover all of the essential health benefits mandated by the Affordable Care Act. These changes may impact the number of individuals that elect to obtain public or private health insurance or the scope of such coverage, if purchased. We are unable to predict what, if any, and when such changes will be made in the future.

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We provide uninsured discounts and charity care for individuals, including for those residing in states that choose not to implement the Medicaid expansion or that modify the terms of the program, for undocumented aliens who are not permitted to enroll in an Exchange or government health care programs and for certain others who may not have insurance. Some patients may choose to enroll in lower cost Medicaid plans or other health insurance plans with lower reimbursement levels. We may also be adversely affected by the growth in patient responsibility accounts as a result of increases in the adoption of health plan structures that shift greater payment responsibility for care to individuals through greater exclusions and copayment and deductible amounts.

If our volume of patients with private health insurance coverage declines or we are unable to retain and negotiate favorable contracts with private third-party payers, including managed care plans, our revenues may be reduced.

Broad economic factors resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, including increased unemployment rates and reduced consumer spending, the continued shift to an outpatient setting and the aging population may impact our revenue mix. Private third-party payers, including HMOs, PPOs and other managed care plans, typically reimburse health care providers at a higher rate than Medicare, Medicaid or other government health care programs. Reimbursement rates are set forth by contract when our facilities are in-network, and payers utilize plan structures to encourage or require the use of in-network providers. Revenues derived from private third-party payers (domestic only) accounted for 51.5%, 51.6% and 52.4% of our revenues for 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. As a result, our ability to maintain or increase patient volumes covered by private third-party payers and to maintain and obtain favorable contracts with private third-party payers significantly affects the revenues and operating results of our facilities.

Private third-party payers, including managed care plans, continue to demand discounted fee structures, and the ongoing trend toward consolidation among payers tends to increase their bargaining power over fee structures. Payers may utilize plan structures such as narrow networks and tiered networks that limit beneficiary provider choices or impose significantly higher cost sharing obligations when care is obtained from providers in a disfavored tier. Other health care providers may impact our ability to enter into managed care contracts or negotiate increases in our reimbursement and other favorable terms and conditions. For example, some of our competitors may negotiate exclusivity provisions with managed care plans or otherwise restrict the ability of managed care plans to contract with us. In addition to increasing negotiating leverage of private third-party payers, alignment efforts between third-party payers and health care providers may result in other competitive advantages, such as greater access to performance and pricing data. Our future success will depend, in part, on our ability to retain and renew our third-party payer contracts and enter into new contracts on terms favorable to us, which may be impacted by price transparency initiatives. Cost-reduction strategies by large employer groups and their affiliates, such as directly contracting with a limited number of providers, may also limit our ability to negotiate favorable terms in our contracts and otherwise intensify competitive pressure. It is not clear what impact, if any, future health reform efforts or the repeal of, or further changes to, the Affordable Care Act will have on our ability to negotiate reimbursement increases and participate in third-party payer networks on favorable terms. If we are unable to retain and negotiate favorable contracts with third-party payers or experience reductions in payment increases or amounts received from third-party payers, our revenues may be reduced.

Changes to physician utilization practices and treatment methodologies, third-party payer controls designed to reduce inpatient services or surgical procedures and other factors outside our control that impact demand for medical services may reduce our revenues.

Controls imposed by Medicare, managed Medicare, Medicaid, managed Medicaid and private third-party payers designed to reduce admissions, intensity of services, surgical volumes and lengths of stay, in some instances referred to as “utilization review,” have affected and are expected to increasingly affect our facilities. Utilization review entails the review of the admission and course of treatment of a patient by third-party payers, and may involve prior authorization requirements. The Medicare program also issues national or local coverage determinations that restrict the circumstances under which Medicare pays for certain services. Inpatient

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utilization, average lengths of stay and occupancy rates continue to be negatively affected by third-party payers’ preadmission authorization requirements, coverage restrictions, utilization review and by pressure to maximize outpatient and alternative health care delivery services for less acutely ill patients. Efforts to impose more stringent cost controls are expected to continue. Additionally, trends in physician treatment protocols and health plan design, such as health plans that shift increased costs and accountability for care to patients, could reduce our surgical volumes and admissions in favor of lower intensity and lower cost treatment methodologies.

Volume, admission and case-mix trends may be impacted by other factors beyond our control, such as changes in volume of certain high acuity services, variations in the prevalence and severity of outbreaks of influenza and other illnesses, such as COVID-19, and medical conditions, seasonal and severe weather conditions, changes in treatment regimens and medical technology and other advances. Further, the Medicare program’s three-year phase out and eventual elimination of the Inpatient Only List, a list of surgeries and procedures that are only covered by Medicare when provided in an inpatient setting, may reduce inpatient volumes. These factors may reduce the demand for services we offer and decrease the reimbursement that we receive. Significant limits on the scope of services reimbursed, cost controls, changes to physician utilization practices, treatment methodologies, reimbursement rates and fees and other factors beyond our control could have a material, adverse effect on our business, financial position and results of operations.

We may encounter difficulty acquiring hospitals and other health care businesses and challenges integrating the operations of acquired hospitals and other health care businesses and become liable for unknown or contingent liabilities as a result of acquisitions.

A component of our business strategy is acquiring hospitals and other health care businesses. We may encounter difficulty acquiring new facilities or other businesses as a result of competition from other purchasers that may be willing to pay purchase prices that are higher than we believe are reasonable. Some states require CONs in order to acquire a hospital or other facility, or to expand facilities or services. In addition, the acquisition of health care facilities often involves licensure approvals or reviews and complex change of ownership processes for Medicare and other payers. Further, many states have laws that restrict the conversion or sale of not-for-profit hospitals to for-profit entities. These laws may require prior approval from the state attorney general, advance notification of the attorney general or other regulators and community involvement. Attorneys general in states without specific requirements may exercise broad discretionary authority over transactions involving the sale of not-for-profits under their general obligations to protect the use of charitable assets. These legislative and administrative efforts often focus on the appropriate valuation of the assets divested and the use of the proceeds of the sale by the non-profit seller and may include consideration of commitments for capital improvements and charity care by the purchaser. Also, the increasingly challenging regulatory and enforcement environment may negatively impact our ability to acquire health care businesses if they are found to have material unresolved compliance issues, such as repayment obligations. Resolving compliance issues as well as completion of oversight, review or approval processes could seriously delay or even prevent our ability to acquire hospitals or other businesses and increase our acquisition costs.

We may be unable to timely and effectively integrate hospitals and other businesses that we acquire with our ongoing operations, or we may experience delays implementing operating procedures and systems. Hospitals and other health care businesses that we acquire may have unknown or contingent liabilities, including liabilities for failure to comply with health care and other laws and regulations, medical and general professional liabilities, workers’ compensation liabilities and tax liabilities. Although we typically exclude significant liabilities from our acquisition transactions and seek indemnification from the sellers for these matters, we could experience difficulty enforcing those obligations, experience liability in excess of any indemnification obtained or otherwise incur material liabilities for the pre-acquisition conduct of acquired businesses. Such liabilities and related legal or other costs could harm our business and results of operations.

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Our facilities are heavily concentrated in Florida and Texas, which makes us sensitive to regulatory, economic, public health, environmental and competitive conditions and changes in those states.

We operated 185 hospitals at December 31, 2020, and 91 of those hospitals are located in Florida and Texas. Our Florida and Texas facilities’ combined revenues represented 49% of our consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2020. This concentration makes us particularly sensitive to regulatory, economic, public health, environmental and competitive conditions and changes in those states. Any material change in the current payment programs or regulatory, economic, public health, environmental or competitive conditions in those states could have a disproportionate effect on our overall business results.

In addition, our hospitals in Florida, Texas and other coastal states are located in hurricane-prone areas. In the past, hurricanes have had a disruptive effect on the operations of our hospitals in Florida, Texas and other coastal states and the patient populations in those states. Our business activities could be harmed by a particularly active hurricane season or even a single storm, either of which may be intensified by climate change, and the property insurance we obtain may not be adequate to cover losses from future hurricanes or other natural disasters.

The industry trend toward value-based purchasing may negatively impact our revenues.

There is a trend in the health care industry toward value-based purchasing of health care services. These value-based purchasing programs include both public reporting of quality data and preventable adverse events tied to the quality and efficiency of care provided by facilities. Governmental programs including Medicare currently require hospitals to report certain quality data to receive full reimbursement updates. In addition, Medicare does not reimburse for care related to certain preventable adverse events (also called “never events”). The Affordable Care Act also prohibits the use of federal funds under the Medicaid program to reimburse providers for medical assistance provided to treat HACs. The 25% of hospitals with the worst risk-adjusted HAC scores in the designated performance period receive a 1% reduction in their inpatient PPS Medicare payments.

Hospitals with excess readmission rates for conditions designated by HHS receive a reduction in their inpatient PPS operating Medicare payments for all Medicare inpatient discharges, not just discharges relating to the conditions subject to the excess readmission standard. The reduction in payments to hospitals with excess readmissions can be up to 3% of a hospital’s base payments.

HHS has implemented a value-based purchasing program for inpatient hospital services that reduces inpatient hospital payments for all discharges by 2% in each federal fiscal year. HHS pools the amount collected from these reductions to fund payments to reward hospitals that meet or exceed certain quality performance standards established by HHS. HHS estimates that $1.9 billion in value-based incentive payments will be available to hospitals in federal fiscal year 2021 based on achievement (relative to other hospitals) and improvement (relative to the hospital’s own past performance). Hospitals that meet or exceed the quality performance standards will receive greater reimbursement under the value-based purchasing program than they would have otherwise.

CMS has developed several alternative payment models that are intended to reduce costs and improve quality of care for Medicare beneficiaries and has signaled its intent to have states apply similar strategies in the Medicaid context. Examples of alternative payment models include bundled payment models in which, depending on whether overall CMS spending per episode exceeds or falls below a target specified by CMS and whether quality standards are met, hospitals may receive supplemental Medicare payments or owe repayments to CMS. Generally, participation in bundled payment programs is voluntary, but CMS has required hospitals in selected markets to participate in a bundled payment initiative for specified orthopedic procedures, which is scheduled to run through September 30, 2021. CMS will require hospitals in selected markets to participate in bundled payment initiatives for end-stage renal disease treatment, which began January 1, 2021, and radiation oncology, beginning as early as January 1, 2022. CMS has indicated that it is developing more voluntary and mandatory bundled payment models. Participation in mandatory or voluntary demonstration projects, particularly demonstrations with the potential to affect payment, may negatively impact our results of operations.

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Some private third-party payers are also transitioning toward alternative payment models or implementing other value-based care strategies. For example, many large private third-party payers currently require hospitals to report quality data, and several private third-party payers do not reimburse hospitals for certain preventable adverse events. Further, we have implemented a policy pursuant to which we do not bill patients or third-party payers for fees or expenses incurred due to certain preventable adverse events.

We expect value-based purchasing programs, including programs that condition reimbursement on patient outcome measures, to become more common and to involve a higher percentage of reimbursement amounts. It is unclear whether these and other alternative payment models will successfully coordinate care and reduce costs or whether they will decrease aggregate reimbursement. We are unable at this time to predict our future payments or whether we will be subject to payment reductions under these programs or how this trend will affect our results of operations. If we are unable to meet or exceed the quality performance standards under any applicable value-based purchasing program, perform at a level below the outcomes demonstrated by our competitors, or otherwise fail to effectively provide or coordinate the efficient delivery of quality health care services, our reputation in the industry may be negatively impacted, we may receive reduced reimbursement amounts and we may owe repayments to payers, causing our revenues to decline.

Risks related to macroeconomic conditions:

Our overall business results may suffer during periods of general economic weakness.

Budget deficits at federal, state and local government entities have had a negative impact on spending, and may continue to negatively impact spending for health and human service programs, including Medicare, Medicaid and similar programs, which represent significant third-party payer sources for our hospitals. The COVID-19 pandemic has led, and may continue to lead, to a general worsening of economic conditions. In addition, we anticipate that the federal deficit, the growing magnitude of Medicare and Medicaid expenditures and the aging of the United States population will continue to place pressure on government health care programs. Other risks we face during periods of economic weakness and high unemployment include potential declines in the population covered under managed care agreements, increased patient decisions to postpone or cancel elective and nonemergency health care procedures (including delaying surgical procedures), which may lead to poorer health and higher acuity interventions, potential increases in the uninsured and underinsured populations, increased adoption of health plan structures that shift financial responsibility to patients and further difficulties in collecting patient receivables for copayment and deductible receivables.

We are exposed to market risk related to changes in the market values of securities and interest rates.

We are exposed to market risk related to changes in market values of securities. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased volatility of the capital and credit markets and has led to a general worsening of economic conditions. The investments of our 100% owned insurance subsidiaries were $504 million at December 31, 2020. These investments are carried at fair value, with changes in unrealized gains and losses being recorded as adjustments to other comprehensive income. At December 31, 2020, we had a net unrealized gain of $32 million on the insurance subsidiaries’ investment securities.

We are exposed to market risk related to market illiquidity. Investment securities of our insurance subsidiaries could be impaired by the inability to access the capital markets. Should the insurance subsidiaries require significant amounts of cash in excess of normal cash requirements to pay claims and other expenses on short notice, we may have difficulty selling these investments in a timely manner or be forced to sell them at a price less than what we might otherwise have been able to in a normal market environment. We may be required to recognize credit-related impairments on long-term investments in future periods should issuers default on interest payments or should the fair market valuations of the securities deteriorate due to ratings downgrades or other issue specific factors.

We are also exposed to market risk related to changes in interest rates that impact the amount of the interest expense we incur with respect to our floating rate obligations as well as the value of certain investments. We

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periodically enter into interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to these fluctuations. Our interest rate swap agreements involve the exchange of fixed and variable rate interest payments between two parties, based on common notional principal amounts and maturity dates.

Risks related to ownership of our common stock:

There can be no assurance that we will continue to pay dividends.

In January 2018, the Board of Directors initiated a cash dividend program under which the Company commenced a regular quarterly cash dividend. However, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company took the precautionary step to enhance its financial flexibility by suspending its quarterly dividend program in the second quarter of 2020. In February 2021, the Board of Directors approved the resumption of the Company’s quarterly cash dividend program following evaluation of the Company’s financial position.

The declaration, amount and timing of such dividends are subject to capital availability and determinations by our Board of Directors that cash dividends are in the best interest of our stockholders and are in compliance with all respective laws and our agreements applicable to the declaration and payment of cash dividends. Our ability to pay dividends will depend upon, among other factors, our cash flows from operations, our available capital and potential future capital requirements for strategic transactions, including acquisitions, debt service requirements, share repurchases and investing in our existing markets as well as our results of operations, financial condition and other factors beyond our control that our Board of Directors may deem relevant. A reduction in or elimination of our dividend payments could have a negative effect on our stock price.

Certain of our investors may continue to have influence over us.

On November 17, 2006, HCA Inc. was acquired by a private investor group, including affiliates of HCA founder, Dr. Thomas F. Frist, Jr. and certain other investors. Through their investment in Hercules Holding II and other holdings, certain of the Frist-affiliated investors continue to hold a significant interest in our outstanding common stock (approximately 21% as of January 31, 2021). In addition, pursuant to a shareholders agreement we entered into with Hercules Holding II and the Frist-affiliated investors, certain representatives of these investors have the continued right to nominate certain of the members of our Board of Directors. As a result, certain of these investors potentially have the ability to influence our decisions to enter into corporate transactions (and the terms thereof) and prevent changes in the composition of our Board of Directors and any transaction that requires stockholder approval.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

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Item 2. Properties

The following table lists, by state, the number of hospitals (general, acute care, psychiatric and rehabilitation) directly or indirectly owned and operated by us as of December 31, 2020:

State	Hospitals		Beds
Alaska		1		250
California		5		1,852
Colorado		7		2,451
Florida		45		12,491
Georgia		9		2,477
Idaho		2		454
Indiana		1		278
Kansas		4		1,374
Kentucky		2		384
Louisiana		3		923
Missouri		5		1,058
Nevada		3		1,452
New Hampshire		3		418
North Carolina		7		1,181
South Carolina		3		951
Tennessee		13		2,632
Texas		46		13,456
Utah		8		1,011
Virginia		11		3,284
International
England		7		888
		185		49,265

In addition to the hospitals listed in the above table, we directly or indirectly operate 121 freestanding surgery centers and 21 freestanding endoscopy centers. We also operate medical office buildings in conjunction with some of our hospitals. These office buildings are primarily occupied by physicians who practice at our hospitals. Fourteen of our general, acute care hospitals and two of our other properties have been mortgaged to support our obligations under our senior secured cash flow credit facility and first lien secured notes.

We maintain our headquarters in approximately 2,072,000 square feet of space in the Nashville, Tennessee area. In addition to the headquarters in Nashville, we maintain regional service centers related to our shared services initiatives. These service centers are located in markets in which we operate hospitals.

We believe our headquarters, hospitals and other facilities are suitable for their respective uses and are, in general, adequate for our present needs. Our properties are subject to various federal, state and local statutes and ordinances regulating their operation. Management does not believe that compliance with such statutes and ordinances will materially affect our financial position or results of operations.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

The information set forth in Note 11 – Contingencies in the notes to the consolidated financial statements is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

During January 2020 and 2019, our Board of Directors authorized share repurchase programs for up to $4 billion ($2 billion for each authorization) of our outstanding common stock. During March 2020 in response to the risks the COVID-19 pandemic presents to our business, we announced the suspension of our share repurchase programs. There were no share repurchases of our outstanding common stock during the second through fourth quarters of 2020. At December 31, 2020, we had $2.800 billion of repurchase authorization available under the January 2019 and 2020 authorizations. During February 2021, our Board of Directors authorized the resumption of the share repurchase program, and an additional $6 billion was authorized for repurchases of the Company’s outstanding common stock ($8.8 billion of total repurchase authorization including the February 2021 authorization).

Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (symbol “HCA”). During January 2020, our Board of Directors declared one quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share on our common stock. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic concerns, the Company suspended its quarterly dividend program for the second, third and fourth quarters of 2020. On February 1, 2021, our Board of Directors reinstated the quarterly dividend program and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share on our common stock payable on March 31, 2021 to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 17, 2021. Future declarations of quarterly dividends and the establishment of future record and payment dates are subject to the final determination of our Board of Directors. Our ability to declare future dividends may also from time to time be limited by the terms of our debt agreements. At the close of business on February 8, 2021, there were approximately 400 holders of record of our common stock.

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STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH

COMPARISON OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN

Among HCA Healthcare, Inc., the S&P 500 Index and the S&P Health Care Index

	12/31/2015		12/31/2016		12/31/2017		12/31/2018		12/31/2019		12/31/2020
HCA Healthcare, Inc.	$	100.00	$	109.45	$	129.88	$	186.23	$	223.94	$	250.01
S&P 500		100.00		111.96		136.40		130.42		171.49		203.04
S&P Health Care		100.00		97.31		118.79		126.47		152.81		173.36

The graph shows the cumulative total return to our stockholders beginning as of December 31, 2015 through December 31, 2020, in comparison to the cumulative returns of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P Health Care Index. The graph assumes $100 invested on December 31, 2015 in our common stock and in each index with the subsequent reinvestment of dividends. The stock performance shown on the graph represents historical stock performance and is not necessarily indicative of future stock price performance.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

None.

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HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The accompanying consolidated financial statements present certain information with respect to the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of HCA Healthcare, Inc. which should be read in conjunction with the following discussion and analysis. The terms “HCA,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us,” as used herein, refer to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates. The term “affiliates” means direct and indirect subsidiaries of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and partnerships and joint ventures in which such subsidiaries are partners.

Forward-Looking Statements

This annual report on Form 10-K includes certain disclosures which contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding expected share-based compensation expense, expected capital expenditures, expected dividends, expected share repurchases, expected net claim payments and all other statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, and can be identified by the use of words like “may,” “believe,” “will,” “expect,” “project,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “initiative” or “continue.” These forward-looking statements are based on our current plans and expectations and are subject to a number of known and unknown uncertainties and risks, many of which are beyond our control, which could significantly affect current plans and expectations and our future financial position and results of operations. These factors include, but are not limited to, (1) developments related to COVID-19, including, without limitation, the length and severity of the pandemic; the volume of canceled or rescheduled procedures and the volume of COVID-19 patients cared for across our health systems; measures we are taking to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic; the impact and terms of government and administrative regulation and stimulus (including the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 and other enacted and potential future legislation); changes in revenues due to declining patient volumes, changes in payer mix and deteriorating macroeconomic conditions (including increases in uninsured and underinsured patients); potential increased expenses related to labor, supply chain or other expenditures; workforce disruptions; supply shortages and disruptions; and the timing and availability of effective medical treatments and vaccines, (2) the impact of our substantial indebtedness and the ability to refinance such indebtedness on acceptable terms, as well as risks associated with disruptions in the financial markets and the business of financial institutions as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic which could impact us from a financial perspective, (3) the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively, the “Affordable Care Act”), including the effects of court challenges to, any repeal of, or changes to, the Affordable Care Act or additional changes to its implementation, the possible enactment of additional federal or state health care reforms and possible changes to other federal, state or local laws or regulations affecting the health care industry, including proposals to expand coverage of federally-funded insurance programs as an alternative to private insurance or establish a single-payer system (such reforms often referred to as “Medicare for All”), and also including any such laws or governmental regulations which are adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, (4) the effects related to the continued implementation of the sequestration spending reductions required under the Budget Control Act of 2011, and related legislation extending these reductions, and the potential for future deficit reduction legislation that may alter these spending reductions, which include cuts to Medicare payments, or create additional spending reductions, (5) increases in the amount and risk of collectability of uninsured accounts and deductibles and copayment amounts for insured accounts, (6) the ability to achieve operating and financial targets, and attain expected levels of patient volumes and control the costs of providing services, (7) possible changes in Medicare, Medicaid and other state programs, including Medicaid supplemental payment programs or Medicaid waiver programs, that may impact reimbursements to health care providers and insurers and the size of the uninsured or

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underinsured population, (8) the highly competitive nature of the health care business, (9) changes in service mix, revenue mix and surgical volumes, including potential declines in the population covered under third-party payer agreements, the ability to enter into and renew third-party payer provider agreements on acceptable terms and the impact of consumer-driven health plans and physician utilization trends and practices, (10) the efforts of health insurers, health care providers, large employer groups and others to contain health care costs, (11) the outcome of our continuing efforts to monitor, maintain and comply with appropriate laws, regulations, policies and procedures, (12) increases in wages and the ability to attract and retain qualified management and personnel, including affiliated physicians, nurses and medical and technical support personnel, (13) the availability and terms of capital to fund the expansion of our business and improvements to our existing facilities, (14) changes in accounting practices, (15) changes in general economic conditions nationally and regionally in our markets, including economic and business conditions (and the impact thereof on the economy, financial markets and banking industry) resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, (16) the emergence of and effects related to other pandemics, epidemics and infectious diseases, (17) future divestitures which may result in charges and possible impairments of long-lived assets, (18) changes in business strategy or development plans, (19) delays in receiving payments for services provided, (20) the outcome of pending and any future tax audits, disputes and litigation associated with our tax positions, (21) potential adverse impact of known and unknown government investigations, litigation and other claims that may be made against us, (22) the impact of potential cybersecurity incidents or security breaches, (23) our ongoing ability to demonstrate meaningful use of certified electronic health record (“EHR”) technology and the impact of interoperability requirements, (24) the impact of natural disasters, such as hurricanes and floods, or similar events beyond our control, (25) changes in the U.S. federal, state, or foreign tax laws including interpretive guidance that may be issued by taxing authorities or other standard setting bodies, and (26) other risk factors described in this annual report on Form 10-K. As a consequence, current plans, anticipated actions and future financial position and results of operations may differ from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of HCA. You are cautioned not to unduly rely on such forward-looking statements when evaluating the information presented in this report, which forward-looking statements reflect management’s views only as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

COVID-19 Pandemic and CARES Act Funding

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization designated COVID-19 as a global pandemic. Patient volumes and the related revenues for most of our services were significantly impacted during the latter portion of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter of 2020 and have continued to be impacted as various policies that were implemented by federal, state and local governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including policies that have caused many people to remain at home, forced the closure of or limitations on certain businesses, and suspended elective surgical procedures by health care facilities. While many of these restrictions have been eased across the U.S. and most states have lifted moratoriums on non-emergent procedures, restrictions remain in place or may be adopted or re-imposed, and the possibility exists that the public, particularly segments with a high mortality risk, could remain wary of real or perceived opportunities for exposure to the virus. We are unable to predict the future impact of the pandemic on our operations.

During 2020, we received approximately $4.4 billion of accelerated Medicare payments and approximately $1.8 billion in general and targeted distributions from the Provider Relief Fund, both as provided for and established under the CARES Act. During October 2020, we announced our decision to return, or repay early, all of our share of the Provider Relief Fund distributions and all of the Medicare accelerated payments. During the

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fourth quarter of 2020, we returned, or repaid early, approximately $6.1 billion of these funds. The unreturned Provider Relief Funds of $83 million, related to amounts received by certain of our partnership entities, are recorded under the caption “other accrued expenses” in our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2020. Our share of these funds will be returned in 2021 after final determination of amounts earned and distributable to the members of each respective partnership.

We believe the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on our operating results and financial condition has been and will continue to be driven by many factors, most of which are beyond our control and ability to forecast. Such factors include, but are not limited to: the severity or duration of the pandemic, including whether there will be additional periods of increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in the areas in which we operate, the rollout and availability of effective medical treatments and vaccines, the efficacy of public health controls, including vaccines, and the impact of any mutations of the virus; the scope and duration of stay-at-home practices and business closures and restrictions; recommended or required suspensions of elective procedures, continued declines in patient volumes for an indeterminable length of time; increases in the number of uninsured and underinsured patients as a result of higher sustained rates of unemployment; incremental expenses required for supplies and personal protective equipment; and changes in professional and general liability exposure. Because of these and other uncertainties, we cannot estimate how long or how severely the pandemic will impact our business. If we experience declines in cash flows and results of operations, such declines could have an impact on the inputs and assumptions used in significant accounting estimates, including estimated implicit price concessions related to uninsured patient accounts, professional and general liability reserves, and potential impairments of goodwill and long-lived assets.

2020 Operations Summary

Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc. totaled $3.754 billion, or $10.93 per diluted share, for 2020, compared to $3.505 billion, or $10.07 per diluted share, for 2019. The 2020 results included $60 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, of employee retention payroll tax credits, as provided for by the CARES Act. The 2020 results also include losses on sales of facilities of $7 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, and losses on retirement of debt of $295 million, or $0.66 per diluted share. The 2019 results include gains on sales of facilities of $18 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, and losses on retirement of debt of $211 million, or $0.47 per diluted share. Revenues for 2020 include $55 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, related to the settlement of Medicare outlier calculations for prior periods and $69 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, related to the resolution of transaction price differences regarding certain services performed in prior periods. Revenues for 2019 include $86 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, related to the resolution of transaction price differences regarding certain services performed in prior periods. During 2020 and 2019, we recorded reductions to the provision for professional liability risks of $112 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, and $50 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, respectively. Our provisions for income taxes for 2020 and 2019 included tax benefits of $92 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, and $65 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, respectively, related to employee equity award settlements. All “per diluted share” disclosures are based upon amounts net of the applicable income taxes. Shares used for diluted earnings per share were 343.605 million shares and 348.226 million shares for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Revenues increased to $51.533 billion for 2020 from $51.336 billion for 2019. Revenues increased 0.4% and declined 0.1%, respectively, on a consolidated basis and on a same facility basis for 2020, compared to 2019. The consolidated revenues increase can be primarily attributed to the net impact of a 10.5% increase in revenue per equivalent admission offset by a 9.2% decline in equivalent admissions. The same facility revenues decline

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resulted primarily from the net impact of a 9.3% decline in same facility equivalent admissions offset by a 10.1% increase in same facility revenue per equivalent admission.

During 2020, consolidated admissions declined 4.7% and same facility admissions declined 4.8%, compared to 2019. Inpatient surgical volumes declined 7.8% on both a consolidated basis and on a same facility basis during 2020, compared to 2019. Outpatient surgical volumes declined 12.6% on a consolidated basis and declined 12.4% on a same facility basis during 2020, compared to 2019. Emergency room visits declined 18.7% on a consolidated basis and declined 18.8% on a same facility basis during 2020, compared to 2019.

The estimated cost of total uncompensated care declined $250 million for 2020, compared to 2019. Consolidated and same facility uninsured admissions both declined 7.0%, and consolidated and same facility uninsured emergency room visits declined 20.9% and 21.0%, respectively, for 2020, compared to 2019.

Interest expense totaled $1.584 billion for 2020, compared to $1.824 billion for 2019. The $240 million decline in interest expense for 2020 was due to declines in both the average debt balance and the effective interest rate.

Cash flows from operating activities increased $1.630 billion, from $7.602 billion for 2019 to $9.232 billion for 2020. The increase in cash flows from operating activities was primarily related to the increase in net income, excluding losses and gains on sales of facilities and losses on retirement of debt, of $330 million and positive changes in working capital items of $1.366 billion, primarily from the increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses and the collection of accounts receivable.

Business Strategy

We are committed to providing the communities we serve with high quality, cost-effective health care while growing our business and creating long-term value for our stockholders. We strive to be the provider system of choice in the communities we serve and to support our operations with unique enterprise capabilities and best in class economies of scale. To achieve these objectives, we align our efforts around the following growth agenda:

Grow Our Presence in Existing Markets. We believe we are well positioned in a number of large and growing markets that will allow us the opportunity to generate long-term, attractive growth through the expansion of our presence in these markets. We plan to continue recruiting and strategically collaborating with the physician community and developing comprehensive service lines such as cardiology, neurology, oncology, orthopedics and women’s services. Additional components of our growth strategy include providing access and convenience through developing various outpatient facilities, including, but not limited to surgery centers, urgent care clinics, freestanding emergency care facilities and imaging centers, as well as seeking to improve coordination of care and patient retention across our markets.

Achieve Industry-Leading Performance in Clinical, Operational and Satisfaction Measures. Achieving high levels of patient safety, patient satisfaction and clinical quality are central goals of our business. To achieve these goals, we have implemented a number of initiatives including infection reduction initiatives, hospitalist programs, advanced health information technology and evidence-based medicine programs. We routinely analyze operational practices from our best-performing hospitals to identify ways to implement organization-wide performance improvements and reduce clinical variation. We believe these initiatives will continue to improve

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patient care, help us achieve cost efficiencies and favorably position us in an environment where our constituents are increasingly focused on quality, efficacy and efficiency.

Recruit and Employ Physicians to Meet the Needs for High Quality Health Services. We depend on the quality and dedication of the health care providers and other team members who serve at our facilities. We believe a critical component of our growth strategy is our ability to successfully recruit and strategically collaborate with physicians and other professionals to provide high quality care. We attract and retain physicians by providing high quality, convenient facilities with advanced technology, by expanding our specialty services and by building our outpatient operations. We believe our continued investment in the employment, recruitment and retention of physicians will improve the quality of care at our facilities.

Continue to Leverage Our Scale and Market Positions to Grow the Company. We believe there is significant opportunity to continue to grow our company by fully leveraging the scale and scope of our organization. We continue to invest in initiatives such as care navigators, clinical data exchange and centralized patient transfer operations, which will enable us to improve coordination of care and patient retention across our markets. We believe our centrally managed business processes and ability to leverage cost-saving practices across our extensive network will enable us to continue to manage costs effectively. We continue to invest in our Parallon subsidiary group to leverage key components of our support infrastructure, including revenue cycle management, health care group purchasing, supply chain management and staffing functions.

Pursue a Disciplined Development Strategy. We continue to believe there are significant growth opportunities in our markets. We will continue to provide financial and operational resources to analyze and develop our in-market opportunities. To complement our in-market growth agenda, we intend to focus on selectively developing and acquiring new hospitals, outpatient facilities and other health care service providers. We believe the challenges faced by the hospital industry may continue to spur consolidation and we believe our size, scale, national presence and access to capital will position us well to participate in any such consolidation.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. Our estimates are based on historical experience and various other assumptions we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. We evaluate our estimates on an ongoing basis and make changes to the estimates and related disclosures as experience develops or new information becomes known. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.

Revenues

Revenues are recorded during the period the health care services are provided, based upon the estimated amounts due from payers. Estimates of contractual allowances under managed care health plans are based upon the payment terms specified in the related contractual agreements. Laws and regulations governing the Medicare and Medicaid programs are complex and subject to interpretation. The estimated reimbursement amounts are made on a payer-specific basis and are recorded based on the best information available regarding management’s

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interpretation of the applicable laws, regulations and contract terms. Management continually reviews the contractual estimation process to consider and incorporate updates to laws and regulations and the frequent changes in managed care contractual terms resulting from contract renegotiations and renewals. We have invested significant resources to refine and improve our billing systems and the information system data used to make contractual allowance estimates. We have developed standardized calculation processes and related employee training programs to improve the utility of our patient accounting systems.

Patients treated at hospitals for non-elective care, who have income at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, were eligible for charity care, and we limit the patient responsibility amounts for these patients to a percentage of their annual household income, computed on a sliding scale based upon their annual income and the applicable percentage of the federal poverty level. Patients treated at hospitals for non-elective care, who have income above 400% of the federal poverty level, were eligible for certain other discounts which limit the patient responsibility amounts for these patients to a percentage of their annual household income, computed on a sliding scale based upon their annual income and the applicable percentage of the federal poverty level. We apply additional discounts to limit patient responsibility for certain emergency services. The federal poverty level is established by the federal government and is based on income and family size. Because we do not pursue collection of amounts determined to qualify as charity care, they are not reported in revenues. We provide discounts to uninsured patients who do not qualify for Medicaid or charity care. We may attempt to provide assistance to uninsured patients to help determine whether they may qualify for Medicaid, other federal or state assistance, or charity care. If an uninsured patient does not qualify for these programs, the uninsured discount is applied.

Due to the complexities involved in the classification and documentation of health care services authorized and provided, the estimation of revenues earned and the related reimbursement are often subject to interpretations that could result in payments that are different from our estimates. The adjustments to estimated Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement amounts and disproportionate-share funds related primarily to cost reports filed during the respective year resulted in net increases to revenues of $70 million, $51 million and $29 million in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The adjustments to estimated reimbursement amounts related primarily to cost reports filed during previous years resulted in a net reduction to revenues of $5 million in 2020 and net increases to revenues of $13 million and $51 million in 2019 and 2018, respectively. We expect adjustments during the next 12 months related to Medicare and Medicaid cost report filings and settlements will result in net increases to revenues generally similar to the amounts recorded during these years.

Implicit price concessions relate primarily to amounts due directly from patients. Estimated implicit price concessions are recorded for all uninsured accounts, regardless of the age of those accounts. Accounts are written off when all reasonable collection efforts have been performed. The estimates for implicit price concessions are based upon management’s assessment of historical writeoffs and expected net collections, business and economic conditions, trends in federal, state and private employer health care coverage and other collection indicators. Management relies on the results of detailed reviews of historical writeoffs and collections at facilities that represent a majority of our revenues and accounts receivable (the “hindsight analysis”) as a primary source of information in estimating the collectability of our accounts receivable. We perform the hindsight analysis quarterly, utilizing rolling twelve-months accounts receivable collection and writeoff data. We believe our quarterly updates to the estimated implicit price concession amounts at each of our hospital facilities provide reasonable estimates of our revenues and valuations of our accounts receivable. These routine, quarterly changes

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in estimates have not resulted in material adjustments to the valuations of our accounts receivable or period-to-period comparisons of our revenues. At December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, estimated implicit price concessions of $6.108 billion and $6.953 billion, respectively, had been recorded to adjust our revenues and accounts receivable to the estimated amounts we expect to collect.

To quantify the total impact of and trends related to uninsured patient accounts, we believe it is beneficial to view total uncompensated care, which is comprised of charity care, uninsured discounts and implicit price concessions. A summary of the estimated cost of total uncompensated care for the years ended December 31, follows (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019			2018
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$	44,271		$	44,118		$	40,035
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)		12.0	%		12.0	%		12.4	%
Total uncompensated care	$	29,029		$	31,105		$	26,757
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		12.0	%		12.0	%		12.4	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	3,483		$	3,733		$	3,318

Management expects a continuation of the challenges related to the collection of the patient due accounts. Adverse changes in the percentage of our patients having adequate health care coverage, increases in patient responsibility amounts under certain health care coverages, general economic conditions, patient accounting service center operations, payer mix, or trends in federal, state, and private employer health care coverage could affect the collection of accounts receivable, cash flows and results of operations.

Professional Liability Claims

We, along with virtually all health care providers, operate in an environment with professional liability risks. Our facilities are insured by our 100% owned insurance subsidiary for losses up to $50 million per occurrence, subject, in most cases, to a $15 million per occurrence self-insured retention. The insurance subsidiary has obtained reinsurance for professional liability risks generally above a retention level of either $25 million or $35 million per occurrence, depending on the jurisdiction for the related claim. We purchase excess insurance on an occurrence reported basis for losses in excess of $50 million per occurrence. Provisions for losses related to professional liability risks were $435 million, $497 million and $447 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. During 2020, 2019 and 2018, we recorded reductions to the provision for professional liability risks of $112 million, $50 million and $70 million, respectively, due to the receipt of updated actuarial information.

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claims are determined, information is stratified by loss layers and retentions, accident years, reported years, and geographic location of our hospitals. Several actuarial methods are employed to utilize this data to produce estimates of ultimate losses and reserves for incurred but not reported claims, including: paid and incurred extrapolation methods utilizing paid and incurred loss development to estimate ultimate losses; frequency and severity methods utilizing paid and incurred claims development to estimate ultimate average frequency (number of claims) and ultimate average severity (cost per claim); and Bornhuetter-Ferguson methods which add expected development to actual paid or incurred experience to estimate ultimate losses. These methods use our company-specific historical claims data and other information. Company-specific claim reporting and payment data collected over an approximate 20-year period is used in our reserve estimation process. This company-specific data includes information regarding our business, including historical paid losses and loss adjustment expenses, historical and current case loss reserves, actual and projected hospital statistical data, professional liability retentions for each policy year, geographic information and other data.

Reserves and provisions for professional liability risks are based upon actuarially determined estimates. The estimated reserve ranges, net of amounts receivable under reinsurance contracts, were $1.710 billion to $2.050 billion at December 31, 2020 and $1.589 billion to $1.903 billion at December 31, 2019. Our estimated reserves for professional liability claims may change significantly if future claims differ from expected trends. We perform sensitivity analyses which model the volatility of key actuarial assumptions and monitor our reserves for adequacy relative to all our assumptions in the aggregate. Based on our analysis, we believe the estimated professional liability reserve ranges represent the reasonably likely outcomes for ultimate losses. We consider the number and severity of claims to be the most significant assumptions in estimating reserves for professional liabilities. A 2.5% change in the expected frequency trend could be reasonably likely and would increase the reserve estimate by $26 million or reduce the reserve estimate by $25 million. A 2.5% change in the expected claim severity trend could be reasonably likely and would increase the reserve estimate by $126 million or reduce the reserve estimate by $116 million. We believe adequate reserves have been recorded for our professional liability claims; however, due to the complexity of the claims, the extended period of time to resolve the claims and the wide range of potential outcomes, our ultimate liability for professional liability claims could change by more than the estimated sensitivity amounts and could change materially from our current estimates.

The reserves for professional liability risks cover approximately 2,300 individual claims at both December 31, 2020 and 2019 and estimates for unreported potential claims. The time period required to resolve these claims can vary depending upon the jurisdiction and whether the claim is settled or litigated. The average time period between the occurrence and final resolution for our professional liability claims is approximately four years, although the facts and circumstances of each individual claim can result in an occurrence-to-resolution timeframe that varies from this average. The estimation of the timing of payments beyond a year can vary significantly.

Reserves for professional liability risks were $1.963 billion and $1.827 billion at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The current portion of these reserves, $477 million and $457 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, is included in “other accrued expenses.” Obligations covered by reinsurance and excess insurance contracts are included in the reserves for professional liability risks, as we remain liable to the extent reinsurers and excess insurance carriers do not meet their obligations. Reserves for professional liability risks (net of $39 million and $46 million receivable under reinsurance and excess insurance contracts at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively) were $1.924 billion and $1.781 billion at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The estimated total net reserves for professional liability risks at December 31, 2020 and 2019 are

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comprised of $833 million and $695 million, respectively, of case reserves for known claims and $1.091 billion and $1.086 billion, respectively, of reserves for incurred but not reported claims.

Changes in our professional liability reserves, net of reinsurance recoverable, for the years ended December 31, are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019			2018
Net reserves for professional liability claims, January 1	$	1,781		$	1,692		$	1,603
Provision for current year claims		519			499			486
Favorable development related to prior years’ claims		(84	)		(2	)		(39	)
Total provision		435			497			447
Payments for current year claims		5			8			3
Payments for prior years’ claims		287			400			355
Total claim payments		292			408			358
Net reserves for professional liability claims, December 31	$	1,924		$	1,781		$	1,692

Income Taxes

We calculate our provision for income taxes using the asset and liability method, under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized by identifying the temporary differences that arise from the recognition of items in different periods for tax and accounting purposes. Deferred tax assets generally represent the tax effects of amounts expensed in our income statement for which tax deductions will be claimed in future periods. Interest and penalties payable to taxing authorities are included as a component of our provision for income taxes. We have elected to treat taxes incurred on global intangible low-taxed income as a period expense.

Although we believe we have properly reported taxable income and paid taxes in accordance with applicable laws, federal, state or foreign taxing authorities may challenge our tax positions upon audit. Significant judgment is required in determining and assessing the impact of uncertain tax positions. We report a liability for unrecognized tax benefits from uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in our income tax returns. During each reporting period, we assess the facts and circumstances related to uncertain tax positions. If the realization of unrecognized tax benefits is deemed probable based upon new facts and circumstances, the estimated liability and the provision for income taxes are reduced in the current period. Final audit results may vary from our estimates.

Results of Operations

Revenue/Volume Trends

Our revenues depend upon inpatient occupancy levels, the ancillary services and therapy programs ordered by physicians and provided to patients, the volume of outpatient procedures and the charge and negotiated payment rates for such services. Gross charges typically do not reflect what our facilities are actually paid. Our facilities have entered into agreements with third-party payers, including government programs and managed care health plans, under which the facilities are paid based upon the cost of providing services, predetermined rates per diagnosis, fixed per diem rates or discounts from gross charges. We do not pursue collection of amounts

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related to patients who meet our guidelines to qualify for charity care; therefore, they are not reported in revenues. We provide discounts to uninsured patients who do not qualify for Medicaid or charity care.

Revenues increased 0.4% to $51.533 billion for 2020 from $51.336 billion for 2019 and increased 10.0% for 2019 from $46.677 billion for 2018. The increase in revenues in 2020 can be primarily attributed to the net impact of a 10.5% increase in revenue per equivalent admission offset by a 9.2% decline in equivalent admissions compared to the prior year. The increase in revenues in 2019 can be primarily attributed to the combined impact of a 3.2% increase in revenue per equivalent admission and a 6.6% increase in equivalent admissions compared to the prior year.

Same facility revenues declined 0.1% for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to the year ended December 31, 2019 and increased 5.9% for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to the year ended December 31, 2018. The 0.1% decline for 2020 can be primarily attributed to the net impact of a 9.3% decline in same facility equivalent admissions offset by a 10.1% increase in same facility revenue per equivalent admission and. The 5.9% increase for 2019 can be primarily attributed to the combined impact of a 2.3% increase in same facility revenue per equivalent admission and a 3.5% increase in same facility equivalent admissions.

Consolidated admissions declined 4.7% during 2020 compared to 2019 and increased 5.2% during 2019 compared to 2018. Consolidated surgeries declined 10.9% during 2020 compared to 2019 and increased 3.7% during 2019 compared to 2018. Consolidated emergency room visits declined 18.7% during 2020 compared to 2019 and increased 4.5% during 2019 compared to 2018.

Same facility admissions declined 4.8% during 2020 compared to 2019 and increased 2.8% during 2019 compared to 2018. Same facility surgeries declined 10.7% during 2020 compared to 2019 and increased 1.4% during 2019 compared to 2018. Same facility emergency room visits declined 18.8% during 2020 compared to 2019 and increased 2.8% during 2019 compared to 2018.

Same facility uninsured emergency room visits declined 21.0% and same facility uninsured admissions declined 7.0% during 2020 compared to 2019. Same facility uninsured emergency room visits increased 3.9% and same facility uninsured admissions increased 3.7% during 2019 compared to 2018.

The approximate percentages of our admissions related to Medicare, managed Medicare, Medicaid, managed Medicaid, managed care and insurers and the uninsured for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 are set forth below.

	Years Ended December 31,
	2020			2019			2018
Medicare		26	%		29	%		30	%
Managed Medicare		20			18			17
Medicaid		5			5			5
Managed Medicaid		12			12			12
Managed care and insurers		29			28			28
Uninsured		8			8			8
		100	%		100	%		100	%

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Revenue/Volume Trends (continued)

The approximate percentages of our inpatient revenues related to Medicare, managed Medicare, Medicaid, managed Medicaid, and managed care and insurers for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 are set forth below.

	Years Ended December 31,
	2020			2019			2018
Medicare		27	%		28	%		28	%
Managed Medicare		15			15			14
Medicaid		5			5			4
Managed Medicaid		6			5			6
Managed care and insurers		47			47			48
		100	%		100	%		100	%

At December 31, 2020, we owned and operated 45 hospitals and 31 surgery centers in the state of Florida. Our Florida facilities’ revenues totaled $11.442 billion, $11.494 billion and $10.892 billion for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. At December 31, 2020, we owned and operated 46 hospitals and 32 surgery centers in the state of Texas. Our Texas facilities’ revenues totaled $13.528 billion, $13.101 billion and $12.023 billion for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. During 2020, 2019 and 2018, 56%, 56% and 57% of our admissions and 49%, 48% and 49%, respectively, of our revenues were generated by our Florida and Texas facilities. Uninsured admissions in Florida and Texas represented 72%, 72% and 70% of our uninsured admissions during 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

We receive a significant portion of our revenues from government health programs, principally Medicare and Medicaid, which are highly regulated and subject to frequent and substantial changes. In December 2017, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it will phase out federal matching funds for Designated State Health Programs under waivers granted under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act. Texas currently operates its Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program pursuant to a Medicaid waiver. In December 2017, CMS approved an extension of this waiver through September 30, 2022, but indicated that it will phase out some of the federal funding. Our Texas Medicaid revenues included Medicaid supplemental waiver payments of $599 million, $416 million and $450 million during 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

In addition, we receive supplemental payments in several other states. We are aware these supplemental payment programs are currently being reviewed by CMS and certain state agencies, and that some states have made waiver requests to CMS to replace their existing supplemental payment programs. It is possible these reviews and waiver requests will result in the restructuring of such supplemental payment programs and could result in the payment programs being reduced or eliminated. Because deliberations about these programs are ongoing, we are unable to estimate the financial impact the program structure modifications, if any, may have on our results of operations.

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Operating Results Summary

The following are comparative summaries of operating results and certain operating data for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (dollars in millions):

	2020						2019						2018
	Amount			Ratio			Amount			Ratio			Amount			Ratio
Revenues	$	51,533			100.0		$	51,336			100.0		$	46,677			100.0
Salaries and benefits		23,874			46.3			23,560			45.9			21,425			45.9
Supplies		8,369			16.2			8,481			16.5			7,724			16.5
Other operating expenses		9,307			18.1			9,481			18.5			8,608			18.5
Equity in earnings of affiliates		(54	)		(0.1	)		(43	)		(0.1	)		(29	)		(0.1	)
Depreciation and amortization		2,721			5.3			2,596			5.0			2,278			4.9
Interest expense		1,584			3.1			1,824			3.6			1,755			3.8
Losses (gains) on sales of facilities		7			—			(18	)		—			(428	)		(0.9	)
Losses on retirement of debt		295			0.6			211			0.4			9			—
		46,103			89.5			46,092			89.8			41,342			88.6
Income before income taxes		5,430			10.5			5,244			10.2			5,335			11.4
Provision for income taxes		1,043			2.0			1,099			2.1			946			2.0
Net income		4,387			8.5			4,145			8.1			4,389			9.4
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		633			1.2			640			1.3			602			1.3
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.	$	3,754			7.3		$	3,505			6.8		$	3,787			8.1
% changes from prior year:
Revenues		0.4	%					10.0	%					7.0	%
Income before income taxes		3.6						(1.7	)					21.8
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.		7.1						(7.4	)					70.9
Admissions(a)		(4.7	)					5.2						3.5
Equivalent admissions(b)		(9.2	)					6.6						4.1
Revenue per equivalent admission		10.5						3.2						2.8
Same facility % changes from prior year(c):
Revenues		(0.1	)					5.9						6.5
Admissions(a)		(4.8	)					2.8						2.5
Equivalent admissions(b)		(9.3	)					3.5						2.5
Revenue per equivalent admission		10.1						2.3						3.9

(a) Represents the total number of patients admitted to our hospitals and is used by management and certain investors as a general measure of inpatient volume.

(b) Equivalent admissions are used by management and certain investors as a general measure of combined inpatient and outpatient volume. Equivalent admissions are computed by multiplying admissions (inpatient volume) by the sum of gross inpatient revenue and gross outpatient revenue and then dividing the resulting amount by gross inpatient revenue. The equivalent admissions computation “equates” outpatient revenue to the volume measure (admissions) used to measure inpatient volume, resulting in a general measure of combined inpatient and outpatient volume.

(c) Same facility information excludes the operations of hospitals and their related facilities that were either acquired, divested or removed from service during the current and prior year.

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Operating Results Summary (continued)

Operating Data:
	2020			2019			2018
Number of hospitals at end of period		185			184			179
Number of freestanding outpatient surgical centers at end of period(a)		121			123			123
Number of licensed beds at end of period(b)		49,265			49,035			47,199
Weighted average beds in service(c)		42,246			41,510			39,966
Admissions(d)		2,009,909			2,108,927			2,003,753
Equivalent admissions(e)		3,312,330			3,646,335			3,420,406
Average length of stay (days)(f)		5.1			4.9			4.9
Average daily census(g)		27,734			28,134			26,663
Occupancy(h)		66	%		68	%		67	%
Emergency room visits(i)		7,450,307			9,161,129			8,764,431
Outpatient surgeries(j)		882,483			1,009,947			971,537
Inpatient surgeries(k)		522,385			566,635			548,220
Days revenues in accounts receivable(l)		45			50			51
Outpatient revenues as a % of patient revenues(m)		35	%		39	%		38	%

(a) Excludes freestanding endoscopy centers (21 at December 31, 2020; 20 at December 31, 2019 and 19 at December 31, 2018).

(b) Licensed beds are those beds for which a facility has been granted approval to operate from the applicable state licensing agency.

(c) Represents the average number of beds in service, weighted based on periods owned.

(d) Represents the total number of patients admitted to our hospitals and is used by management and certain investors as a general measure of inpatient volume.

(e) Equivalent admissions are used by management and certain investors as a general measure of combined inpatient and outpatient volume. Equivalent admissions are computed by multiplying admissions (inpatient volume) by the sum of gross inpatient revenue and gross outpatient revenue and then dividing the resulting amount by gross inpatient revenue. The equivalent admissions computation “equates” outpatient revenue to the volume measure (admissions) used to measure inpatient volume, resulting in a general measure of combined inpatient and outpatient volume.

(f) Represents the average number of days admitted patients stay in our hospitals.

(g) Represents the average number of patients in our hospital beds each day.

(h) Represents the percentage of hospital beds in service that are occupied by patients. Both average daily census and occupancy rate provide measures of the utilization of inpatient rooms.

(i) Represents the number of patients treated in our emergency rooms.

(j) Represents the number of surgeries performed on patients who were not admitted to our hospitals. Pain management and endoscopy procedures are not included in outpatient surgeries.

(k) Represents the number of surgeries performed on patients who have been admitted to our hospitals. Pain management and endoscopy procedures are not included in inpatient surgeries.

(l) Revenues per day is calculated by dividing the revenues for the fourth quarter of each year by the days in the quarter. Days revenues in accounts receivable is then calculated as accounts receivable at the end of the period divided by revenues per day.

(m) Represents the percentage of patient revenues related to patients who are not admitted to our hospitals.

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Key Performance Indicators

We present certain metrics and statistical information that management uses when assessing our results of operations. We believe this information is useful to investors as it provides insight to how management evaluates operational performance and trends between reporting periods. Information on how these metrics and statistical information are defined is provided in the previous tables summarizing operating results and operating data.

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019

Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc. totaled $3.754 billion, or $10.93 per diluted share, for 2020, compared to $3.505 billion, or $10.07 per diluted share, for 2019. The 2020 results included $60 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, of employee retention payroll tax credits, as provided for by the CARES Act. The 2020 results also include losses on sales of facilities of $7 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, and losses on retirement of debt of $295 million, or $0.66 per diluted share. The 2019 results include gains on sales of facilities of $18 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, and losses on retirement of debt of $211 million, or $0.47 per diluted share. Revenues for 2020 include $55 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, related to the settlement of Medicare outlier calculations for prior periods and $69 million, or $0.15 per diluted share, related to the resolution of transaction price differences regarding certain services performed in prior periods. Revenues for 2019 include $86 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, related to the resolution of transaction price differences regarding certain services performed in prior periods. During 2020 and 2019, we recorded reductions to the provision for professional liability risks of $112 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, and $50 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, respectively. Our provisions for income taxes for 2020 and 2019 included tax benefits of $92 million, or $0.27 per diluted share, and $65 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, respectively, related to employee equity award settlements. All “per diluted share” disclosures are based upon amounts net of the applicable income taxes. Shares used for diluted earnings per share were 343.605 million shares and 348.226 million shares for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

During 2020, consolidated admissions declined 4.7% and same facility admissions declined 4.8% compared to 2019. Consolidated and same facility inpatient surgeries both declined 7.8% during 2020 compared to 2019. Emergency room visits declined 18.7% on a consolidated basis and declined 18.8% on a same facility basis during 2020 compared to 2019. We believe the declines in emergency room visits were primarily related to the COVID-19 pandemic and concerns regarding possible exposure to the virus.

Revenues increased 0.4% to $51.533 billion for 2020 from $51.336 billion for 2019. The increase in revenues was primarily due to the net impact of a 10.5% increase in revenue per equivalent admission offset by a 9.2% decline in equivalent admissions compared to 2019. Same facility revenues declined 0.1% due primarily to the net impact of a 9.3% decline in same facility equivalent admissions offset by a 10.1% increase in same facility revenue per equivalent admission compared to 2019. We believe the declines in equivalent admissions were primarily due to declines in the relative percentage of outpatient service volume due to restrictions on services for certain periods and the general concerns regarding exposure to the virus.

Salaries and benefits, as a percentage of revenues, were 46.3% in 2020 and 45.9% in 2019. Salaries and benefits per equivalent admission increased 11.6% in 2020 compared to 2019, with the increase being partially related to the 9.2% decline in equivalent admissions. Same facility labor rate increases averaged 2.9% for 2020 compared to 2019. Share-based compensation expense was $362 million in 2020 and $347 million in 2019.

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Results of Operations (continued)

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (continued)

Supplies, as a percentage of revenues, were 16.2% in 2020 and 16.5% in 2019. Supply costs per equivalent admission increased 8.6% in 2020 compared to 2019. Supply costs per equivalent admission increased 5.5% for medical devices, 9.6% for pharmacy supplies and 10.6% for general medical and surgical items in 2020 compared to 2019.

Other operating expenses, as a percentage of revenues, were 18.1% in 2020 and 18.5% in 2019. Other operating expenses are primarily comprised of contract services, professional fees, repairs and maintenance, rents and leases, utilities, insurance (including professional liability insurance) and nonincome taxes. Provisions for losses related to professional liability risks were $435 million and $497 million for 2020 and 2019, respectively. During 2020 and 2019, we recorded reductions of $112 million, or $0.25 per diluted share, and $50 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, respectively, to our provision for professional liability risks related to the receipt of updated actuarial information.

Equity in earnings of affiliates was $54 million for 2020 and $43 million for 2019.

Depreciation and amortization, as a percentage of revenues, were 5.3% in 2020 and 5.0% in 2019. Depreciation expense was $2.693 billion for 2020 and $2.579 billion for 2019, and the $114 million increase was due to capital expenditures and capital projects placed in service in 2020 (same facility depreciation and amortization increased $147 million).

Interest expense declined to $1.584 billion for 2020 from $1.824 billion for 2019. The $240 million decline in interest expense was due to declines in both the average debt balance and the effective interest rate. Our average debt balance was $31.940 billion for 2020 compared to $34.288 billion for 2019. The average interest rate for our long-term debt was 5.0% for 2020 and 5.3% for 2019.

Losses on sales of facilities were $7 million for 2020, and gains on sales of facilities were $18 million for 2019.

During February 2020, we issued $2.700 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.50% senior unsecured notes due 2030. During March 2020, we used the net proceeds for the redemption of all $1.000 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s 6.25% senior notes due 2021 and, together with available funds, for the redemption of all $2.000 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of HCA Inc.’s 7.50% senior notes due 2022. The pretax loss on retirement of debt was $295 million. During June 2019, we issued $5.000 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes comprised of $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 4 1/8% notes due 2029, $1.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5 1/8% notes due 2039 and $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5 1/4% notes due 2049. During July 2019, we redeemed all $600 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 4.250% senior secured notes due 2019, all $3.000 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of 6.500% senior secured notes due 2020 and all $1.350 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior secured notes due 2022. The pretax loss on retirement of debt for these redemptions was $211 million.

The effective tax rates were 21.7% and 23.9% for 2020 and 2019, respectively. The effective tax rate computations exclude net income attributable to noncontrolling interests as it relates to consolidated partnerships. Our provisions for income taxes for 2020 and 2019 also included tax benefits of $92 million and $65 million, respectively, related to employee equity award settlements. Excluding the effect of these adjustments, the effective tax rates for 2020 and 2019 would have been 23.7% and 25.3%, respectively.

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Results of Operations (continued)

Years Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (continued)

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests declined from $640 million for 2019 to $633 million for 2020. The decline in net income attributable to noncontrolling interests related primarily to the operations of our surgery center partnerships.

For results of operations comparisons relating to years ending December 31, 2019 and 2018, refer to our annual report on Form 10-K, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2020.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary cash requirements are paying our operating expenses, servicing our debt, capital expenditures on our existing properties, acquisitions of hospitals and health care entities, repurchases of our common stock, dividends to stockholders and distributions to noncontrolling interests. Our primary cash sources are cash flows from operating activities, issuances of debt and equity securities and sales of hospitals and health care entities.

Cash provided by operating activities totaled $9.232 billion in 2020 compared to $7.602 billion in 2019 and $6.761 billion in 2018. The $1.630 billion increase in cash provided by operating activities for 2020, compared to 2019, was primarily related to the increase in net income, excluding losses and gains on sales of facilities and losses on retirement of debt, of $330 million and positive changes in working capital items of $1.366 billion, primarily from the increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses and the collection of accounts receivable. During 2020, we deferred $688 million of Social Security taxes as allowed for under the CARES Act. Half of these taxes will be paid by December 31, 2021 and the remainder by December 31, 2022. The $841 million increase in cash provided by operating activities for 2019, compared to 2018, was primarily related to the increase in net income, excluding gains on sales of facilities and losses on retirement of debt, of $222 million and increases related to income taxes of $322 million and depreciation and amortization of $318 million. Working capital totaled $3.629 billion at December 31, 2020 and $3.439 billion at December 31, 2019. Cash payments for interest and income taxes declined $154 million for 2020 compared to 2019 and increased $147 million for 2019 compared to 2018.

Cash used in investing activities was $3.393 billion, $5.720 billion and $3.901 billion in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Excluding acquisitions, capital expenditures were $2.835 billion in 2020, $4.158 billion in 2019 and $3.573 billion in 2018. We expended $568 million, $1.682 billion and $1.253 billion for acquisitions of hospitals and health care entities during 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. In response to the risks the COVID-19 pandemic presents to our business, we reduced certain planned projects and capital expenditures during 2020. Planned capital expenditures are expected to approximate $3.7 billion in 2021. At December 31, 2020, there were projects under construction which had an estimated additional cost to complete and equip over the next five years of approximately $3.170 billion. We expect to finance capital expenditures with internally generated and borrowed funds.

Cash used in financing activities totaled $4.677 billion in 2020, $1.771 billion in 2019 and $3.075 billion in 2018. During 2020, we had net cash paid of $3.217 billion related to our indebtedness, paid dividends of $153 million and paid $441 million for repurchases of common stock. During 2019, we had a net increase of $567 million in our indebtedness, paid dividends of $550 million and paid $1.031 billion for repurchases of common stock. During 2018, we had net cash paid of $344 million related to our indebtedness, paid dividends of $487 million and paid $1.530 billion for repurchases of common stock. During 2020, 2019 and 2018, we made distributions to noncontrolling interests of $626 million, $542 million and $441 million, respectively.

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We, or our affiliates, may in the future repurchase portions of our debt or equity securities, subject to certain limitations, from time to time in either the open market or through privately negotiated transactions, in accordance with applicable SEC and other legal requirements. The timing, prices, and sizes of purchases depend upon prevailing trading prices, general economic and market conditions, and other factors, including applicable securities laws. During January 2020 and 2019, our Board of Directors authorized share repurchase programs for up to $4 billion ($2 billion for each authorization) of our outstanding common stock, and at December 31, 2020, there was $2.800 billion of share repurchase authorization that remained available under the January 2020 and 2019 authorizations. During March 2020 in response to the risks the COVID-19 pandemic presents to our business, we announced the suspension of our share repurchase program. During February 2021, the Board of Directors authorized the resumption of the share repurchase program, and an additional $6 billion was authorized for repurchases of the Company’s outstanding common stock ($8.8 billion of total repurchase authorization including the February 2021 authorization). Funds for the repurchase of debt or equity securities have, and are expected to, come primarily from cash generated from operations and borrowed funds. During 2019, our Board of Directors declared four quarterly dividends of $0.40 per share, or $1.60 per share in the aggregate, on our common stock. During January 2020, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share on our common stock. During April 2020 in response to the risks the COVID-19 pandemic presents to our business, we also suspended our quarterly dividend program. During February 2021, the Board of Directors reinstated the quarterly program and declared a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per share on our common stock. The timing and amount of future cash dividends will vary based on a number of factors, including future capital requirements for strategic transactions, share repurchases and investing in our existing markets, the availability of financing on acceptable terms, debt service requirements, changes to applicable tax laws or corporate laws, changes to our business model and periodic determinations by our Board of Directors that cash dividends are in the best interest of stockholders and are in compliance with all applicable laws and agreements of the Company.

In addition to cash flows from operations, available sources of capital include amounts available under our senior secured credit facilities ($7.712 billion as of December 31, 2020 and $5.712 billion as of January 31, 2021) and anticipated access to public and private debt and equity markets. We terminated our $2.000 billion 364-day senior secured term loan facility during January 2021.

Investments of our insurance subsidiaries, held to maintain statutory equity levels and to provide liquidity to pay claims, totaled $504 million and $462 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The insurance subsidiary maintained net reserves for professional liability risks of $188 million and $175 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Our facilities are insured by our 100% owned insurance subsidiary for losses up to $50 million per occurrence; however, this coverage is subject, in most cases, to a $15 million per occurrence self-insured retention. Net reserves for the self-insured professional liability risks retained were $1.736 billion and $1.606 billion at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Claims payments, net of reinsurance recoveries, during the next 12 months are expected to approximate $469 million. We estimate that approximately $413 million of the expected net claim payments during the next 12 months will relate to claims subject to the self-insured retention.

Financing Activities

We are a highly leveraged company with significant debt service requirements. Our debt totaled $31.004 billion and $33.722 billion at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Our interest expense was $1.584 billion for 2020 and $1.824 billion for 2019.

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Financing Activities (continued)

During January 2019, we issued $1.500 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes comprised of $1.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.875% notes due 2029 and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% notes due 2028. We used the net proceeds to fund the purchase of a seven-hospital health system located in western North Carolina.

During June 2019, we issued $5.000 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes comprised of $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 4 1/8% notes due 2029, $1.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5 1/8% notes due 2039 and $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5 1/4% notes due 2049. During July 2019, we redeemed all $600 million outstanding aggregate principal amount of 4.25% senior secured notes due 2019, all $3.000 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of 6.50% senior secured notes due 2020 and all $1.350 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of 5.875% senior secured notes due 2022.

During February 2020, we issued $2.700 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.50% senior notes due 2030. During March 2020, we used the net proceeds for the redemption of all $1.000 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s 6.25% senior notes due 2021 and, together with available funds, for the redemption of all $2.000 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of HCA Inc.’s 7.50% senior notes due 2022.

During March 2020 in response to the risks the COVID-19 pandemic presents to our business, we entered into a credit agreement that provides for a 364-day secured term loan facility for an aggregate principal amount of up to $2.000 billion. As of December 31, 2020, there was no amount outstanding or draw notices pending under the facility. We terminated this credit agreement during January 2021.

Management believes that cash flows from operations, amounts available under our senior secured credit facilities and our anticipated access to public and private debt markets will be sufficient to meet expected liquidity needs during the next twelve months.

Summarized Financial Information

HCA Inc., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of HCA Healthcare, Inc., is the primary obligor under a substantial portion of our indebtedness, including our senior secured credit facilities, senior secured notes and senior unsecured notes. The senior secured notes and senior unsecured notes issued by HCA Inc. are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured basis by HCA Healthcare, Inc. The senior secured credit facilities and senior secured notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis by substantially all existing and future, direct and indirect, 100% owned material domestic subsidiaries that are “Unrestricted Subsidiaries” under our Indenture dated December 16, 1993 (except for certain special purpose subsidiaries that only guarantee and pledge their assets under our senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility). For a list of subsidiary guarantors, see Exhibit 22 to this annual report on Form 10-K.

The subsidiary guarantees rank senior in right of payment to all subordinated indebtedness of each subsidiary guarantor, equally in right of payment with all senior indebtedness of the subsidiary guarantor and are structurally subordinated in right of payment to all indebtedness and other liabilities of any non-guarantor subsidiaries of the subsidiary guarantors (other than indebtedness and liabilities owed to one of the subsidiary guarantors). The subsidiary guarantees are secured by first-priority liens on the subsidiary guarantors’ assets,

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Summarized Financial Information (continued)

subject to certain exceptions, that secure our senior secured cash flow credit facility on a first-priority basis. The subsidiary guarantees are secured by second-priority liens on the subsidiary guarantors’ assets that secure our senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility on a first-priority basis and our senior secured cash flow credit facility on a second-priority basis.

The subsidiary guarantees may be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon certain customary events, including in the event such guarantee is released under our senior secured credit facilities. The indentures governing the senior secured notes include a “savings clause” intended to limit each subsidiary guarantor’s obligations as necessary to prevent the guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law, which could reduce a subsidiary guarantor’s liability on its guarantee to zero. For further information regarding the guarantees, refer to the applicable indentures that are filed as exhibits to this annual report on Form 10-K.

Summarized financial information is presented on a combined basis and transactions between the combining entities have been eliminated. Financial information for nonguarantor entities has been excluded. The summarized operating results information for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the summarized balance sheet information at December 31, 2020, for HCA Healthcare, Inc., HCA Inc. and the subsidiary guarantors (the Parent, Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors) follow (dollars in millions):

Year Ended December 31, 2020:

	Year Ended December 31, 2020
Revenues	$	31,040
Income before income taxes		4,016
Net income		3,172
Net income attributable to Parent, Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors		3,091
At December 31, 2020:
	December 31, 2020
Current assets	$	7,442
Property and equipment, net		14,939
Goodwill and other intangible assets		5,763
Total noncurrent assets		21,771
Total assets		29,213
Current liabilities		5,316
Long-term debt, net		30,444
Intercompany balances		2,090
Income taxes and other liabilities		1,004
Total noncurrent liabilities		34,035
Stockholders’ deficit attributable to Parent, Subsidiary Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors		(10,247	)
Noncontrolling interests		109

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

Liquidity and Capital Resources (continued)

Summarized Financial Information (continued)

The first-priority liens securing the subsidiary guarantees discussed above include liens on (i) substantially all of the capital stock of substantially all wholly owned first-tier subsidiaries of HCA Inc. or of subsidiary guarantors (but limited to 65% of the stock of any such wholly owned first-tier subsidiary that is a foreign subsidiary), subject to certain limited exceptions, and (ii) substantially all indebtedness owing to HCA Inc. or to the subsidiary guarantors, including any and all intercompany indebtedness owed by HCA Healthcare, Inc. or any subsidiary thereof to HCA Inc., or any subsidiary guarantor. For a list of affiliates whose securities are pledged as collateral for the senior secured notes, see Exhibit 22 to this annual report on Form 10-K.

Under the first lien intercreditor agreement, the administrative agent for the lenders under the cash flow credit facility, subject to the occurrence of certain events, has the exclusive right to direct foreclosures and take other actions with respect to these liens, and the trustee for the senior secured notes has no right to take any such actions. In certain circumstances, including upon certain events of default under the senior secured credit facilities and the senior secured notes, the collateral agent in respect of the cash flow credit facility and the senior secured notes could proceed against the collateral granted to it to secure such indebtedness, including the aforementioned pledged capital stock and pledged indebtedness, and require such collateral to be delivered to the collateral agent to the extent not already in its possession for purposes of perfecting the lien on such assets. For further information regarding the collateral, including events or circumstances that may require delivery of the collateral, refer to the applicable indentures, the first lien intercreditor agreement, the cash flow credit agreement and the pledge agreement that are filed as exhibits to this annual report on Form 10-K.

There is no trading market for any of HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s affiliates whose securities are pledged as collateral for the senior secured notes.

Rule 13-02 of Regulation S-X requires the presentation of summarized financial information of the combined affiliates whose securities are pledged as collateral for the senior secured notes unless such information is not material. The rule provides that such information is not material if the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the combined affiliates whose securities are pledged as collateral are not materially different than the corresponding amounts presented in the consolidated financial statements of the Registrant. Healthtrust, Inc. — The Hospital Company (“Healthtrust”) is the first-tier subsidiary of HCA Inc., and the common stock of Healthtrust is pledged as collateral for the senior secured notes. Due to the corporate structure relationship of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and Healthtrust, all of HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s operating subsidiaries, including all other affiliates whose securities are pledged as collateral for the senior secured notes, are also subsidiaries of Healthtrust. The corporate structure relationship, combined with the application of push-down accounting in Healthtrust’s consolidated financial statements related to HCA Healthcare Inc.’s debt and financial instruments, mean that the assets, liabilities and results of operations of Healthtrust (and, therefore, of the combined affiliates whose securities are pledged as collateral for the senior secured notes) are not materially different than the corresponding amounts presented in the financial statements of HCA Healthcare, Inc. As a result, summarized financial information of affiliates whose securities are pledged as collateral for the senior secured notes is not required to be presented under Rule 13-02.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

Market Risk

We are exposed to market risk related to changes in market values of securities. The investments in our 100% owned insurance subsidiaries were $504 million at December 31, 2020. These investments are carried at fair value, with changes in unrealized gains and losses being recorded as adjustments to other comprehensive income. At December 31, 2020, we had a net unrealized gain of $32 million on the insurance subsidiaries’ investment securities.

We are exposed to market risk related to market illiquidity. Investments in debt and equity securities of our insurance subsidiaries could be impaired by the inability to access the capital markets. Should the insurance subsidiaries require significant amounts of cash in excess of normal cash requirements to pay claims and other expenses on short notice, we may have difficulty selling these investments in a timely manner or be forced to sell them at a price less than what we might otherwise have been able to in a normal market environment. We may be required to recognize credit-related impairments on our investment securities in future periods should issuers default on interest payments or should the fair market valuations of the securities deteriorate due to ratings downgrades or other issue-specific factors.

We are also exposed to market risk related to changes in interest rates, and we periodically enter into interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to these fluctuations. Our interest rate swap agreements involve the exchange of fixed and variable rate interest payments between two parties, based on common notional principal amounts and maturity dates. The notional amounts of the swap agreements represent balances used to calculate the exchange of cash flows and are not our assets or liabilities. Our credit risk related to these agreements is considered low because the swap agreements are with creditworthy financial institutions. The interest payments under these agreements are settled on a net basis. These derivatives have been recognized in the financial statements at their respective fair values. Changes in the fair value of these derivatives, which are designated as cash flow hedges, are included in other comprehensive income.

With respect to our interest-bearing liabilities, approximately $1.171 billion of long-term debt at December 31, 2020 was subject to variable rates of interest, while the remaining balance in long-term debt of $29.833 billion at December 31, 2020 was subject to fixed rates of interest. Both the general level of interest rates and, for the senior secured credit facilities, our leverage affect our variable interest rates. Our variable debt is comprised primarily of amounts outstanding under the senior secured credit facilities. Borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities bear interest at a rate equal to an applicable margin plus, at our option, either (a) a base rate determined by reference to the higher of (1) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% and (2) the prime rate of Bank of America or (b) a LIBOR rate for the currency of such borrowing for the relevant interest period. The applicable margin for borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities may fluctuate according to a leverage ratio. The average effective interest rate for our long-term debt was 5.0% for 2020 and 5.3% for 2019.

The estimated fair value of our total long-term debt was $35.814 billion at December 31, 2020. The estimates of fair value are based upon the quoted market prices for the same or similar issues of long-term debt with the same maturities. Based on a hypothetical 1% increase in interest rates, the potential annualized reduction to future pretax earnings would be approximately $12 million. To mitigate the impact of fluctuations in interest rates, we generally target a majority of our debt portfolio to be maintained at fixed rates.

We are exposed to currency translation risk related to our foreign operations. We currently do not consider the market risk related to foreign currency translation to be material to our consolidated financial statements or our liquidity.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Continued)

Market Risk (continued)

Financial Instruments

Derivative financial instruments are employed to manage risks, including interest rate exposures, and are not used for trading or speculative purposes. We recognize derivative instruments, such as interest rate swap agreements, in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognized periodically either in earnings or in stockholders’ equity, as a component of other comprehensive income, depending on whether the derivative financial instrument qualifies for hedge accounting, and if so, whether it qualifies as a fair value hedge or a cash flow hedge. Gains and losses on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, to the extent they are effective, are recorded in other comprehensive income, and subsequently reclassified to earnings to offset the impact of the hedged items when they occur.

The net interest paid or received on interest rate swaps is recognized as interest expense. Gains and losses resulting from the early termination of interest rate swap agreements are deferred and amortized as adjustments to expense over the remaining period of the debt originally covered by the terminated swap.

Tax Examinations

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) was conducting an examination of the Company’s 2016, 2017 and 2018 federal income tax returns at December 31, 2020. We are also subject to examination by state and foreign taxing authorities. Management believes HCA Healthcare, Inc., its predecessors, subsidiaries and affiliates properly reported taxable income and paid taxes in accordance with applicable laws and agreements established with the IRS, state and foreign taxing authorities, and final resolution of any disputes will not have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position. However, if payments due upon final resolution of any issues exceed our recorded estimates, such resolutions could have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations or financial position.

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Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Information with respect to this Item is provided under the caption “Market Risk” under Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Information with respect to this Item is contained in our consolidated financial statements indicated in the Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on Page F-1 of this annual report on Form 10-K.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

1. Conclusion Regarding the Effectiveness of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this annual report.

2. Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

(a) Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f). Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective, can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework). Based on our assessment under the framework in Internal Control — Integrated Framework, our management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2020.

Ernst & Young LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited our consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-K, has issued a report on our internal control over financial reporting, which is included herein.

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(b) Attestation Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, HCA Healthcare, Inc. (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of HCA Healthcare, Inc. as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes and our report dated February 19, 2021 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Nashville, Tennessee

February 19, 2021

(c) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

During the fourth quarter of 2020, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information

None.

PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The information required by this Item regarding the identity and business experience of our directors and executive officers is set forth under the heading “Nominees for Election” and “Election of Directors” in the definitive proxy materials of HCA to be filed in connection with our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders with respect to our directors and is set forth in Item 1 of Part I of this annual report on Form 10-K with respect to our executive officers. The information required by this Item contained in such definitive proxy materials is incorporated herein by reference.

Information on the beneficial ownership reporting for our directors and executive officers required by this Item is contained under the caption “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports” in the definitive proxy materials to be filed in connection with our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

Information on our Audit and Compliance Committee and Audit Committee Financial Experts required by this Item is contained under the caption “Corporate Governance” in the definitive proxy materials to be filed in connection with our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

We have a Code of Conduct which is applicable to all our directors, officers and employees (the “Code of Conduct”). The Code of Conduct is available on the Ethics and Compliance and Corporate Governance pages of our website at www.hcahealthcare.com. To the extent required pursuant to applicable SEC regulations, we intend to post amendments to or waivers from our Code of Conduct (to the extent applicable to our chief executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer) at this location on our website or report the same on a Current Report on Form 8-K. Our Code of Conduct is available free of charge upon request to our Corporate Secretary, HCA Healthcare, Inc., One Park Plaza, Nashville, TN 37203.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

The information required by this Item is set forth under the headings “Executive Compensation” and “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” in the definitive proxy materials to be filed in connection with our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

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Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

Information about security ownership of certain beneficial owners required by this Item is set forth under the heading “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters” in the definitive proxy materials to be filed in connection with our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

This table provides certain information as of December 31, 2020 with respect to our equity compensation plans:

EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

(Share and share unit amounts in millions)

	(a)			(b)			(c)
	Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights			Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights			Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column(a))
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders		13.723	(1)	$	91.53	(1)		26.139	(2)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders		—			—			—
Total		13.723		$	91.53			26.139

(1) Includes 2.476 million restricted share units which vest solely based upon continued employment over a specific period of time and 2.592 million performance share units which vest based upon continued employment over a specific period of time and the achievement of predetermined financial targets over time. The performance share units reported reflect the number of performance share units that would vest upon achievement of target performance; the number of performance share units that vest can vary from zero (for actual performance less than 90% of target for 2020 and 2019 grants and 80% of target for 2018 and prior grants) to two times the units granted (for actual performance of 110% or more of target for 2020 and 2019 grants and 120% or more of target for 2018 and prior grants). The weighted average exercise price does not take these restricted share units and performance share units into account.

(2) Includes 20.274 million shares available for future grants under the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates and 5.865 million shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under the HCA Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

* For additional information concerning our equity compensation plans, see the discussion in Note 2 — Share-Based Compensation in the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

The information required by this Item is set forth under the headings “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Corporate Governance” in the definitive proxy materials to be filed in connection with our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The information required by this Item is set forth under the heading “Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in the definitive proxy materials to be filed in connection with our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which information is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART IV

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a) Documents filed as part of the report:

1. Financial Statements. The accompanying Index to Consolidated Financial Statements on page F-1 of this annual report on Form 10-K is provided in response to this item.

2. List of Financial Statement Schedules. All schedules are omitted because the required information is either not present, not present in material amounts or presented within the consolidated financial statements.

3. List of Exhibits

2.1	—   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated July 24, 2006, by and among HCA Inc., Hercules Holding II, LLC and Hercules Acquisition Corporation (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 25, 2006 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
2.2	—   Merger Agreement, dated November 22, 2010, by and among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc., and HCA Merger Sub LLC (filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2010 (File No. 000-18406), and incorporated herein by reference).
3.1	—   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (restated for SEC filing purposes only) (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
3.2	—   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (restated for SEC filing purposes only) (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.1	—   Description of Registered Securities.
4.2	—   Specimen Certificate for shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3	—   Security Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2006, among HCA Inc., the subsidiary grantors party thereto and The Bank of New York, as collateral agent (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2006 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.4	—   Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2006, among HCA Inc., the subsidiary pledgors party thereto and The Bank of New York, as collateral agent (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2006 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(a)	—   $13,550,000,000 — €1,000,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2006, among HCA Inc., HCA UK Capital Limited, the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Citicorp North America, Inc., as co-syndication agents and Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as documentation agent (filed as Exhibit 4.8 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2006 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).

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4.5(b)	—   Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2007, among HCA Inc., HCA UK Capital Limited, the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Citicorp North America, Inc., as Co-Syndication Agents, Banc of America Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint lead arrangers and bookrunners, Deutsche Bank Securities and Wachovia Capital Markets LLC, as joint bookrunners and Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as documentation agent (filed as Exhibit 4.7(b) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(c)	—   Amendment No. 2 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2009, among HCA Inc., HCA UK Capital Limited, the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Citicorp North America, Inc., as Co-Syndication Agents, Banc of America Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint lead arrangers and bookrunners, Deutsche Bank Securities and Wachovia Capital Markets LLC, as joint bookrunners and Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as documentation agent (filed as Exhibit 4.8(c) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(d)	—   Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2009, among HCA Inc., HCA UK Capital Limited, the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Citicorp North America, Inc., as Co-Syndication Agents, Banc of America Securities, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as joint lead arrangers and bookrunners, Deutsche Bank Securities and Wachovia Capital Markets LLC, as joint bookrunners and Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as documentation agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 22, 2009 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(e)	—   Extension Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2010, among HCA Inc., HCA UK Capital Limited, the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 8, 2010 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(f)	—   Amended and Restated Joinder Agreement No. 1, dated as of November 8, 2010, by and among each of the financial institutions listed as a “Replacement-1 Revolving Credit Lender” on Schedule A thereto, HCA Inc., Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other parties listed on the signature pages thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(g)	—   Restatement Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2011, by and among HCA Inc., HCA UK Capital Limited, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2006, as amended on February 16, 2007, March 2, 2009, June 18, 2009, April 6, 2010 and November 8, 2010 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 9, 2011 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(h)	—   Extension Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 25, 2012, by and among HCA Inc., HCA UK Capital Limited, each of the U.S. Guarantors, each of the European Guarantors, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swingline lender and letter of credit issuer (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 26, 2012 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).

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4.5(i)	—   Restatement Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2014, to (i) the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2006 and as amended and restated as of May 4, 2011, by and among the HCA Inc., HCA UK Capital Limited, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent and (ii) the U.S. Guarantee, dated as of November 17, 2006 by and among the guarantors party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 28, 2014 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(j)	—   Supplement No. 14 dated as of November 9, 2015 to the U.S. Guarantee, dated as of November 17, 2006 and amended and restated on February 26, 2014, by and among the guarantors party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 4.4(j) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(k)	—   Schedule of Omitted Supplements to the U.S. Guarantee dated as of November 17, 2006 and amended and restated on February 26, 2014, filed pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
4.5(l)	—   Restatement Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2017, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2006, by and among HCA Inc., as borrower, the guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 30, 2017 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(m)	—   Joinder Agreement No. 8, dated as of July 16, 2019, by and among HCA Inc., as borrower, the guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed July 22, 2019 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(n)	—   Joinder Agreement No. 9, dated as of October 8, 2019, by and among HCA Inc., as borrower, the guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 10, 2019 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5(o)	—   Joinder Agreement No. 10, dated as of November 20, 2019, by and among HCA Inc., as borrower, the guarantors party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 21, 2019 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.6(a)	—   Security Agreement, dated as November 17, 2006, and amended and restated as of March 2, 2009, among the Company, the Subsidiary Grantors named therein and Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.10 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.6(b)	—   Supplement No. 2 dated as of October 27, 2011, to the Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of March 2, 2009, as supplemented, by and among the subsidiary grantor named therein and Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent (filed as Exhibit 4.5(b) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.6(c)	—   Schedule of Omitted Supplements to the Security Agreement dated as of November 17, 2006 and amended and restated as of March 2, 2009, filed pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
4.7(a)	—   Pledge Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2006, and amended and restated as of March 2, 2009, among the Company, the Subsidiary Pledgors named therein and Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.11 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).

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4.7(b)	—   Supplement No. 1 dated as of October 27, 2011 to the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated as of March 2, 2009, by and among the subsidiary pledgors named therein and Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent (filed as Exhibit 4.6(b) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.7(c)	—   Schedule of Omitted Supplements to the Pledge Agreement dated as of November 6, 2006 and amended and restated as of March 2, 2009, filed pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
4.8(a)	—   $2,500,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2011, by and among HCA Inc., the subsidiary borrowers party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 3, 2011 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.8(b)	—   Restatement Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2014, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2011, by and among HCA Inc., the subsidiary borrowers party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 11, 2014 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.8(c)	—   Joinder Agreement and Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 30, 2014, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2011 and amended and restated as of March 7, 2014, by and among HCA Inc., the subsidiary borrowers party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 31, 2014 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.8(d)	—   Restatement Agreement dated as of June 28, 2017, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2011 by and among HCA Inc., as borrower, the subsidiary borrowers party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 30, 2017 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.8(e)	—   Joinder Agreement dated as of January 3, 2018 to the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30, 2011 (as amended and restated on March 7, 2014, as further amended on October 30, 2014, and as further amended and restated on June 28, 2017), by and among the subsidiary borrowers party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 4.7(e) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.9(a)	—   Security Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2011, by and among HCA Inc., the subsidiary borrowers party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 3, 2011 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.9(b)	—   Supplement No. 1 dated as of October 27, 2011 to the Security Agreement dated as of September 30, 2011, by and among the subsidiary borrower party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent (filed as Exhibit 4.8(b) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.9(c)	—   Schedule of Omitted Supplements to the Security Agreement dated as of September 30, 2011, filed pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
4.10(a)	—   General Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2006, between Bank of America, N.A., as First Lien Collateral Agent, and The Bank of New York, as Junior Lien Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.13(a) to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).

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4.10(b)	—   Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2006, among Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as CF Collateral Agent and The Bank of New York, as Bonds Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.13(b) to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.10(c)	—   First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2009, among Bank of America, N.A. as Collateral Agent, Bank of America, N.A. as Authorized Representative under the Credit Agreement and Law Debenture Trust Company of New York as the Initial Additional Authorized Representative (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 28, 2009 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.10(d)	—   Additional General Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2011, by and among Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as First Lien Collateral Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as Junior Lien Collateral Agent and in its capacity as trustee for the Second Lien Notes issued on November 17, 2006, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as trustee for the Second Lien Notes issued on February 19, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 4.9 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 1, 2011 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.10(e)	—   Additional Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2011 by and between Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as New First Lien Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.10 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 1, 2011 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.10(f)	—   Additional General Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2012, by and among Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as First Lien Collateral Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as Junior Lien Collateral Agent and in its capacity as trustee for the Second Lien Notes issued on November 17, 2006, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as trustee for the Second Lien Notes issued on February 19, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 4.9 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 16, 2012 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.10(g)	—   Additional Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2012, by and between Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as New First Lien Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.10 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 16, 2012 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.10(h)	—   Additional General Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2012, by and among Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as First Lien Collateral Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as Junior Lien Collateral Agent and in its capacity as trustee for the Second Lien Notes issued on November 17, 2006, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as trustee for the Second Lien Notes issued on February 19, 2009 (filed as Exhibit 4.10 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 23, 2012 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.10(i)	—   Additional Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2012, by and between Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as New First Lien Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.11 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 23, 2012 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.11	—   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2010, among HCA Holdings, Inc., Hercules Holding II, LLC and certain other parties thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2010 (File No. 000-18406), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.12	—   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 16, 1989, by and among HCA-Hospital Corporation of America and the persons listed on the signature pages thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.14 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).

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4.13	—   Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of February 10, 1994, between HCA-Hospital Corporation of America and the Company relating to the Registration Rights Agreement, as amended (filed as Exhibit 4.15 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.14(a)	—   Indenture, dated as of December 16, 1993 between the Company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.16(a) to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.14(b)	—   First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 25, 2000 between the Company and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.16(b) to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.14(c)	—   Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2001 between the Company and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.16(c) to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.14(d)	—   Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 5, 2001 between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.16(d) to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.14(e)	—   Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 14, 2006, between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 16, 2006 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.15	—   Form of 7.5% Debentures due 2023 (filed as Exhibit 4.17 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.16	—   Form of 8.36% Debenture due 2024 (filed as Exhibit 4.18 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.17	—   Form of Fixed Rate Global Medium-Term Note (filed as Exhibit 4.19 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.18	—   Form of Floating Rate Global Medium-Term Note (filed as Exhibit 4.20 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.19	—   Form of 7.69% Note due 2025 (filed as Exhibit 4.10 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.20	—   Form of 7.50% Debenture due 2095 (filed as Exhibit 4.23 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.21	—   Form of 7.05% Debenture due 2027 (filed as Exhibit 4.24 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.22	—   7.50% Note due 2033 in the principal amount of $250,000,000 (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 6, 2003 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.23	—   Form of Indenture of HCA Inc. (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-175791), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.24	—   Indenture dated as of August 1, 2011, among HCA Inc., the guarantors named on Schedule I thereto, Delaware Trust Company (as successor to Law Debenture Trust Company of New York), as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-226709), and incorporated herein by reference).

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4.25	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 5, dated as of October 23, 2012, among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc., Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (Unsecured Notes) (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 23, 2012 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.26(a)	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 6, dated as of October 23, 2012, among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (Secured Notes) (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 23, 2012 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.26(b)	—   Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 31, 2020, among the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Delaware Trust Company, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.13(a) to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.26(c)	—   Schedule of Omitted Supplemental Indentures to Supplemental Indentures, filed pursuant to Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.
4.27	—   Form of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2023 (included in Exhibit 4.25).
4.28	—   Form of 4.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (included in Exhibit 4.26(a)).
4.29	—   Indenture, dated as of December 6, 2012, among HCA Holdings, Inc., Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as registrar, paying agent and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 6, 2012 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.30	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 8, dated as of March 17, 2014, among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 21, 2014 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.31	—   Form of 5.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 (included in Exhibit 4.30).
4.32	—   Additional Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2014, by and between Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as New First Lien Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.9 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 21, 2014 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.33	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 10, dated as of October 17, 2014, among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 17, 2014 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.34	—   Form of 5.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (included in Exhibit 4.33).
4.35	—   Additional Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2014, by and between Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as New First Lien Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.9 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 17, 2014 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.36	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 11, dated as of January 16, 2015, among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc., Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 16, 2015 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.37	—   Form of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2025 (included in Exhibit 4.36).

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4.38	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 12, dated as of May 20, 2015, among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc., Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 20, 2015 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.39	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 13, dated as of November 13, 2015, among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc., Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 13, 2015 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.40	—   Form of 5.875% Senior Notes due 2026 (included in Exhibit 4.39).
4.41	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 14, dated as of December 8, 2015, among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc., Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 8, 2015 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.42	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 15, dated as of March 15, 2016, among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 15, 2016 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.43	—   Form of 5.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (included in Exhibit 4.42).
4.44	—   Additional Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 15, 2016, by and between Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as First Lien Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.7 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 15, 2016 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.45	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 16, dated as of August 15, 2016, among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Law Debenture Trust Company of New York, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 15, 2016 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.46	—   Form of 4.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (included in Exhibit 4.45).
4.47	—   Additional Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of August 15, 2016, by and between Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as First Lien Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.8 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 15, 2016 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.48	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 17, dated as of December 9, 2016, among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Delaware Trust Company, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed December 9, 2016 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.49	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 18, dated as of June 22, 2017, among HCA Inc., HCA Healthcare, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Delaware Trust Company, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 22, 2017 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.50	—   Form of 5.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2047 (included in Exhibit 4.49).
4.51	—   Additional Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017, by and between Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as First Lien Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.7 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 22, 2017 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).

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4.52	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 19, dated as of August 23, 2018, among HCA Inc., HCA Healthcare, Inc., Delaware Trust Company, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 23, 2018 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.53	—   Form of 5.375% Senior Notes Due 2026 (included in Exhibit 4.52).
4.54	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 20, dated as of August 23, 2018, among HCA Inc., HCA Healthcare, Inc., Delaware Trust Company, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 23, 2018 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.55	—   Form of 5.625% Senior Notes Due 2028 (included in Exhibit 4.54).
4.56	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 21, dated as of January 22, 2019, among HCA Inc., HCA Healthcare, Inc., Delaware Trust Company, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 22, 2019 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.57	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 22, dated as of January 30, 2019, among HCA Inc., HCA Healthcare, Inc., Delaware Trust Company, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 30, 2019 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.58	—   Form of 5.875% Senior Notes Due 2029 (included in Exhibit 4.57).
4.59	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 23, dated as of June 12, 2019, among HCA Inc., HCA Healthcare, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Delaware Trust Company, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 12, 2019 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.60	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 24, dated as of June 12, 2019, among HCA Inc., HCA Healthcare, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Delaware Trust Company, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 12, 2019 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.61	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 25, dated as of June 12, 2019, among HCA Inc., HCA Healthcare, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Delaware Trust Company, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 12, 2019 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.62	—   Form of 4 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (included in Exhibit 4.59).
4.63	—   Form of 5 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2039 (included in Exhibit 4.60).
4.64	—   Form of 5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2049 (included in Exhibit 4.61).
4.65	—   Additional Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2019, by and between Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as First Lien Collateral Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.11 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 12, 2019 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.66	—   Supplemental Indenture No. 26, dated as of February 26, 2020, among HCA Inc., HCA Healthcare, Inc., Delaware Trust Company, as trustee, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 26, 2020 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).

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4.67	—   Form of 3.500% Senior Notes Due 2030 (included in Exhibit 4.66).
4.68	—   Credit Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2020, by and among HCA Inc., as borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 20, 2020 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.69	—   Guarantee, dated as of March 19, 2020, by and among the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 20, 2020 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.70	—   Additional First Lien Secured Party Consent, dated as of March 19, 2020, by and among Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent, HCA Inc., as borrower, and the subsidiary guarantors party thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 20, 2020 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.71	—   Additional Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2020, by and between Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent and Bank of America, N.A., as New First Lien Collateral Agent, and consented to by HCA Inc., as borrower, and the subsidiary grantors party thereto (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 20, 2020 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
4.72	—   Supplement No. 1, dated as of March 31, 2020, to the Guarantee, dated as of March 19, 2020, by and among each of the new guarantors party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent (filed as Exhibit 4.12 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
10.1	—   Form of Indemnity Agreement with certain officers and directors (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-145054) and incorporated herein by reference).
10.2(a)	—   2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.11(b) to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171369), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.2(b)	—   First Amendment to 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.2(c)	—   Second Amendment to the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.3(a)	—   Management Stockholder’s Agreement dated November 17, 2006 (filed as Exhibit 10.12 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
10.3(b)	—   Form of Omnibus Amendment to HCA Holdings, Inc.’s Management Stockholder’s Agreements (filed as Exhibit 10.39 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-171369), and incorporated herein by reference).
10.4	—   Form of Stock Appreciation Right Award Agreement Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 14, 2012 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*

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10.5	—   Form of 2014 Stock Appreciation Right Award Agreement Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.17(b) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.6	—   Retirement Agreement between the Company and Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D. dated as of January 1, 2002 (filed as Exhibit 10.30 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.7(a)	—   Amended and Restated HCA Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, effective December 22, 2010, except as provided therein (filed as Exhibit 10.26 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.7(b)	—   Amendment, dated December 22, 2020, to Amended and Restated HCA Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan.*
10.8(a)	—   Amended and Restated HCA Restoration Plan, effective December 22, 2010 (filed as Exhibit 10.27 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.8(b)	—   Amendment to the Amended and Restated HCA Restoration Plan, effective June 5, 2020 (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2020 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.9(a)	—   Employment Agreement dated November 16, 2006 (Samuel N. Hazen) (filed as Exhibit 10.27(d) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.9(b)	—   Employment Agreement dated November 16, 2006 (Charles J. Hall) (filed as Exhibit 10.28(d) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.9(c)	—   Amendment to Employment Agreement effective February 9, 2011 (Samuel N. Hazen) (filed as Exhibit 10.29(j) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.9(d)	—   Second Amendment to Employment Agreement effective January 29, 2015 (Samuel N. Hazen) (filed as Exhibit 10.23(i) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.9(e)	—   Third Amendment to Employment Agreement effective January 27, 2016 (Samuel N. Hazen) (filed as Exhibit 10.23(j) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.9(f)	—   Amendment to Employment Agreement effective January 27, 2016 (Charles J. Hall) (filed as Exhibit 10.23(k) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.9(g)	—   Fourth Amendment to Employment Agreement effective November 14, 2016 (Samuel N. Hazen) (filed as Exhibit 10.16(l) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.9(h)	—   Fifth Amendment to Employment Agreement effective January 1, 2019 (Samuel N. Hazen) (filed as Exhibit 10.14(i) to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.10	—   Indemnification Priority and Information Sharing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2009, between HCA Inc. and certain other parties thereto (filed as Exhibit 10.35 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).

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10.11	—   Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated November 22, 2010, by and among HCA Inc., HCA Holdings, Inc. and HCA Merger Sub LLC (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2010 (File No. 000-18406), and incorporated herein by reference).
10.12	—   Omnibus Amendment to Various Stock and Option Plans and the Management Stockholders’ Agreement, dated November 22, 2010 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed November 24, 2010 (File No. 000-18406), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.13	—   Omnibus Amendment to Stock Option Agreements Issued Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as amended, effective February 16, 2011 (filed as Exhibit 10.38 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.14	—   Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2011, by and among the Company, Hercules Holding II, LLC and the other signatories thereto (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 16, 2011 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
10.15	—   Amendment, dated as of September 21, 2011, to the Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2011 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 21, 2011 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).
10.16	—   Form of Director Restricted Share Unit Agreement Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.17	—   Executive Severance Policy (filed as Exhibit 10.46 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.18	—   HCA Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 25, 2014 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.19	—   Form of 2015 Stock Appreciation Right Award Agreement Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed February 4, 2015 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.20	—   Form of 2016 Stock Appreciation Right Award Agreement Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.50 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.21	—   Form of Director Restricted Share Unit Agreement (Annual Award) Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.22	—   Form of 2017 Stock Appreciation Right Award Agreement Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.42 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.23	—   Form of 2018 Stock Appreciation Right Award Agreement Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.40 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*

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10.24	—   Form of 2018 Performance Share Unit Award Agreement Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.41 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.25	—   HCA Holdings, Inc. 2018 Senior Officer Performance Excellence Program (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 5, 2018 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.26	—   Form of 2019 Stock Appreciation Right Award Agreement Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.41 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.27	—   Form of 2019 Performance Share Unit Award Agreement Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.42 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.28	—   HCA Healthcare, Inc. 2019 Senior Officer Performance Excellence Program (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 2, 2019 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.29	—   Form of 2020 Stock Appreciation Right Award Agreement Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.32 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.30	—   Form of 2020 Performance Share Unit Award Agreement Under the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated (filed as Exhibit 10.33 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (File No 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.31	—   2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc., and its Affiliates (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-237967), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.32	—   Form of Stock Appreciation Right Award Agreement Under the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates (filed as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-237967), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.33	—   Form of Employee Restricted Share Unit Award Agreement Under the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates (filed as Exhibit 4.6 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-237967), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.34	—   Form of Performance Share Unit Award Agreement Under the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates (filed as Exhibit 4.7 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-237967), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.35	—   HCA Healthcare, Inc. 2020 Senior Officer Performance Excellence Program (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 2, 2020 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.36	—   Form of Director Restricted Share Unit Agreement Under the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (File No. 001-11239), and incorporated herein by reference).*
10.37	—   Form of 2021 Stock Appreciation Right Award Agreement Under the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates.*

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10.38	—   Form of 2021 Performance Share Unit Award Agreement Under the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates.*
21	—   List of Subsidiaries.
22	—   List of Subsidiary Guarantors and Pledged Securities.
23	—   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
31.1	—   Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	—   Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32	—   Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101	—   The following financial information from our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on February 19, 2021, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2020 and 2019, (ii) the consolidated income statements for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, (iii) the consolidated comprehensive income statements for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, (iv) the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity (deficit) for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, (v) the consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, and (vi) the notes to consolidated financial statements.
104	—   The cover page from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, formatted in Inline XBRL (included in Exhibit 101).

* Management compensatory plan or arrangement.

Item 16. Form 10-K Summary

None.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
By:	/S/ SAMUEL N. HAZEN
	Samuel N. Hazen Chief Executive Officer

Dated: February 19, 2021

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/S/    SAMUEL N. HAZEN Samuel N. Hazen	Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)	February 19, 2021
/S/    WILLIAM B. RUTHERFORD William B. Rutherford	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)	February 19, 2021
/S/    THOMAS F. FRIST III Thomas F. Frist III	Chairman and Director	February 19, 2021
/S/    MEG G. CROFTON Meg G. Crofton	Director	February 19, 2021
/S/    ROBERT J. DENNIS Robert J. Dennis	Director	February 19, 2021
/s/    NANCY-ANN DEPARLE Nancy-Ann DeParle	Director	February 19, 2021
/S/    WILLIAM R. FRIST William R. Frist	Director	February 19, 2021
/S/    CHARLES O. HOLLIDAY, JR. Charles O. Holliday, Jr.	Director	February 19, 2021
/S/    MICHAEL W. MICHELSON Michael W. Michelson	Director	February 19, 2021
/S/    WAYNE J. RILEY Wayne J. Riley	Director	February 19, 2021

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HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

	Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		F-2
Consolidated Financial Statements:
Consolidated Income Statements for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018		F-5
Consolidated Comprehensive Income Statements for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018		F-6
Consolidated Balance Sheets, December 31, 2020 and 2019		F-7
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018		F-8
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018		F-9
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		F-10

F-1

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of HCA Healthcare, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), and our report dated February 19, 2021 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

F-2

	Revenue Recognition
Description of the Matter	For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company’s revenues were $51.533 billion. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, revenues are based upon the estimated amounts the Company expects to be entitled to receive from patients and third-party payers. Estimates of contractual allowances under managed care, commercial, and governmental insurance plans are based upon the payment terms specified in the related contractual agreements or as mandated under government payer programs. Management continually reviews the contractual allowances estimation process to consider and incorporate updates to laws and regulations and the frequent changes in managed care contractual terms resulting from contract renegotiations and renewals. Revenues related to uninsured patients and uninsured copayment and deductible amounts for patients who have health care insurance coverage may have discounts applied (uninsured discounts and contractual discounts). The Company also records estimated implicit price concessions (based primarily on historical collection experience) related to uninsured accounts to record these revenues and accounts receivable at the estimated amounts the Company expects to collect. The primary collection risks relate to uninsured patient accounts, including amounts owed from patients after insurance has paid the amounts covered by the applicable agreement. Implicit price concessions relate primarily to amounts due directly from patients and are based upon management’s assessment of historical write-offs and expected net collections, business and economic conditions, trends in federal, state and private employer health care coverage and other collection indicators. Auditing management’s estimates of contractual allowances and implicit price concessions was complex and judgmental due to the significant data inputs and subjective assumptions utilized in determining related amounts.
How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit	We tested internal controls that address the risks of material misstatement related to the measurement and valuation of revenues, including estimation of contractual allowances and implicit price concessions. For example, we tested management’s internal controls over the key data inputs to the contractual allowances and implicit price concessions models, significant assumptions underlying management’s models, and management’s internal controls over retrospective hindsight reviews of historical reserve accuracy. To test the estimated contractual allowances and implicit price concessions, we performed audit procedures that included, among others, assessing methodologies and evaluating the significant assumptions discussed above and testing the completeness and accuracy of the underlying data used by the Company in its estimates. We compared the significant assumptions used by management to current industry and economic trends and considered changes, if any, to the Company’s business and other relevant factors. We also assessed the historical accuracy of management’s estimates as a source of potential corroborative or contrary evidence.
	Professional Liability Claims
Description of the Matter	At December 31, 2020, the Company’s reserves for professional liability risks were $1.963 billion and the Company’s related provision for losses for the year ended December 31, 2020 was $435 million. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, reserves for professional liability risks represent the estimated ultimate cost of all reported and unreported losses incurred and unpaid as of the consolidated balance sheet date. Management determines professional liability reserves and provisions for losses using individual case-basis valuations and actuarial analyses. Trends in the average frequency (number of claims) and ultimate average severity (cost per claim) of claims are significant assumptions in estimating the reserves.

F-3

Auditing management’s professional liability claims reserves was complex and judgmental due to the significant estimations required in determining the reserves, particularly the actuarial methodology and assumptions related to the severity and frequency of claims.

How We Addressed the Matter in Our Audit

We tested management’s internal controls that address the risks of material misstatement over the Company’s professional liability claims reserve estimation process. For example, we tested internal controls over management’s review of the actuarial methodology and significant assumptions, and the completeness and accuracy of claims data supporting the recorded reserves. To test the Company’s determination of the estimated professional liability expense and reserves, we performed audit procedures that included, among others, testing the completeness and accuracy of underlying claims data used by the Company and its actuaries in its determination of reserves and reviewing the Company’s insurance contracts to assess self-insured limits, deductibles and coverage limits. Additionally, with the involvement of our actuarial specialists, we performed audit procedures that included, among others, assessing the actuarial valuation methodologies utilized by management and its actuaries, testing the significant assumptions, including consideration of Company-specific claim reporting and payment data, assessing the accuracy of management’s historical reserve estimates, and developing an independent range of reserves for comparison to the Company’s recorded amounts.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1994.

Nashville, Tennessee

February 19, 2021

F-4

HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020, 2019 AND 2018

(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

	2020			2019			2018
Revenues	$	51,533		$	51,336		$	46,677
Salaries and benefits		23,874			23,560			21,425
Supplies		8,369			8,481			7,724
Other operating expenses		9,307			9,481			8,608
Equity in earnings of affiliates		(54	)		(43	)		(29	)
Depreciation and amortization		2,721			2,596			2,278
Interest expense		1,584			1,824			1,755
Losses (gains) on sales of facilities		7			(18	)		(428	)
Losses on retirement of debt		295			211			9
		46,103			46,092			41,342
Income before income taxes		5,430			5,244			5,335
Provision for income taxes		1,043			1,099			946
Net income		4,387			4,145			4,389
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests		633			640			602
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.	$	3,754		$	3,505		$	3,787
Per share data:
Basic earnings per share	$	11.10		$	10.27		$	10.90
Diluted earnings per share	$	10.93		$	10.07		$	10.66
Shares used in earnings per share calculations (in millions):
Basic		338.274			341.210			347.297
Diluted		343.605			348.226			355.303

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

F-5

HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020, 2019 AND 2018

(Dollars in millions)

	2020			2019			2018
Net income	$	4,387		$	4,145		$	4,389
Other comprehensive income (loss) before taxes:
Foreign currency translation		18			5			(71	)
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities		14			15			(7	)
Defined benefit plans		(71	)		(63	)		44
Pension costs included in salaries and benefits		28			13			21
		(43	)		(50	)		65
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments		(66	)		(50	)		23
Interest costs (benefits) included in interest expense		24			(17	)		(10	)
		(42	)		(67	)		13
Other comprehensive loss before taxes		(53	)		(97	)		—
Income taxes (benefits) related to other comprehensive income items		(11	)		(18	)		8
Other comprehensive loss		(42	)		(79	)		(8	)
Comprehensive income		4,345			4,066			4,381
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests		633			640			602
Comprehensive income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.	$	3,712		$	3,426		$	3,779

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

F-6

HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

DECEMBER 31, 2020 AND 2019

(Dollars in millions)

	2020			2019
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,793		$	621
Accounts receivable		7,051			7,380
Inventories		2,025			1,849
Other		1,464			1,346
		12,333			11,196
Property and equipment, at cost:
Land		2,269			2,178
Buildings		18,471			17,669
Equipment		27,082			25,756
Construction in progress		1,495			1,632
		49,317			47,235
Accumulated depreciation		(26,118	)		(24,520	)
		23,199			22,715
Investments of insurance subsidiaries		388			315
Investments in and advances to affiliates		422			249
Goodwill and other intangible assets		8,578			8,269
Right-of-use operating lease assets		2,024			1,834
Other		546			480
	$	47,490		$	45,058
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	3,535		$	2,905
Accrued salaries		1,720			1,775
Other accrued expenses		3,240			2,932
Long-term debt due within one year		209			145
		8,704			7,757
Long-term debt, less debt issuance costs and discounts of $236 and $239		30,795			33,577
Professional liability risks		1,486			1,370
Right-of-use operating lease obligations		1,673			1,499
Income taxes and other liabilities		1,940			1,420
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
Common stock $0.01 par; authorized 1,800,000,000 shares; outstanding 339,425,600 shares — 2020 and 338,445,600 shares — 2019		3			3
Capital in excess of par value		294			—
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(502	)		(460	)
Retained earnings (deficit)		777			(2,351	)
Stockholders’ equity (deficit) attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.		572			(2,808	)
Noncontrolling interests		2,320			2,243
		2,892			(565	)
	$	47,490		$	45,058

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020, 2019 AND 2018

(Dollars in millions)

	Equity (Deficit) Attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.															Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests			Total
	Common Stock						Capital in Excess of Par Value			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Retained Earnings (Deficit)
	Shares (in millions)			Par Value
Balances, December 31, 2017		350.092		$	4		$	—		$	(278	)	$	(6,532	)	$	1,811		$	(4,995	)
Comprehensive income (loss)											(8	)		3,787			602			4,381
Repurchase of common stock		(14.070	)		(1	)		(103	)					(1,426	)					(1,530	)
Share-based benefit plans		6.873						115												115
Cash dividends declared ($1.40 share)														(496	)					(496	)
Distributions																	(441	)		(441	)
Reclassification of stranded tax effects											(95	)		95						—
Other								(12	)								60			48
Balances, December 31, 2018		342.895			3			—			(381	)		(4,572	)		2,032			(2,918	)
Comprehensive income (loss)											(79	)		3,505			640			4,066
Repurchase of common stock		(7.949	)					(302	)					(729	)					(1,031	)
Share-based benefit plans		3.500						313												313
Cash dividends declared ($1.60 share)														(555	)					(555	)
Distributions																	(542	)		(542	)
Other								(11	)								113			102
Balances, December 31, 2019		338.446			3			—			(460	)		(2,351	)		2,243			(565	)
Comprehensive income (loss)											(42	)		3,754			633			4,345
Repurchase of common stock		(3.287	)											(441	)					(441	)
Share-based benefit plans		4.267						300						(35	)					265
Cash dividends declared ($0.43 share)														(150	)					(150	)
Distributions																	(626	)		(626	)
Other								(6	)								70			64
Balances, December 31, 2020		339.426		$	3		$	294		$	(502	)	$	777		$	2,320		$	2,892

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020, 2019 AND 2018

(Dollars in millions)

	2020			2019			2018
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	4,387		$	4,145		$	4,389
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Increase (decrease) in cash from operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		327			(326	)		(423	)
Inventories and other assets		(304	)		(158	)		(242	)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		1,255			396			698
Depreciation and amortization		2,721			2,596			2,278
Income taxes		41			250			74
Losses (gains) on sales of facilities		7			(18	)		(428	)
Losses on retirement of debt		295			211			9
Amortization of debt issuance costs		30			30			31
Share-based compensation		362			347			268
Other		111			129			107
Net cash provided by operating activities		9,232			7,602			6,761
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment		(2,835	)		(4,158	)		(3,573	)
Acquisition of hospitals and health care entities		(568	)		(1,682	)		(1,253	)
Sales of hospitals and health care entities		68			61			808
Change in investments		(20	)		25			57
Other		(38	)		34			60
Net cash used in investing activities		(3,393	)		(5,720	)		(3,901	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Issuances of long-term debt		2,700			6,451			2,000
Net change in revolving credit facilities		(2,480	)		(560	)		(640	)
Repayment of long-term debt		(3,437	)		(5,324	)		(1,704	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		(626	)		(542	)		(441	)
Payment of debt issuance costs		(35	)		(73	)		(25	)
Payment of dividends		(153	)		(550	)		(487	)
Repurchase of common stock		(441	)		(1,031	)		(1,530	)
Other		(205	)		(142	)		(248	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(4,677	)		(1,771	)		(3,075	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		10			8			(15	)
Change in cash and cash equivalents		1,172			119			(230	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		621			502			732
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	1,793		$	621		$	502
Interest payments	$	1,607		$	1,914		$	1,744
Income tax payments, net	$	1,002		$	849		$	872

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 — ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Reporting Entity

HCA Healthcare, Inc. is a holding company whose affiliates own and operate hospitals and related health care entities. The term “affiliates” includes direct and indirect subsidiaries of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and partnerships and joint ventures in which such subsidiaries are partners. At December 31, 2020 these affiliates owned and operated 185 hospitals, 121 freestanding surgery centers, 21 freestanding endoscopy centers and provided extensive outpatient and ancillary services. HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s facilities are located in 20 states and England. The terms “Company,” “HCA,” “we,” “our” or “us,” as used herein and unless otherwise stated or indicated by context, refer to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates. The terms “facilities” or “hospitals” refer to entities owned and operated by affiliates of HCA and the term “employees” refers to employees of affiliates of HCA.

Basis of Presentation

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The consolidated financial statements include all subsidiaries and entities controlled by HCA. We generally define “control” as ownership of a majority of the voting interest of an entity. The consolidated financial statements include entities in which we absorb a majority of the entity’s expected losses, receive a majority of the entity’s expected residual returns, or both, as a result of ownership, contractual or other financial interests in the entity. The accounts of acquired entities are included in our consolidated financial statements for periods subsequent to our acquisition of controlling interests. Significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated. Investments in entities we do not control, but in which we have a substantial ownership interest and can exercise significant influence, are accounted for using the equity method.

The majority of our expenses are “cost of revenue” items. Costs that could be classified as general and administrative include our corporate office costs, which were $416 million, $370 million and $344 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

COVID-19 Pandemic and CARES Act Funding

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization designated COVID-19 as a global pandemic. Patient volumes and the related revenues for most of our services were significantly impacted during the latter portion of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter of 2020 and have continued to be impacted as various policies that were implemented by federal, state and local governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including policies that have caused many people to remain at home, forced the closure of or limitations on certain businesses, and suspended elective surgical procedures by health care facilities. While many of these restrictions have been eased across the U.S. and most states have lifted moratoriums on non-emergent procedures, restrictions remain in place or may be adopted or re-imposed, and the possibility exists that the public, particularly segments with a high mortality risk, could remain wary of real or perceived opportunities for exposure to the virus. We are unable to predict the future impact of the pandemic on our operations.

During 2020, we received approximately $4.4 billion of accelerated Medicare payments and approximately $1.8  billion in general and targeted distributions from the Provider Relief Fund, both as provided for and established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. During October 2020, we announced our decision to return, or repay early, all of our share of the Provider Relief Fund distributions and all of the Medicare accelerated payments. During the fourth quarter of 2020, we returned, or repaid early, approximately $6.1 billion of these funds. The unreturned Provider Relief Funds of $83 million, related to amounts received by certain of our partnership entities, are recorded under the caption “other accrued

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NOTE 1 — ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

COVID-19 Pandemic and CARES Act Funding (continued)

expenses” in our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2020. Our share of these funds will be returned in 2021 after final determination of amounts earned and distributable to the members of each respective partnership.

The CARES Act also provides for a deferral of payments of the employer portion of Social Security tax incurred during the pandemic, allowing half of such payroll taxes to be deferred until December 2021 and the remaining half until December 2022. At December 31, 2020, the Company had deferred $688 million of Social Security taxes. Additionally, the CARES Act created a payroll tax credit designed to encourage companies to retain employees during the pandemic. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company evaluated its eligibility for this credit and recorded $60 million of employee retention payroll tax credits pursuant to the CARES Act. These tax credits were recorded as a reduction of salaries and benefits in our consolidated income statement.

We believe the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on our operating results and financial condition has been and will continue to be driven by many factors, most of which are beyond our control and ability to forecast. Such factors include, but are not limited to: the severity or duration of the pandemic, including whether there will be additional periods of increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in the areas in which we operate, the rollout and availability of effective medical treatments and vaccines, the efficacy of public health controls, including vaccines, and the impact of any mutations of the virus; the scope and duration of stay-at-home practices and business closures and restrictions; recommended or required suspensions of elective procedures; continued declines in patient volumes for an indeterminable length of time; increases in the number of uninsured and underinsured patients as a result of higher sustained rates of unemployment; incremental expenses required for supplies and personal protective equipment; and changes in professional and general liability exposure. Because of these and other uncertainties, we cannot estimate how long or how severely the pandemic will impact our business. If we experience declines in cash flows and results of operations, such declines could have an impact on the inputs and assumptions used in significant accounting estimates, including estimated implicit price concessions related to uninsured patient accounts, professional and general liability reserves, and potential impairments of goodwill and long-lived assets.

Revenues

Our revenues generally relate to contracts with patients in which our performance obligations are to provide health care services to the patients. Revenues are recorded during the period our obligations to provide health care services are satisfied. Our performance obligations for inpatient services are generally satisfied over periods that average approximately five days, and revenues are recognized based on charges incurred in relation to total expected charges. Our performance obligations for outpatient services are generally satisfied over a period of less than one day. The contractual relationships with patients, in most cases, also involve a third-party payer (Medicare, Medicaid, managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies, including plans offered through the health insurance exchanges) and the transaction prices for the services provided are dependent upon the terms provided by (Medicare and Medicaid) or negotiated with (managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies) the third-party payers. The payment arrangements with third-party payers for the services we provide to the related patients typically specify payments at amounts less than our standard charges. Medicare generally pays for inpatient and outpatient services at prospectively determined rates based on clinical, diagnostic and other factors. Services provided to patients having Medicaid coverage are generally paid at prospectively

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NOTE 1 — ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Revenues (continued)

determined rates per discharge, per identified service or per covered member. Agreements with commercial insurance carriers, managed care and preferred provider organizations generally provide for payments based upon predetermined rates per diagnosis, per diem rates or discounted fee-for-service rates. Management continually reviews the contractual estimation process to consider and incorporate updates to laws and regulations and the frequent changes in managed care contractual terms resulting from contract renegotiations and renewals.

Our revenues are based upon the estimated amounts we expect to be entitled to receive from patients and third-party payers. Estimates of contractual adjustments under managed care and commercial insurance plans are based upon the payment terms specified in the related contractual agreements. Revenues related to uninsured patients and uninsured copayment and deductible amounts for patients who have health care coverage may have discounts applied (uninsured discounts and contractual discounts). We also record estimated implicit price concessions (based primarily on historical collection experience) related to uninsured accounts to record these revenues at the estimated amounts we expect to collect. Our revenues by primary third-party payer classification and other (including uninsured patients) for the years ended December 31, are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	Years Ended December 31,
	2020		Ratio			2019		Ratio			2018		Ratio
Medicare	$	10,420		20.2	%	$	10,798		21.0	%	$	9,831		21.1	%
Managed Medicare		6,997		13.6			6,452		12.6			5,497		11.8
Medicaid		1,965		3.8			1,572		3.1			1,358		2.9
Managed Medicaid		2,621		5.1			2,450		4.8			2,403		5.1
Managed care and other insurers		26,535		51.5			26,544		51.6			24,467		52.4
International (managed care and other insurers)		1,120		2.2			1,162		2.3			1,156		2.5
Other		1,875		3.6			2,358		4.6			1,965		4.2
Revenues	$	51,533		100.0	%	$	51,336		100.0	%	$	46,677		100.0	%

Laws and regulations governing the Medicare and Medicaid programs are complex and subject to interpretation. Estimated reimbursement amounts are adjusted in subsequent periods as cost reports are prepared and filed and as final settlements are determined (in relation to certain government programs, primarily Medicare, this is generally referred to as the “cost report” filing and settlement process). The adjustments to estimated Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement amounts and disproportionate-share funds related primarily to cost reports filed during the respective year resulted in net increases to revenues of $70 million, $51 million and $29 million in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The adjustments to estimated reimbursement amounts related primarily to cost reports filed during previous years resulted in a net reduction to revenues of $5 million in 2020 and net increases to revenues of $13 million and $51 million in 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (“EMTALA”) requires any hospital participating in the Medicare program to conduct an appropriate medical screening examination of every person who presents to the hospital’s emergency room for treatment and, if the individual is suffering from an emergency medical condition, to either stabilize the condition or make an appropriate transfer of the individual to a facility able to handle the condition. The obligation to screen and stabilize emergency medical conditions exists regardless of an

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NOTE 1 — ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Revenues (continued)

individual’s ability to pay for treatment. Federal and state laws and regulations require, and our commitment to providing quality patient care encourages, us to provide services to patients who are financially unable to pay for the health care services they receive.

Patients treated at hospitals for non-elective care, who have income at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, were eligible for charity care, and we limit the patient responsibility amounts for these patients to a percentage of their annual household income, computed on a sliding scale based upon their annual income and the applicable percentage of the federal poverty level. Patients treated at hospitals for non-elective care, who have income above 400% of the federal poverty level, were eligible for certain other discounts which limit the patient responsibility amounts for these patients to a percentage of their annual household income, computed on a sliding scale based upon their annual income and the applicable percentage of the federal poverty level. We apply additional discounts to limit patient responsibility for certain emergency services. The federal poverty level is established by the federal government and is based on income and family size. Because we do not pursue collection of amounts determined to qualify as charity care, they are not reported in revenues. We provide discounts to uninsured patients who do not qualify for Medicaid or charity care. We may attempt to provide assistance to uninsured patients to help determine whether they may qualify for Medicaid, other federal or state assistance, or charity care. If an uninsured patient does not qualify for these programs, the uninsured discount is applied.

The collection of outstanding receivables for Medicare, Medicaid, managed care payers, other third-party payers and patients is our primary source of cash and is critical to our operating performance. The primary collection risks relate to uninsured patient accounts, including patient accounts for which the primary insurance carrier has paid the amounts covered by the applicable agreement, but patient responsibility amounts (deductibles and copayments) remain outstanding. Implicit price concessions relate primarily to amounts due directly from patients. Estimated implicit price concessions are recorded for all uninsured accounts, regardless of the age of those accounts. Accounts are written off when all reasonable collection efforts have been performed.

The estimates for implicit price concessions are based upon management’s assessment of historical writeoffs and expected net collections, business and economic conditions, trends in federal, state and private employer health care coverage and other collection indicators. Management relies on the results of detailed reviews of historical writeoffs and collections at facilities that represent a majority of our revenues and accounts receivable (the “hindsight analysis”) as a primary source of information in estimating the collectability of our accounts receivable. We perform the hindsight analysis quarterly, utilizing rolling twelve-months accounts receivable collection and writeoff data. We believe our quarterly updates to the estimated implicit price concession amounts at each of our hospital facilities provide reasonable estimates of our revenues and valuations of our accounts receivable. These routine, quarterly changes in estimates have not resulted in material adjustments to the valuations of our accounts receivable or period-to-period comparisons of our revenues. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, estimated implicit price concessions of $6.108 billion and $6.953 billion, respectively, had been recorded to adjust our revenues and accounts receivable to the estimated amounts we expect to collect.

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NOTE 1 — ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Revenues (continued)

To quantify the total impact of the trends related to uninsured patient accounts, we believe it is beneficial to view total uncompensated care, which is comprised of charity care, uninsured discounts and implicit price concessions. A summary of the estimated cost of total uncompensated care for the years ended December 31, follows (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019			2018
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$	44,271		$	44,118		$	40,035
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)		12.0	%		12.0	%		12.4	%
Total uncompensated care	$	29,029		$	31,105		$	26,757
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		12.0	%		12.0	%		12.4	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	3,483		$	3,733		$	3,318

The total uncompensated care amounts include charity care of $13.763 billion, $13.260 billion and $8.611 billion for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The estimated costs of charity care were $1.652 billion, $1.591 billion and $1.068 billion for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased. Our insurance subsidiaries’ cash equivalent investments in excess of the amounts required to pay estimated professional liability claims during the next twelve months are not included in cash and cash equivalents as these funds are not available for general corporate purposes. Carrying values of cash and cash equivalents approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

Our cash management system provides for daily investment of available balances and the funding of outstanding checks when presented for payment. Outstanding, but unpresented, checks totaling $495 million and $486 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, have been included in “accounts payable” in the consolidated balance sheets. Upon presentation for payment, these checks are funded through available cash balances or our credit facility.

Accounts Receivable

We receive payments for services rendered from federal and state agencies (under the Medicare and Medicaid programs), managed care health plans, commercial insurance companies, employers and patients. We recognize that revenues and receivables from government agencies are significant to our operations, but do not believe there are significant credit risks associated with these government agencies. We do not believe there are any other significant concentrations of revenues from any particular payer that would subject us to any significant credit risks in the collection of our accounts receivable. Days revenues in accounts receivable were 45 days, 50 days and 51 days at December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The five-day decline from December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2020 was primarily due to the combined impact of a $329 million decline in accounts receivable at December 31, 2020, compared to December 31, 2019, and a 5.7% increase in fourth

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NOTE 1 — ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Accounts Receivable (continued)

quarter 2020 revenues per day compared to fourth quarter 2019 revenues per day. Changes in general economic conditions, patient accounting service center operations, payer mix, or federal or state governmental health care coverage could affect our collection of accounts receivable, cash flows and results of operations.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market.

Property and Equipment

Depreciation expense, computed using the straight-line method, was $2.693 billion in 2020, $2.579 billion in 2019 and $2.262 billion in 2018. Buildings and improvements are depreciated over estimated useful lives ranging generally from 10 to 40 years. Estimated useful lives of equipment vary generally from four to 10 years.

When events, circumstances or operating results indicate the carrying values of certain long-lived assets expected to be held and used might be impaired, we prepare projections of the undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the assets and their eventual disposition. If the projections indicate the recorded amounts are not expected to be recoverable, such amounts are reduced to estimated fair value. Fair value may be estimated based upon internal evaluations that include quantitative analyses of revenues and cash flows, reviews of recent sales of similar assets and independent appraisals.

Long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of their carrying amounts or fair value less costs to sell or close. The estimates of fair value are usually based upon recent sales of similar assets and market responses based upon discussions with and offers received from potential buyers.

Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries

At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the investments of our 100% owned insurance subsidiaries were classified as “available-for-sale” as defined in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) No. 320, Investments — Debt Securities and are recorded at fair value. The investment securities are held for the purpose of providing a funding source to pay liability claims covered by the insurance subsidiaries. We perform quarterly assessments of individual investment securities to determine whether declines in fair value are due to credit-related or noncredit-related factors. Our investment securities evaluation process involves subjective judgments, often involves estimating the outcome of future events, and requires a significant level of professional judgment in determining whether a credit-related impairment has occurred. We evaluate, among other things, the financial position and near term prospects of the issuer, conditions in the issuer’s industry, liquidity of the investment, changes in the amount or timing of expected future cash flows from the investment, and recent downgrades of the issuer by a rating agency, to determine if, and when, a decline in the fair value of an investment below amortized cost is considered to be a credit-related impairment. The extent to which the fair value of the investment is less than amortized cost and our ability and intent to retain the investment, to allow for any anticipated recovery of the investment’s fair value, are important components of our investment securities evaluation process.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill is not amortized but is subject to annual impairment tests. In addition to the annual impairment review, impairment reviews are performed whenever circumstances indicate a possible impairment may exist.

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets (continued)

Impairment testing for goodwill is done at the reporting unit level. Reporting units are one level below the business segment level, and our impairment testing is performed at the operating division level. We compare the fair value of the reporting unit assets to the carrying amount, on at least an annual basis, to determine if there is potential impairment. If the fair value of the reporting unit assets is less than their carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized. Fair value is estimated based upon internal evaluations of each reporting unit that include quantitative analyses of market multiples, revenues and cash flows and reviews of recent sales of similar facilities. No goodwill impairments were recognized during 2020, 2019 or 2018.

During 2020, goodwill increased by $279 million related to acquisitions, including the finalization of the accounting for certain prior year acquisitions, and declined by $9 million related to foreign currency translation and other adjustments. During 2019, goodwill increased by $332 million related to acquisitions and declined by $4 million related to foreign currency translation and other adjustments.

During 2020, identifiable intangible assets increased by $65 million related to acquisitions, including the finalization of the accounting for certain prior year acquisitions, and declined by $26 million due to amortization and other adjustments. During 2019, identifiable intangible assets declined by $12 million due to amortization, foreign currency translation and other adjustments. Identifiable intangible assets are amortized over estimated lives ranging generally from three to 10 years. The gross carrying amounts of identifiable intangible assets at December 31, 2020 and 2019 were $249 million and $184 million, respectively, and accumulated amortization was $149 million and $123 million, respectively. The gross carrying amount of indefinite-lived identifiable intangible assets at both December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $269 million. Indefinite-lived identifiable intangible assets are not amortized but are subject to annual impairment tests, and impairment reviews are performed whenever circumstances indicate a possible impairment may exist.

Debt Issuance Costs and Discounts

Debt issuance costs and discounts are amortized based upon the terms of the respective debt obligations. The gross carrying amount of debt issuance costs and discounts at December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $411 million and $413 million, respectively, and accumulated amortization was $175 million and $174 million, respectively. Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts is included in interest expense and was $30 million, $30 million and $31 million for 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Professional Liability Claims

Reserves for professional liability risks were $1.963 billion and $1.827 billion at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The current portion of the reserves, $477 million and $457 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, is included in “other accrued expenses” in the consolidated balance sheets. Provisions for losses related to professional liability risks were $435 million, $497 million and $447 million for 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and are included in “other operating expenses” in our consolidated income statements. Provisions for losses related to professional liability risks are based upon actuarially determined estimates. During 2020, 2019 and 2018, we recorded reductions to the provision for professional liability risks of $112 million, $50 million and $70 million, respectively, due to the receipt of updated actuarial information. Loss and loss expense reserves represent the estimated ultimate net cost of all reported and unreported losses incurred through the respective consolidated balance sheet dates. The reserves for unpaid losses and loss expenses are estimated using individual case-basis valuations and actuarial analyses. Those estimates are subject to the effects of trends in loss severity and

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Professional Liability Claims (continued)

frequency. The estimates are continually reviewed and adjustments are recorded as experience develops or new information becomes known. Adjustments to the estimated reserve amounts are included in current operating results. The reserves for professional liability risks cover approximately 2,300 individual claims at both December 31, 2020 and 2019 and estimates for unreported potential claims. The time period required to resolve these claims can vary depending upon the jurisdiction and whether the claim is settled or litigated. During 2020 and 2019, $292 million and $408 million, respectively, of net payments were made for professional and general liability claims. The estimation of the timing of payments beyond a year can vary significantly. Although considerable variability is inherent in professional liability reserve estimates, we believe the reserves for losses and loss expenses are adequate; however, there can be no assurance the ultimate liability will not exceed our estimates.

A portion of our professional liability risks is insured through a 100% owned insurance subsidiary. Subject, in most cases, to a $15 million per occurrence self-insured retention, our facilities are insured by our 100% owned insurance subsidiary for losses up to $50 million per occurrence. The insurance subsidiary has obtained reinsurance for professional liability risks generally above a retention level of either $25 million or $35 million per occurrence, depending on the jurisdiction for the related claim. We also maintain professional liability insurance with unrelated commercial carriers for losses in excess of amounts insured by our insurance subsidiary.

The obligations covered by reinsurance and excess insurance contracts are included in the reserves for professional liability risks, as we remain liable to the extent the reinsurers and excess insurance carriers do not meet their obligations under the reinsurance and excess insurance contracts. The amounts receivable under the reinsurance contracts include $31 million and $37 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, recorded in “other assets,” and $8 million and $9 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, recorded in “other current assets.”

Financial Instruments

Derivative financial instruments are employed to manage interest rate risks, and are not used for trading or speculative purposes. We recognize our interest rate swap derivative instruments in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognized periodically in stockholders’ equity, as a component of other comprehensive income (loss), provided the derivative financial instrument qualifies for hedge accounting. Gains and losses on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, to the extent they are effective, are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss), and subsequently reclassified to earnings to offset the impact of the forecasted transactions when they occur. In the event the forecasted transaction to which a cash flow hedge relates is no longer likely, the amount in other comprehensive income is recognized in earnings and generally the derivative is terminated.

The net interest paid or received on interest rate swaps is recognized as adjustments to interest expense. Gains and losses resulting from the early termination of interest rate swap agreements are deferred and amortized as adjustments to interest expense over the remaining term of the debt originally associated with the terminated swap.

Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Entities

The consolidated financial statements include all assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of less than 100% owned entities that we control. Accordingly, we have recorded noncontrolling interests in the earnings and equity of such entities.

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NOTE 2 — SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2020 presentation.

Stock Incentive Plans

In May 2020, the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates (the “2020 Plan”) was established to replace the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates (the “2006 Plan”). Our stock incentive plans are designed to promote the long term financial interests and growth of the Company by attracting and retaining management and other personnel, motivating them to achieve long range goals and aligning their interests with those of our stockholders through opportunities for stock-based compensation and stock ownership in the Company. Stock option, stock appreciation right (“SARs”) and restricted share unit (“RSUs”) grants vest solely based upon continued employment over a specific period of time, and performance share unit (“PSUs”) grants vest based upon both continued employment over a specific period of time and the achievement of predetermined financial targets over time. No further grants will be made under the 2006 Plan, and no shares under the 2006 Plan are available for grant under the 2020 Plan. At December 31, 2020 there were 20.274 million shares available for future grants under the 2020 Plan.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Our employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”) provides our participating employees an opportunity to obtain shares of our common stock at a discount (through payroll deductions over three-month periods). At December 31, 2020, 5.865 million shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under the ESPP provisions. During 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized $13 million, $12 million and $10 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to the ESPP.

Stock Option, SAR, RSU and PSU Activity – All Plans

The fair value of each stock option and SAR award is estimated on the grant date, using valuation models and the weighted average assumptions indicated in the following table. Awards under our stock incentive plans generally vest based on continued employment (“Time Stock Options and SARs” and “Time RSUs”) and based upon continued employment and the achievement of certain financial targets (“Performance Stock Options and SARs”, “Performance RSUs” and “PSUs”). PSUs have a three-year cumulative earnings per share target, and the number of PSUs earned can vary from zero (for actual performance of less than 90% of target for 2020 and 2019 grants and less than 80% of target for 2018 and prior grants) to two times the original PSU grant (for actual performance of 110% or more of target for 2020 and 2019 grants and 120% or more of target for 2018 and prior grants). Each grant is valued as a single award with an expected term equal to the average expected term of the component vesting tranches. The expected term of the share-based award is limited by the contractual term. We use historical exercise behavior data and other factors to estimate the expected term of the options and SARs.

Compensation cost is recognized on the straight-line attribution method. The straight-line attribution method requires that total compensation expense recognized must at least equal the vested portion of the grant-date fair value. The expected volatility is derived using historical stock price information for our common stock and the volatility implied by the trading of options to purchase our stock on open-market exchanges. The risk-free interest rate is the approximate yield on United States Treasury Strips having a life equal to the expected share-based award life on the date of grant. The expected life is an estimate of the number of years a share-based award will be held before it is exercised. The expected dividend yield is estimated based on the assumption that the dividend yield at date of grant will be maintained over the expected life of the grant.

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NOTE 2 — SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (continued)

Stock Option, SAR, RSU and PSU Activity – All Plans (continued)

	2020			2019			2018
Risk-free interest rate		1.44	%		2.50	%		2.62	%
Expected volatility		27	%		27	%		29	%
Expected life, in years		6.15			6.18			6.15
Expected dividend yield		1.19	%		1.16	%		1.37	%

Information regarding Time Stock Options and SARs and Performance Stock Options and SARs activity during 2020, 2019 and 2018 is summarized below (share amounts in thousands):

	Time Stock Options and SARs			Performance Stock Options and SARs			Total Stock Options and SARs			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (dollars in millions)
Options and SARs outstanding, December 31, 2017		11,156			4,586			15,742		$	43.47
Granted		2,342			—			2,342			101.96
Exercised		(3,917	)		(1,774	)		(5,691	)		27.86
Cancelled		(221	)		(145	)		(366	)		68.43
Options and SARs outstanding, December 31, 2018		9,360			2,667			12,027			61.49
Granted		1,349			—			1,349			138.31
Exercised		(1,137	)		(523	)		(1,660	)		44.45
Cancelled		(522	)		—			(522	)		93.26
Options and SARs outstanding, December 31, 2019		9,050			2,144			11,194			71.79
Granted		1,120			—			1,120			144.47
Exercised		(2,159	)		(1,325	)		(3,484	)		44.07
Cancelled		(175	)		—			(175	)		111.69
Options and SARs outstanding, December 31, 2020		7,836			819			8,655		$	91.53		6.0 years	$	631
Options and SARs exercisable, December 31, 2020		4,562			819			5,381		$	71.25		4.8 years	$	502

The weighted average fair values of stock options and SARs granted during 2020, 2019 and 2018 were $35.98, $38.21 and $28.90 per share, respectively. The total intrinsic value of stock options and SARs exercised during 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $328 million, $153 million and $456 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, the unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock options and SARs was $53 million.

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NOTE 2 — SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (continued)

Stock Option, SAR, RSU and PSU Activity – All Plans (continued)

Information regarding Time RSUs, Performance RSUs and PSUs activity during 2020, 2019 and 2018 is summarized below (share amounts in thousands):

	Time RSUs			Performance RSUs			PSUs			Total RSUs and PSUs			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
RSUs and PSUs outstanding, December 31, 2017		3,465			227			3,562			7,254		$	72.05
Granted		1,464			—			1,261			2,725			101.85
Performance adjustment		—			—			1,250			1,250			69.27
Vested		(1,487	)		(136	)		(2,500	)		(4,123	)		67.33
Cancelled		(319	)		(91	)		(151	)		(561	)		78.82
RSUs and PSUs outstanding, December 31, 2018		3,123			—			3,422			6,545			86.32
Granted		973			—			796			1,769			138.45
Performance adjustment		—			—			227			227			69.94
Vested		(1,216	)		—			(1,251	)		(2,467	)		75.97
Cancelled		(260	)		—			(159	)		(419	)		103.27
RSUs and PSUs outstanding, December 31, 2019		2,620			—			3,035			5,655			105.23
Granted		1,048			—			808			1,856			144.17
Performance adjustment		—			—			206			206			81.89
Vested		(1,030	)		—			(1,364	)		(2,394	)		88.63
Cancelled		(162	)		—			(93	)		(255	)		124.50
RSUs and PSUs outstanding, December 31, 2020		2,476			—			2,592			5,068		$	125.40

The total fair value of RSUs and PSUs that vested during 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $349 million, $346 million and $413 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, the unrecognized compensation cost related to RSUs and PSUs was $330 million.

NOTE 3 — ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

During 2020, we paid $568 million to acquire a hospital in New Hampshire and other nonhospital health care entities. During 2019, we paid $1.384 billion to acquire a seven-hospital health system in North Carolina and $298 million to acquire nonhospital health care entities. During 2018, we paid $792 million to acquire two hospital facilities and $461 million to acquire nonhospital health care entities. Purchase price amounts have been allocated to the related assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their respective fair values. The purchase price paid in excess of the fair value of identifiable net assets of these acquired entities aggregated $279 million, $332 million and $636 million in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of the acquired entities subsequent to the respective acquisition dates. The pro forma effects of these acquired entities on our results of operations for periods prior to the respective acquisition dates were not significant.

During 2020, we received proceeds of $68 million and recognized a pretax loss of $7 million ($9 million after tax) related to the sale of a hospital facility from our American Group (Mississippi market) and sales of real estate and other investments. During 2019, we received proceeds of $61 million and recognized a pretax gain of $18 million ($13 million after tax) related to the sale of a hospital facility from our American Group (a Louisiana 

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NOTE 3 — ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS (continued)

market) and sales of real estate and other investments. During 2018, we received proceeds of $758 million and recognized a pretax gain of $353 million ($265 million after tax) related to the sale of two hospital facilities from our American Group (Oklahoma market). During 2018, we also received proceeds of $50 million and recognized pretax gains of $75 million ($59 million after tax) related to sales of real estate and other investments.

NOTE 4 — INCOME TAXES

The provision for income taxes consists of the following (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019			2018
Current:
Federal	$	1,021		$	670		$	759
State		126			134			149
Foreign		5			17			23
Deferred:
Federal		(73	)		254			9
State		(39	)		29			13
Foreign		3			(5	)		(7	)
	$	1,043		$	1,099		$	946

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”) significantly revised U.S. corporate income taxes, including lowering the statutory corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% beginning in 2018. We completed our analysis of the impact of the Tax Act during 2018, reducing our provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2018 by $67 million related to a remeasurement of certain deferred tax assets and liabilities for which we were unable to make reasonable estimates in 2017.

Our provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 included tax benefits of $92 million, $65 million and $124 million, respectively, related to the settlement of employee equity awards. During 2018, we recorded a reduction to our provision for income taxes of $28 million for tax credits related to certain 2017 hurricane-related expenses. Our foreign pretax income was $9 million, $50 million and $86 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the effective income tax rate follows:

	2020			2019			2018
Federal statutory rate		21.0	%		21.0	%		21.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit		1.9			2.7			2.9
Change in liability for uncertain tax positions		(0.2	)		0.4			(0.1	)
Tax benefit from settlements of employee equity awards		(1.8	)		(1.3	)		(2.4	)
Impact of Tax Act on deferred tax balances		—			—			(1.6	)
Other items, net		0.8			1.1			0.2
Effective income tax rate on income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.		21.7			23.9			20.0
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests from consolidated partnerships		(2.5	)		(2.9	)		(2.3	)
Effective income tax rate on income before income taxes		19.2	%		21.0	%		17.7	%

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NOTE 4 — INCOME TAXES (continued)

A summary of the items comprising the deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31 follows (dollars in millions):

	2020				2019
	Assets		Liabilities		Assets		Liabilities
Depreciation and fixed asset basis differences	$	—	$	678	$	—	$	601
Allowances for professional liability and other risks		407		—		376		—
Accounts receivable		283		—		307		—
Compensation		487		—		292		—
Right-of-use lease assets and obligations		416		409		369		366
Other		485		606		461		538
	$	2,078	$	1,693	$	1,805	$	1,505

At December 31, 2020, federal and state net operating loss carryforwards (expiring in years 2023 through 2039) available to offset future taxable income approximated $56 million and $127 million, respectively. Utilization of net operating loss carryforwards in any one year may be limited.

The following table summarizes the activity related to our unrecognized tax benefits (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019
Balance at January 1	$	522		$	390
Additions (reductions) based on tax positions related to the current year		(3	)		29
Additions for tax positions of prior years		13			119
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(30	)		(3	)
Settlements		(22	)		—
Lapse of applicable statutes of limitations		(11	)		(13	)
Balance at December 31	$	469		$	522

Our liability for unrecognized tax benefits was $508 million, including accrued interest of $73 million and excluding $34 million that was recorded as reductions of the related deferred tax assets, as of December 31, 2020 ($550 million, $62 million and $34 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2019). Unrecognized tax benefits of $157 million as of December 31, 2020 ($160 million as of December 31, 2019) would affect the effective rate, if recognized.

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) was conducting an examination of the Company’s 2016, 2017 and 2018 federal income tax returns at December 31, 2020. We are also subject to examination by state and foreign taxing authorities. Depending on the resolution of any federal, state and foreign tax disputes, the completion of examinations by federal, state or foreign taxing authorities, or the expiration of statutes of limitation for specific taxing jurisdictions, we believe it is reasonably possible that our liability for unrecognized tax benefits may significantly increase or decrease within the next 12 months. However, we are currently unable to estimate the range of any possible change.

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NOTE 5 — EARNINGS PER SHARE

We compute basic earnings per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. We compute diluted earnings per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the dilutive effect of outstanding stock options, SARs, RSUs and PSUs, computed using the treasury stock method. During 2020, 2019 and 2018, we repurchased 3.287 million shares, 7.949 million shares and 14.070 million shares, respectively, of our common stock. The following table sets forth the computations of basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts):

	2020		2019		2018
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.	$	3,754	$	3,505	$	3,787
Weighted average common shares outstanding		338.274		341.210		347.297
Effect of dilutive incremental shares		5.331		7.016		8.006
Shares used for diluted earnings per share		343.605		348.226		355.303
Earnings per share:
Basic earnings per share	$	11.10	$	10.27	$	10.90
Diluted earnings per share	$	10.93	$	10.07	$	10.66

NOTE 6 — INVESTMENTS OF INSURANCE SUBSIDIARIES

A summary of the insurance subsidiaries’ investments at December 31 follows (dollars in millions):

	2020
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Amounts				Fair Value
			Gains		Losses
Debt securities	$	384	$	32	$	—	$	416
Money market funds and other		88		—		—		88
	$	472	$	32	$	—		504
Amounts classified as current assets								(116	)
Investment carrying value							$	388
	2019
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Amounts				Fair Value
			Gains		Losses
Debt securities	$	359	$	18	$	—	$	377
Money market funds and other		85		—		—		85
	$	444	$	18	$	—		462
Amounts classified as current assets								(147	)
Investment carrying value							$	315

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NOTE 6 — INVESTMENTS OF INSURANCE SUBSIDIARIES (continued)

At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the investments in debt securities of our insurance subsidiaries were classified as “available-for-sale.” Changes in unrealized gains and losses are recorded as adjustments to other comprehensive income (loss).

Scheduled maturities of investments in debt securities at December 31, 2020 were as follows (dollars in millions):

	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	4	$	4
Due after one year through five years		147		156
Due after five years through ten years		157		174
Due after ten years		76		82
	$	384	$	416

The average expected maturity of the investments in debt securities at December 31, 2020 was 5.2 years, compared to the average scheduled maturity of 9.4 years. Expected and scheduled maturities may differ because the issuers of certain securities have the right to call, prepay or otherwise redeem such obligations prior to their scheduled maturity date.

NOTE 7 — FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. These swap agreements involve the exchange of fixed and variable rate interest payments between us and our counterparties based on common notional principal amounts and maturity dates. Pay-fixed interest rate swaps effectively convert variable rate obligations to fixed interest rate obligations. The interest payments under these agreements are settled on a net basis. The net interest payments, based on the notional amounts in these agreements, generally match the timing of the related liabilities for the interest rate swap agreements which have been designated as cash flow hedges. The notional amounts of the swap agreements represent amounts used to calculate the exchange of cash flows and are not our assets or liabilities. Our credit risk related to these agreements is considered low because the swap agreements are with creditworthy financial institutions.

The following table sets forth our interest rate swap agreements, which have been designated as cash flow hedges, at December 31, 2020 (dollars in millions):

	Notional Amount		Maturity Date		Fair Value
Pay-fixed interest rate swaps	$	2,000		December 2021	$	(27	)
Pay-fixed interest rate swaps		500		December 2022		(19	)

During the next 12 months, we estimate $37 million will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (“OCI”) and will be included in interest expense.

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NOTE 7 — FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (continued)

Derivatives — Results of Operations

The following table presents the effect of our interest rate swaps on our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 (dollars in millions):

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships	Amount of Loss Recognized in OCI on Derivatives, Net of Tax		Location of Loss Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Operations		Amount of Loss Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Operations
Interest rate swaps	$	51		Interest expense	$	24

Credit-risk-related Contingent Features

We have agreements with each of our derivative counterparties that contain a provision where we could be declared in default on our derivative obligations if repayment of the underlying indebtedness is accelerated by the lender due to our default on the indebtedness. As of December 31, 2020, we have not been required to post any collateral related to these agreements. If we had breached these provisions at December 31, 2020, we would have been required to settle our obligations under the agreements at their aggregate, estimated termination value of $46 million.

NOTE 8 — ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MEASURED AT FAIR VALUE

Accounting Standards Codification 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”) emphasizes fair value is a market-based measurement, and fair value measurements should be determined based on the assumptions market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities. ASC 820 utilizes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).

Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as inputs observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, which are typically based on an entity’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment.

Cash Traded Investments

Our cash traded investments are generally classified within Level 1 or Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency.

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NOTE 8 — ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MEASURED AT FAIR VALUE (continued)

Derivative Financial Instruments

We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. The valuation of these instruments is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. We incorporate credit valuation adjustments to reflect both our own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements of these instruments.

The following tables summarize our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall (dollars in millions):

	December 31, 2020
	Fair Value			Fair Value Measurements Using
				Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)			Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Investments of insurance subsidiaries:
Debt securities	$	416		$	—		$	416		$	—
Money market funds and other		88			88			—			—
Investments of insurance subsidiaries		504			88			416			—
Less amounts classified as current assets		(116	)		(87	)		(29	)		—
	$	388			1		$	387		$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps (Income taxes and other liabilities)	$	46		$	—		$	46		$	—

	December 31, 2019
	Fair Value			Fair Value Measurements Using
				Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)			Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Investments of insurance subsidiaries:
Debt securities	$	377		$	—		$	377		$	—
Money market funds and other		85			85			—			—
Investments of insurance subsidiaries		462			85			377			—
Less amounts classified as current assets		(147	)		(83	)		(64	)		—
	$	315			2		$	313		$	—
Interest rate swaps (Other)	$	3		$	—		$	3		$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps (Income taxes and other liabilities)	$	7		$	—		$	7		$	—

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NOTE 8 — ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MEASURED AT FAIR VALUE (continued)

The estimated fair value of our long-term debt was $35.814 billion and $37.026 billion at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, compared to carrying amounts, excluding debt issuance costs and discounts, aggregating $31.240 billion and $33.961 billion, respectively. The estimates of fair value are generally based upon the quoted market prices or quoted market prices for similar issues of long-term debt with the same maturities.

NOTE 9 — LONG-TERM DEBT

A summary of long-term debt at December 31, including related interest rates at December 31, 2020, follows (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019
Senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility	$	—		$	2,480
Senior secured revolving credit facility		—			—
Senior secured 364-day term loan facility		—			—
Senior secured term loan facilities (effective interest rate of 2.8%)		3,671			3,725
Senior secured notes (effective interest rate of 5.1%)		13,850			13,850
Other senior secured debt (effective interest rate of 4.7%)		767			654
Senior secured debt		18,288			20,709
Senior unsecured notes (effective interest rate of 5.5%)		12,952			13,252
Net debt issuance costs		(236	)		(239	)
Total debt (average life of 8.9 years, rates averaging 5.0%)		31,004			33,722
Less amounts due within one year		209			145
	$	30,795		$	33,577

During February 2020, we issued $2.700 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.50% senior notes due 2030. During March 2020, we used the net proceeds for the redemption of all $1.000 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s 6.25% senior notes due 2021 and, together with available funds, for the redemption of all $2.000 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of HCA Inc.’s 7.50% senior notes due 2022. The pretax loss on retirement of debt was $295 million.

During March 2020 in response to the risks the COVID-19 pandemic presents to our business, we entered into a credit agreement that provides for a 364-day secured term loan facility for an aggregate principal amount of up to $2.000 billion. As of December 31, 2020 there was no amount outstanding or draw notices pending under the facility. We terminated this credit agreement during January 2021. 

Senior Secured Credit Facilities And Other Senior Secured Debt

We have entered into the following senior secured credit facilities: (i) a $3.750 billion asset-based revolving credit facility maturing on  June 28, 2022 with a borrowing base of  85% of eligible accounts receivable, subject to customary reserves and eligibility criteria  (none outstanding at December 31, 2020) (the “ABL credit facility”); (ii) a $2.000 billion senior secured revolving credit facility maturing on June 28, 2022 (none outstanding at December 31, 2020 without giving effect to certain outstanding letters of credit); (iii) a $2.000 billion senior secured 364-day term loan facility maturing on March 18, 2021 (none outstanding at December 31, 2020 and the 

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NOTE 9 — LONG-TERM DEBT (continued)

Senior Secured Credit Facilities And Other Senior Secured Debt (continued)

facility was terminated during January 2021); (iv) a $1.078 billion senior secured term loan A-6 facility maturing on July 16, 2024; (v) a $1.459 billion senior secured term loan B-12 facility maturing on March 13, 2025; and (vi) a $1.134 billion senior secured term loan B-13 facility maturing on March 18, 2026. We refer to the facilities described under (ii) through (vi) above, collectively, as the “cash flow credit facility” and, together with the ABL credit facility, the “senior secured credit facilities.” 

Borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities bear interest at a rate equal to, at our option, either (a) a base rate determined by reference to the higher of (1) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% or (2) the prime rate of Bank of America or (b) a LIBOR rate for the currency of such borrowing for the relevant interest period, plus, in each case, an applicable margin. The applicable margin for borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities may be reduced subject to attaining certain leverage ratios.

The senior secured credit facilities contain a number of covenants that restrict, subject to certain exceptions, our (and some or all of our subsidiaries’) ability to incur additional indebtedness, repay subordinated indebtedness, create liens on assets, sell assets, make investments, loans or advances, engage in certain transactions with affiliates, pay dividends and distributions, and enter into sale and leaseback transactions. In addition, we are required to satisfy and maintain a maximum total leverage ratio covenant under the cash flow credit facility and, in certain situations under the ABL credit facility, a minimum interest coverage ratio covenant.

Senior secured notes consists of (i) $1.250 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.75% first lien notes due 2023; (ii) $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.00% first lien notes due 2024; (iii) $1.400 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.25% first lien notes due 2025; (iv) $1.500 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.25% first lien notes due 2026; (v) $1.200 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.50% first lien notes due 2027; (vi) $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 4 1/8% first lien notes due 2029; (vii) $1.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5 1/8% first lien notes due 2039; (viii) $1.500 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.50% first lien notes due 2047; and (ix) $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5 1/4% first lien notes due 2049. Finance leases and other secured debt totaled $767 million at December 31, 2020.

We use interest rate swap agreements to manage the variable rate exposure of our debt portfolio. At December 31, 2020, we had entered into effective interest rate swap agreements, in a total notional amount of $2.500 billion, in order to hedge a portion of our exposure to variable rate interest payments associated with the senior secured credit facilities. The effect of the interest rate swaps is reflected in the effective interest rates for the senior secured credit facilities.

Senior Unsecured Notes

Senior unsecured notes consist of (i) $12.091 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes with maturities ranging from 2023 to 2033; (ii) an aggregate principal amount of $125 million medium-term notes maturing 2025; and (iii) an aggregate principal amount of $736 million debentures with maturities ranging from 2023 to 2095.

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NOTE 9 — LONG-TERM DEBT (continued)

General Debt Information

The senior secured credit facilities and senior secured notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by substantially all existing and future, direct and indirect, 100% owned material domestic subsidiaries that are “Unrestricted Subsidiaries” under our Indenture (the “1993 Indenture”) dated December 16, 1993 (except for certain special purpose subsidiaries that only guarantee and pledge their assets under our ABL credit facility).

All obligations under the ABL credit facility, and the guarantees of those obligations, are secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, by a first-priority lien on substantially all of the receivables of the borrowers and each guarantor under such ABL credit facility (the “Receivables Collateral”).

All obligations under the cash flow credit facility and the guarantees of such obligations are secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, by:

• a first-priority lien on the capital stock owned by HCA Inc., or by any guarantor, in each of their respective first-tier subsidiaries;

• a first-priority lien on substantially all present and future assets of HCA Inc. and of each guarantor other than (i) “Principal Properties” (as defined in the 1993 Indenture), (ii) certain other real properties and (iii) deposit accounts, other bank or securities accounts, cash, leaseholds, motor-vehicles and certain other exceptions; and

• a second-priority lien on certain of the Receivables Collateral.

Our senior secured notes and the related guarantees are secured by first-priority liens, subject to permitted liens, on our and our subsidiary guarantors’ assets, subject to certain exceptions, that secure our cash flow credit facility on a first-priority basis and are secured by second-priority liens, subject to permitted liens, on our and our subsidiary guarantors’ assets that secure our ABL credit facility on a first-priority basis and our other cash flow credit facility on a second-priority basis.

Maturities of long-term debt in years 2022 through 2025 are $233 million, $2.799 billion, $3.163 billion and $5.872 billion, respectively.

NOTE 10 — LEASES

We adopted ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires leases with durations greater than 12 months to be recognized on the balance sheet, effective January 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective approach. We lease property and equipment under finance and operating leases. For leases with terms greater than 12 months, we record the related assets and obligations at the present value of lease payments over the term. Many of our leases include rental escalation clauses and renewal options that are factored into our determination of lease payments, when appropriate. We do not separate lease and nonlease components of contracts. Generally, we use our estimated incremental borrowing rate to discount the lease payments, as most of our leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit interest rate.

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NOTE 10 — LEASES (continued)

The following table presents our lease-related assets and liabilities at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	Balance Sheet Classification		2020			2019
Assets:
Operating leases		Right-of-use operating lease assets	$	2,024		$	1,834
Finance leases		Property and equipment		553			520
Total lease assets			$	2,577		$	2,354
Liabilities:
Current:
Operating leases		Other accrued expenses	$	379		$	350
Finance leases		Long-term debt due within one year		128			87
Noncurrent:
Operating leases		Right-of-use operating lease obligations		1,673			1,499
Finance leases		Long-term debt		494			470
Total lease liabilities			$	2,674		$	2,406
Weighted-average remaining term:
Operating leases				10.4 years			10.8 years
Finance leases				11.5 years			12.0 years
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating leases				4.8	%		5.3	%
Finance leases				5.4	%		6.0	%

The following table presents certain information related to lease expense for finance and operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	2020		2019
Finance lease expense:
Depreciation and amortization	$	106	$	93
Interest		31		32
Operating leases(1)		447		389
Short-term lease expense(1)		322		316
Variable lease expense(1)		154		150
	$	1,060	$	980

(1) Expenses are included in “other operating expenses” in our consolidated income statements.

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NOTE 10 — LEASES (continued)

The following table presents supplemental cash flow information for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	2020		2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows for operating leases	$	445	$	404
Operating cash flows for finance leases		31		32
Financing cash flows for finance leases		86		79

Maturities of Lease Liabilities

The following table reconciles the undiscounted minimum lease payment amounts to the operating and finance lease liabilities recorded on the balance sheet at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	2020						2019
	Operating Leases			Finance Leases			Operating Leases			Finance Leases
Year 1	$	431		$	155		$	411		$	110
Year 2		366			125			350			105
Year 3		307			81			285			99
Year 4		255			82			228			58
Year 5		207			51			182			60
Thereafter		1,136			353			1,074			368
Total minimum lease payments		2,702			847			2,530			800
Less: amount of lease payments representing interest		(650	)		(225	)		(681	)		(243	)
Present value of future minimum lease payments		2,052			622			1,849			557
Less: current lease obligations		(379	)		(128	)		(350	)		(87	)
Long-term lease obligations	$	1,673		$	494		$	1,499		$	470

NOTE 11 — CONTINGENCIES

We operate in a highly regulated and litigious industry. As a result, various lawsuits, claims and legal and regulatory proceedings have been and can be expected to be instituted or asserted against us. We are also subject to claims and suits arising in the ordinary course of business, including claims for personal injuries or wrongful restriction of, or interference with, physicians’ staff privileges. In certain of these actions the claimants may seek punitive damages against us, which may not be covered by insurance. We are also subject to claims by various taxing authorities for additional taxes and related interest and penalties. The resolution of any such lawsuits, claims or legal and regulatory proceedings could have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position or liquidity.

Government Investigations, Claims and Litigation

Health care companies are subject to numerous investigations by various governmental agencies. Under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”), private parties have the right to bring qui tam, or “whistleblower,” suits

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NOTE 11 — CONTINGENCIES (continued)

Government Investigations, Claims and Litigation (continued)

against companies that submit false claims for payments to, or improperly retain overpayments from, the government. Some states have adopted similar state whistleblower and false claims provisions. Certain of our individual facilities have received, and from time to time, other facilities may receive, government inquiries from, and may be subject to investigation by, federal and state agencies. Depending on whether the underlying conduct in these or future inquiries or investigations could be considered systemic, their resolution could have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position or liquidity.

Texas operates a state Medicaid program pursuant to a waiver from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (“Program”). The Program includes uncompensated-care pools; payments from these pools are intended to defray the uncompensated costs of services provided by our and other hospitals to Medicaid eligible or uninsured individuals. Separately, we and other hospitals provide charity care services in several communities in the state. In 2018, the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas requested information about whether the Program, as operated in Harris County, complied with the laws and regulations applicable to provider related donations, and the Company cooperated with that request. On May 21, 2019, a qui tam lawsuit asserting violations of the FCA and the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act related to the Program, as operated in Harris County, was unsealed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Both the federal and state governments declined to intervene in the qui tam lawsuit. The Company believes that our participation is and has been consistent with the requirements of the Program and is vigorously defending against the lawsuit being pursued by the relator. We cannot predict what effect, if any, the qui tam lawsuit could have on the Company.

NOTE 12 — CAPITAL STOCK

The amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the Company to issue up to 1,800,000,000 shares of common stock, and our amended and restated by-laws set the number of directors constituting the board of directors of the Company at not less than three members, the exact number to be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office.

Share Repurchase Transactions

During January 2020, January 2019 and October 2017, our Board of Directors authorized share repurchase programs for up to $6 billion ($2 billion for each authorization) of our outstanding common stock. During March 2020 in response to the risks the COVID-19 pandemic presents to our business, we announced the suspension of our share repurchase programs. During February 2021, our Board of Directors authorized the resumption of the share repurchase program, pursuant to which $2.8 billion of pre-suspension authorization remained available, and an additional $6 billion was authorized for repurchases of the Company’s outstanding common stock ($8.8 billion of total repurchase authorization).

During 2020, we repurchased 3.287 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $134.18 per share through market purchases pursuant to the $2.0 billion share repurchase program authorized during January 2019. At December 31, 2020, we had $2.800 billion of repurchase authorization available under the January 2019 and 2020 authorizations. During 2019, we repurchased 7.949 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $129.71 per share through market purchases pursuant to the October 2017 authorization (which was completed during the first quarter of 2019) and the January 2019 authorization. During 2018, we repurchased 14.070 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $108.74 per share through market purchases pursuant to the October 2017 authorization.

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NOTE 13 — EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

We maintain defined contribution benefit plans that are available to employees who meet certain minimum requirements. Certain of the plans require that we match specified percentages of participant contributions up to certain maximum levels (generally, 100% of the first 3% to 9%, depending upon years of vesting service, of compensation deferred by participants). The cost of these plans totaled $552 million for 2020, $532 million for 2019 and $499 million for 2018. Our matching contributions are funded during the year following the participant contributions. 

We maintain the noncontributory, nonqualified Restoration Plan to provide certain retirement benefits for eligible employees. Eligibility for the Restoration Plan is based upon earning eligible compensation in excess of a base amount and attaining 1,000 or more hours of service during the plan year. Company credits to participants’ hypothetical account balances (the Restoration Plan is not funded) depend upon participants’ compensation, years of vesting service, hypothetical investment returns (gains or losses) and certain IRS limitations. Benefits expense under this plan was $35 million for 2020, $44 million for 2019 and $22 million for 2018. Accrued benefits liabilities under this plan totaled $242 million at December 31, 2020 and $227 million at December 31, 2019.

We maintain a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) for certain executives (the SERP is not funded). The plan is designed to ensure that upon retirement the participant receives the value of a prescribed life annuity from the combination of the SERP and our other benefit plans. Benefits expense under the plan was $24 million for 2020, $19 million for 2019 and $26 million for 2018. Accrued benefits liabilities under this plan totaled $204 million at December 31, 2020 and $192 million at December 31, 2019.

We maintain defined benefit pension plans which resulted from certain hospital acquisitions in prior years. Benefits expense under these plans was $8 million for 2020, $11 million for 2019, and $9 million for 2018. Accrued benefits liabilities under these plans totaled $96 million at December 31, 2020 and $63 million at December 31, 2019. 

NOTE 14 — SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

We operate in one line of business, which is operating hospitals and related health care entities. We operate in two geographically organized groups: the National and American Groups. At December 31, 2020, the National Group included 96 hospitals located in Alaska, California, Florida, southern Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, northern Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia, and the American Group included 82 hospitals located in Colorado, northern Georgia, Kansas, southern Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. We also operate seven hospitals in England, and these facilities are included in the Corporate and other group.

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NOTE 14 — SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (continued)

Adjusted segment EBITDA is defined as income before depreciation and amortization, interest expense, losses and gains on sales of facilities, losses on retirement of debt, income taxes and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests. We use adjusted segment EBITDA as an analytical indicator for purposes of allocating resources to geographic areas and assessing their performance. Adjusted segment EBITDA is commonly used as an analytical indicator within the health care industry, and also serves as a measure of leverage capacity and debt service ability. Adjusted segment EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles, and the items excluded from adjusted segment EBITDA are significant components in understanding and assessing financial performance. Because adjusted segment EBITDA is not a measurement determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and is thus susceptible to varying calculations, adjusted segment EBITDA, as presented, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. The geographic distributions of our revenues, equity in earnings of affiliates, adjusted segment EBITDA, depreciation and amortization, assets and goodwill and other intangible assets are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2020			2019			2018
Revenues:
National Group	$	25,694		$	25,913		$	22,581
American Group		23,593			23,173			21,959
Corporate and other		2,246			2,250			2,137
	$	51,533		$	51,336		$	46,677
Equity in earnings of affiliates:
National Group	$	(28	)	$	(2	)	$	(4	)
American Group		(42	)		(44	)		(40	)
Corporate and other		16			3			15
	$	(54	)	$	(43	)	$	(29	)
Adjusted segment EBITDA:
National Group	$	5,532		$	5,634		$	4,980
American Group		5,333			4,904			4,593
Corporate and other		(828	)		(681	)		(624	)
	$	10,037		$	9,857		$	8,949
Depreciation and amortization:
National Group	$	1,216		$	1,161		$	946
American Group		1,164			1,117			1,027
Corporate and other		341			318			305
	$	2,721		$	2,596		$	2,278

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NOTE 14 — SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION (continued)

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2020		2019			2018
Adjusted segment EBITDA	$	10,037	$	9,857		$	8,949
Depreciation and amortization		2,721		2,596			2,278
Interest expense		1,584		1,824			1,755
Losses (gains) on sales of facilities		7		(18	)		(428	)
Losses on retirement of debt		295		211			9
Income before income taxes	$	5,430	$	5,244		$	5,335
	December 31,
	2020		2019			2018
Assets:
National Group	$	18,913	$	18,290		$	14,839
American Group		20,760		20,608			19,122
Corporate and other		7,817		6,160			5,246
	$	47,490	$	45,058		$	39,207

	National Group			American Group			Corporate and Other			Total
Goodwill and other intangible assets:
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	1,474		$	5,265		$	655		$	7,394
Acquisitions		132			504			—			636
Foreign currency translation, amortization and other		(9	)		(40	)		(28	)		(77	)
Balance at December 31, 2018		1,597			5,729			627			7,953
Acquisitions		155			39			138			332
Foreign currency translation, amortization and other		(13	)		(3	)		—			(16	)
Balance at December 31, 2019		1,739			5,765			765			8,269
Acquisitions		38			27			279			344
Foreign currency translation, amortization and other		(2	)		(17	)		(16	)		(35	)
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	1,775		$	5,775		$	1,028		$	8,578

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NOTE 15 — OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows (dollars in millions):

	Unrealized Gains on Available- for-Sale Securities			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments			Defined Benefit Plans			Change in Fair Value of Derivative Instruments			Total
Balances at December 31, 2017	$	7		$	(149	)	$	(168	)	$	32		$	(278	)
Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, net of $2 income tax benefit		(5	)		—			—			—			(5	)
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of $8 income tax benefit		—			(63	)		—			—			(63	)
Defined benefit plans, net of $10 of income taxes		—			—			34			—			34
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of $5 of income taxes		—			—			—			18			18
Expense (income) reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, net of $5 income tax benefit and $2 of income taxes, respectively		—			—			16			(8	)		8
Reclassification of stranded tax effects		1			(71	)		(30	)		5			(95	)
Balances at December 31, 2018		3			(283	)		(148	)		47			(381	)
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of $4 of income taxes		11			—			—			—			11
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of $5 of income taxes		—			—			—			—			—
Defined benefit plans, net of $14 income tax benefit		—			—			(49	)		—			(49	)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of $13 income tax benefit		—			—			—			(37	)		(37	)
Expense (income) reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, net of $3 income tax benefit and $3 of income taxes, respectively		—			—			10			(14	)		(4	)
Balances at December 31, 2019		14			(283	)		(187	)		(4	)		(460	)
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of $3 of income taxes		11			—			—			—			11
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of $6 of income taxes		—			12			—			—			12
Defined benefit plans, net of $16 income tax benefit		—			—			(55	)		—			(55	)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of $15 income tax benefit		—			—			—			(51	)		(51	)
Expense reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, net of $6 and $5 income tax benefits, respectively		—			—			22			19			41
Balances at December 31, 2020	$	25		$	(271	)	$	(220	)	$	(36	)	$	(502	)

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NOTE 16 — ACCRUED EXPENSES

A summary of other accrued expenses at December 31 follows (dollars in millions):

	2020		2019
Professional liability risks	$	477	$	457
Defined contribution benefit plan		547		528
Right-of-use operating lease		379		350
Taxes other than income		343		325
Interest		315		368
Government stimulus refund liability		83		—
Other		1,096		904
	$	3,240	$	2,932

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EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES

REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

HCA Healthcare, Inc. has one class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended: our common stock.

In this Exhibit 4.1, when we refer to the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our” or when we otherwise refer to ourselves, we mean HCA Healthcare, Inc., excluding, unless otherwise expressly stated, our subsidiaries and affiliates.

The following description is a summary of the material terms of our Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), and our Bylaws, as amended (the “Bylaws”), as currently in effect. This description is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, our Certificate of Incorporation and our Bylaws, each of which are incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of which this Exhibit 4.1 is a part. We encourage you to read our Certificate of Incorporation, our Bylaws and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), for additional information.

Authorized Capital

Our authorized capital stock consisted of 1,800,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share and 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock.

Common Stock

Voting Rights. Under the terms of the Certificate of Incorporation, each holder of common stock is entitled to one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, including the election of directors. Our stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights. Because of this, the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock entitled to vote and present in person or by proxy at any annual meeting of stockholders are able to elect all of the directors standing for election, if they should so choose.

Dividends. Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any then outstanding preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably those dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by the Board of Directors out of legally available assets or funds.

Liquidation. In the event of our liquidation, dissolution, or winding up, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in the net assets legally available for distribution to stockholders after the payment of all of our debts and other liabilities and the satisfaction of any liquidation preference granted to the holders of any outstanding shares of preferred stock.

Rights and Preferences. Holders of common stock have no preemptive or conversion rights, and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. The rights, preferences, and privileges of the holders of common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock, which we may designate in the future.

Board of Directors

The Certificate of Incorporation provides for a Board of Directors of not less than three members, the exact number to be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that directors will be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the next annual meeting of stockholders and until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. In uncontested director elections each director is elected by the vote of the majority of the votes cast. An incumbent nominee not receiving a majority of the votes cast in an uncontested election shall continue to serve until (i) the director’s successor is elected and qualifies or (ii) the Board of Directors accepts the director’s resignation. Newly created directorships and vacancies may be filled, so long as there is at least one remaining director, only by the Board of Directors.

Amendment to Bylaws

The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend, change, add to or repeal the Bylaws of the Company by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office. Any amendment, alteration, change, addition or repeal of the Bylaws of the Company by the stockholders of the Company shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company, voting together as a class, entitled to vote on such amendment, alteration, change, addition or repeal.

Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together in a single class, is required to adopt any provision inconsistent with, to amend or repeal any provision of, or to adopt a bylaw inconsistent with certain specified provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

Special Meetings of Stockholders

The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders of the Company may be called by the Board of Directors, pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of the majority of the total number of directors then in office, by the Chairman of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer of the Company or by written request of holders of at least 15% of the voting power of all outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote at such meeting, subject to certain conditions set forth therein.

Action on Written Consent

Pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at an annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company may be taken only upon the vote of the stockholders at an annual or special meeting duly called and may not be taken by written consent of the stockholders.

Corporate Opportunities

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that we renounce any interest or expectancy of the Company in the business opportunities of certain of our current and prior investors and of their officers, directors, agents, shareholders, members, partners, affiliates and subsidiaries and each such party shall not have any obligation to offer us those opportunities unless presented to a director or officer of the Company in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company.

Advance Notice Requirements for Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominations

Our Bylaws provide that stockholders seeking to nominate candidates for election as directors or to bring business before an annual or special meeting of stockholders must provide timely notice of their proposal in writing to the secretary of the Company. Generally, to be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, mailed or received at our principal executive offices, addressed to the secretary of the Company, and within the following time periods:

• in the case of an annual meeting, no earlier than 120 days and no later than 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that if (A) the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days, or delayed by more than 60 days, from the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, or (B) no annual meeting was held during the preceding year, to be timely the stockholder notice must be received no earlier than 120 days before such annual meeting and no later than the later of 90 days before such annual meeting or the tenth day after the day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made; and

• in the case of a nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board of Directors at a special meeting of the stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, no earlier than 120 days before such special meeting and no later than the later of 90 days before such annual or special meeting or the tenth day after the day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made.

In no event shall an adjournment, postponement or deferral, or public disclosure of an adjournment, postponement or deferral, of a meeting of the stockholders commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of the stockholder’s notice.

We have also adopted a proxy access right that permits a stockholder, or a group of up to 20 stockholders, owning continuously for at least three years shares of our stock representing an aggregate of at least 3% of the voting power entitled to vote in the election of directors, to nominate and include in our proxy materials director nominees, provided that the stockholder(s) and the nominee(s) satisfy the requirements in our Bylaws. Under our Bylaws, to be considered timely, compliant notice of proxy access director nominations for next year’s proxy statement and form of proxy must be submitted to the Corporate Secretary at the address specified in our proxy statement no earlier than 150 days and no later than 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the date the Company mailed its proxy statement for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that if (A) the annual meeting is not within 30 days before or after the anniversary date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, or (B) no annual meeting was held during the preceding year, to be timely the stockholder notice must be received no later than 90 days prior to such annual meeting or, if later, the tenth day after the day on which notice of the date of the meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made, whichever occurs first.

Authorized but Unissued Capital Stock

Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes our Board of Directors, without further action by the stockholders, to issue up to 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, in one or more classes or series, to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such class or series, to fix the rights, powers and preferences of the shares of each such class or series and any qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereon.

Delaware law does not require stockholder approval for any issuance of authorized shares. However, the listing requirements of the New York Stock Exchange, which would apply as long as our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, require stockholder approval of certain issuances equal to or exceeding 20% of the then outstanding voting power or then outstanding number of shares of common stock. These additional shares may be used for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings, to raise additional capital or to facilitate acquisitions.

One of the effects of the existence of unissued and unreserved common stock or preferred stock may be to enable our Board of Directors to issue shares to persons friendly to current management, which issuance could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of our company by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise, and thereby protect the continuity of our management and possibly deprive the stockholder of opportunities to sell their shares of common stock at prices higher than prevailing market prices.

Limitation on Directors’ Liability and Indemnification

Section 145(a) of the DGCL grants each corporation organized thereunder the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement that were actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not

opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person’s conduct was unlawful.

Section 145(b) of the DGCL grants each corporation organized thereunder the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made pursuant to Section 145(b) of the DGCL in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Sections 145(a) and (b) of the DGCL, as described in the preceding paragraphs, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.

Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out of the person’s status as such, regardless of whether the corporation would have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL. We maintain a directors’ and officers’ insurance policy that insures our directors and officers against liabilities incurred in their capacity as such for which they are not otherwise indemnified, subject to certain exclusions.

Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL enables a corporation in its certificate of incorporation, or an amendment thereto, to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders of monetary damages for violations of the directors’ fiduciary duty of care as a director, except (i) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for director liability in the event of unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions) or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper personal benefit. Our Certificate of Incorporation indemnifies the directors and officers to the full extent of the DGCL and also allows the Board of Directors to indemnify all other employees. Such right of indemnification is not exclusive of any right to which such officer or director may be entitled as a matter of law and shall extend and apply to the estates, heirs, executors and administrators of such persons.

We maintain a directors’ and officers’ insurance policy. The policy insures directors and officers against unindemnified losses arising from certain wrongful acts in their capacities as directors and officers and reimburses us for those losses for which we have lawfully indemnified the directors and officers. The policy contains various exclusions that are normal and customary for policies of this type.

Our employment agreements with certain of our officers provide indemnification for adverse tax consequences they may suffer pursuant to their employment agreements.

We have entered into an indemnification priority and information sharing agreement with certain of our current and prior investors and certain of their affiliated funds to clarify the priority of advancement and indemnification obligations among us and any of our directors appointed by such investors and other related matters.

We believe that our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and insurance policies are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons to serve as directors and officers of the Company.

The limitation of liability and indemnification provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws may discourage stockholders from bringing a lawsuit against directors for breach of their fiduciary duty. They may also reduce the likelihood of derivative litigation against directors and officers, even though an action, if successful, might benefit us and other stockholders. Furthermore, a stockholder’s investment may be adversely affected to the extent we pay the costs of settlement and damage awards against directors and officers as required or allowed by these indemnification provisions.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions or any other provisions described in this prospectus, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

Delaware Anti-Takeover Statutes

Certain Delaware law provisions may make it more difficult for someone to acquire us through a tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise.

Section 203 of the DGCL provides that, subject to certain stated exceptions, an “interested stockholder” is any person (other than the corporation and any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary) who owns 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation or is an affiliate or associate of the corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to the date of determination, and the affiliates and associates of such person. A corporation may not engage in a business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder unless:

• prior to such time the board of directors of the corporation approved either the business combination or transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;

• upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or

• at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

The effect of these provisions may make a change in control of our business more difficult by delaying, deferring or preventing a tender offer or other takeover attempt that a stockholder might consider in its best interest. This includes attempts that might result in the payment of a premium to stockholders over the market price for their shares. These provisions also may promote the continuity of our management by making it more difficult for a person to remove or change the incumbent members of the board of directors.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

EQ Shareowner Services is the transfer agent and registrar for our common stock.

Listing

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “HCA.”

EX-4.5(K)

Exhibit 4.5(k)

Schedule of Omitted Supplements to U.S. Guarantee Agreement

The supplements to the U.S. guarantee agreement referenced below are substantially identical in all material respects to the Supplement No. 14 dated as of November 9, 2015 to the U.S. Guarantee dated as of November 17, 2006, as amended and restated as of February 26, 2014, as supplemented (the “U.S. Guarantee Agreement”) and filed as Exhibit 4.5(j) to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Annual Report”), except as to the names of the additional U.S. guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the dates on which such supplements to the U.S. Guarantee Agreement were entered into. These supplements to the U.S. Guarantee Agreement are not being filed as exhibits to the Annual Report in reliance on Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

Supplements to the U.S. Guarantee Agreement entered into among HCA Inc., Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the following subsidiaries as additional U.S. guarantors, as of the dates indicated:

Supplement Number	Date	Additional U.S. Guarantors
No. 13	January 9, 2015	•  Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inc. •  Citrus Memorial Property Management, Inc. •  CHCA Pearland, L.P •  Columbia Healthcare System of Louisiana, Inc. •  HCA Pearland GP, Inc. •  Mountain Division - CVH, LLC •  Pearland Partner, LLC •  Primary Health, Inc. •  Sarah Cannon Research Institute, LLC •  SCRI Holdings, LLC •  Southpoint, LLC •  Vision Consulting Group LLC •  Vision Holdings, LLC •  WCP Properties, LLC
No. 15	January 10, 2017	•  East Florida - DMC, Inc. •  H2U Wellness Centers, LLC •  JPM AA Housing, LLC •  MediCredit, Inc. •  Oklahoma Holding Company, LLC •  Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc. •  Oviedo Medical Center, LLC •  SSHR Holdco, LLC •  The Outsource Group, Inc.

No. 16	January 3, 2018	•  Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital, LLC •  Houston NW Manager, LLC •  Houston - PPH, LLC •  North Houston - TRMC, LLC •  Savannah Health Services, LLC •  Sebring Health Services, LLC •  Southeast Georgia Health Services, LLC •  Weatherford Health Services, LLC
No. 17	March 31, 2020	•  CarePartners HHA Holdings, LLLP •  CarePartners HHA, LLLP •  CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital, LLLP •  Clinical Education Shared Services, LLC •  Columbia Florida Group, Inc. •  Columbia Physician Services – Florida Group, Inc. •  FMH Health Services, LLC •  GenoSpace, LLC •  HCA Eastern Group, Inc. •  hInsight-Mobile Heartbeat Holdings, LLC •  Las Encinas Hospital •  MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP •  MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP •  MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP •  MH Hospital Holdings, Inc. •  MH Hospital Manager, LLC •  MH Master Holdings, LLLP •  MH Master, LLC •  MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP •  MH Mission Hospital, LLLP •  MH Mission Imaging, LLLP •  MH Transylvania Regional Hospital, LLLP •  Mobile Heartbeat, LLC

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EX-4.6(C)

Exhibit 4.6(c)

Schedule of Omitted Supplements to Security Agreement

The supplements to the security agreement referenced below are substantially identical in all material respects to the Supplement No. 2 dated as of October 27, 2011 to the Security Agreement dated as of November 17, 2006, amended and restated as of March 2, 2009, as supplemented (the “Security Agreement”) and filed as Exhibit 4.6(b) to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Annual Report”), except as to the names of the additional subsidiary grantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the dates on which such supplements to the Security Agreement were entered into. These supplements to the Security Agreement are not being filed as exhibits to the Annual Report in reliance on Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

Supplements to the Security Agreement entered into among HCA Inc., Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent, and the following subsidiaries as additional subsidiary grantors, as of the dates indicated:

Supplement Number	Date	Additional Subsidiary Grantors
No. 3	November 4, 2011	Spalding Rehabilitation L.L.C.
No. 4	January 27, 2012	•  HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, LLC •  Parallon Business Solutions, LLC •  Parallon Enterprises, LLC •  Parallon Health Information Solutions, LLC •  Parallon Payroll Solutions, LLC •  Parallon Physician Services, LLC •  PTS Solutions, LLC
No. 5	December 7, 2012	HCA American Finance LLC
No. 7	December 6, 2013	Poinciana Medical Center, Inc.
No. 8	December 6, 2013	U.S. Collections, Inc.
No. 9	December 6, 2013	West Florida – MHT, LLC
No. 10	December 6, 2013	West Florida – PPH, LLC
No. 12	December 6, 2013	North Texas – MCA, LLC

No. 13	January 9, 2015	•  Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inc. •  Citrus Memorial Property Management, Inc. •  CHCA Pearland, L.P •  Columbia Healthcare System of Louisiana, Inc. •  HCA Pearland GP, Inc. •  Mountain Division – CVH, LLC •  Pearland Partner, LLC •  Primary Health, Inc. •  Sarah Cannon Research Institute, LLC •  SCRI Holdings, LLC •  Southpoint, LLC •  Vision Consulting Group LLC •  Vision Holdings, LLC •  WCP Properties, LLC
No. 14	November 9, 2015	•  PatientKeeper, Inc. •  Putnam Community Medical Center of North Florida, LLC
No. 15	January 10, 2017	•  East Florida - DMC, Inc. •  H2U Wellness Centers, LLC •  JPM AA Housing, LLC •  MediCredit, Inc. •  Oklahoma Holding Company, LLC •  Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc. •  Oviedo Medical Center, LLC •  SSHR Holdco, LLC •  The Outsource Group, Inc.
No. 16	January 3, 2018	•  Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital, LLC •  Houston NW Manager, LLC •  Houston - PPH, LLC •  North Houston - TRMC, LLC •  Savannah Health Services, LLC •  Sebring Health Services, LLC •  Southeast Georgia Health Services, LLC •  Weatherford Health Services, LLC

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No. 17 March 31, 2020 •  CarePartners HHA Holdings, LLLP   •  CarePartners HHA, LLLP   •  CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital, LLLP   •  Clinical Education Shared Services, LLC   •  Columbia Florida Group, Inc.   •  Columbia Physician Services – Florida Group, Inc.   •  FMH Health Services, LLC   •  GenoSpace, LLC   •  HCA Eastern Group, Inc.   •  hInsight-Mobile Heartbeat Holdings, LLC   •  Las Encinas Hospital   •  MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP   •  MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP   •  MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP   •  MH Hospital Holdings, Inc.   •  MH Hospital Manager, LLC   •  MH Master Holdings, LLLP   •  MH Master, LLC   •  MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP   •  MH Mission Hospital, LLLP   •  MH Mission Imaging, LLLP   •  MH Transylvania Regional Hospital, LLLP   •  Mobile Heartbeat, LLC

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EX-4.7(C)

Exhibit 4.7(c)

Schedule of Omitted Supplements to Pledge Agreement

The supplements to the pledge agreement referenced below are substantially identical in all material respects to the Supplement No. 1 dated as of October 27, 2011 to the Pledge Agreement dated as of November 6, 2006, and amended and restated as of March 2, 2009, as supplemented (the “Pledge Agreement”) and filed as Exhibit 4.7(b) to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Annual Report”), except as to the names of the additional pledgors listed on the signature pages thereto and the dates on which such supplements to the Pledge Agreement were entered into. These supplements to the Pledge Agreement are not being filed as exhibits to the Annual Report in reliance on Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

Supplements to the Pledge Agreement entered into among HCA Inc., Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent, and the following subsidiaries as additional pledgors, as of the dates indicated:

Supplement Number	Date	Additional Pledgors
No. 2	November 4, 2011	Spalding Rehabilitation L.L.C.
No. 3	January 27, 2012	•  HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, LLC •  Parallon Business Solutions, LLC •  Parallon Enterprises, LLC •  Parallon Health Information Solutions, LLC •  Parallon Payroll Solutions, LLC •  Parallon Physician Services, LLC •  PTS Solutions, LLC
No. 4	December 7, 2012	HCA American Finance LLC
No. 6	December 6, 2013	Poinciana Medical Center, Inc.
No. 7	December 6, 2013	U.S. Collections, Inc.
No. 8	December 6, 2013	West Florida – MHT, LLC
No. 9	December 6, 2013	West Florida – PPH, LLC
No. 11	December 6, 2013	North Texas – MCA, LLC

No. 12	January 9, 2015	•  Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inc. •  Citrus Memorial Property Management, Inc. •  CHCA Pearland, L.P •  Columbia Healthcare System of Louisiana, Inc. •  HCA Pearland GP, Inc. •  Mountain Division – CVH, LLC •  Pearland Partner, LLC •  Primary Health, Inc. •  Sarah Cannon Research Institute, LLC •  SCRI Holdings, LLC •  Southpoint, LLC •  Vision Consulting Group LLC •  Vision Holdings, LLC •  WCP Properties, LLC
No. 13	November 9, 2015	•  PatientKeeper, Inc. •  Putnam Community Medical Center of North Florida, LLC
No. 14	January 10, 2017	•  East Florida - DMC, Inc. •  H2U Wellness Centers, LLC •  JPM AA Housing, LLC •  MediCredit, Inc. •  Oklahoma Holding Company, LLC •  Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc. •  Oviedo Medical Center, LLC •  SSHR Holdco, LLC •  The Outsource Group, Inc.
No. 15	January 3, 2018	•  Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital, LLC •  Houston NW Manager, LLC •  Houston - PPH, LLC •  North Houston - TRMC, LLC •  Savannah Health Services, LLC •  Sebring Health Services, LLC •  Southeast Georgia Health Services, LLC •  Weatherford Health Services, LLC

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No. 16 March 31, 2020 •  CarePartners HHA Holdings, LLLP   •  CarePartners HHA, LLLP   •  CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital, LLLP   •  Clinical Education Shared Services, LLC   •  Columbia Florida Group, Inc.   •  Columbia Physician Services – Florida Group, Inc.   •  FMH Health Services, LLC   •  GenoSpace, LLC   •  HCA Eastern Group, Inc.   •  hInsight-Mobile Heartbeat Holdings, LLC   •  Las Encinas Hospital   •  MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP   •  MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP   •  MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP   •  MH Hospital Holdings, Inc.   •  MH Hospital Manager, LLC •  MH Master Holdings, LLLP   •  MH Master, LLC   •  MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP   •  MH Mission Hospital, LLLP   •  MH Mission Imaging, LLLP   •  MH Transylvania Regional Hospital, LLLP   •  Mobile Heartbeat, LLC

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EX-4.9(C)

Exhibit 4.9(c)

Schedule of Omitted Supplements to Security Agreement

The supplements to the security agreement referenced below are substantially identical in all material respects to the Supplement No. 1 dated as of October 27, 2011 to the Security Agreement dated as of September 30, 2011, as supplemented (the “Security Agreement”) and filed as Exhibit 4.9(b) to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Annual Report”), except as to the names of the additional subsidiary grantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the dates on which such supplements to the Security Agreement were entered into. These supplements to the Security Agreement are not being filed as exhibits to the Annual Report in reliance on Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

Supplements to the Security Agreement entered into among HCA Inc., Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent, and the following subsidiaries as additional subsidiary grantors, as of the dates indicated:

Supplement Number	Date	Additional Subsidiary Grantors
No. 2	November 4, 2011	Spalding Rehabilitation L.L.C.
No. 3	January 27, 2012	•  HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, LLC •  Parallon Business Solutions, LLC •  Parallon Enterprises, LLC •  Parallon Health Information Solutions, LLC •  Parallon Payroll Solutions, LLC •  Parallon Physician Services, LLC •  PTS Solutions, LLC
No. 4	December 7, 2012	HCA American Finance LLC
No. 6	December 6, 2013	Poinciana Medical Center, Inc.
No. 7	December 6, 2013	U.S. Collections, Inc.
No. 8	December 6, 2013	West Florida – MHT, LLC
No. 9	December 6, 2013	West Florida – PPH, LLC
No. 11	December 6, 2013	North Texas – MCA, LLC
No. 12	March 25, 2014	AR Holding 31, LLC

No. 12	January 9, 2015	•  Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inc. •  Citrus Memorial Property Management, Inc. •  CHCA Pearland, L.P •  Columbia Healthcare System of Louisiana, Inc. •  HCA Pearland GP, Inc. •  Mountain Division – CVH, LLC •  Pearland Partner, LLC •  Primary Health, Inc. •  Sarah Cannon Research Institute, LLC •  SCRI Holdings, LLC •  Southpoint, LLC •  Vision Consulting Group LLC •  Vision Holdings, LLC •  WCP Properties, LLC
No. 13	November 9, 2015	•  PatientKeeper, Inc. •  Putnam Community Medical Center of North Florida, LLC
No. 14	January 10, 2017	•  East Florida - DMC, Inc. •  H2U Wellness Centers, LLC •  JPM AA Housing, LLC •  MediCredit, Inc. •  Oklahoma Holding Company, LLC •  Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc. •  Oviedo Medical Center, LLC •  SSHR Holdco, LLC •  The Outsource Group, Inc.
No. 15	January 3, 2018	•  Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital, LLC •  Houston NW Manager, LLC •  Houston - PPH, LLC •  North Houston - TRMC, LLC •  Savannah Health Services, LLC •  Sebring Health Services, LLC •  Southeast Georgia Health Services, LLC •  Weatherford Health Services, LLC

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No. 16 March 31, 2020 •  CarePartners HHA Holdings, LLLP   •  CarePartners HHA, LLLP   •  CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital, LLLP   •  Clinical Education Shared Services, LLC   •  Columbia Florida Group, Inc.   •  Columbia Physician Services – Florida Group, Inc.   •  FMH Health Services, LLC   •  GenoSpace, LLC   •  HCA Eastern Group, Inc.   •  hInsight-Mobile Heartbeat Holdings, LLC   •  Las Encinas Hospital   •  MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP   •  MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP   •  MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP   •  MH Hospital Holdings, Inc.   •  MH Hospital Manager, LLC   •  MH Master Holdings, LLLP   •  MH Master, LLC   •  MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP   •  MH Mission Hospital, LLLP   •  MH Mission Imaging, LLLP   •  MH Transylvania Regional Hospital, LLLP   •  Mobile Heartbeat, LLC

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EX-4.26(C)

Exhibit 4.26(c)

Schedule of Omitted Supplemental Indentures to Supplemental Indentures relating to the Company’s Senior Secured Notes

4.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (Sixth Supplemental Indenture)

The supplemental indentures referenced below are substantially identical in all material respects to the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 31, 2020 (the “Supplement to the Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), to the indenture, dated as of August 1, 2011 (the “Base Indenture”) and filed as Exhibit 4.26(b) to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (the “Annual Report”) as supplemented by the Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 23, 2012, and filed as Exhibit 4.26(a) to the Annual Report, except as to the names of the subsidiary guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the dates on which such supplemental indentures were entered into. These supplemental indentures are not being filed as exhibits to the Annual Report in reliance on Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

Supplemental indentures to the Sixth Supplemental Indenture entered into among Delaware Trust Company, as trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent, and the following subsidiary guarantors on the dates indicated:

• January 3, 2018

• Southeast Georgia Health Service, LLC

• Sebring Health Services, LLC

• Houston - PPH, LLC

• Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital, LLC

• North Houston - TRMC, LLC

• Savannah Health Services, LLC

• Houston NW Manager, LLC

• Weatherford Health Services, LLC

• January 10, 2017

• Oviedo Medical Center, LLC

• East Florida - DMC, LLC

• Oklahoma Holding Company, LLC

• Medicredit, Inc.

• The Outsource Group, Inc.

• Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc.

• H2U Wellness Centers, Inc.

• SSHR Holdco, LLC

• JPM AA Housing, LLC

• November 9, 2015

• Putnam Community Medical Center of North Florida, LLC

• PatientKeeper, Inc.

• January 9, 2015

• Mountain Division - CVH, LLC

• Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inc.

• Citrus Memorial Property Management, Inc.

• Primary Health, Inc.

• Pearland Partner, LLC

• HCA Pearland GP, Inc.

• Columbia Healthcare System of Louisiana, Inc.

• SCRI Holdings LLC

• Vision Consulting Group, LLC

• Vision Holdings, LLC

• Southpoint, LLC

• WCP Properties, LLC

• CHCA Pearland, L.P.

• Sarah Cannon Research Institute, LLC

• December 6, 2013

• Poinciana Medical Center, Inc.

• U.S. Collections, Inc.

• West Florida - MHT, LLC

• West Florida - PPH, LLC

• North Texas - MCA, LLC

• December 7, 2012

• HCA American Finance LLC

5.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 (Eighth Supplemental Indenture)

The supplemental indentures referenced below are substantially identical in all material respects to the Supplement to the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, except as to the indenture being supplemented, the names of the subsidiary guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the dates on which such supplemental indentures were entered into. These supplemental indentures are not being filed as exhibits to the Annual Report in reliance on Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

Supplemental indentures to the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Eighth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 17, 2014 and filed as Exhibit 4.30 to the Annual Report, entered into among Delaware Trust Company, as trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (the “Eighth Supplemental Indenture”), and the following subsidiary guarantors on the dates indicated:

• January 3, 2018

• Southeast Georgia Health Service, LLC

• Sebring Health Services, LLC

• Houston - PPH, LLC

• Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital, LLC

• North Houston - TRMC, LLC

• Savannah Health Services, LLC

• Houston NW Manager, LLC

• Weatherford Health Services, LLC

• January 10, 2017

• Oviedo Medical Center, LLC

• East Florida - DMC, LLC

• Oklahoma Holding Company, LLC

• Medicredit, Inc.

• The Outsource Group, Inc.

• Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc.

• H2U Wellness Centers, Inc.

• SSHR Holdco, LLC

• JPM AA Housing, LLC

• November 9, 2015

• Putnam Community Medical Center of North Florida, LLC

• PatientKeeper, Inc.

• January 9, 2015

• Mountain Division - CVH, LLC

• Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inc.

• Citrus Memorial Property Management, Inc.

• Primary Health, Inc.

• Pearland Partner, LLC

• HCA Pearland GP, Inc.

• Columbia Healthcare System of Louisiana, Inc.

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• SCRI Holdings LLC

• Vision Consulting Group, LLC

• Vision Holdings, LLC

• Southpoint, LLC

• WCP Properties, LLC

• CHCA Pearland, L.P.

• Sarah Cannon Research Institute, LLC

5.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (Tenth Supplemental Indenture)

The supplemental indentures referenced below are substantially identical in all material respects to the Supplement to the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, except as to the indenture being supplemented, the names of the subsidiary guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the dates on which such supplemental indentures were entered into. These supplemental indentures are not being filed as exhibits to the Annual Report in reliance on Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

Supplemental indentures to the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Tenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 17, 2014 and filed as Exhibit 4.33 to the Annual Report, entered into among Delaware Trust Company, as trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture”), and the following subsidiary guarantors on the dates indicated:

• January 3, 2018

• Southeast Georgia Health Service, LLC

• Sebring Health Services, LLC

• Houston - PPH, LLC

• Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital, LLC

• North Houston - TRMC, LLC

• Savannah Health Services, LLC

• Houston NW Manager, LLC

• Weatherford Health Services, LLC

• January 10, 2017

• Oviedo Medical Center, LLC

• East Florida - DMC, LLC

• Oklahoma Holding Company, LLC

• Medicredit, Inc.

• The Outsource Group, Inc.

• Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc.

• H2U Wellness Centers, Inc.

• SSHR Holdco, LLC

• JPM AA Housing, LLC

• November 9, 2015

• Putnam Community Medical Center of North Florida, LLC

• PatientKeeper, Inc.

• January 9, 2015

• Mountain Division - CVH, LLC

• Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inc.

• Citrus Memorial Property Management, Inc.

• Primary Health, Inc.

• Pearland Partner, LLC

• HCA Pearland GP, Inc.

• Columbia Healthcare System of Louisiana, Inc.

• SCRI Holdings LLC

• Vision Consulting Group, LLC

• Vision Holdings, LLC

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• Southpoint, LLC

• WCP Properties, LLC

• CHCA Pearland, L.P.

• Sarah Cannon Research Institute, LLC

5.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture)

The supplemental indentures referenced below are substantially identical in all material respects to the Supplement to the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, except as to the indenture being supplemented, the names of the subsidiary guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the dates on which such supplemental indentures were entered into. These supplemental indentures are not being filed as exhibits to the Annual Report in reliance on Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

Supplemental indentures to the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 15, 2016 and filed as Exhibit 4.42 to the Annual Report, entered into among Delaware Trust Company, as trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (the “Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture”), and the following subsidiary guarantors on the dates indicated:

• January 3, 2018

• Southeast Georgia Health Service, LLC

• Sebring Health Services, LLC

• Houston - PPH, LLC

• Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital, LLC

• North Houston - TRMC, LLC

• Savannah Health Services, LLC

• Houston NW Manager, LLC

• Weatherford Health Services, LLC

• January 10, 2017

• Oviedo Medical Center, LLC

• East Florida - DMC, LLC

• Oklahoma Holding Company, LLC

• Medicredit, Inc.

• The Outsource Group, Inc.

• Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc.

• H2U Wellness Centers, Inc.

• SSHR Holdco, LLC

• JPM AA Housing, LLC

4.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture)

The supplemental indentures referenced below are substantially identical in all material respects to the Supplement to the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, except as to the indenture being supplemented, the names of the subsidiary guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the dates on which such supplemental indentures were entered into. These supplemental indentures are not being filed as exhibits to the Annual Report in reliance on Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

Supplemental indentures to the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 15, 2016 and filed as Exhibit 4.45 to the Annual Report, entered into among Delaware Trust Company, as trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (the “Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture”), and the following subsidiary guarantors on the dates indicated:

• January 3, 2018

• Southeast Georgia Health Service, LLC

• Sebring Health Services, LLC

• Houston - PPH, LLC

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• Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital, LLC

• North Houston - TRMC, LLC

• Savannah Health Services, LLC

• Houston NW Manager, LLC

• Weatherford Health Services, LLC

• January 10, 2017

• Oviedo Medical Center, LLC

• East Florida - DMC, LLC

• Oklahoma Holding Company, LLC

• Medicredit, Inc.

• The Outsource Group, Inc.

• Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc.

• H2U Wellness Centers, Inc.

• SSHR Holdco, LLC

• JPM AA Housing, LLC

5.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2047 (Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture)

The supplemental indentures referenced below are substantially identical in all material respects to the Supplement to the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, except as to the indenture being supplemented, the names of the subsidiary guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the dates on which such supplemental indentures were entered into. These supplemental indentures are not being filed as exhibits to the Annual Report in reliance on Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

Supplemental indentures to the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 22, 2017 and filed as Exhibit 4.49 to the Annual Report, entered into among Delaware Trust Company, as trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (the “Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture”), and the following subsidiary guarantors on the date indicated:

• January 3, 2018

• Southeast Georgia Health Service, LLC

• Sebring Health Services, LLC

• Houston - PPH, LLC

• Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital, LLC

• North Houston - TRMC, LLC

• Savannah Health Services, LLC

• Houston NW Manager, LLC

• Weatherford Health Services, LLC

The supplemental indentures referenced below are substantially identical in all material respects to the Supplement to the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, except as to the indenture being supplemented. These supplemental indentures are not being filed as an exhibit to the Annual Report in reliance on Instruction 2 to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

5.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 (Eighth Supplemental Indenture)

Supplemental indenture, dated as of March 31, 2020, to the Eighth Supplemental Indenture.

5.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (Tenth Supplemental Indenture)

Supplemental indenture, dated as of March 31, 2020, to the Tenth Supplemental Indenture.

5.25% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture)

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Supplemental indenture, dated as of March 31, 2020, to the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture.

4.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture)

Supplemental indenture, dated as of March 31, 2020, to the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture.

5.50% Senior Secured Notes due 2047 (Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture)

Supplemental indenture, dated as of March 31, 2020, to the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture.

1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture)

Supplemental indenture, dated as of March 31, 2020, to the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 12, 2019 and filed as Exhibit 4.59 to the Annual Report, entered into among Delaware Trust Company, as trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent.

5 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 2039 (Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture)

Supplemental indenture, dated as of March 31, 2020, to the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 12, 2019 and filed as Exhibit 4.60 to the Annual Report, entered into among Delaware Trust Company, as trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent.

5 1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2049 (Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture)

Supplemental indenture, dated as of March 31, 2020, to the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 12, 2019 and filed as Exhibit 4.61 to the Annual Report, entered into among Delaware Trust Company, as trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent.

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EX-10.7(B)

Exhibit 10.7(b)

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE

HCA SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN

(as amended and restated effective December 22, 2010)

THIS AMENDMENT to the HCA Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as originally adopted effective July 1, 2001, and last amended and restated effective December 22, 2010 (the “SERP”), is hereby adopted and executed by the undersigned duly authorized officer of HCA Inc. (the “Company”) as of the date set forth below.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the Company maintains the SERP for the benefit of certain of its employees; and

WHEREAS, Section 8.1 of the SERP provides that the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) has the authority to amend the SERP; and

WHEREAS, the SERP provides that payments will be delayed to the extent that such payments would be nondeductible under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); and

WHEREAS, changes made to Code Section 162(m) by the Tax Cuts and Job Acts (the “TCJA”) would result in a significant delay of certain SERP payments; and

WHEREAS, guidance issued by the Department of Treasury in connection with proposed regulations under Code Section 162(m) provide that a plan such as the SERP may be amended to remove a requirement that payments be delayed to the extent that such payments would be nondeductible under Code Section 162(m) and that such amendment will neither jeopardize the amounts under the SERP that are grandfathered from the TCJA changes to Code Section 162(m) nor violate the payment acceleration prohibitions under Code Section 409A; and

WHEREAS, the Board has authorized the undersigned officer of the Company to amend the SERP to remove the requirement that payments be delayed to the extent that such payments would be nondeductible under Code Section 162(m).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that, effective as of the date this Amendment is executed, the first sentence of Section 4.3 of the SERP is amended to read as follows:

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, to the extent permissible under Code Section 409A, Benefit payments will be delayed if the Committee believes that delay is necessary to: (a) prevent a violation of Federal securities laws or other laws; or (b) satisfy the requirements of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).

[signature on following page]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer of the Company, as duly authorized by the Board, has executed this First Amendment as of the date set forth below.

By:	/s/ Sherri Henry
	Sherri M. Henry
	Vice President, Employee Benefits
Date:	December 22, 2020

EX-10.37

Exhibit 10.37

Form of HCA Healthcare, Inc.

Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement

This STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of _______________ (the “Grant Date”) is made by and between HCA Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its Subsidiaries, Successors and other applicable Service Recipients, hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), and the individual whose name is set forth below, who is an employee of the Company and hereinafter referred to as the “Grantee”.

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to carry out the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates, as may be amended and restated from time to time (the “Plan”), the terms of which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that it would be to the advantage and best interest of the Company and its shareholders to grant an award of Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARs”) as provided for herein to the Grantee as an incentive for increased efforts during his or her term of office, employment or service with the Company, and has advised the Company thereof and instructed the undersigned officers to issue said SARs;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS GRANT

Grantee:	[Participant Name]
	[Participant Address]
Aggregate number of SARs granted hereunder:	[SAR Award]
Base Price of all SARs granted hereunder:	[Base Price]
Grant Date:	[Grant Date]

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Any capitalized terms herein not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan.

ARTICLE II

GRANT OF SARS

Section 2.1. Grant of SARs

For good and valuable consideration, on and as of the date hereof the Company grants to the Grantee an award of SARs (the “Award”) on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Each SAR represents the right to receive pursuant to this Agreement, upon exercise of the SAR, a payment from the Company in shares of Common Stock having a value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of one Share on the exercise date over the Base Price (as defined below).

Section 2.2. Base Price

Subject to Section 2.4, the base price of each SAR granted pursuant to this Agreement (the “Base Price”) shall be as set forth on the first page of this Agreement and shall be equal to the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date.

Section 2.3. No Guarantee of Employment

Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Grantee any right to continue in the employ of the Company nor interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company, which are hereby expressly reserved, to terminate the employment of the Grantee at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, subject to the applicable provisions of, if any, the Grantee’s employment agreement with the Company or offer letter provided by the Company to the Grantee.

Section 2.4. Adjustments to SARs

The SARs shall be subject to the adjustment provisions of Sections 8 and 9 of the Plan, provided, however, that in the event of the payment of an extraordinary dividend by the Company to its stockholders, then: first, the Base Price of each SAR shall be reduced by the amount of the dividend per share paid, but only to the extent the Committee determines it to be permitted under applicable tax laws and it will not have adverse tax consequences to the Grantee; and, if such reduction cannot be fully effected due to such tax laws, second, the Company shall pay to the Grantee a cash payment, on a per SAR basis, equal to the balance of the amount of the dividend not permitted to be applied to reduce the Base Price of the applicable SARs as follows: (a) for each Share with respect to which a vested SAR relates, promptly following the date of such dividend payment; and (b), for each Share with respect to which an unvested SAR relates, on the date on which such SAR becomes vested and exercisable with respect to such Share.

ARTICLE III

PERIOD OF EXERCISABILITY

Section 3.1. Commencement of Exercisability

(a) So long as the Grantee continues to be employed by the Company, this Award shall become vested and exercisable with respect to 25% of the SARs on each of the first four anniversaries of the Grant Date (each such date, together with any date on which the SARs shall vest pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(1) or Section 3.1(b)(3), a “Vesting Date”). Except as provided in Section 3.1(b), or as otherwise provided by the Committee, no part of this Award shall become vested as to any additional SARs as of any date following the termination of Grantee’s employment with the Company for any reason and any SAR, which is (or determined to be) unvested as of the Grantee’s termination of employment, shall immediately expire without payment therefor.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any unvested SARs may become vested prior to the applicable Vesting Date, or continue to vest (and not be forfeited) following Grantee’s termination of employment, under the following circumstances:

(1) Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control:

(A) In the event the entity surviving the Change in Control (the “Successor”) assumes the Award granted hereby, if the Grantee’s employment with the Successor is terminated without Cause by the Successor, or terminates for Good Reason by the Grantee or on account of Grantee’s death, Permanent Disability, or Retirement prior to an applicable Vesting Date, all unvested SARs not previously forfeited shall immediately vest and become exercisable as of the date of such termination of employment for the applicable period set forth in Section 3.2;

(B) In the event the Successor does not assume the Award granted hereby, all SARs not previously forfeited shall vest (if not already vested) immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, and shall be cancelled in exchange for the payment described in Section 9(b)(i) of the Plan as of the effective date of the Change in Control;

(2) Upon the Grantee’s Retirement on or after the first anniversary of the Grant Date, except as otherwise provided by Section 3.1(b)(1), any unvested SARs shall immediately thereupon vest and shall not be forfeited, but shall become exercisable only at the time such SARs would have become exercisable in accordance with Section 3(a) or this Section 3(b) had the Grantee remained employed with the Company through each applicable Vesting Date or Grantee’s earlier death or Permanent Disability; for the avoidance of doubt, in the event of Grantee’s Retirement prior to such one year anniversary of the Grant Date, unless otherwise provided in Section 3.1(b)(1)(A), no part of this Award shall become vested and all SARs subject to this Award shall immediately expire without payment therefor.

(3) In the event of the Grantee’s termination of employment on account of Grantee’s death or Permanent Disability on or after the first anniversary of the Grant Date, all unexercised SARs not previously forfeited shall vest and become exercisable immediately upon such termination; for the avoidance of doubt, in the event of Grantee’s termination of employment due to death or Permanent Disability prior to such one year anniversary of the Grant Date, unless otherwise provided in Section 3.1(b)(1)(A), no part of this Award shall become vested and all SARs subject to this Award shall immediately expire without payment therefor.

Section 3.2. Expiration of SARs

The Grantee may not exercise any SAR granted pursuant to this Award, and any unexercised SAR shall immediately expire without any payment therefor, after the first to occur of the following events:

(a) The tenth anniversary of the Grant Date so long as the Grantee remains employed with the Company through such date;

(b) The fourth anniversary of the date of the Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company, if the Grantee’s employment terminates by reason of death or Permanent Disability;

(c) Immediately upon the date of the Grantee’s termination of employment by the Company for Cause;

(d) One hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of the Grantee’s termination of employment by the Company without Cause (for any reason other than as set forth in Section 3.2(b));

(e) One hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of the Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company by the Grantee for Good Reason;

(f) The fourth anniversary of the date of the Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company by the Grantee upon Retirement; or

(g) Sixty (60) days after the date of the Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company by the Grantee without Good Reason (except due to Retirement, death or Permanent Disability).

For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Agreement, Grantee’s employment shall not be deemed to have terminated so long as Grantee remains employed by, or otherwise continues to render substantial services to, any Service Recipient.

ARTICLE IV

EXERCISE

Section 4.1. Person Eligible to Exercise

The Grantee may exercise only that portion of this Award that has both vested and become exercisable at the time Grantee desires to exercise this Award and that has not expired pursuant to Section 3.2. During the lifetime of the Grantee, only the Grantee (or his or her duly authorized legal representative) may exercise the SARs granted pursuant to this Award or any portion thereof. After the death of the Grantee, any vested and exercisable portion of this Award may, prior to the time when such portion becomes unexercisable under Section 3.2, be exercised by his personal representative or by any person empowered to do so under the Grantee’s will or under the then applicable laws of descent and distribution.

Section 4.2. Partial Exercise

Any vested and exercisable portion of this Award, or the entire Award, if then wholly vested and exercisable, may be exercised in whole or in part at any time prior to the time when the Award or portion thereof becomes unexercisable under Section 3.2.

Section 4.3. Manner of Exercise

Subject to the Company’s code of conduct and securities trading policies as in effect from time to time, this Award, or any exercisable portion thereof, may be exercised solely by delivering to the Company or its designated agent all of the following prior to the time when the Award or such portion expires under Section 3.2:

(a) Notice in writing (or such other medium acceptable to the Company or its designated agent) signed or acknowledged by the Grantee or other person then entitled to exercise the Award, stating the number of SARs subject to the Award in respect of which the Award is thereby being exercised, such notice complying with all applicable rules established by the Committee;

(b) (i) Full payment (in cash or by check or by a combination thereof) to satisfy the applicable withholding tax obligation with respect to which the Award or portion thereof is exercised or (ii) indication that the Grantee elects to satisfy the applicable withholding tax obligation through an arrangement that is compliant with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (and any other applicable laws and exchange rules) and that provides for the delivery of irrevocable instructions to a broker to sell Shares obtained upon the exercise of the Award and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount to satisfy the withholding tax obligation that would otherwise be required to be paid by the Grantee to the Company pursuant to clause (i) of this subsection (b), or (iii) if made available by the Company, indication that the Grantee elects to have the number of Shares that would

otherwise be issued to the Grantee upon exercise of such Award (or portion thereof) reduced by a number of Shares having an aggregate Fair Market Value, on the date of such exercise, equal to the payment to satisfy the applicable withholding tax obligation that would otherwise be required to be made by the Grantee to the Company pursuant to clause (i) of this subsection (b).

(c) If required by the Company, a bona fide written representation and agreement, in a form satisfactory to the Company, signed by the Grantee or other person then entitled to exercise such Award or portion thereof, stating that the shares of Common Stock are being acquired for his own account, for investment and without any present intention of distributing or reselling said shares or any of them except as may be permitted under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and then applicable rules and regulations thereunder, and that the Grantee or other person then entitled to exercise such Award or portion thereof will indemnify the Company against and hold it free and harmless from any loss, damage, expense or liability resulting to the Company if any sale or distribution of the shares by such person is contrary to the representation and agreement referred to above; provided, however, that the Company may, in its reasonable discretion, take whatever additional actions it deems reasonably necessary to ensure the observance and performance of such representation and agreement and to effect compliance with the Act and any other federal or state securities laws or regulations; and

(d) In the event the Award or portion thereof shall be exercised pursuant to Section 4.1 by any person or persons other than the Grantee, appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to exercise the Award.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company may require an opinion of counsel acceptable to it to the effect that any subsequent transfer of shares acquired on exercise of this Award (or portion thereof) does not violate the Act, and may issue stop-transfer orders covering such Shares. Share certificates evidencing stock issued on exercise of any portion of this Award shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the provisions of subsection (c) above and the agreements herein. The written representation and agreement referred to in subsection (c) above shall, however, not be required if the shares to be issued pursuant to such exercise have been registered under the Act, and such registration is then effective in respect of such shares.

Section 4.4. Conditions to Issuance of Stock Certificates

The Shares issuable (whether by certificate or otherwise) upon the exercise of this Award, or any portion thereof, may be either previously authorized but unissued Shares or issued Shares, which have then been reacquired by the Company. Such Shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable. If share certificates are to be issued, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or certificates for Shares purchased upon the exercise of this Award or portion thereof prior to fulfillment of all of the following conditions:

(a) The obtaining of approval or other clearance from any state or federal governmental agency which the Committee shall, in its reasonable and good faith discretion, determine to be necessary or advisable; and

(b) The lapse of such reasonable period of time following the exercise of the Award as the Committee may from time to time establish for reasons of administrative convenience or as may otherwise be required by applicable law.

Section 4.5. Rights as Stockholder

Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.4 of this Agreement, the holder of any SARs subject to this Award shall not be, nor have any of the rights or privileges of, a stockholder of the Company in respect of any Shares issuable upon the exercise of this Award or any portion thereof unless and until certificates representing such Shares shall have been issued by the Company to such holder, or the Company or its designated agent has otherwise recorded the appropriate book entries evidencing Grantee’s ownership of the Shares.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1. Administration

The Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee shall be final and binding upon the Grantee, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or this Award. In its absolute discretion, the Board may at any time and from time to time exercise any and all rights and duties of the Committee under the Plan and this Agreement.

Section 5.2. Award Not Transferable

No part of, or interest in, this Award shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Grantee or his successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that this Section 5.2 shall not prevent transfers by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution.

Section 5.3. Notices

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary or its designee, and any notice to be given to the Grantee shall be addressed to him at the address (including an electronic address) reflected in the Company’s books and records. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 5.3, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to him. Any notice, which is required to be given to the Grantee, shall, if the Grantee is then deceased, be given to the Grantee’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of his status and address by written notice under this Section 5.3. Any notice shall have been deemed duly given when (i) delivered in person, (ii) delivered in an electronic form approved by the Company, (iii) enclosed in a properly sealed envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, deposited (with postage prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service, or (iv) enclosed in a properly sealed envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, deposited (with fees prepaid) in an office regularly maintained by FedEx, UPS, or comparable non-public mail carrier.

Section 5.4. Titles; Pronouns

Titles are provided herein for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Agreement. The masculine pronoun shall include the feminine and neuter, and the singular the plural, where the context so indicates.

Section 5.5. Applicability of Plan

The Grantee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions thereof. The terms of this Agreement are governed by the terms of the Plan, and in the case of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

Section 5.6. Amendment

Subject to the restrictions contained in Sections 6 and 10 of the Plan, the Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, the Award, prospectively or retroactively; provided that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would adversely affect the rights of the Grantee or any holder or beneficiary of the Award in more than a de minimis way shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the Grantee, holder or beneficiary affected.

Section 5.7 Governing Law

The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof, except to the extent that such laws are preempted by Federal law.

Section 5.8 Arbitration

Any dispute or disagreement which may arise under, or as a result of, or in any way related to, the interpretation, construction or application of this Agreement shall be determined by the Committee and shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Grantee and the Company for all purposes. In the event of any controversy among the parties hereto arising out of, or relating to, this Agreement which cannot be resolved in accordance with the foregoing, such controversy shall be finally, exclusively and conclusively settled by mandatory arbitration conducted expeditiously in accordance with the American Arbitration Association rules, by a single independent arbitrator. Such arbitration process shall take place within the Nashville, Tennessee metropolitan area. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon all parties hereto and shall be rendered pursuant to a written decision, which contains a detailed recital of the arbitrator’s reasoning. Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Each party shall bear its own legal fees and expenses, unless otherwise determined by the arbitrator. If the Grantee substantially prevails on any of his or her substantive legal claims, then the Company shall reimburse all legal fees and arbitration fees incurred by the Grantee to arbitrate the dispute.

Section 5.9 Successors in Interest

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon any successor to the Company. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Grantee’s legal representatives. All obligations imposed upon the Grantee and all rights granted to the Company under this Agreement shall be binding upon the Grantee’s heirs, executors, administrators and successors.

Section 5.10 Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is, or becomes, or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or the Award, or would disqualify the Plan or Award under any laws deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and Award shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 5.11 Integration

This Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.

By:                                                                                                  

Its: 

Grantee:

(electronically accepted)

EX-10.38

Exhibit 10.38

Form of HCA Healthcare, Inc.

Performance Share Unit Agreement

This PERFORMANCE SHARE UNIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the ____ day of _________, 20__ (the “Grant Date”), between HCA Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (together with its Subsidiaries, Successors and other applicable Service Recipients, as applicable, the “Company”), and [Participant Name], (the “Grantee”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates, as may be amended and restated from time to time (the “Plan”).

WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Plan, which permits the issuance of Performance-Based Awards, including Other Stock-Based Awards that provide the right to receive Shares upon the attainment of performance objectives (a “Performance Share Unit”); and

WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that Grantee is entitled to a Grant of Performance Share Units under the Plan on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

PERFORMANCE SHARE UNIT GRANT

Grantee:	[Participant Name] [Participant Address]
Target Number of Performance Share Units Granted Hereunder (“Target Award”):	[Award]
Grant Date:	[Grant Date]

1. Grant of Performance Share Unit Award.

1.1 The Company hereby grants to the Grantee the award (“Award”) of Performance Share Units (“PSUs”) set forth above on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and as otherwise provided in the Plan. A bookkeeping account will be maintained by the Company to keep track of the PSUs and any Dividend Equivalent Units that may accrue as provided in Section 3.

1.2 The Grantee’s rights with respect to the Award shall remain forfeitable at all times prior to the dates on which the PSUs shall vest in accordance with Section 2 hereof. This Award may not be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by Grantee other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Any sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, hypothecation, loan or other disposition other than in accordance with this Section 1.2 shall be null and void.

2. Vesting and Payment.

2.1 General. Except as provided in Section 2.2, Section 2.3 or Section 2.4, the Award shall vest as of the end of the Performance Period (as defined in this Section 2.1(a)) (the “Normal Vesting Date”), but only if and to the extent (a) the Company has achieved the performance targets over the period (the “Performance Period”) set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto as determined by the Committee, and (b) the Grantee has remained in service with the Company continuously until the Normal Vesting Date. The number of PSUs that vest may be greater than or less than the Target Award, as more specifically set forth on Exhibit A.

2.2 Death; Disability; Retirement; Involuntary Termination Without Cause.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 2.1, in the event the Grantee’s employment with the Company terminates prior to the Normal Vesting Date on account of Grantee’s death, Grantee shall immediately vest in a number of PSUs equal to the Target Award, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days during the Performance Period during which Grantee was employed by the Company, and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the Performance Period (such fraction, the “Proration Factor”); provided, that this Section 2.2(a) shall not apply if Grantee’s death occurs prior to the first anniversary of the Grant Date.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 2.1, in the event of the Grantee’s employment with the Company terminates prior to the Normal Vesting Date on account of Grantee’s Permanent Disability, Grantee shall vest on the Normal Vesting Date in a number of PSUs equal to the number of PSUs that would have vested if the Grantee had remained employed with the Company until the Normal Vesting Date (based on the attainment of the performance targets determined by the Committee in accordance with Exhibit A hereto), multiplied by the Proration Factor; provided, that this Section 2.2(b) shall not apply if Grantee’s employment terminates prior to the first anniversary of the Grant Date. Any such PSUs shall settle at the time set forth in Section 2.5 as if they had vested on the Normal Vesting Date, or if earlier, upon the determination of the number of PSUs that shall be eligible to vest in connection with a Change in Control as described in Section 2.4.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 2.1, in the event Grantee’s employment terminates on account of Retirement or as a result of an involuntary termination without Cause by the Company, Grantee shall vest on the Normal Vesting Date in a number of PSUs equal to the number of PSUs that would have vested if the Grantee had remained employed with the Company until the Normal Vesting Date (based on the attainment of the performance targets determined by

the Committee in accordance with Exhibit A hereto), multiplied by the Proration Factor; provided, that this Section 2.2(c) shall not apply if Grantee’s employment terminates prior to the first anniversary of the Grant Date. Any such PSUs shall settle at the time set forth in Section 2.5 as if they had vested on the Normal Vesting Date, or if earlier, upon the determination of the number of PSUs that shall be eligible to vest in connection with a Change in Control as described in Section 2.4.

(d) In the event Grantee’s employment has terminated as described in Section 2.2(b) or Section 2.2(c), and Grantee subsequently dies more than six months prior to the Normal Vesting Date, the provisions of Section 2.2(b) or Section 2.2(c) shall be applied as if the performance targets had been achieved at the 100% Target Award level, and the applicable number of PSUs (after applying the applicable proration) shall immediately thereupon vest and be settled.

2.3 Termination of Employment. Except as provided in Section 2.2, Section 2.4 or as otherwise provided by the Committee, if the Grantee’s service with the Company terminates for any reason prior to the Normal Vesting Date, the Grantee shall forfeit all rights with respect to all PSUs subject to this Award that are not vested on such date of termination.

2.4 Change in Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control,

(a) Subject to Section 2.4(c), in the event the Successor assumes the Award granted hereby, (1) any in process Performance Periods shall end upon the date immediately preceding the Change in Control, (2) the number of PSUs that shall be eligible to vest shall be the Target Award, (3) such Target Award shall vest on the Normal Vesting Date, provided that Grantee remains employed with the Successor through the Normal Vesting Date and (4) notwithstanding Section 2.3 and the previous clause, in the event the Grantee’s employment with the Successor is terminated without Cause by the Successor, or terminates for Good Reason by the Grantee or on account of Grantee’s death or Permanent Disability prior to the Normal Vesting Date, the Target Award shall immediately vest and the applicable Shares shall be released to the Grantee (or Grantee’s estate or other legal representative) upon the Grantee’s termination of employment.

(b) In the event the Successor does not assume the Award granted hereby, a number of PSUs equal to the Target Award shall vest as of the effective date of the Change in Control and the appropriate number of Shares shall be released in accordance with Section 2.5.

(c) In the event Grantee is Retirement eligible at the time of a Change in Control and the Successor assumes the Award granted hereby, a number of PSUs equal to the Target Award, multiplied by the Proration Factor applied as if the Grantee’s employment terminated on account of Retirement on the effective date of the Change in Control, shall vest as of the effective date of the Change in Control and the appropriate number of Shares shall be released in accordance with Section 2.5. In addition, a number of PSUs equal to the difference between the Target Award and the number of PSUs settled on the effective date of the Change in Control shall remain unvested but shall become eligible to vest under terms and conditions similar to those set forth in Section 2.4(a)(3) and Section 2.4(a)(4).

2.5 Settlement. The Grantee shall be entitled to settlement of the PSUs covered by this Agreement at the time that such PSUs vest pursuant to Section 2.1, Section 2.2 or Section 2.4, as applicable, or if applicable, the date on which the Committee provides the determination set forth in Section 2.1(a) (any such date, the “Settlement Date”). Such settlement shall be made as promptly as practicable thereafter (but in no event after the earlier of the thirtieth day following the Settlement Date or the date that is two months and fifteen days following the Normal Vesting Date), through the issuance to the Grantee (or to the executors or administrators of Grantee’s estate in the event of the Grantee’s death) of a stock certificate (or evidence such Shares have been registered in the name of the Grantee with the relevant stock agent) for a number of Shares equal to the number of such vested PSUs and any Dividend Equivalent Units that may have accrued pursuant to Section 3 hereof; provided, that any cash-based Dividend Equivalent Rights granted pursuant to Section 3 hereof and any fractional Dividend Equivalent Units shall be paid in cash when (and only if) the PSUs to which they relate settle to the Grantee.

2.6 Withholding Obligations. Except as otherwise provided by the Committee, upon the settlement of any PSUs subject to this Award, the Company shall reduce the number of Shares (and the amount of cash, in the case of cash-based Dividend Equivalent Rights) that would otherwise be issued to the Grantee upon settlement of the Award by a number of Shares (and cash, if applicable) having an aggregate Fair Market Value on the date of such issuance equal to the payment to satisfy the applicable withholding tax obligation of the Company with respect to which the Award is being settled; provided, that in the event Shares are not otherwise deliverable to the Grantee at the time a Company withholding obligation arises, the Company may satisfy such obligation from wages or other amounts payable to the Grantee as may be allowed by law, or by requiring the Grantee to remit such withholding taxes to the Company in cash or by check.

3. Dividend Rights.

The Grantee shall receive Dividend Equivalent Rights in respect of the PSUs covered by this Award at the time of any payment of dividends to stockholders on Shares. At the Company’s option, the PSUs will be credited with either (a) additional Performance Share Units (the “Dividend Equivalent Units”) (including fractional units) for cash dividends paid on shares of the Company’s Common Stock by (i) multiplying the cash dividend paid per Share by the number of PSUs (and previously credited Dividend Equivalent Units) outstanding and unpaid, and (ii) dividing the product determined above by the Fair Market Value of a Share, in each case, on the dividend record date, or (b) a cash amount equal to the amount that would be payable to the Grantee as a stockholder in respect of a number of Shares equal to the number of PSUs (and previously credited Dividend

Equivalent Units) outstanding and unpaid as of the dividend record date; provided, that cash-based Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be credited unless the Committee affirmatively elects to credit Dividend Equivalent Units. The PSUs will be credited with Dividend Equivalent Units for stock dividends paid on shares of the Company’s Common Stock by multiplying the stock dividend paid per Share by the number of PSUs (and previously credited Dividend Equivalent Units) outstanding and unpaid on the dividend record date. Each Dividend Equivalent Unit shall have a value equal to one Share. Each Dividend Equivalent Unit or cash Dividend Equivalent Right will vest and be settled or payable at the same time as the PSU to which the Dividend Equivalent Right relates. For the avoidance of doubt, no Dividend Equivalent Rights shall accrue under this Section 3 in the event that any Dividend Equivalent Rights or other applicable adjustments pursuant to Section 5 hereof provide similar benefits.

4. No Right to Continued Service.

Nothing in this Agreement or the Plan shall be interpreted or construed to confer upon the Grantee any right to continue service as an officer or employee of the Company or any Service Recipient.

5. Adjustments.

The provisions of Section 8 and Section 9 of the Plan are hereby incorporated by reference, and the PSUs (and any Dividend Equivalent Units) are subject to such provisions. Any determination made by the Committee or the Board pursuant to such provisions shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the Plan and shall be final and binding for all purposes of the Plan and this Agreement.

6. Administration Subject to Plan.

The Grantee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions thereof. The terms of this Agreement are governed by the terms of the Plan, and in the case of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern. The Committee shall have the power to interpret the Plan and this Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee shall be final and binding upon the Grantee, the Company and all other interested persons. No member of the Committee shall be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or this Award.

7. Modification of Agreement.

Subject to the restrictions contained in Sections 6 and 10 of the Plan, the Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate, the Award, prospectively or retroactively; provided that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancellation or termination that would adversely affect the rights of the Grantee or any holder or beneficiary of the Award in more than a de minimis way shall not to that extent be effective without the consent of the Grantee, holder or beneficiary affected.

8. Section 409A.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the settlement of the PSUs (including any Dividend Equivalent Rights related thereto) to be made to the Grantee pursuant to this Agreement is intended to qualify as a “short-term deferral” pursuant to Section 1.409A-1(b)(4) of the Regulations and this Agreement shall be interpreted consistently therewith. However, under certain circumstances, settlement of the PSUs or any Dividend Equivalent Rights may not so qualify, and in that case, the Committee shall administer the grant and settlement of such PSUs and any Dividend Equivalent Rights in strict compliance with Section 409A of the Code. Further, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at the time of the Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company and all Service Recipients, the Grantee is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Code, and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of service is necessary in order to prevent the imposition of any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to the Grantee) to the minimum extent necessary to satisfy Section 409A of the Code until the date that is six months and one day following the Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code), if such payment or benefit is payable upon a termination of employment. For purposes of this Agreement, a “termination of employment” shall have the same meaning as “separation from service” under Section 409A of the Code and Grantee shall be deemed to have remained employed so long as Grantee has not “separated from service” with the Company or Successor. Each payment of PSUs (and related Dividend Equivalent Units) constitutes a “separate payment” for purposes of Section 409A of the Code.

9. Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement is, or becomes, or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or the Award, or would disqualify the Plan or Award under any laws deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to the applicable laws, or if it cannot be construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and Award shall remain in full force and effect.

10. Governing Law.

The validity, interpretation, construction and performance of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to the conflicts of law principles thereof, except to the extent that such laws are preempted by Federal law.

11. Successors in Interest.

This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon any successor to the Company. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Grantee’s legal representatives. All obligations imposed upon the Grantee and all rights granted to the Company under this Agreement shall be binding upon the Grantee’s heirs, executors, administrators and successors.

12. Resolution of Disputes.

Any dispute or disagreement which may arise under, or as a result of, or in any way related to, the interpretation, construction or application of this Agreement shall be determined by the Committee and shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Grantee and the Company for all purposes. In the event of any controversy among the parties hereto arising out of, or relating to, this Agreement which cannot be resolved in accordance with the foregoing, such controversy shall be finally, exclusively and conclusively settled by mandatory arbitration conducted expeditiously in accordance with the American Arbitration Association rules, by a single independent arbitrator. Such arbitration process shall take place within the Nashville, Tennessee metropolitan area. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon all parties hereto and shall be rendered pursuant to a written decision, which contains a detailed recital of the arbitrator’s reasoning. Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Each party shall bear its own legal fees and expenses, unless otherwise determined by the arbitrator. If the Grantee substantially prevails on any of his or her substantive legal claims, then the Company shall reimburse all legal fees and arbitration fees incurred by the Grantee to arbitrate the dispute.

13. Notices.

Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement to the Company shall be addressed to the Company in care of its Secretary or its designee, and any notice to be given to the Grantee shall be addressed to him at the address (including an electronic address) then reflected in the Company’s books and records. By a notice given pursuant to this Section 13, either party may hereafter designate a different address for notices to be given to him. Any notice, which is required to be given to the Grantee, shall, if the Grantee is then deceased, be given to the Grantee’s personal representative if such representative has previously informed the Company of his status and address by written notice under this Section 13. Any notice shall have been deemed duly given when (i) delivered in person, (ii) delivered in an electronic form approved by the Company, (iii) enclosed in a properly sealed envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, deposited (with postage prepaid) in a post office or branch post office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service, or (iv) enclosed in a properly sealed envelope or wrapper addressed as aforesaid, deposited (with fees prepaid) in an office regularly maintained by FedEx, UPS, or comparable non-public mail carrier.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Performance Share Unit Agreement to be duly executed effective as of the day and year first above written.

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

By:

Grantee:

(electronically accepted)

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

2021 Performance Share Unit Award

Performance Targets

1. Target Award. The target number of PSUs for the Grantee is as set forth on the first page of the Award Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all percentages associated with the Award shall be of the Target Award.

2. Performance Period. The Performance Period for this Award shall begin on January 1, 2021 and end on December 31, 2023.

3. Performance Goal. The performance goal for this Award is Cumulative EPS over the Performance Period. For purposes of this Exhibit A, Cumulative EPS means the sum of the Company’s “diluted earnings per share” of each of the three fiscal years of the Company within the Performance Period as reported in the Company’s audited financial statements for each such year, adjusted to exclude the effects of: (a) gains or losses on sales of facilities, (b) gains or losses on extinguishment of debt, (c) asset or investment impairment charges, (d) legal claim costs (disclosed as separate line item in consolidated income statement), (e) expenses, or adjustments to expenses, for share-based compensation recognized under ASC Topic 718 related to the Performance Share Units that results from EPS performance above or below the Target EPS during the Performance Period, (f) gains or losses on acquisition or disposition of controlling interest in equity investment or consolidated entity, and (g) any other gains, expenses or losses resulting from significant, unusual and/or nonrecurring events, as described in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations appearing in the Company’s annual report for the applicable fiscal year, as determined in good faith by the Board or the Committee.

4. Percentage of PSUs Earned. Following the end of the Performance Period, the Committee shall have sole and complete discretion to determine the extent to which PSUs have become earned and shall vest according to the following schedule:

Cumulative EPS	Percentage of Target Award Earned
Greater than or equal to 110% of Target EPS	200%
100% of Target EPS	100%
90% of Target EPS	25%
Less than 90% of Target EPS	0%

Thus, up to 200% of the Target Award may be earned if maximum performance is achieved for the Performance Period. Vesting related to performance between the percentages of Target EPS listed above will be determined by straight line interpolation. Any PSUs subject to this Award not earned and vested as provided above on the applicable determination date shall be forfeited.

EX-21

Exhibit 21

ALABAMA

CareOne Home Health Services, Inc.

Four Rivers Medical Center PHO, Inc.

Selma Medical Center Hospital, Inc.

ALASKA

Alaska Regional Medical Group, LLC

Anchorage Surgicenter, LLC

Chugach PT, Inc.

Columbia Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.

SLS Mountain Division, LLC

Surgicare of Anchorage, LLC

ARIZONA

DS Real Estate Holdings, LLC

Urgent Care Extra - Ann & Simmons, LLC

Urgent Care Extra - Cactus & Southern Highlands, LLC

Urgent Care Extra - Charleston & Decatur, LLC

Urgent Care Extra - Charleston/Sloan, LLC

Urgent Care Extra - Craig & Clayton, LLC

Urgent Care Extra - Craig & Decatur, LLC

Urgent Care Extra - Durango & Cheyenne, LLC

Urgent Care Extra - Durango & Flamingo, LLC

Urgent Care Extra - Eastern & Horizon Ridge, LLC

Urgent Care Extra - Rainbow/Mardon, LLC

Urgent Care Extra - Warm Springs & Green Valley, LLC

Urgent Care Extra-Tropicana & Jones, LLC

ARKANSAS

Columbia Health System of Arkansas, Inc.

BERMUDA

Parthenon Insurance Company, Limited

CALIFORNIA

Center for Advanced Imaging, LLC

CFC Investments, Inc.

CH Systems

Chino Community Hospital Corporation, Inc.

Columbia ASC Management, L.P.

Columbia Good Samaritan Health System Limited Partnership

Columbia Riverside, Inc.

Columbia/HCA San Clemente, Inc.

Encino Hospital Corporation, Inc.

Far West Division, Inc.

Galen-Soch, Inc.

Good Samaritan Surgery Center, L.P.

HCA Health Services of California, Inc.

Healdsburg General Hospital, Inc.

L E Corporation

Las Encinas Hospital

Los Gatos Surgical Center, a California Limited Partnership

Los Robles Regional Medical Center

Los Robles Regional Medical Center MOB, LLC

Los Robles SurgiCenter, LLC

MCA Investment Company

Mission Bay Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Neuro Affiliates Company

Pacific Partners Management Services, Inc.

Riverside Healthcare System, L.P.

Riverside Holdings, Inc.

San Joaquin Surgical Center, Inc.

San Jose Pathology Outreach, LLC

Silicon Valley Health Holdings, LLC

Surgicare of Good Samaritan, LLC

Surgicare of Los Gatos, Inc.

Surgicare of Los Robles, LLC

Surgicare of Riverside, LLC

Surgicare of West Hills, Inc.

West Hills Hospital

West Hills Surgical Center, Ltd.

West Los Angeles Physicians’ Hospital, Inc.

Westminster Community Hospital

COLORADO

Altitude Mid Level Providers, LLC

Arapahoe Surgicenter, LLC

Center for Advanced Diagnostics LLC

Centrum Surgery Center, Ltd.

Clear Creek Surgery Center, LLC

Colorado Health Systems, Inc.

Columbine Psychiatric Center, Inc.

Continental Division I, Inc.

Denver Mid-Town Surgery Center, Ltd.

Denver Surgicenter, LLC

Diagnostic Mammography Services, G.P.

Galen of Aurora, Inc.

HCA-HealthONE LLC

Health Care Indemnity, Inc.

HealthONE at Breckenridge, LLC

HealthONE Aurora Investment, LLC

HealthONE CareNow Urgent Care, LLC

HealthONE Clear Creek, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Bariatric Medicine, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Behavioral Health, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Cancer Care LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Cancer Specialties, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Cardiovascular, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Medical Specialties, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Neurosciences, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Obstetrics and Gynecology, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Occupational Medicine, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Oncology Hematology, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Orthopedic Specialists, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Otolaryngology Specialists, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Pediatric Specialties, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Primary Care, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Spine Specialists, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Spine Surgeons LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Surgery Neurological, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Surgical Specialties, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Transplant Services, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Women’s Services, LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services - Youth Rehabilitation LLC

HealthONE Clinic Services LLC

HealthOne Heart Care LLC

HealthONE High Street Primary Care Center, LLC

HealthONE Institutes for Clinical Research, LLC

HealthONE IRL Pathology Services, LLC

HealthOne Lincoln Investment, LLC

HealthONE Lowry, LLC

HealthONE of Denver, Inc.

HealthONE Radiation Therapy at Red Rocks, LLC

HealthONE Radiation Therapy at Thornton, LLC

HealthONE Ridge View Endoscopy Center, LLC

HealthONE Surgicare of Ridge View, LLC

HealthONE Urologic, LLC

HealthOne Westside Investment, LLC

Hospital-Based CRNA Services, Inc.

Lakewood Surgicare, Inc.

Lincoln Surgery Center, LLC

Medical Care America Colorado, LLC

Medical Imaging of Colorado LLC

Mountain View MRI Associates, Ltd.

MOVCO, Inc.

New Rose Holding Company, Inc.

North Suburban Spine Center, L.P.

P/SL Hyperbaric Partnership

Park Ridge Surgery Center, LLC

Proaxis Therapy HealthOne LLC

Red Rocks Surgery Center, LLC

Rocky Mountain Pediatric Hematology Oncology, LLC

Rocky Mountain Surgery Center, LLC

Rose Ambulatory Surgery Center, L.P.

Rose Health Partners, LLC

Rose Medical Plaza, Ltd.

Rose POB, Inc.

Sky Ridge Spine Manager, LLC

Sky Ridge Surgery Center, L.P.

Southwest Medpro, Ltd.

Surgery Center of the Rockies, LLC

Surgicare of Arapahoe, LLC

Surgicare of Denver Mid-Town, Inc.

Surgicare of Denver, LLC

Surgicare of Park Ridge, LLC

Surgicare of Rose, LLC

Surgicare of Sky Ridge Women’s Center, LLC

Surgicare of Sky Ridge, LLC

Surgicare of Southeast Denver, Inc.

Surgicare of Swedish, LLC

Surgicare of Thornton, LLC

Swedish Medpro, Inc.

Swedish MOB I, Ltd.

Swedish MOB II, Inc.

Swedish MOB III, Inc.

Swedish MOB IV, Inc.

Swedish MOB, LLC

Urology Surgery Center of Colorado, LLC

DELAWARE

AC Med, LLC

ADC Surgicenter, LLC

Aligned Business Consortium Group, L.P.

Alliance Surgicare, LLC

Alpine Surgicenter, LLC

Alternaco, LLC

American Medicorp Development Co.

Anchorage Endoscopy Surgicenter, LLC

AOGN, LLC

Appledore Medical Group, Inc.

AR Holding 1, LLC

AR Holding 2, LLC

AR Holding 4, LLC

AR Holding 5, LLC

AR Holding 6, LLC

AR Holding 7, LLC

AR Holding 8, LLC

AR Holding 9, LLC

AR Holding 10, LLC

AR Holding 11, LLC

AR Holding 12, LLC

AR Holding 13, LLC

AR Holding 14, LLC

AR Holding 15, LLC

AR Holding 16, LLC

AR Holding 17, LLC

AR Holding 18, LLC

AR Holding 19, LLC

AR Holding 20, LLC

AR Holding 21, LLC

AR Holding 22, LLC

AR Holding 23, LLC

AR Holding 24, LLC

AR Holding 25, LLC

AR Holding 26, LLC

AR Holding 27, LLC

AR Holding 28, LLC

AR Holding 29, LLC

AR Holding 30, LLC

AR Holding 31, LLC

ASD Shared Services, LLC

Atlanta Healthcare Management, L.P.

Atlanta Market GP, Inc.

Augusta CyberKnife, LLC

Augusta Management Services, LLC

Aurora Endoscopy Surgicenter, LLC

Austin GI Surgicenter, LLC

Aventura Cancer Center Manager, LLC

Bay Area Surgicenter, LLC

Bayshore Partner, LLC

Belton Family Practice Clinic, LLC

Boynton Beach EFL Imaging Center, LLC

Bradenton Outpatient Services, LLC

Brandon Imaging Manager, LLC

Brandon Regional Cancer Center, LLC

Brentwood ASC, LLC

Brighton Surgicenter, LLC

Brownsville Surgicenter, LLC

C/HCA Capital, Inc.

C/HCA, Inc.

California Urgent Care, LLC

Cancer Centers of North Florida, LLC

Cancer Services of Aventura, LLC

Capital Division - CCA, Inc.

CAREOS Surgicenter, LLC

CarePartners HHA Holdings, LLLP

CarePartners HHA, LLLP

CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital, LLLP

CareSpot of Brentwood (210 Franklin Road), LLC

CareSpot of Cool Springs (100 International Drive), LLC

CareSpot of Donelson (2372 Lebanon Road), LLC

CareSpot of Hendersonville (280 Indian Lake Boulevard), LLC

CareSpot of Hermitage (5225 Old Hickory Boulevard), LLC

CareSpot of Lebanon (1705 West Main Street), LLC

CareSpot of Mt. Juliet (S. Mt. Juliet Road), LLC

CareSpot of Murfreesboro (1340 Broad Street), LLC

CareSpot of Nashville (2001 Glen Echo Road), LLC

CareSpot of Nashville (West End Avenue), LLC

CareSpot Professional Services of Middle Tennessee, LLC

Carolina Forest Imaging Manager, LLC

Centennial CyberKnife Center, LLC

Centennial CyberKnife Manager, LLC

Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence, LLC

Central Florida Imaging Services, LLC

Central Florida Management Services, LLC

Central Health Holding Company, Inc.

Charleston CareNow Urgent Care, LLC

CHC Finance Co.

CHC Payroll Agent, Inc.

CHCA Bayshore, L.P.

CHCA Clear Lake, L.P.

CHCA Conroe, L.P.

CHCA Mainland, L.P.

CHCA West Houston, L.P.

CHCA Woman’s Hospital, L.P.

Clear Lake Cardiac Catheterization Center, L.P.

Clear Lake Cardiac GP, LLC

Clear Lake Merger, LLC

Clear Lake Regional Partner, LLC

ClinicServ, LLC

Coastal Bend Hospital, Inc.

Coastal Healthcare Services, Inc.

Coliseum Health Group, LLC

Coliseum Medical Center, LLC

Coliseum Surgery Center, L.L.C.

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Fort Worth

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Houston

Columbia Hospital Corporation-Delaware

Columbia Palm Beach GP, LLC

Columbia Rio Grande Healthcare, L.P.

Columbia Valley Healthcare System, L.P.

Columbia Westbank Healthcare, L.P.

Columbia-SDH Holdings, Inc.

Columbus Cath Lab, Inc.

Columbus Cath Lab, LLC

Comprehensive Digestive Surgicenter, LLC

Concept EFL Imaging Center, LLC

Concept West EFL Imaging Center, LLC

Conroe Partner, LLC

CoralStone Management, Inc.

Corpus Christi Surgicenter, LLC

COSCORP, LLC

CPS TN Processor 1, Inc.

CRMC-M, LLC

Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital, LLC

Dallas/Ft. Worth Physician, LLC

Dean 4641, LLC

Delray EFL Imaging Center, LLC

Denver Clinic Surgicenter, LLC

Doctors Hospital of Augusta, LLC

East Florida CareNow Urgent Care, LLC

East Florida Imaging Holdings, LLC

Eastern Idaho Brachytherapy Equipment Manager, LLC

Eastern Idaho Brachytherapy Equipment, LLC

Eastern Idaho Care Partners ACO, LLC

Eastern Idaho Care Partners Holdings, LLC

Eastern Idaho Care Partners, LLC

EASTSIDE URGENT CARE LLC

EMMC, LLC

EP Health, LLC

EP Holdco, LLC

EPIC Development, Inc.

EPIC Diagnostic Centers, Inc.

EPIC Healthcare Management Company

EPIC Surgery Centers, Inc.

Fairview Park GP, LLC

Fairview Partner, LLC

Family Care of E. Jackson County, LLC

FHAL, LLC

Florida Care Partners East, LLC

Florida Care Partners North Central, LLC

Florida Care Partners Tallahassee, LLC

Florida Care Partners West Coast, LLC

FMH Health Services, LLC

Focus Hand Surgicenter, LLC

Forest Park Surgery Pavilion, Inc.

Forest Park Surgery Pavilion, L.P.

Fort Bend Hospital, Inc.

Frisco Surgicare, LLC

GA PHYSICIAN SERVICES LLC

GA Urgentcare Holding LLC

Galen (Kansas) Merger, LLC

Galen BH, Inc.

Galen Global Finance, Inc.

Galen GOK, LLC

Galen Health Institutes, Inc.

Galen Holdco, LLC

Galen Hospital Alaska, Inc.

Galen International Holdings, Inc.

Galen KY, LLC

Galen MCS, LLC

Galen Medical Corporation

Galen MRMC, LLC

Galen NMC, LLC

Galen NSH, LLC

Galen SOM, LLC

Galen SSH, LLC

Galendeco, Inc.

GalTex, LLC

Garden Park Community Hospital Limited Partnership

Gardens EFL Imaging Center, LLC

GenoSpace, LLC

Geomark Stakes, LLC

Georgia Eye Surgicenter, LLC

Georgia Health Holdings, Inc.

Georgia, L.P.

GHC-Galen Health Care, LLC

Good Samaritan Hospital, L.P.

Good Samaritan Hospital, LLC

Goppert-Trinity Family Care, LLC

GPCH-GP, Inc.

Grace 1011, LLC

Gramercy Eye Surgicenter, LLC

Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, LLC

Grandview Health Care Clinic, LLC

H3OT Corp., LLC

HCA - IT&S Field Operations, Inc.

HCA - IT&S Inventory Management, Inc.

HCA - IT&S TN Field Operations, Inc.

HCA American Finance LLC

HCA Endocrine Investor, LLC

HCA Health Services of Midwest, Inc.

HCA Healthcare Mission Fund, LLC

HCA Holdco, LLC

HCA Imaging Services of North Florida, Inc.

HCA Inc.

HCA Management Services, L.P.

HCA Outpatient Imaging Services Group, Inc.

HCA Property GP, LLC

HCA Psychiatric Company

HCA SF LLC

HCA Squared, LLC

HCA Wesley Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc.

HCA-Access Healthcare Holdings, LLC

HCA-Access Healthcare Partner, Inc.

HCA-California Urgent Care Holdings, LLC

HCA-EmCare Holdings, LLC

HCA-EMS Holdings, LLC

HCA-Georgia Urgent Care Holdings, LLC

HCA-HBPS Holdings, LLC

HCAPS Anesthesia Manager, LLC

HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.

HCA-Solis Mammography Service Holdings of Continental, LLC

HCA-Solis Mammography Service Holdings of Gulf Coast, LLC

HCA-Solis Mammography Service Holdings of North Texas, LLC

HCA-Solis Mammography Service Holdings of TriStar, LLC

HCA-Solis Mammography Services, LLC

HCA-Solis Master, LLC

HCA-Urgent Care Holdings, LLC

Health Insight Capital, LLC

Health Services (Delaware), Inc.

Health Services Merger, Inc.

Healthcare Plus Holdings, LLC

Healthcare Purchasing Alliance, LLC

Healthcare Technology Assessment Corporation

Healthco, LLC

Healthnet of Kentucky, LLC

HealthONE Care Partners, LLC

HealthPlus, LLC

Healthserv Acquisition, LLC

Healthtrust MOB Tennessee, LLC

Healthtrust Purchasing Group, L.P.

Healthtrust, Inc. - The Hospital Company

Hearthstone Home Health, Inc.

Heathrow Imaging, LLC

Henrico Doctors Hospital - Forest Campus Property, LLC

HHBY Holdings, LLC

HHNC, LLC

HICCH-SCL, LLC

Hilltop 408, LLC

hInsight-Airstrip Holdings, LLC

hInsight-BMA Holdings, LLC

hInsight-Customer Care Holdings, LLC

hInsight-Digital Reasoning Holdings, LLC

hInsight-Healthbox Holdings, LLC

hInsight-I2 Holdings, LLC

hInsight-InVivoLink Holdings, LLC

hInsight-Loyale Healthcare Holdings, LLC

hInsight-LS Holdings, LLC

hInsight-Mobile Heartbeat Holdings, LLC

hInsight-NX, LLC

hInsight-OTM Holdings, LLC

hInsight-Procured Holdings, LLC

hInsight-PWS I Holdings, LLC

hInsight-TS Holdings, LLC

hInsight-VAI Holdings, LLC

HM OMCOS, LLC

Hospital Corp., LLC

Hospital Development Properties, Inc.

Hospital Partners Merger, LLC

Houston - PPH, LLC

Houston Healthcare Holdings, Inc.

Houston NW Manager, LLC

Houston Urologic Surgicenter, LLC

Houston Woman’s Hospital Partner, LLC

HPG Enterprises, LLC

HPG Solutions, LLC

HSS Holdco, LLC

HSS Systems, LLC

HTI Hospital Holdings, Inc.

HTI MOB, LLC

HTI MSO, LLC

Imaging Services of Appomattox, LLC

Imaging Services of Jacksonville, LLC

Imaging Services of Louisiana Manager, LLC

Imaging Services of Louisiana, LLC

Imaging Services of Orlando, LLC

Imaging Services of Richmond, LLC

Imaging Services of West Boynton, LLC

IMX Holdings, LLC

Independence Regional Medical Group, LLC

Indianapolis Hospital Partner, LLC

Integrated Regional Laboratories, LLP

InVivoLink, Inc.

Isleworth Partners, Inc.

Jackson County Medical Group, LLC

JFK Medical Center Limited Partnership

Judson Holdings, LLC

Jupiter EFL Imaging Center, LLC

Kendall Regional Medical Center, LLC

Kingwood Surgicenter, LLC

Lake City Imaging, LLC

Lakeside Radiology, LLC

Lakeview Medical Center, LLC

Laredo Medco, LLC

Lee’s Summit Family Care, LLC

Lewis-Gale Medical Center, LLC

Lewisville Surgicare, LLC

Lexi 509, LLC

Loveland Surgicenter, LLC

Low Country Health Services, Inc. of the Southeast

Lowry Surgicenter, LLC

Macon Healthcare, LLC

Macon Northside Health Group, LLC

Macon Northside Hospital, LLC

Management Services Holdings, Inc.

Maury County Behavioral Health, LLC

Mayhill Cancer Center, LLC

MCA-CTMC Holdings, LLC

Meadows DME, LLC

Meadows Multispecialty Associates, LLC

Medical Arts Hospital of Texarkana, Inc.

Medical Care America, LLC

Medical Care Financial Services Corp.

Medical Care Real Estate Finance, Inc.

Medical Center of Plano Partner, LLC

Medical Centers of Oklahoma, LLC

Medical City Care Partners, LLC

Medical City Dallas Partner, LLC

Medical City Specialty Surgicenter of Dallas, LLC

Medical City Surgery Center of Alliance, LLC

Medical City Surgery Center of Frisco, LLC

Medical City Surgery Center of Lewisville, LLC

Medical Corporation of America

Medical Office Buildings of Kansas, LLC

Medical Specialties, Inc.

MediStone Healthcare Ventures, Inc.

MediVision of Mecklenburg County, Inc.

MediVision of Tampa, Inc.

MediVision, Inc.

Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Center of Boerne, LLC

Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Center of Landmark, LLC

MH Anesthesiology Physicians, LLC

MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP

MH Asheville Specialty Hospital, LLC

MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP

MH Eckerd Living Center, LLLP

MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP

MH Hospital Holdings, Inc.

MH Hospital Manager, LLC

MH Master Holdings, LLLP

MH Master, LLC

MH McDowell Imaging, LLLP

MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP

MH Mission Hospital, LLLP

MH Mission Imaging, LLLP

MH Physician Services, LLC

MH Transylvania Imaging, LLLP

MH Transylvania Regional Hospital, LLLP

Miami Beach EFL Imaging Center, LLC

MidAmerica Oncology, LLC

Mid-Continent Health Services, Inc.

Middle Georgia Hospital, LLC

Midtown Diagnostics, LLC

Midwest Division - ACH, LLC

Midwest Division - LRHC, LLC

Midwest Division - LSH, LLC

Midwest Division - MCI, LLC

Midwest Division - MMC, LLC

Midwest Division - OPRMC, LLC

Midwest Division - RMC, LLC

Midwest Holdings, Inc.

Midwest Medicine Associates, LLC

Midwest Metropolitan Physicians Group, LLC

Mobile Corps., Inc.

Mobile Heartbeat, LLC

MRT&C, Inc.

Nashville Shared Services General Partnership

NCO Holdco, LLC

Nevada Urgent Care Holdings, Inc.

New Iberia Holdings, Inc.

Norman Clayman Endocrine Institute, LLC

North Augusta Imaging Management, LLC

North Augusta Imaging Services, LLC

North Brandon Imaging, LLC

North Cypress Endoscopy Surgicenter, LLC

North Cypress Orthopaedic Surgicenter, LLC

North Cypress Surgicenter, LLC

North Florida Cancer Center Lake City, LLC

North Florida Cancer Center Live Oak, LLC

North Florida Cancer Center Tallahassee, LLC

North Florida Radiation Oncology, LLC

North Houston - TRMC, LLC

North Miami Beach Surgery Center Limited Partnership

North Miami Beach Surgical Center, LLC

North Tampa Imaging, LLC

North Texas Medical Center, Inc.

NorthCrest Multispecialty Associates, LLC

Northeast Florida Cancer Services, LLC

Northern Virginia Surgicenter, LLC

Northwest Fla. Home Health Agency, Inc.

Notami Hospitals, LLC

Notami, LLC

Notco, LLC

NTGP, LLC

NTMC Management Company

NTMC Venture, Inc.

Ocala Stereotactic Radiosurgery Partner, LLC

Ocala Stereotactic Radiosurgery, LLC

ODP Holdings, LLC

ODP Manager, LLC

ODP Properties, LLC

Ogden Tomotherapy Manager, LLC

Ogden Tomotherapy, LLC

OHH Imaging Services, LLC

Oklahoma Holding Company, LLC

Oncology Services of Corpus Christi Manager, LLC

Oncology Services of Corpus Christi, LLC

Orlando Outpatient Surgical Center, Inc.

Outpatient Cardiovascular Center of Central Florida, LLC

Outpatient GP, LLC

Outpatient Services - LAD, LLC

Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc.

Palm Beach EFL Imaging Center, LLC

Palms West Hospital Limited Partnership

Paragon SDS, Inc.

Paragon WSC, Inc.

Parallon Holdings, LLC

Parkland Physician Services, Inc.

Parkway Hospital, Inc.

PatientKeeper, Inc.

Pavilion Surgicenter, LLC

Pearland Partner, LLC

Physicians West Surgicenter, LLC

Pinellas Medical, LLC

Pioneer Medical, LLC

Plano Heart Institute, L.P.

Plano Heart Management, LLC

Plantation General Hospital, L.P.

PMM, Inc.

POH Holdings, LLC

Portsmouth Regional Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

Portsmouth Surgicenter, LLC

Preferred Works WC, LLC

Primary Medical Management, Inc.

Putnam Radiation Oncology Manager, LLC

Putnam Radiation Oncology, LLC

Radiation Oncology Center of Thornton, LLC

Radiation Oncology Manager, LLC

RCH, LLC

Red Rock at Smoke Ranch, LLC

Red Rock Holdco, LLC

Reston Hospital Center, LLC

Riverside CyberKnife Manager, LLC

Riverside Hospital, Inc.

Riverside Imaging, LLC

ROi CPS, LLC

Round Rock Hospital, Inc.

Samaritan, LLC

San Bernardino Imaging, LLC

San Jose Healthcare System, LP

San Jose Hospital, L.P.

San Jose Medical Center, LLC

San Jose, LLC

San Marcos ASC, LLC

San Marcos Surgicenter, LLC

Sarah Cannon Research Institute, LLC

Savannah Health Network, LLC

Savannah Health Services, LLC

SCRI Holdings, LLC

Sebring Health Services, LLC

Silicon Valley Surgery Center, L.P.

Silicon Valley Surgicenter, LLC

SJMC, LLC

Solis Mammography at Bayshore Medical Center, LLC

Solis Mammography at Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, LLC

Solis Mammography at Conroe Regional Medical Center, LLC

Solis Mammography at Denton Regional Medical Center, LLC

Solis Mammography at HCA Houston Tomball, LLC

Solis Mammography at Kingwood Medical Center, LLC

Solis Mammography at Las Colinas Medical Center, LLC

Solis Mammography at Medical Center Alliance, LLC

Solis Mammography at Medical Center Arlington, LLC

Solis Mammography at Medical Center of Lewisville, LLC

Solis Mammography at Medical Center of McKinney, LLC

Solis Mammography at Medical Center of Plano, LLC

Solis Mammography at Medical City Dallas, LLC

Solis Mammography at Pearland Medical Center, LLC

Solis Mammography at Rose Medical Center, LLC

Solis Mammography at Skyline Medical Center, LLC

Solis Mammography at StoneCrest Medical Center, LLC

Solis Mammography at West Houston Medical Center, LLC

Solis Mammography at Woman’s Hospital of Texas, LLC

Solis Mammography of Cedar Hill, LLC

Solis Mammography of CyFair, LLC

Solis Mammography of Dallas, LLC

Solis Mammography of Flower Mound, LLC

Solis Mammography of Frisco, LLC

Solis Mammography of Garland, LLC

Solis Mammography of Grand Prairie, LLC

Solis Mammography of Houston NW, LLC

Solis Mammography of Katy, LLC

Solis Mammography of Louetta/249, LLC

Solis Mammography of Mainland, LLC

Solis Mammography of Mansfield, LLC

Solis Mammography of Memorial Villages, LLC

Solis Mammography of Mesquite, LLC

Solis Mammography of Montgomery, LLC

Solis Mammography of North Cypress, LLC

Solis Mammography of North Loop, LLC

Solis Mammography of Red Oak, LLC

Solis Mammography of Stapleton, LLC

Solis Mammography of Sugar Land, LLC

Solis Mammography of Towne Lake, LLC

Solis Mammography of West Plano, LLC

South Austin Surgical Management, LLC

South Austin Surgicenter, LLC

South Valley Hospital, L.P.

Southeast Georgia Health Services, LLC

Southern Kentucky Surgicenter, LLC

Southtown Women’s Clinic, LLC

Spalding Rehabilitation L.L.C.

Spring Hill Imaging, LLC

Springfield Health Services, LLC

Springview KY, LLC

SSHR Holdco, LLC

SSJ St. Petersburg Holdings, Inc.

Steamboat Springs Surgicenter, LLC

Stiles Road Imaging LLC

StoneCrest Surgery Center, LLC

Stones River Hospital, LLC

StoneSprings Surgicenter, LLC

Suburban Medical Center at Hoffman Estates, Inc.

Summit General Partner, Inc.

Summit Outpatient Diagnostic Center, LLC

Sun Bay Medical Office Building, Inc.

Sun City Imaging, LLC

Sun-Med, LLC

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, LLC

Surgicare of ADC, LLC

Surgicare of AGI, LLC

Surgicare of Alaska Surgery Center, LLC

Surgicare of Alpine, LLC

Surgicare of Anchorage Endoscopy, LLC

Surgicare of Aurora Endoscopy, LLC

Surgicare of Bay Area, LLC

Surgicare of Brentwood, LLC

Surgicare of Brighton, LLC

Surgicare of Brownsville, LLC

Surgicare of CAREOS, LLC

Surgicare of Comprehensive Digestive, LLC

Surgicare of Corpus Christi, LLC

Surgicare of Dallas Specialty, LLC

Surgicare of Denton, Inc.

Surgicare of Denver Clinic, LLC

Surgicare of Focus Hand, LLC

Surgicare of Georgia Eye, LLC

Surgicare of Houston Kingwood, LLC

Surgicare of Houston, LLC

Surgicare of Loveland, LLC

Surgicare of Nashville, LLC

Surgicare of North Cypress Endoscopy, LLC

Surgicare of North Cypress Orthopaedic, LLC

Surgicare of North Cypress, LLC

Surgicare of Pavilion, LLC

Surgicare of Physicians West El Paso, LLC

Surgicare of Plano, Inc.

Surgicare of Portsmouth, LLC

Surgicare of Silicon Valley, LLC

Surgicare of Southern Kentucky, LLC

Surgicare of Steamboat Springs, LLC

Surgicare of StoneCrest, LLC

Surgicare of StoneSprings, LLC

Surgicare of Venice, LLC

Surgicare of Willis, LLC

Surgico, LLC

Swedish MOB Acquisition, Inc.

Tampa Bay CareNow Urgent Care, LLC

TBHI Outpatient Services, LLC

Terre Haute Hospital GP, Inc.

Terre Haute Hospital Holdings, Inc.

Terre Haute Regional Hospital, L.P.

Texas Care Partners, LLC

The Cancer Care Center of North Florida, LLC

TOH Physicians MSO, LLC

Total Imaging - Parsons, LLC

Town Plaza Family Practice, LLC

Trident Medical Center, LLC

TriStar Maury Behavioral Healthcare, LLC

U.S. Collections, Inc.

Ultra Imaging Management Services, LLC

Ultra Imaging of Tampa, LLC

Urgent Care Enterprise, LLC

Utah CareNow Urgent Care, LLC

Utah Medco, LLC

Valify, Inc.

Value Health Management, Inc.

Venice Surgicenter, LLC

Vidalia Health Services, LLC

Vision Consulting Group LLC

Weatherford Health Services, LLC

Weatherford Mammography JV, LLC

Wesley Cath Lab, LLC

Wesley Manager, LLC

Wesley Medical Center, LLC

West Boynton Beach Open Imaging Center, LLC

West Florida Imaging Services, LLC

West Florida PET Services, LLC

West Houston, LLC

Westbury Hospital, Inc.

WHG Medical, LLC

Willis Surgicenter, LLC

WJHC, LLC

Woman’s Hospital Merger, LLC

Women’s Hospital Indianapolis GP, Inc.

Women’s Hospital Indianapolis, L.P.

FLORIDA

Access 2 Health Care Physicians, LLC

Access Health Care Physicians, LLC

Access Management Co., LLC

Ace Leasing II, LLC

All About Staffing, Inc.

Ambulatory Laser Associates, GP

Ambulatory Surgery Center Group, Ltd.

Atlantis Surgicare, LLC

Aventura Comprehensive Cancer Research Group of Florida, Inc.

Aventura Healthcare Specialists LLC

BAMI Property, LLC

Bay Hospital, Inc.

Bayonet Point Surgery Center, Ltd.

Bayside Ambulatory Center, LLC

Behavioral Health Sciences of West Florida, LLC

Belleair Surgery Center, Ltd.

Big Cypress Medical Center, Inc.

Bonita Bay Surgery Center, Inc.

Bonita Bay Surgery Center, Ltd.

Bradenton Cardiology Physician Network, LLC

Broward Cardiovascular Surgeons, LLC

Broward Healthcare System, Inc.

Broward Neurosurgeons, LLC

Cape Crusader 1114, LLC

Capital Regional Healthcare, LLC

Capital Regional Heart Associates LLC

Capital Regional Psychiatry Associates, LLC

CCH-GP, Inc.

Cedars International Cardiology Consultants, LLC

Cedars Medical Center Hospitalists, LLC

Central Florida Cardiology Interpretations, LLC

Central Florida Division Practice, Inc.

Central Florida Health Services, LLC

Central Florida Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates, LLC

Central Florida Physician Network, LLC

Central Florida Regional Hospital, Inc.

Central Pasco, LLC

CFHS Sub I, LLC

CFHS Sub II, LLC

Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Citrus Memorial Property Management, Inc.

Citrus Primary Care, Inc.

Citrus Specialty Group, Inc.

Citrus Surgicenter, LLC

Collier County Home Health Agency, Inc.

Columbia Behavioral Health, Ltd.

Columbia Behavioral Healthcare of South Florida, Inc.

Columbia Central Florida Division, Inc.

Columbia Development of Florida, Inc.

Columbia Eye and Specialty Surgery Center, Ltd.

Columbia Florida Group, Inc.

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Central Miami

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Kendall

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Miami

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Miami Beach

Columbia Hospital Corporation of North Miami Beach

Columbia Hospital Corporation of South Broward

Columbia Hospital Corporation of South Dade

Columbia Hospital Corporation of South Florida

Columbia Hospital Corporation of South Miami

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Tamarac

Columbia Hospital Corporation-SMM

Columbia Jacksonville Healthcare System, Inc.

Columbia Lake Worth Surgical Center Limited Partnership

Columbia Midtown Joint Venture

Columbia North Central Florida Health System Limited Partnership

Columbia North Florida Regional Medical Center Limited Partnership

Columbia Ocala Regional Medical Center Physician Group, Inc.

Columbia Palm Beach Healthcare System Limited Partnership

Columbia Park Healthcare System, Inc.

Columbia Park Medical Center, Inc.

Columbia Physician Services - Florida Group, Inc.

Columbia Primary Care, LLC

Columbia Resource Network, Inc.

Columbia Tampa Bay Division, Inc.

Columbia-Osceola Imaging Center, Inc.

Community Hospital Family Practice, LLC

Comprehensive Radiation Oncology, LLC

Coral Springs Surgi-Center, Ltd.

Countryside Surgery Center, Ltd.

Davie Medical Center, LLC

Daytona Medical Center, Inc.

Diagnostic Breast Center, Inc.

Doctors Osteopathic Medical Center, Inc.

Doctors Same Day Surgery Center, Inc.

Doctors Same Day Surgery Center, Ltd.

DOMC Property, LLC

East Florida - DMC, Inc.

East Florida Behavioral Health Network, LLC

East Florida Cardiology Network, LLC

East Florida Division, Inc.

East Florida Emergency Physician Group, LLC

East Florida Healthcare, LLC

East Florida Hospitalists, LLC

East Florida Primary Care, LLC

East Pointe Hospital, Inc.

Edward White Hospital, Inc.

Emergency Providers Group LLC

Englewood Community Hospital Auxiliary, Inc.

Englewood Community Hospital, Inc.

Family Care Partners, LLC

Fawcett Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Florida Care Partners Orlando, LLC

Florida Care Partners, LLC

Florida Home Health Services-Private Care, Inc.

Florida Outpatient Surgery Center, Ltd.

Fort Myers Market, Inc.

Fort Pierce Immediate Care Center, Inc.

Fort Pierce Orthopaedics, LLC

Fort Pierce Surgery Center, Ltd.

Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, Inc.

Freeport Family Medicine, LLC

Ft. Pierce Surgicare, LLC

Ft. Walton Beach Anesthesia Services, LLC

Gainesville GYN Oncology of North Florida Regional Medical Center, LLC

Gainesville Physicians, LLC

Galen Diagnostic Multicenter, Ltd.

Galen Hospital-Pembroke Pines, Inc.

Galen of Florida, Inc.

Galencare, Inc.

GME Services of Osceola, LLC

Grant Center Hospital of Ocala, Inc.

Greater Tampa Bay Physician Network, LLC

Greater Tampa Bay Physician Specialists, LLC

Greater Tampa Bay Physicians - Pinellas, LLC

Gulf Coast Inpatient Specialists, LLC

Gulf Coast Medical Center Primary Care, LLC

Gulf Coast Multispecialty Services, LLC

Hamilton Memorial Hospital, Inc.

HCA - Viera ALF, LLC

HCA - WHS Progressive, LLC

HCA - WHS Services, LLC

HCA Health Services of Florida, Inc.

HCA Health Services of Miami, Inc.

HCA Outpatient Clinic Services of Miami, Inc.

HCA Sarasota Orthopedic and Spine Clinical Co-Management Company, LLC

HD&S Corp. Successor, Inc.

HealthCoast Physician Group, LLC

Heathrow Internal Medicine, LLC

Heritage Family Care, LLC

Homecare North, Inc.

Hospital Corporation of Lake Worth

Institute for Women’s Health and Body, LLC

Integrated Regional Lab, LLC

Integrated Regional Laboratories Pathology Services, LLC

Intensive Care Consortium, Inc.

Jacksonville CareNow Urgent Care, LLC

Jacksonville Multispecialty Services, LLC

Jacksonville Surgery Center, Ltd.

JFK Internal Medicine Faculty Practice, LLC

JPM AA Housing, LLC

Kendall Healthcare Group, Ltd.

Kendall Regional Urgent Care, LLC

Kissimmee Surgicare, Ltd.

LAD Imaging, LLC

Lake City Regional Medical Group, LLC

Largo Medical Center, Inc.

Largo Physician Group, LLC

Lawnwood Cardiovascular Surgery, LLC

Lawnwood Healthcare Specialists, LLC

Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc.

Live Oak Immediate Care Center, LLC

Manatee Surgicare, Ltd.

Marion Community Hospital, Inc.

Medical Associates of Ocala, LLC

Medical Center of Port St. Lucie, Inc.

Medical Center of Santa Rosa, Inc.

Medical Center of Southwest Florida, LLC

Medical Partners of North Florida, LLC

Memorial Family Practice Associates, LLC

Memorial Health Primary Care at St. Johns Bluff, LLC

Memorial Healthcare Group, Inc.

Memorial Neurosurgery Group, LLC

Mercy ASC, LLC

MHS Partnership Holdings JSC, Inc.

MHS Partnership Holdings SDS, Inc.

Miami Beach Healthcare Group, Ltd.

Miami Dade Surgical Specialists, LLC

Miami Lakes Surgery Center, Ltd.

Miami-Dade Cardiology Consultants, LLC

MSL Acquisition, LLC

Network MS of Florida, Inc.

New Port Richey Hospital, Inc.

New Port Richey Surgery Center, Ltd.

Niceville Family Practice, LLC

North Central Florida Health System, Inc.

North Florida Division I, Inc.

North Florida Division Practice, Inc.

North Florida GI Center GP, Inc.

North Florida GI Center, Ltd.

North Florida Immediate Care Center, Inc.

North Florida Outpatient Imaging Center, Ltd.

North Florida Physician Services, Inc.

North Florida Physicians, LLC

North Florida Regional Company Care, LLC

North Florida Regional Investments, Inc.

North Florida Regional Medical Center, Inc.

North Florida Regional Psychiatry, LLC

North Florida Regional Trauma, LLC

North Florida Rehab Investments, LLC

North Florida Surgical Associates, LLC

North Palm Beach County Surgery Center, LLC

North River Physician Network, LLC

North Transfer Center, LLC

Northside MRI, Inc.

Northwest Florida Healthcare Systems, Inc.

Northwest Florida Multispecialty Physicians, LLC

Northwest Florida Primary Care, LLC

Northwest Medical Center, Inc.

Notami Hospitals of Florida, Inc.

Oak Hill Acquisition, Inc.

Oak Hill Family Care, LLC

Oak Hill Hospitalists, LLC

Ocala Health Company Care, LLC

Ocala Health Imaging Services, LLC

Ocala Health Primary Care, LLC

Ocala Health Surgical Group, LLC

Ocala Health Trauma, LLC

Ocala Regional Outpatient Services, Inc.

Okaloosa Hospital, Inc.

Okeechobee Hospital, Inc.

Orange County Healthcare, LLC

Orange Park Hospitalists, LLC

Orange Park Medical Center, Inc.

Orlando CareNow Urgent Care, LLC

Orlando Surgicare, Ltd.

Osceola Physician Network, LLC

Osceola Regional Hospital, Inc.

Osceola Regional Hospitalists, LLC

Osceola Surgical Associates, LLC

Outpatient Surgical Services, Ltd.

Oviedo Medical Center, LLC

P&L Associates

Palm Beach General Surgery, LLC

Palm Beach Healthcare System, Inc.

Palm Beach Hospitalists Program, LLC

Palms West Gastroenterology, LLC

Palms West Surgery Center, Ltd.

Park South Imaging Center, Ltd.

Pediatric Intensivist Group, LLC

Pensacola Primary Care, Inc.

Pinnacle Physician Network, LLC

Poinciana Medical Center, Inc.

Port St. Lucie Surgery Center, Ltd.

Premier Medical Management, Ltd.

Primary Care Medical Associates, Inc.

Primary Care Services of Orlando, LLC

Psychiatry Services of Osceola, LLC

Pulmonary Renal Intensivist Group, LLC

Putnam Community Medical Center of North Florida, LLC

Putnam Hospital, Inc.

Putnam Surgical Group, LLC

Raulerson Gastroenterology, LLC

Raulerson GYN, LLC

Raulerson Primary Care, LLC

Riverwalk ASC, LLC

Sarasota Doctors Hospital, Inc.

SLS East Florida Division, LLC

SLS West Florida Division, LLC

South Florida Division Practice, Inc.

South Transfer Center, LLC

Southwest Florida Health System, Inc.

Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center, Inc.

St. Lucie Hospitalists, LLC

St. Lucie Medical Center Hyperbarics, LLC

St. Lucie Medical Specialists, LLC

St. Lucie West Primary Care, LLC

St. Petersburg General Surgery, LLC

Sun City Hospital, Inc.

Sunshine State Anesthesia Partners, LLC

Surgery Center of Atlantis, LLC

Surgery Center of Aventura, Ltd.

Surgery Center of Port Charlotte, Ltd.

Surgical Park Center, Ltd.

Surgicare America - Winter Park, Inc.

Surgicare of Altamonte Springs, Inc.

Surgicare of Aventura, LLC

Surgicare of Bayonet Point, Inc.

Surgicare of Bayside, LLC

Surgicare of Brandon, Inc.

Surgicare of Brooksville, LLC

Surgicare of Central Florida, Inc.

Surgicare of Citrus, LLC

Surgicare of Countryside, Inc.

Surgicare of Florida, Inc.

Surgicare of Ft. Pierce, Inc.

Surgicare of Kissimmee, Inc.

Surgicare of Laurel Grove, LLC

Surgicare of Manatee, Inc.

Surgicare of Merritt Island, Inc.

Surgicare of Miami Lakes, LLC

Surgicare of Newport Richey, Inc.

Surgicare of Orange Park II, LLC

Surgicare of Orange Park, Inc.

Surgicare of Orange Park, Ltd.

Surgicare of Orlando, Inc.

Surgicare of Palms West, LLC

Surgicare of Pinellas, Inc.

Surgicare of Plantation, Inc.

Surgicare of Port Charlotte, LLC

Surgicare of Port St. Lucie, Inc.

Surgicare of Riverwalk, LLC

Surgicare of St. Andrews, Inc.

Surgicare of St. Andrews, Ltd.

Surgicare of Stuart, Inc.

Surgicare of Tallahassee, Inc.

Tallahassee Community Network, Inc.

Tallahassee Medical Center, Inc.

Tallahassee Orthopaedic Surgery Partners, Ltd.

Tampa Bay Health System, Inc.

Tampa Surgi-Centre, Inc.

Telehealth Physician Services, LLC

The Neurohealth Sciences Center, LLC

Total Imaging - Hudson, LLC

Total Imaging - North St. Petersburg, LLC

University Healthcare Specialists, LLC

University Hospital, Ltd.

Venture Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

Venture Medical Management, LLC

West Florida - MHT, LLC

West Florida - PPH, LLC

West Florida Behavioral Health, Inc.

West Florida Cardiology Network, LLC

West Florida Cardiology Physicians, LLC

West Florida CareNow Urgent Care, LLC

West Florida Division, Inc.

West Florida HealthWorks, LLC

West Florida Internal Medicine, LLC

West Florida Physician Network, LLC

West Florida Professional Billing, LLC

West Florida Regional Medical Center, Inc.

West Florida Specialty Physicians, LLC

West Florida Trauma Network, LLC

West Florida Urgent Care Network, LLC

West Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc.

Westside Surgery Center, Ltd.

Wildwood Medical Center, Inc.

Women’s Health Center of Central Florida, LLC

Zack 1030, LLC

GEORGIA

4600 Waters Avenue Professional Building Condominium Association, Inc.

Acworth Immediate Care, LLC

AOSC Sports Medicine, Inc.

AppleCare/Memorial Immediate Care Joint Venture, LLC

Atlanta Home Care, L.P.

Atlanta Outpatient Surgery Center, Inc.

Atlanta Surgery Center, Ltd.

Augusta Inpatient Services, LLC

Augusta Primary Care Services, LLC

Augusta Specialty Hospitalists, LLC

Byron Family Practice, LLC

Cartersville Medical Center, LLC

Cartersville Occupational Medicine Center, LLC

CCBH Psychiatric Hospitalists, LLC

Center for Occupational Medicine, LLC

Chatsworth Hospital Corp.

Church Street Partners

Coliseum Health Group, Inc.

Coliseum Park Hospital, Inc.

Coliseum Primary Care Services, LLC

Coliseum Primary Healthcare - Macon, LLC

Coliseum Primary Healthcare - Riverside, LLC

Coliseum Professional Associates, LLC

Coliseum Same Day Surgery Center, L.P.

Columbia Coliseum Same Day Surgery Center, Inc.

Columbia Surgicare of Augusta, Ltd.

Columbia-Georgia PT, Inc.

Columbus Cardiology, Inc.

Columbus Doctors Hospital, Inc.

Diagnostic Services, G.P.

Doctors Hospital Columbus GA-Joint Venture

Doctors Hospital Surgery Center, L.P.

Doctors-I, Inc.

Doctors-II, Inc.

Doctors-III, Inc.

Doctors-IV, Inc.

Doctors-V, Inc.

Doctors-VIII, Inc.

Dublin Community Hospital, LLC

Dublin Multispecialty, LLC

Eastside Behavioral Health Associates, LLC

Eastside General Surgery, LLC

Eastside Heart and Vascular, LLC

Eastside Medical Center, LLC

Eastside Surgery Center, LLC

EHCA Diagnostics, LLC

EHCA Eastside Occupational Medicine Center, LLC

EHCA Metropolitan, LLC

EHCA Parkway, LLC

EHCA Peachtree, LLC

EHCA West Paces, LLC

EHCA, LLC

Fairview Park, Limited Partnership

Georgia Psychiatric Company, Inc.

Grace Family Practice, LLC

Grayson Primary Care, LLC

Greater Gwinnett Internal Medicine Associates, LLC

Greater Gwinnett Physician Corporation

Gwinnett Community Hospital, Inc.

HCA Health Services of Georgia, Inc.

HCOL, Inc.

Hospitalists at Fairview Park, LLC

JDGC Management, LLC

Macon Psychiatric Hospitalists, LLC

Marietta Outpatient Medical Building, Inc.

Marietta Outpatient Surgery, Ltd.

Marietta Surgical Center, Inc.

Med Corp., Inc.

Medical Center - West, Inc.

Memorial Satilla Specialists, LLC

MOSC Sports Medicine, Inc.

Neurosurgery Atlanta, LLC

North Georgia Primary Care Group, LLC

Northlake Medical Center, LLC

Northlake Physician Practice Network, Inc.

Northlake Surgical Center, L.P.

Northlake Surgicare, Inc.

Orthopaedic Specialty Associates, L.P.

Orthopaedic Sports Specialty Associates, Inc.

Peach State Anesthesia Partners, LLC

Provident Professional Building Condominium Association, Inc.

Redmond Hospital Services, LLC

Redmond Neurosurgery, LLC

Redmond Park Health Services, Inc.

Redmond Park Hospital, LLC

Redmond Physician Practice Company

Redmond Specialty Services, LLC

Rome Imaging Center Limited Partnership

Savannah Behavioral Health Associates, LLC

Savannah Inpatient Services, LLC

Savannah Multispecialty Associates, LLC

Savannah Pediatric Care, LLC

Savannah Primary Care Associates, LLC

SLS South Atlantic Division, LLC

Surgery Center of Rome, L.P.

Surgicare of Augusta, Inc.

Surgicare of Buckhead, LLC

Surgicare of Eastside, LLC

Surgicare of Evans, Inc.

Surgicare of Rome, Inc.

The Rankin Foundation

Urology Center of North Georgia, LLC

West Paces Services, Inc.

IDAHO

East Falls Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, LLC

East Falls Family Medicine, LLC

East Falls Plastic Surgery, LLC

Eastern Idaho Health Services, Inc.

Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center Inpatient Services, LLC

EIRMC Hospitalist Services, LLC

Idaho Behavioral Health Services, LLC

Idaho Physician Services, Inc.

West Valley Medical Center, Inc.

West Valley Medical Group Specialty Services LLC

West Valley Medical Group, LLC

West Valley Therapy Services, LLC

ILLINOIS

Chicago Grant Hospital, Inc.

Columbia Chicago Division, Inc.

Columbia LaGrange Hospital, LLC

Galen of Illinois, Inc.

Illinois Psychiatric Hospital Company, Inc.

Smith Laboratories, Inc.

INDIA

All About Staffing (India) Ltd.

INDIANA

Basic American Medical, Inc.

Hospitalists of the Wabash Valley, LLC

Regional Hospital Healthcare Partners, LLC

Surgicare of Indianapolis, Inc.

Surgicare of Terre Haute, LLC

Terre Haute MOB, L.P.

Terre Haute Obstetrics and Gynecology, LLC

KANSAS

Care for Women, LLC

Centerpoint Medical Specialists, LLC

College Park Ancillary, LLC

College Park Endoscopy Center, LLC

College Park Radiology, LLC

Emergency Physicians at Wesley Medical Center, LLC

Family Health Medical Group of Overland Park, LLC

Forward Pathology Solutions Wichita, LLC

Galichia Anesthesia Services, LLC

Galichia Emergency Physicians, LLC

Health Partners of Kansas, Inc.

Heart of America ASC, LLC

Heart of America Surgicenter, LLC

Heartland Women’s Group at Wesley, LLC

Hospitalists at Wesley Medical Center, LLC

IRL Pathology Services MidAmerica, LLC

Johnson County Neurology, LLC

Johnson County Surgery Center, L.P.

Johnson County Surgicenter, L.L.C.

Kansas CareNow Urgent Care, LLC

Kansas City Cardiac Arrhythmia Research LLC

Kansas City Gastroenterology & Hepatology Physicians Group, LLC

Kansas City Vascular & General Surgery Group, LLC

Kansas City Women’s Clinic Group, LLC

Kansas Pulmonary and Sleep Specialists, LLC

Kansas Trauma and Critical Care Specialists, LLC

Menorah Medical Group, LLC

Menorah Urgent Care, LLC

MidAmerica Division, Inc.

Mid-America Surgery Center, LLC

Mid-America Surgery Institute, LLC

Midwest Cardiology Specialists, LLC

Midwest Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of Kansas, LLC

Midwest Heart & Vascular Specialists, LLC

Midwest Oncology Associates, LLC

Mill Creek Outpatient Services, LLC

MMC Sleep Lab Management, LLC

Neurology Associates of Kansas, LLC

OPRMC-HBP, LLC

Overland Park Cardiovascular, Inc.

Overland Park Medical Specialists, LLC

Overland Park Orthopedics, LLC

Overland Park Surgical Specialties, LLC

Pediatric Specialty Clinic LLC

Quivira Internal Medicine, Inc.

Research Neurology Associates, LLC

Research Neuroscience Institute, LLC

Statland Medical Group, LLC

Surgery Center of Overland Park, L.P.

Surgicare of Overland Park, LLC

Surgicare of Wichita, Inc.

Surgicare of Wichita, LLC

Surgicenter of Johnson County, Ltd., a Kansas limited partnership

The Medical Group of Kansas City, LLC

Wesley Physician Services, LLC

Wesley Physicians - Anesthesiologist, LLC

Wesley Physicians - Cardiovascular, LLC

Wesley Physicians - Medical Specialties LLC

Wesley Physicians - Obstetrics and Gynecology LLC

Wesley Physicians - Primary Care LLC

Wesley Select Network, LLC

Wesley Urgent Care, LLC

Wichita CareNow Urgent Care, LLC

KENTUCKY

CHCK, Inc.

Commonwealth Specialists of Kentucky, LLC

Frankfort Hospital, Inc.

Frankfort Wound Care, LLC

Galen Center for Professional Development, Inc.

Galen of Kentucky, Inc.

Greenview Hospital, Inc.

Greenview PrimeCare, LLC

Greenview Specialty Associates, LLC

Hospitalists at Greenview Regional Hospital, LLC

Mikrod Services, Inc.

SLS Capital Division, LLC

Southern Kentucky Medicine Associates, LLC

Surgery Center of Greenview, L.P.

Surgicare of Greenview, Inc.

Tri-County Community Hospital, Inc.

Warren County Ambulance Service, LLC

LOUISIANA

Acadiana Care Center, Inc.

Acadiana Practice Management, Inc.

Acadiana Regional Pharmacy, Inc.

Center for Digestive Diseases, LLC

Children’s Multi-Specialty Group, LLC

CLASC Manager, LLC

Columbia Healthcare System of Louisiana, Inc.

Columbia West Bank Hospital, Inc.

Columbia/HCA of Baton Rouge, Inc.

Columbia/HCA of New Orleans, Inc.

HCA Health Services of Louisiana, Inc.

Lafayette OB Hospitalists, LLC

Lafayette Urogynecology & Urology Center, LLC

Lakeside Women’s Services, LLC

Lakeview Cardiology Specialists, LLC

Lakeview Regional Physician Group, LLC

Louisiana Psychiatric Company, Inc.

Medical Center of Baton Rouge, Inc.

Metairie Primary Care Associates, LLC

New Iberia Healthcare, LLC

Notami (Opelousas), Inc.

Notami Hospitals of Louisiana, Inc.

Rapides After Hours Clinic, L.L.C.

Rapides Healthcare System, L.L.C.

Rapides Regional Physician Group Primary Care, LLC

Rapides Regional Physician Group Specialty Care, LLC

Rapides Regional Physician Group, LLC

Rapides Surgery Center, LLC

RMCA Professionals Mgmt, LLC

Southwest Medical Center Family Practice, LLC

Southwest Medical Center Multi-Specialty Group, LLC

Southwest Medical Center Surgical Group, LLC

Surgicare Merger Company of Louisiana

Surgicare of Lakeview, Inc.

Surgicare Outpatient Center of Baton Rouge, Inc.

Surgicenter of East Jefferson, Inc.

Tchefuncte Cardiology Associates - Lakeview, LLC

The Regional Health System of Acadiana, LLC

TUHC Anesthesiology Group, LLC

TUHC Hospitalist Group, LLC

TUHC Physician Group, LLC

TUHC Primary Care and Pediatrics Group, LLC

TUHC Radiology Group, LLC

Tulane Clinic, LLC

Tulane Professionals Management, L.L.C.

University Healthcare System, L.C.

Uptown Primary Care Associates, LLC

Women’s & Children’s Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Center, LLC

Women’s & Children’s Pulmonology Clinic, LLC

Women’s and Children’s Professional Management, L.L.C.

Women’s Multi-Specialty Group, LLC

LUXEMBOURG

HCA Luxembourg 1 Sarl

HCA Luxembourg 2 Sarl

HCA Luxembourg Equities Sàrl

HCA Luxembourg Investments Sàrl

HCA Switzerland Limited

MASSACHUSETTS

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Massachusetts, Inc.

Orlando Outpatient Surgical Center, Ltd.

MISSISSIPPI

Brookwood Medical Center of Gulfport, Inc.

Coastal Imaging Center of Gulfport, Inc.

Coastal Imaging Center, L.P.

Galen of Mississippi, Inc.

Garden Park Hospitalist Program, LLC

Garden Park Investments, L.P.

Garden Park Physician Group - Specialty Care, LLC

Garden Park Physician Group, Inc.

Gulf Coast Medical Ventures, Inc.

VIP, Inc.

MISSOURI

Bone & Joint Specialists Physician Group, LLC

Cardiology Associates Medical Group, LLC

Cedar Creek Medical Group, LLC

Centerpoint Cardiology Services, LLC

Centerpoint Clinic of Blue Springs, LLC

Centerpoint Hospital Based Physicians, LLC

Centerpoint Orthopedics, LLC

Centerpoint Physicians Group, LLC

Centerpoint Women’s Services, LLC

Clinishare, Inc.

Endocrinology Associates of Lee’s Summit, LLC

Eye Care Surgicare, Ltd., a Missouri limited partnership

Family Health Specialists of Lee’s Summit, LLC

Foot & Ankle Specialty Services, LLC

HCA Midwest Comprehensive Care, Inc.

Health Midwest Medical Group, Inc.

Health Midwest Office Facilities Corporation

Health Midwest Ventures Group, Inc.

HM Acquisition, LLC

Independence Neurosurgery Services, LLC

Independence Surgicare, Inc.

Jackson County Pulmonary Medical Group, LLC

Kansas City Neurology Associates, LLC

Kansas City Pulmonology Practice, LLC

KC Pain ASC, LLC

KC Surgicare, LLC

Medical Center Imaging, Inc.

MediCredit, Inc.

Metropolitan Multispecialty Physicians Group, Inc.

Midwest Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, LLC

Midwest Division - RBH, LLC

Midwest Division Spine Care, LLC

Midwest Doctor’s Group, LLC

Midwest Infectious Disease Specialists, LLC

Midwest Trauma Services, LLC

Midwest Women’s Healthcare Specialists, LLC

Missouri Healthcare System, L.P.

National Association of Senior Friends

Notami Hospitals of Missouri, Inc.

Nuclear Diagnosis, Inc.

Ozarks Medical Services, Inc.

Parallon Revenue Cycle Services, Inc.

Raymore Medical Group, LLC

Research Cardiology Associates, LLC

Research Family Physicians, LLC

Research Internal Medicine, LLC

Resource Optimization & Innovation, L.L.C.

RMC - Pulmonary, LLC

RMC Transplant Physicians, LLC

Senior Health Associates, LLC

Surgery Center of Independence, L.P.

Surgical Care Medical Group, LLC

Surgicare of Kansas City, LLC

Surgicenter of Kansas City, L.L.C.

Women’s Center at Brookside, LLC

NEVADA

CHC Holdings, Inc.

CHC Venture Co.

Columbia Hospital Corporation of West Houston

Fremont Women’s Health, LLC

Health Service Partners, Inc.

Las Vegas ASC, LLC

Las Vegas Surgicare, Inc.

Las Vegas Surgicare, Ltd., a Nevada Limited Partnership

MountainView GME Primary Care, LLC

Nevada Surgery Center of Southern Hills, L.P.

Nevada Surgicare of Southern Hills, LLC

Rhodes Limited-Liability Company

Sahara Outpatient Surgery Center, Ltd.

Southern Hills Medical Center, LLC

Specialty Surgicare of Las Vegas, LP

Sunrise Flamingo Holdings, LLC

Sunrise Flamingo Surgery Center, Limited Partnership

Sunrise Mountainview Hospital, Inc.

Sunrise Mountainview Multi-Specialty Clinics, LLC

Sunrise Outpatient Services, Inc.

Sunrise Physician Services, LLC

Sunrise Trauma Services, LLC

Surgicare of Las Vegas, Inc.

Urgent Care Extra Silverado & Maryland LLC

Urgent Care Nevada LLC

Value Health Holdings, Inc.

VH Holdco, Inc.

VH Holdings, Inc.

Western Plains Capital, Inc.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Appledore Medical Group II, Inc.

Derry ASC, Inc.

Forward Pathology Solutions - New Hampshire, LLC

HCA Health Services of New Hampshire, Inc.

Med-Point of New Hampshire, Inc.

Occupational Health Services of PRH, LLC

Parkland Hospitalists Program, LLC

Parkland Oncology, LLC

Salem Surgery Center, Limited Partnership

Surgicare of Salem, LLC

NORTH CAROLINA

Blue Ridge-TKC, LLC

CareOne Home Health Services, Inc.

Cumberland Medical Center, Inc.

HCA - Raleigh Community Hospital, Inc.

Healthy State, Inc.

Heritage Hospital, Inc.

HTI Health Services of North Carolina, Inc.

Imaging Realty, LLC

Mecklenburg Surgical Land Development, Ltd.

Mission Employer Solutions, LLC

Mission Health Community Multispecialty Providers, LLC

Mission Health Partners, Inc.

Raleigh Community Medical Office Building, Ltd.

SLS North Carolina Division, LLC

Spruce Pine Healthcare, LLC

OHIO

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation of Northern Ohio

Columbia-CSA/HS Greater Canton Area Healthcare System, L.P.

Columbia-CSA/HS Greater Cleveland Area Healthcare System, L.P.

Lorain County Surgery Center, Ltd.

Surgicare of Lorain County, Inc.

Surgicare of Westlake, Inc.

Westlake Surgicare, L.P.

OKLAHOMA

Columbia Doctors Hospital of Tulsa, Inc.

Columbia Oklahoma Division, Inc.

Edmond General Surgery, LLC

Edmond Hospitalists, LLC

Edmond Physician Hospital Organization, Inc.

Healthcare Oklahoma, Inc.

Medi Flight of Oklahoma, LLC

Medical Imaging, Inc.

Millenium Health Care of Oklahoma, Inc.

Oklahoma Outpatient Surgery Limited Partnership

Oklahoma Physicians - Medical Specialties LLC

Oklahoma Physicians - Obstetrics and Gynecology LLC

Oklahoma Physicians - Primary Care LLC

Oklahoma Physicians - Surgical Specialties LLC

Oklahoma Surgicare, Inc.

Plains Healthcare System, Inc.

Surgicare of Tulsa, Inc.

SWMC, Inc.

PHILIPPINES

All About Staffing Philippines, Inc.

Career Staffing USA, Inc.

SOUTH CAROLINA

C/HCA Development, Inc.

Carolina Regional Surgery Center, Inc.

Carolina Regional Surgery Center, Ltd.

Coastal Carolina Home Care, Inc.

Coastal Carolina Multispecialty Associates, LLC

Coastal Carolina Primary Care, LLC

Coastal Inpatient Physicians, LLC

Colleton Ambulatory Care, LLC

Colleton Diagnostic Center, LLC

Colleton Medical Anesthesia, LLC

Colleton Medical Hospitalists, LLC

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation of South Carolina

Doctor’s Memorial Hospital of Spartanburg Limited Partnership

Grand Strand Senior Health Center, LLC

Grand Strand Specialty Associates, LLC

Grand Strand Surgical Specialists, LLC

North Augusta Rehab Health Center, LLC

North Charleston Diagnostic Imaging Center, LLC

Palmetto State Anesthesia Providers, LLC

South Atlantic Division, Inc.

Tri-County Surgical Specialists, LLC

Trident Behavioral Health Services, LLC

Trident Eye Surgery Center, L.P.

Trident Medical Services, Inc.

Trident Neonatology Services, LLC

Walterboro Community Hospital, Inc.

Waterway Primary Care, LLC

SWITZERLAND

HCA Switzerland Holding GmbH

Glemm SA

HCA Switzerland Finance GmbH

TENNESSEE

2490 Church, LLC

Advanced Bundle Convener, LLC

Arthritis Specialists of Nashville, Inc.

Athens Community Hospital, Inc.

Centennial Cardiovascular Consultants, LLC

Centennial Heart, LLC

Centennial Hospitalists, LLC

Centennial Neuroscience, LLC

Centennial Psychiatric Associates, LLC

Centennial Surgery Center, L.P.

Centennial Surgical Associates, LLC

Centennial Surgical Clinic, LLC

Centennial Women’s Group, LLC

Central Tennessee Hospital Corporation

Chattanooga ASC Acquisition, Inc.

Chattanooga Diagnostic Associates, LLC

Chattanooga Healthcare Network Partner, Inc.

Chattanooga Healthcare Network, L.P.

Clarksville Surgicenter, LLC

Clinical Education Shared Services, LLC

Columbia Integrated Health Systems, Inc.

Columbia Medical Group - Centennial, Inc.

Columbia Medical Group - Daystar, Inc.

Columbia Medical Group - Parkridge, Inc.

Columbia Medical Group - Southern Hills, Inc.

Columbia Medical Group - The Frist Clinic, Inc.

Dickson Surgery Center, L.P.

Frist Clinic Express, LLC

Gastroenterology Specialists of Middle Tennessee, LLC

H2U Wellness Centers, LLC

HCA - Information Technology & Services, Inc.

HCA - IT&S PBS Field Operations, Inc.

HCA ASD Financial Operations, LLC

HCA ASD Sales Services, LLC

HCA Central Group, Inc.

HCA Chattanooga Market, Inc.

HCA Development Company, Inc.

HCA Eastern Group, Inc.

HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.

HCA Human Resources, LLC

HCA Long Term Health Services of Miami, Inc.

HCA Medical Services, Inc.

HCA Patient Safety Organization, LLC

HCA Physician Services, Inc.

HCA Realty, Inc.

HCA Research Institute, LLC

Health to You, LLC

Healthcare Sales National Management Services Group, LLC

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, LLC

Healthtrust, Inc. - The Hospital Company

Hendersonville Hospital Corporation

Hendersonville Hospitalist Services, Inc.

Hendersonville OB/GYN, LLC

Hendersonville Primary Care, LLC

Hermitage Primary Care, LLC

Hometrust Management Services, Inc.

Hospital Corporation of Tennessee

Hospital Realty Corporation

Hospitalists at Centennial Medical Center, LLC

Hospitalists at Horizon Medical Center, LLC

Hospitalists at Parkridge, LLC

Hospitalists at StoneCrest, LLC

HTI Memorial Hospital Corporation

Indian Path Hospital, Inc.

Internal Medicine Associates of Southern Hills, LLC

Lebanon Surgicenter, LLC

Madison Behavioral Health, LLC

Med Group - Southern Hills Hospitalists, LLC

Medical Center Surgery Associates, L.P.

Medical Group - Dickson, Inc.

Medical Group - Southern Hills of Brentwood, LLC

Medical Group - StoneCrest FP, Inc.

Medical Group - StoneCrest, Inc.

Medical Group - Summit, Inc.

Medical Plaza Ambulatory Surgery Center Associates, L.P.

Middle Tennessee Neurology LLC

MP Management, LLC

Nashville Psychiatric Company, Inc.

Nashville Surgicenter, LLC

Natchez Medical Associates, LLC

Natchez Surgery Center, LLC

National Contact Center Management Group, LLC

National Transfer Center Management Services, LLC

Network Management Services, Inc.

Neurology Associates of Hendersonville, LLC

North Florida Regional Freestanding Surgery Center, L.P.

NPAS Solutions, LLC

NPAS, Inc.

Old Fort Village, LLC

OneSourceMed, Inc.

Palmer Medical Center, LLC

Parallon Business Solutions, LLC

Parallon Enterprises, LLC

Parallon Health Information Solutions, LLC

Parallon Payroll Solutions, LLC

Parallon Physician Services, LLC

Park View Insurance Company

Parkridge East Specialty Associates, LLC

Parkridge Hospitalists, Inc.

Parkridge Medical Associates, LLC

Parkridge Medical Center, Inc.

Parkridge Professionals, Inc.

Parkside Surgery Center, Inc.

Plano Ambulatory Surgery Associates, L.P.

Portland Primary Care, LLC

Premier ASC, LLC

PSG Delegated Services, LLC

PTS Solutions, LLC

Sarah Cannon Development Innovations, LLC

SCRI Scientifics, LLC

Skyline Medical Group, LLC

Skyline Neuroscience Associates, LLC

Skyline Rehab Associates, LLC

Skyline Specialty Associates, LLC

Southern Hills Neurology Consultants, LLC

Southpoint, LLC

Spring Hill Hospital, Inc.

Spring Hill Physicians, LLC

St. Mark’s Ambulatory Surgery Associates, L.P.

Sterling Primary Care Associates, LLC

Stonecrest Medical Group - SC Murfreesboro Family Practice, LLC

Sullins Surgical Center, Inc.

Summit Convenient Care at Lebanon, LLC

Summit Heart, LLC

Summit Research Solutions, LLC

Summit Surgery Center, L.P.

Summit Surgical Associates, LLC

Summit Walk-in Clinic, LLC

Surgicare of Chattanooga, LLC

Surgicare of Clarksville, LLC

Surgicare of Dickson, LLC

Surgicare of Lebanon, LLC

Surgicare of Madison, Inc.

Surgicare of Natchez, LLC

Surgicare of Premier Orthopaedic, LLC

Surgicare of Southern Hills, Inc.

Surgicare of Wilson County, LLC

Surgicare Outpatient Center of Jackson, Inc.

TCMC Madison-Portland, Inc.

Tennessee Healthcare Management, Inc.

Tennessee Valley Outpatient Diagnostic Center, LLC

The Charter Cypress Behavioral Health System, L.L.C.

Trident Ambulatory Surgery Center, L.P.

TriStar Bone Marrow Transplant, LLC

TriStar Cardiovascular Surgery, LLC

TriStar Family Care, LLC

TriStar Gynecology Oncology, LLC

TriStar Health System, Inc.

TriStar Joint Replacement Institute, LLC

TriStar Medical Group - Centennial Primary Care, LLC

TriStar Medical Group - Legacy Health, LLC

TriStar Medical Network, LLC

TriStar OB/GYN, LLC

TriStar Orthopedics, LLC

TriStar Physicians, LLC

TriStar Radiation Oncology, LLC

UR Services, LLC

Vascular and Endovascular Specialists, LLC

Vision Holdings, LLC

WCP Properties, LLC

Wilson County Outpatient Surgery Center, L.P.

Women’s and Children’s Specialists, LLC

TEXAS

360 Community Alliance, LLC

Acute Kids Urgent Care of Medical City Children’s Hospital, PLLC

Administrative Physicians of North Texas, PLLC

Advanced Practice Providers of Gulf Coast, PLLC

Ambulatory Endoscopy Clinic of Dallas, Ltd.

Ambulatory Endoscopy Holdco, LLC

Arlington Diagnostic South, Inc.

Arlington Neurosurgeons, PLLC

Arlington Primary Care, PLLC

Arlington Primary Medicine, PLLC

Austin Heart Cardiology MSO, LLC

Austin Medical Center, Inc.

Austin Physicians Management, LLC

Austin Urogynecology, PLLC

Bailey Square Ambulatory Surgical Center, Ltd.

Bailey Square Outpatient Surgical Center, Inc.

Barrow Medical Center CT Services, Ltd.

Bay Area Healthcare Group, Ltd.

Bay Area Surgical Center Investors, Ltd.

Bay Area Surgicare Center, Inc.

Bayshore Family Practitioners, PLLC

Bayshore Multi-Specialty Group, PLLC

Bayshore Occupational and Family Medicine, PLLC

Bayshore Radiation Oncology Services, PLLC

Bayshore Surgery Center, Ltd.

Bedford-Northeast Community Hospital, Inc.

Bellaire Imaging, Inc.

Brownsville Specialists of Texas, PLLC

Brownsville Surgery, PLLC

Brownsville Surgical Specialists, PLLC

Brownsville-Valley Regional Medical Center, Inc.

C. Medrano, M.D., PLLC

Calder Immediate Care, PLLC

Calloway Creek Surgery Center, L.P.

Calloway Creek Surgicare, LLC

Capital Area Cardiology

Capital Area CareNow Physician Associates

Capital Area Multispecialty Providers

Capital Area Neurosurgeons

Capital Area Occupational Medicine, PLLC

Capital Area Primary Care Providers

Capital Area Primary Care, PLLC

Capital Area Providers

Capital Area Specialists, PLLC

Capital Area Specialty Providers

Capital Area Surgeons, PLLC

Cardio Vascular Surgeons of North Texas, PLLC

Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio, PLLC

Cardiology Specialists of North Texas, PLLC

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of Texas, PLLC

CC Clinic, PLLC

Central San Antonio Surgical Center Investors, Ltd.

Central Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Physicians, PLLC

CHC Management, Ltd.

CHC Payroll Company

CHC Realty Company

CHCA Pearland, L.P.

CHC-El Paso Corp.

CHC-Miami Corp.

Christina Cano-Gonzalez, M.D., PLLC

City of San Antonio H2U Employee Health and Wellness Center, PLLC

Clear Lake Family Physicians, PLLC

Clear Lake Medical Tower Owners Association, Inc.

Clear Lake Multi-Specialty Group, PLLC

Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, Inc.

Clear Lake Surgicare, Ltd.

Coastal Bend Hospital CT Services, Ltd.

Collin County Diagnostic Associates, PLLC

COL-NAMC Holdings, Inc.

Columbia Ambulatory Surgery Division, Inc.

Columbia Bay Area Realty, Ltd.

Columbia Call Center, Inc.

Columbia Central Group, Inc.

Columbia Champions Treatment Center, Inc.

Columbia GP of Mesquite, Inc.

Columbia Greater Houston Division Healthcare Network, Inc.

Columbia Hospital at Medical City Dallas Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Hospital Corporation at the Medical Center

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Arlington

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Bay Area

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Corpus Christi

Columbia Hospital-El Paso, Ltd.

Columbia Medical Arts Hospital Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center at Lancaster Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center Dallas Southwest Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center of Arlington Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center of Denton Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas, Inc.

Columbia Medical Center of Lewisville Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center of McKinney Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center of Plano Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia North Hills Hospital Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia North Texas Healthcare System, L.P.

Columbia North Texas Subsidiary GP, LLC

Columbia North Texas Surgery Center Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Northwest Medical Center Partners, Ltd.

Columbia Northwest Medical Center, Inc.

Columbia Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Psychiatric Management Co.

Columbia South Texas Division, Inc.

Columbia Specialty Hospital of Dallas Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Specialty Hospitals, Inc.

Columbia Surgery Group, Inc.

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation of Central Texas

Columbia/HCA Heartcare of Corpus Christi, Inc.

Columbia/HCA International Group, Inc.

Columbia/HCA of Houston, Inc.

Columbia/HCA of North Texas, Inc.

Columbia/HCA Physician Hospital Organization Medical Center Hospital

Columbia-Quantum, Inc.

Comprehensive Radiology Management Services, Ltd.

Congenital Heart Surgery Center, PLLC

Conroe Hospital Corporation

Conroe Montgomery Physicians Group, PLLC

Conroe Orthopedic Specialists, PLLC

Conroe Specialists of Texas, PLLC

Corpus Christi Healthcare Group, Ltd.

Corpus Christi Heart Clinic, PLLC

Corpus Christi Primary Care Associates, PLLC

Corpus Christi Psychiatric Specialists, PLLC

Corpus Christi Radiation Oncology, PLLC

Corpus Christi Surgery Center, L.P.

Corpus Christi Surgery, Ltd.

Corpus Surgicare, Inc.

CP Surgery Center, LLC

CUC, PLLC

Dallas Cardiology Specialists, PLLC

Dallas CardioThoracic Surgery Consultants, PLLC

Dallas Medical Specialists, PLLC

Dallas Neuro-Stroke Affiliates, PLLC

Dallas Pediatric Neurosurgery Specialists, PLLC

Deep Purple Investments, LLC

Del Sol Bariatric Clinic, PLLC

Denton Cancer Center, PLLC

Denton County Hospitalist Program, PLLC

Denton Pediatric Physicians, PLLC

Denton Regional Ambulatory Surgery Center, L.P.

DFW CareNow Primary Care, PLLC

DFW Physicians Group, PLLC

Doctors Bay Area Physician Hospital Organization

Doctors Hospital (Conroe), Inc.

Dura Medical, Inc.

E.P. Physical Therapy Centers, Inc.

East Houston Primary Care, PLLC

East Houston Specialists, PLLC

East Orthopedics, PLLC

El Paso CareNow Urgent Care, PLLC

El Paso Healthcare Provider Network

El Paso Healthcare System Physician Services, LLC

El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd.

El Paso Nurses Unlimited, Inc.

El Paso Primary Care, PLLC

El Paso Surgery Centers, L.P.

El Paso Surgicenter, Inc.

Eldridge Family Practitioners, PLLC

Elite Family Health of Plano, PLLC

Elite OB-GYN Services of El Paso, PLLC

Elite Orthopaedics of El Paso, PLLC

Elite Orthopaedics of Irving, PLLC

Elite Orthopaedics of Plano, PLLC

Emergency Psychiatric Medicine, PLLC

Endoscopy of Plano, L.P.

Endoscopy Surgicare of Plano, LLC

EPIC Properties, Inc.

EPSC, L.P.

Family First Medicine in Brownsville, PLLC

Family Practitioners of Montgomery, PLLC

Family Practitioners of Pearland, PLLC

Fannin MOB Property Management, LLC

Fannin MOB, LLC

Flower Mound Surgery Center, Ltd.

Fort Worth Investments, Inc.

Frisco Warren Parkway 91, Inc.

G. Rowe, M.D., PLLC

G. Schnider, M.D., PLLC

G. Voorhees, M.D., PLLC

G.P. Martin Fletcher & Associates, LLC

Galen Hospital of Baytown, Inc.

General and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Conroe, PLLC

General Surgeons of Houston, PLLC

General Surgeons of North Richland Hills, PLLC

General Surgeons of Pasadena, PLLC

GI Associates of Denton, PLLC

GI Associates of Lewisville, PLLC

Gramercy Surgery Center, Ltd.

Greater Houston Preferred Provider Option, Inc.

Green Oaks Hospital Subsidiary, L.P.

Gulf Coast Division, Inc.

Gulf Coast Electrophysiology Associates, PLLC

Gulf Coast Physician Administrators, Inc.

Gulf Coast Provider Network, Inc.

Gulf Coast Providers, PLLC

H2U Wellness Centers - Conroe ISD, PLLC

H2U Wellness Centers - Corpus Christi, PLLC

H2U Wellness Centers - Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, PLLC

H2U Wellness Centers - Conroe Regional Medical Center, PLLC

H2U Wellness Centers - Del Sol Medical Center, PLLC

H2U Wellness Centers - El Paso, PLLC

H2U Wellness Centers - Las Palmas Medical Center, PLLC

H2U Wellness Centers - Medical City Dallas, PLLC

H2U Wellness Centers - PISD, PLLC

H2U Wellness Centers - San Benito CISD, PLLC

H2U Wellness Centers - St. David’s Medical Center, PLLC

HBP Lone Star, Inc.

HCA Central/West Texas Physicians Management, LLC

HCA Gulf Coast GME, PLLC

HCA Health Services of Texas, Inc.

HCA North Texas GME PLLC

HCA Pearland GP, Inc.

HCA Plano Imaging, Inc.

HCA Western Group, Inc.

HCAPS Conroe Affiliation, Inc.

HealthTrust Locums, Inc.

Heart Specialist of North Texas, PLLC

Heartcare of Texas, Ltd.

Hidalgo County Family Practitioners, PLLC

Hidden Lakes Health Center, PLLC

Hip & Joint Specialists of North Texas, PLLC

Houston CareNow Primary Care, PLLC

Houston CareNow Urgent Care, PLLC

Houston Northwest Concessions, L.L.C.

Houston Northwest Operating Company, L.L.C.

Houston Northwest Surgical Partners, Inc.

Houston Obstetrics and Gynecology for Women, PLLC

Houston Pediatric Specialty Group, PLLC

HPG Energy, L.P.

HPG GP, LLC

HTI Gulf Coast, Inc.

HWCA, PLLC

ICU Associates of West Houston, PLLC                

Internal Medicine Associates of Huntsville, PLLC

Internal Medicine of Pasadena, PLLC

Internist Associates of Houston, PLLC

J. M. Garcia, M.D., PLLC

Kathy L. Summers, M.D., PLLC

Kennedale Primary Care PLLC

Kingwood Surgery Center, LLC

KPH-Consolidation, Inc.

Kyle Primary Care, PLLC

Lake Forest Family Health, PLLC

Las Colinas Primary Care, PLLC

Las Colinas Surgery Center, Ltd.

Las Palmas Del Sol Cardiology, PLLC

Las Palmas Del Sol Internal Medicine, PLLC

Las Palmas Del Sol Urgent Care, PLLC

Leadership Healthcare Holdings II L.P., L.L.P.

Leadership Healthcare Holdings L.P., L.L.P.

Leslie Cohan, M.D., PLLC

Lewisville Primary Care, PLLC

Lone Star Intensivists at Gulf Coast, PLLC

Lonestar Provider Network

Lonestar Tele-Womens and Children’s PLLC

Longview Regional Physician Hospital Organization, Inc.

LPN TeleBehavioral Health, PLLC

M. Jamshidi, D.O., PLLC

Mainland Family Medicine, PLLC

Mainland Multi-Specialty Group, PLLC

Mainland Primary Care Physicians, PLLC

Martin Fletcher Associates Holdings, Inc.

Martin, Fletcher & Associates, L.P.

Mary Alice Cowan, M.D., PLLC

Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialists of Corpus Christi, PLLC

McAllen Comprehensive Upper Extremity Center, PLLC

McKinney Surgeons, PLLC

MEC Endoscopy, LLC

Med City Dallas Outpatient Surgery Center, L.P.

Med-Center Hosp./Houston, Inc.

Medical Care Surgery Center, Inc.

Medical City Dallas Hospital, Inc.

Medical City Dallas Primary Care, PLLC

Medical City OB-GYN, PLLC

Medical City Pediatrics, PLLC

Medical City Transplant, PLLC

MediPurchase, Inc.

Methodist Cardiology Physicians

Methodist CareNow Physician Associates

Methodist CareNow Urgent Care, PLLC

Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio, Ltd., L.L.P.

Methodist Inpatient Management Group

Methodist Medical Center ASC, L.P.

Methodist Physician Alliance

Methodist Physician Practice Services, LLC

Methodist Physician Practices, PLLC

Metroplex Surgicenters, Inc.

MFA G.P., LLC

MGH Medical, Inc.

MHS SC Partner, L.L.C.

MHS Surgery Centers, L.P.

Michael Mann, M.D., PLLC

Mid-Cities Surgi-Center, Inc.

Movement Disorders of North Texas, PLLC

National Patient Account Services, Inc.

Navarro Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Neuro-Hospitalist of Clear Lake, PLLC

NeuroHospitalist of McAllen, PLLC

Neurological Eye Specialists of North Texas, PLLC

Neurological Specialists of McKinney, PLLC

Neurological Specialists, PLLC

Neurosurgery of Kingwood, PLLC

Neurosurgical Associates of North Texas, PLLC

Neurosurgical Specialists of El Paso, PLLC

Neurosurgical Specialists of North Texas, PLLC

North Austin Plastic Surgery Associates, PLLC

North Austin Surgery Center, L.P.

North Central Methodist ASC, L.P.

North Hills Cardiac Catheterization Center, L.P.

North Hills Catheterization Lab, LLC

North Hills Orthopaedic Surgeons, PLLC

North Hills Surgicare, L.P.

North Shore Specialists of Texas, PLLC

North Texas - MCA, LLC

North Texas Cardiology, PLLC

North Texas Craniofacial Fellowship Program, PLLC

North Texas Division, Inc.

North Texas General, L.P.

North Texas Geriatrics, PLLC

North Texas Heart Surgery Center, PLLC

North Texas Internal Medicine Specialists, PLLC

North Texas Neuro Stroke OP, PLLC

North Texas of Hope, PLLC

North Texas Pulmonary Critical Care, PLLC

North Texas Stroke Center, PLLC

Northeast Methodist Surgicare, Ltd.

Northeast PHO, Inc.

NT Urgent Care, PLLC

NTX Pathology Program, PLLC

Oakwood Surgery Center, Ltd., LLP

OB Hospitalists of Woman’s Hospital, PLLC

OB/Gyn Associates of Denton, PLLC

OB/GYN of Brownsville, PLLC

Occupational and Family Medicine of South Texas

On-Site Primary Care, PLLC

Orthopedic Hospital, Ltd.

Outpatient Women’s and Children’s Surgery Center, Ltd.

Paragon of Texas Health Properties, Inc.

Paragon Physicians Hospital Organization of South Texas, Inc.

Paragon Surgery Centers of Texas, Inc.

Park Central Surgical Center, Ltd.

Parkway Cardiac Center, Ltd.

Parkway Surgery Services, Ltd.

Pasadena Bayshore Hospital, Inc.

Pearland Institute for Women’s Health, PLLC

Pediatric Anesthesia Consultants of San Antonio, PLLC

Pediatric Cardiac Intensivists of North Texas, PLLC

Pediatric Critical Care of Clear Lake, PLLC

Pediatric Hospitalists of Conroe, PLLC

Pediatric Intensivists of El Paso, PLLC

Pediatric Intensivists of North Texas, PLLC

Pediatric Specialists of Clear Lake, PLLC

Pediatric Surgicare, Inc.

Pediatrics of Greater Houston, PLLC

Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

Plano Surgery Center - GP, LLC

Plano Surgery Center Real Estate, LLC

Plano Surgicenter Real Estate Manager, LLC

Plano Urology, PLLC

Plaza Medical Specialists, PLLC

Plaza Primary Care, PLLC

Plaza Transplant Center, PLLC

Podiatry of Clear Lake, PLLC

Primary Care Plano, PLLC

Primary Care South, PLLC

Primary Care West, PLLC

Primary Health Asset Holdings, Ltd.

Primary Health Network of South Texas

Primary Health Physicians, PLLC

Primary Health, Inc.

Quantum/Bellaire Imaging, Ltd.

Rim Building Partners, L.P.

Rio Grande Healthcare MSO, Inc.

Rio Grande NP, Inc.

Rio Grande Regional Hospital, Inc.

Rio Grande Valley Cardiology, PLLC

Rio Grande Valley CareNow Urgent Care, PLLC

Rio Grande Valley Urology, PLLC

Rosewood Medical Center, Inc.

Rosewood Professional Building, Ltd.

Round Rock Trauma Surgeons, PLLC

Royal Oaks Surgery Center, L.P.

S.A. Medical Center, Inc.

San Antonio Division, Inc.

San Antonio Regional Hospital, Inc.

San Antonio Surgicenter, LLC

Sante Fe Family Practitioners, PLLC

SAPN, LLC

South Austin Surgery Center, Ltd.

South Texas Surgicare, Inc.

Southern Texas Physicians’ Network

Specialists in Obstetrics and Gynecology, PLLC

Specialty Associates of West Houston, PLLC

Spring Branch Family Practitioners, PLLC

Spring Branch Medical Center, Inc.

St. David’s Healthcare Partnership, L.P., LLP

St. David’s Austin Area ASC, LLC

St. David’s Cardiology, PLLC

St. David’s CareNow Primary Care, PLLC

St. David’s CareNow Urgent Care, PLLC

St. David’s Heart & Vascular, PLLC

St. David’s Neurology, PLLC

St. David’s OB Hospitalist, PLLC

St. David’s Ortho, Neuro and Rehab, PLLC

St. David’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, PLLC

St. David’s Quality Alliance, LLC

St. David’s Specialized Women’s Services, PLLC

St. David’s Trauma Surgeons, PLLC

STPN Manager, LLC

Sugar Land Surgery Center Anesthesia, LLC

Sugar Land Surgery Center, Ltd.

Sun Towers/Vista Hills Holding Co.

Surgery Associates of NTX, PLLC

Surgery Center of Bay Area Houston, LLC

Surgical Center of Irving, Inc.

Surgical Facility of West Houston, L.P.

Surgical Specialists of Clear Lake, PLLC

Surgical Specialists of Conroe, PLLC

Surgical Specialists of Corpus Christi, PLLC

Surgicare of Arlington, LLC

Surgicare of Bay Area Endoscopy, LLC

Surgicare of Central Park Surgery Center, LLC

Surgicare of Central San Antonio, Inc.

Surgicare of Flower Mound, Inc.

Surgicare of Fort Worth Co-GP, LLC

Surgicare of Fort Worth, Inc.

Surgicare of Gramercy, Inc.

Surgicare of Houston Women’s, Inc.

Surgicare of Kingwood, LLC

Surgicare of McKinney, Inc.

Surgicare of Medical City Dallas, LLC

Surgicare of Memorial Endoscopy, LLC

Surgicare of North Austin, LLC

Surgicare of North San Antonio, Inc.

Surgicare of Northeast San Antonio, Inc.

Surgicare of Pasadena, Inc.

Surgicare of Round Rock, Inc.

Surgicare of Royal Oaks, LLC

Surgicare of South Austin, Inc.

Surgicare of Southwest Houston, LLC

Surgicare of St. David’s Austin, LLC

Surgicare of Sugar Land, Inc.

Surgicare of Travis Center, Inc.

Tarrant County Surgery Center, L.P.

Texas CareNow Physician Associates

Texas HSS, LLC

Texas Institute of Medicine and Surgery

Texas Joint Institute, PLLC

Texas Psychiatric Company, Inc.

The Austin Diagnostic Clinic, PLLC

The Cardiovascular Partnership for Quality, LLC

The West Texas Division of Columbia, Inc.

THN Physicians Association, Inc.

Travis Surgery Center, L.P.

Tuscan Imaging Center at Las Colinas, LLC

Urological Specialists of Arlington, PLLC

Urology Services of El Paso, PLLC

Urology Specialists of Kingwood, PLLC

Village Oaks Medical Center, Inc.

W & C Hospital, Inc.

West Houston ASC, Inc.

West Houston Healthcare Group, Ltd.

West Houston Internal Specialists, PLLC

West Houston Medical, PLLC

West Houston Outpatient Medical Facility, Inc.

West Houston Surgicare, Inc.

West LPN Fort Worth Oncology, PLLC

West LPN, Inc.

West McKinney Imaging Services, LLC

West Park Surgery Center, L.P.

WHMC, Inc.

Woman’s Health Group, PLLC

Woman’s Hospital of Texas, Incorporated

Women Practitioners of Houston, PLLC

Women Specialists of Bayshore, PLLC

Women Specialists of Clear Lake, PLLC

Women Specialists of Mainland, PLLC

Women’s Link Specialty Obstetrical Referral Clinic, PLLC

Women’s Surgical Specialists of Texas, PLLC

UNITED KINGDOM

52 Alderley Road LLP

Backlogs Limited

Basil Street Practice Limited

Blossoms Healthcare LLP

Catalog360 Limited

Chelsea Outpatient Centre LLP

Chiswick Outpatient Centre LLP

Elstree Outpatient Centre LLP

Galen Health Partners Limited

General Medical Clinics Limited

Hamsard 3160 Limited

Harley Street Clinic @ The Groves LLP

Hathor Chelsea, Ltd.

HCA Carenow Limited

HCA Global Capital LLP

HCA Healthcare UK Limited

HCA International Holdings Limited

HCA International Limited

HCA Luxembourg Finance Limited

HCA Medical City Limited

HCA Purchasing Limited

HCA Staffing Limited

HCA UK Capital Limited

HCA UK Holdings Limited

HCA UK Investments Limited

HCA UK Limited

HCA UK Services Limited

Health International Billing Partners Limited

HealthTrust Europe Company Limited

HealthTrust Europe LLP

Leaders in Oncology Care Limited

LOC @ The Christie LLP

LOC @ The London Bridge Hospital LLP

LOC Partnership LLP

London Oncology Clinic LLP

London Pathology Limited

London Radiography & Radiotherapy Services Limited

OBS Diagnostic and Treatment Centre LLP

Online Pathology Services Limited

PET CT LLP

Robotic Radiosurgery LLP

Roodlane Medical Limited

Sarah Cannon Research Institute UK Limited

SCRI Global Services Limited

St. Martins Healthcare Limited

St. Martins Ltd.

St. Martins Medical Services Limited

The Christie Clinic LLP

The Glynne Medical Practice Limited

The Harley Street Cancer Clinic Limited

The Physicians Clinic Limited

The Prostate Centre Limited

Urology Associates (London) Limited

Urology Specialists Devonshire LLP

Urology Specialists London LLP

Welbeck Street Diagnostic Centre LLP

Wellington Diagnostic Services LLP

UTAH

Alta Internal Medicine, LLC

Bountiful Surgery Center, LLC

Brigham City Community Hospital Physician Services, LLC

Brigham City Community Hospital, Inc.

Brigham City Health Plan, Inc.

Columbia Ogden Medical Center, Inc.

General Hospitals of Galen, Inc.

Gynecology Specialists of Utah, LLC

Healthtrust Utah Management Services, Inc.

Hospital Corporation of Utah

HTI Physician Services of Utah, Inc.

Jordan Family Health, L.L.C.

Lakeview Hospital Physician Services, LLC

Lakeview Internal Medicine, LLC

Lakeview Regional Medical Center Inpatient Services, LLC

Lakeview Urology & General Surgery, LLC

Layton Family Practice, LLC

Lone Peak Hospital, Inc.

Maternal Fetal Services of Utah, LLC

Mountain Division - CVH, LLC

Mountain Division, Inc.

Mountain View Hospital, Inc.

Mountain West Surgery Center, LLC

MountainStar Behavioral Health, LLC

MountainStar Brigham General Surgery, LLC

Mountainstar Brigham OBGYN, LLC

MountainStar Canyon Surgical Clinic, LLC

MountainStar Cardiology Ogden Regional, LLC

MountainStar Cardiology St. Marks, LLC

Mountainstar Cardiovascular Services, LLC

MountainStar Intensivist Services, LLC

MountainStar Medical Group - Cache Valley, LLC

MountainStar Medical Group - Ogden Regional Medical Center, LLC

MountainStar Medical Group - St. Mark’s Hospital, LLC

MountainStar Medical Group Neurosurgery-St. Mark’s, LLC

MountainStar Medical Group Timpanogos Primary Care, LLC

MountainStar Medical Group Timpanogos Specialty Care, LLC

Mountainstar Ogden Pediatrics, LLC

MountainStar Specialty Services, LLC

MountainStar Urgent Care, LLC

Mt. Ogden Utah Surgical Center, LLC

MVH Professional Services, LLC

Northern Utah Healthcare Corporation

Northern Utah Healthcare Imaging Holdco, LLC

Northern Utah Imaging, LLC

Ogden Imaging, LLC

Ogden Internal Medicine & Urology, LLC

Ogden Regional Health Plan, Inc.

Ogden Regional Medical Center Professional Billing, LLC

Ogden Senior Center, LLC

Ridgeline Surgicenter, LLC

Salt Lake City Surgicare, Inc.

St. Mark’s Gynecology Oncology Care, LLC

St. Mark’s Investments, Inc.

St. Mark’s Physician Billing, LLC

St. Mark’s Professional Services, LLC

St. Mark’s South Jordan Family Practice, LLC

Surgicare of Bountiful, LLC

Surgicare of Mountain West, LLC

Surgicare of Mt. Ogden, LLC

Surgicare of Ridgeline, LLC

Surgicare of Utah, LLC

Surgicare of Wasatch Front, LLC

The Wasatch Endoscopy Center, Ltd.

Timpanogos Pain Specialists, LLC

Timpanogos Regional Medical Services, Inc.

Utah Imaging GP, LLC

Utah Surgery Center, L.P.

Wasatch Front Surgery Center, LLC

West Jordan Hospital Corporation

West Valley Imaging, LLC

VIRGIN ISLANDS

The London Breast Institute UK Ltd

VIRGINIA

Alleghany Hospitalists, LLC

Alleghany Primary Care, Inc.

Alleghany Specialists, LLC

Ambulatory Services Management Corporation of Chesterfield County, Inc.

Appomattox Imaging, LLC

Arlington Surgery Center, L.P.

Arlington Surgicare, LLC

Ashburn ASC, LLC

Ashburn Imaging, LLC

Atrium Surgery Center, L.P.

Atrium Surgicare, LLC

Behavioral Health Wellness Center, LLC

Blacksburg Family Care, LLC

Blacksburg Imaging, LLC

Buford Road Imaging, L.L.C.

Capital Division, Inc.

Capital Professional Billing, LLC

Cardiac Surgical Associates, LLC

Carlin Springs Urgent Care, LLC

Central Shared Services, LLC

Chesterfield Imaging, LLC

Chippenham & Johnston-Willis Hospitals, Inc.

Chippenham & Johnston-Willis Sports Medicine, LLC

Chippenham Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

Chippenham Pediatric Specialists, LLC

Christiansburg Family Medicine, LLC

Christiansburg Internal Medicine, LLC

CJW Wound Healing Center, LLC

Columbia Arlington Healthcare System, L.L.C.

Columbia Healthcare of Central Virginia, Inc.

Columbia Medical Group - Southwest Virginia, Inc.

Columbia Pentagon City Hospital, L.L.C.

Columbia/Alleghany Regional Hospital, Incorporated

Columbia/HCA John Randolph, Inc.

Commonwealth Perinatal Services, LLC

Crewe Outpatient Imaging, LLC

CVMC Property, LLC

Daleville Imaging Manager, LLC

Daleville Imaging, L.P.

Dogwood Anesthesia Providers, LLC

Dominion Hospital Physicians’ Group, LLC

Fairfax Surgical Center, L.P.

Family Medicine of Blacksburg, LLC

Family Practice at Forest Hill, LLC

Fort Chiswell Family Practice, LLC

Forward Pathology Solutions, LLC

Galen of Virginia, Inc.

Galen Property, LLC

Galen Virginia Hospital Corporation

Generations Family Practice, Inc.

GYN-Oncology of Southwest Virginia, LLC

HCA Health Services of Virginia, Inc.

HCA LewisGale Regional Cancer Centers Clinical Co-Management Company, LLC

HCA Richmond Cardiac Clinical Co-Management Company, LLC

HDH Thoracic Surgeons, LLC

Henrico Doctors’ Neurology Associates, LLC

Henrico Doctor’s OB GYN Specialists, LLC

Henrico Surgical Specialists, LLC

HSS Virginia, L.P.

Institute of Advanced ENT Surgery, LLC

Internal Medicine of Blacksburg, LLC

James River Internists, LLC

John Randolph Family Practice, LLC

John Randolph OB/GYN, LLC

John Randolph Surgeons, LLC

Lewis-Gale Hospital, Incorporated

Lewis-Gale Physicians, LLC

Loudoun Surgery Center, LLC

Montgomery Cancer Center, LLC

Montgomery Hospitalists, LLC

Montgomery Regional Hospital, Inc.

Montgomery Surgery Associates, LLC

Northern Virginia CareNow Urgent Care, LLC

Northern Virginia Community Hospital, LLC

Northern Virginia Hospital Corporation

Orthopedics Specialists, LLC

Pavilion 2 Condominium Property, LLC

Pavilion 2 Medical Office Building Condominium Association, Inc.

Preferred Hospitals, Inc.

Primary Care of West End, LLC

Primary Health Group, Inc.

Pulaski Community Hospital, Inc.

Pulaski Urology, LLC

Quick Care Centers, LLC

Radford Family Medicine, LLC

Reston Hospitalists, LLC

Reston Surgery Center, L.P.

Retreat Cardiology, LLC

Retreat Hospital, LLC

Retreat Internal Medicine, LLC

Retreat Surgical Associates, LLC

Richmond Imaging Employer Corp.

Richmond Multi-Specialty, LLC

Richmond Pediatric Surgeon’s, LLC

Roanoke Imaging, LLC

Roanoke Neurosurgery, LLC

Roanoke Surgery Center, L.P.

Roanoke Valley Gynecology, LLC

Salem Hospitalists, LLC

Short Pump Imaging, LLC

Southwest Virginia Orthopedics and Spine, LLC

Specialty Physicians of Northern Virginia, LLC

Spotsylvania Condominium Property, LLC

Spotsylvania Medical Center, Inc.

Spotsylvania Multi-Specialty Group, LLC

Spotsylvania Regional Surgery Center, LLC

Stafford Imaging, LLC

StoneSprings Medical Office Building Property, LLC

Surgical Associates of Southwest Virginia, LLC

Surgicare of Ashburn, LLC

Surgicare of Chippenham, LLC

Surgicare of Fairfax, Inc.

Surgicare of Hanover, Inc.

Surgicare of Reston, Inc.

Surgicare of Roanoke, LLC

Surgicare of Spotsylvania, LLC

Surgicare of Winchester, LLC

Tri-City Multi-Specialty, LLC

Urology Specialists of Richmond, LLC

Virginia Care Partners ACO LLC

Virginia Gynecologic Oncology, LLC

Virginia Hematology & Oncology Associates, Inc.

Virginia Hospitalists, Inc.

Virginia Psychiatric Company, Inc.

Virginia Quality Care Partners, LLC

West Creek Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

West Creek Medical Center, Inc.

Women’s & Children’s Center, LLC

Women’s Health Center of SWVA, LLC

WASHINGTON

ACH, Inc.

Capital Network Services, Inc.

WEST VIRGINIA

Columbia Parkersburg Healthcare System, LLC

Galen of West Virginia, Inc.

HCA Health Services of West Virginia, Inc.

Hospital Corporation of America

Parkersburg SJ Holdings, Inc.

Teays Valley Health Services, LLC

Tri Cities Health Services Corp.

EX-22

Exhibit 22

List of Subsidiary Guarantors

All of the senior secured notes and senior unsecured notes issued by HCA Inc. are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by HCA Healthcare, Inc. In addition to the guarantee provided by HCA Healthcare, Inc., all of HCA Inc.’s senior secured notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the subsidiary guarantors listed below.

American Medicorp Development Co.

Bay Hospital, Inc.

Brigham City Community Hospital, Inc.

Brookwood Medical Center of Gulfport, Inc.

Capital Division, Inc.

CarePartners HHA Holdings, LLLP

CarePartners HHA, LLLP

CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital, LLLP

Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence, LLC

Central Florida Regional Hospital, Inc.

Central Shared Services, LLC

Central Tennessee Hospital Corporation

CHCA Bayshore, L.P.

CHCA Conroe, L.P.

CHCA Mainland, L.P.

CHCA Pearland, L.P.

CHCA West Houston, L.P.

CHCA Woman’s Hospital, L.P.

Chippenham & Johnston-Willis Hospitals, Inc.

Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Citrus Memorial Property Management, Inc.

Clinical Education Shared Services, LLC

Colorado Health Systems, Inc.

Columbia ASC Management, L.P.

Columbia Florida Group, Inc.

Columbia Healthcare System of Louisiana, Inc.

Columbia Jacksonville Healthcare System, Inc.

Columbia LaGrange Hospital, LLC

Columbia Medical Center of Arlington Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center of Denton Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas, Inc.

Columbia Medical Center of Lewisville Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center of McKinney Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center of Plano Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia North Hills Hospital Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Ogden Medical Center, Inc.

Columbia Parkersburg Healthcare System, LLC

Columbia Physician Services - Florida Group, Inc.

Columbia Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Rio Grande Healthcare, L.P.

Columbia Riverside, Inc.

Columbia Valley Healthcare System, L.P.

Columbia/Alleghany Regional Hospital, Incorporated

Columbia/HCA John Randolph, Inc.

Columbine Psychiatric Center, Inc.

Columbus Cardiology, Inc.

Conroe Hospital Corporation

Cy-Fair Medical Center Hospital, LLC

Dallas/Ft. Worth Physician, LLC

Dublin Community Hospital, LLC

East Florida - DMC, Inc.

Eastern Idaho Health Services, Inc.

Edward White Hospital, Inc.

El Paso Surgicenter, Inc.

Encino Hospital Corporation, Inc.

EP Health, LLC

Fairview Park GP, LLC

Fairview Park, Limited Partnership

FMH Health Services, LLC

Frankfort Hospital, Inc.

Galen Property, LLC

GenoSpace, LLC

Good Samaritan Hospital, L.P.

Goppert-Trinity Family Care, LLC

GPCH-GP, Inc.

Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, LLC

Green Oaks Hospital Subsidiary, L.P.

Greenview Hospital, Inc.

H2U Wellness Centers, LLC

HCA - IT&S Field Operations, Inc.

HCA - IT&S Inventory Management, Inc.

HCA American Finance LLC

HCA Central Group, Inc.

HCA Eastern Group, Inc.

HCA Health Services of Florida, Inc.

HCA Health Services of Louisiana, Inc.

HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.

HCA Health Services of Virginia, Inc.

HCA Management Services, L.P.

HCA Pearland GP, Inc.

HCA Realty, Inc.

HCA-HealthONE LLC

2

HD&S Corp. Successor, Inc.

Health Midwest Office Facilities Corporation

Health Midwest Ventures Group, Inc.

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, LLC

Hendersonville Hospital Corporation

hInsight-Mobile Heartbeat Holdings, LLC

Hospital Corporation of Tennessee

Hospital Corporation of Utah

Hospital Development Properties, Inc.

Houston - PPH, LLC

Houston NW Manager, LLC

HPG Enterprises, LLC

HSS Holdco, LLC

HSS Systems, LLC

HSS Virginia, L.P.

HTI Memorial Hospital Corporation

HTI MOB, LLC

Integrated Regional Lab, LLC

Integrated Regional Laboratories, LLP

JFK Medical Center Limited Partnership

JPM AA Housing, LLC

KPH-Consolidation, Inc.

Lakeview Medical Center, LLC

Largo Medical Center, Inc.

Las Encinas Hospital

Las Vegas Surgicare, Inc.

Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc.

Lewis-Gale Hospital, Incorporated

Lewis-Gale Medical Center, LLC

Lewis-Gale Physicians, LLC

Lone Peak Hospital, Inc.

Los Robles Regional Medical Center

Management Services Holdings, Inc.

Marietta Surgical Center, Inc.

Marion Community Hospital, Inc.

MCA Investment Company

Medical Centers of Oklahoma, LLC

Medical Office Buildings of Kansas, LLC

MediCredit, Inc.

Memorial Healthcare Group, Inc.

MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP

MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP

MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP

MH Hospital Holdings, Inc.

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MH Hospital Manager, LLC

MH Master Holdings, LLLP

MH Master, LLC

MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP

MH Mission Hospital, LLLP

MH Mission Imaging, LLLP

MH Transylvania Regional Hospital, LLLP

Midwest Division - ACH, LLC

Midwest Division - LSH, LLC

Midwest Division - MCI, LLC

Midwest Division - MMC, LLC

Midwest Division - OPRMC, LLC

Midwest Division - RBH, LLC

Midwest Division - RMC, LLC

Midwest Holdings, Inc.

Mobile Heartbeat, LLC

Montgomery Regional Hospital, Inc.

Mountain Division - CVH, LLC

Mountain View Hospital, Inc.

Nashville Shared Services General Partnership

National Patient Account Services, Inc.

New Iberia Healthcare, LLC

New Port Richey Hospital, Inc.

New Rose Holding Company, Inc.

North Florida Immediate Care Center, Inc.

North Florida Regional Medical Center, Inc.

North Houston - TRMC, LLC

North Texas - MCA, LLC

Northern Utah Healthcare Corporation

Northern Virginia Community Hospital, LLC

Northlake Medical Center, LLC

Notami Hospitals of Louisiana, Inc.

Notami Hospitals, LLC

Okaloosa Hospital, Inc.

Okeechobee Hospital, Inc.

Oklahoma Holding Company, LLC

Outpatient Cardiovascular Center of Central Florida, LLC

Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc.

Oviedo Medical Center, LLC

Palms West Hospital Limited Partnership

Parallon Business Solutions, LLC

Parallon Enterprises, LLC

Parallon Health Information Solutions, LLC

Parallon Holdings, LLC

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Parallon Payroll Solutions, LLC

Parallon Physician Services, LLC

Parallon Revenue Cycle Services, Inc.

Pasadena Bayshore Hospital, Inc.

PatientKeeper, Inc.

Pearland Partner, LLC

Plantation General Hospital, L.P.

Poinciana Medical Center, Inc.

Primary Health, Inc.

PTS Solutions, LLC

Pulaski Community Hospital, Inc.

Putnam Community Medical Center of North Florida, LLC

Redmond Park Hospital, LLC

Redmond Physician Practice Company

Reston Hospital Center, LLC

Retreat Hospital, LLC

Rio Grande Regional Hospital, Inc.

Riverside Healthcare System, L.P.

Riverside Hospital, Inc.

Samaritan, LLC

San Jose Healthcare System, LP

San Jose Hospital, L.P.

San Jose Medical Center, LLC

San Jose, LLC

Sarah Cannon Research Institute, LLC

Sarasota Doctors Hospital, Inc.

Savannah Health Services, LLC

SCRI Holdings, LLC

Sebring Health Services, LLC

SJMC, LLC

Southeast Georgia Health Services, LLC

Southern Hills Medical Center, LLC

Southpoint, LLC

Spalding Rehabilitation L.L.C.

Spotsylvania Medical Center, Inc.

Spring Branch Medical Center, Inc.

Spring Hill Hospital, Inc.

SSHR Holdco, LLC

Sun City Hospital, Inc.

Sunrise Mountainview Hospital, Inc.

Surgicare of Brandon, Inc.

Surgicare of Florida, Inc.

Surgicare of Houston Women’s, Inc.

Surgicare of Manatee, Inc.

5

Surgicare of Newport Richey, Inc.

Surgicare of Palms West, LLC

Surgicare of Riverside, LLC

Tallahassee Medical Center, Inc.

TCMC Madison-Portland, Inc.

Terre Haute Hospital GP, Inc.

Terre Haute Hospital Holdings, Inc.

Terre Haute MOB, L.P.

Terre Haute Regional Hospital, L.P.

The Regional Health System of Acadiana, LLC

Timpanogos Regional Medical Services, Inc.

Trident Medical Center, LLC

U.S. Collections, Inc.

Utah Medco, LLC

VH Holdco, Inc.

VH Holdings, Inc.

Virginia Psychiatric Company, Inc.

Vision Consulting Group LLC

Vision Holdings, LLC

Walterboro Community Hospital, Inc.

WCP Properties, LLC

Weatherford Health Services, LLC

Wesley Medical Center, LLC

West Florida - MHT, LLC

West Florida - PPH, LLC

West Florida Regional Medical Center, Inc.

West Valley Medical Center, Inc.

Western Plains Capital, Inc.

WHMC, Inc.

Woman’s Hospital of Texas, Incorporated

List of Pledged Securities

The subsidiary guarantees discussed above are secured by first-priority liens on substantially all of the capital stock of substantially all wholly owned first-tier subsidiaries of HCA Inc. or of subsidiary guarantors (but limited to 65% of the stock of any such wholly owned first-tier subsidiary that is a foreign subsidiary), subject to certain limited exceptions. Below is a list of all of the entities in which the identified credit party owns stock, partnership interest, limited liability company membership interest or other equity interest that is pledged as collateral for the senior secured notes.

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Credit Party	Legal Entity Owned
American Medicorp Development Co.	CVMC Property, LLC
	HCA-HealthONE LLC
	Rapides Healthcare System, L.L.C.
	Surgicare of Evans, Inc.
Bay Hospital, Inc.	Gulf Coast Inpatient Specialists, LLC
Brigham City Community Hospital, Inc.	Brigham City Community Hospital Physician Services, LLC
	MountainStar Brigham General Surgery, LLC
Brookwood Medical Center of Gulfport, Inc.	Coastal Imaging Center of Gulfport, Inc.
	EPIC Properties, Inc.
	Garden Park Investments, L.P.
	Garden Park Physician Group - Specialty Care, LLC
	Garden Park Physician Group, Inc.
	GPCH-GP, Inc.
	Gulf Coast Medical Ventures, Inc.
Capital Division, Inc.	Capital Professional Billing, LLC
	HCA LewisGale Regional Cancer Centers Clinical Co-Management Company, LLC
	HCA Richmond Cardiac Clinical Co-Management Company, LLC
	Virginia Care Partners ACO LLC
	Virginia Quality Care Partners, LLC
CarePartners HHA Holdings, LLLP	CarePartners HHA, LLLP
CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital, LLLP	MH Anesthesiology Physicians, LLC
	MH Physician Services, LLC
	Mission Health Community Multispecialty Providers, LLC
Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence, LLC	The Regional Health System of Acadiana, LLC
Central Florida Regional Hospital, Inc.	Central Florida Cardiology Interpretations, LLC
	JPM AA Housing, LLC
Central Shared Services, LLC	Clinical Education Shared Services, LLC
CHCA Bayshore, L.P.	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at Bayshore Medical Center, LLC
CHCA Conroe, L.P.	CRMC-M, LLC
	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at Conroe Regional Medical Center, LLC
CHCA Pearland, L.P.	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at Pearland Medical Center, LLC

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CHCA West Houston, L.P.	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at West Houston Medical Center, LLC
CHCA Woman’s Hospital, L.P.	Fannin MOB Property Management, LLC
	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at Woman’s Hospital of Texas, LLC
Chippenham & Johnston-Willis Hospitals, Inc.	CJW Wound Healing Center, LLC
	Crewe Outpatient Imaging, LLC
	Imaging Services of Richmond, LLC
Colorado Health Systems, Inc.	HealthONE of Denver, Inc.
	New Rose Holding Company, Inc.
Columbia Florida Group, Inc.	Columbia Central Florida Division, Inc.
	Columbia Physician Services - Florida Group, Inc.
	Columbia Tampa Bay Division, Inc.
	East Florida Division, Inc.
	Fort Myers Market, Inc.
	North Florida Division I, Inc.
	West Florida Division, Inc.
Columbia Healthcare System of Louisiana, Inc.	Centerpoint Clinic of Blue Springs, LLC
	Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence, LLC
	Centerpoint Physicians Group, LLC
	Centerpoint Women’s Services, LLC
	Children’s Multi-Specialty Group, LLC
	Columbia/HCA of Baton Rouge, Inc.
	Lafayette OB Hospitalists, LLC
	Lafayette Urogynecology & Urology Center, LLC
	Lakeview Cardiology Specialists, LLC
	Lakeview Regional Physician Group, LLC
	Research Family Physicians, LLC
	Southwest Medical Center Family Practice, LLC
	Southwest Medical Center Multi-Specialty Group, LLC
	Southwest Medical Center Surgical Group, LLC
	Tchefuncte Cardiology Associates - Lakeview, LLC
	Women’s & Children’s Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Center, LLC
	Women’s Multi-Specialty Group, LLC
Columbia Jacksonville Healthcare System, Inc.	Memorial Family Practice Associates, LLC
	Memorial Health Primary Care at St. Johns Bluff, LLC
	Memorial Healthcare Group, Inc.
	Memorial Neurosurgery Group, LLC
Columbia LaGrange Hospital, LLC	Kendall Regional Medical Center, LLC

8

Columbia Medical Center of Arlington Subsidiary, L.P.	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at Medical Center Arlington, LLC
Columbia Medical Center of Denton Subsidiary, L.P.	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at Denton Regional Medical Center, LLC
Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas, Inc.	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at Las Colinas Medical Center, LLC
	Tuscan Imaging Center at Las Colinas, LLC
Columbia Medical Center of Lewisville Subsidiary, L.P.	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at Medical Center of Lewisville, LLC
Columbia Medical Center of McKinney Subsidiary, L.P.	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at Medical Center of McKinney, LLC
Columbia Medical Center of Plano Subsidiary, L.P.	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Plano Ambulatory Surgery Associates, L.P.
	Plano Heart Management, LLC
	Plano Surgicenter Real Estate Manager, LLC
	Solis Mammography at Medical Center of Plano, LLC
Columbia Ogden Medical Center, Inc.	MountainStar Cardiology Ogden Regional, LLC
	Ogden Regional Medical Center Professional Billing, LLC
	Ogden Senior Center, LLC
Columbia Parkersburg Healthcare System, LLC	Parkersburg SJ Holdings, Inc.
Columbia Physician Services - Florida Group, Inc.	Central Florida Division Practice, Inc.
	North Florida Division Practice, Inc.
	Premier Medical Management, Ltd.
	South Florida Division Practice, Inc.
Columbia Riverside, Inc.	Riverside Healthcare System, L.P.
Columbia/Alleghany Regional Hospital, Incorporated	Alleghany Primary Care, Inc.
	Alleghany Specialists, LLC
Columbia/HCA John Randolph, Inc.	Imaging Services of Appomattox, LLC
Columbine Psychiatric Center, Inc.	HCA-HealthONE LLC

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Conroe Hospital Corporation	CHCA Conroe, L.P.
	Conroe Partner, LLC
Dublin Community Hospital, LLC	Fairview Park GP, LLC
	Fairview Partner, LLC
Eastern Idaho Health Services, Inc.	EIRMC Hospitalist Services, LLC
El Paso Surgicenter, Inc.	El Paso Surgery Centers, L.P.
EP Health, LLC	Brookwood Medical Center of Gulfport, Inc.
	Coastal Healthcare Services, Inc.
	Epic Diagnostic Centers, Inc.
	Epic Healthcare Management Company
	EPIC Surgery Centers, Inc.
	Grace 1011, LLC
	Health Insight Capital, LLC
	MRT&C, Inc.
	Primary Health Asset Holdings, Ltd.
	PSG Delegated Services, LLC
	SSHR Holdco, LLC
Fairview Park GP, LLC	Fairview Park, Limited Partnership
FMH Health Services, LLC	New Hampshire Imaging Services, Inc.
Frankfort Hospital, Inc.	Frankfort Wound Care, LLC
Galen Property, LLC	Henrico Doctors Hospital - Forest Campus Property, LLC
GPCH-GP, Inc.	Garden Park Community Hospital Limited Partnership
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, LLC	Grand Strand Senior Health Center, LLC
Greenview Hospital, Inc.	Frankfort Hospital, Inc.
	Southern Kentucky Surgicenter, LLC
H2U Wellness Centers, LLC	Health to You, LLC
HCA Central Group, Inc.	Capital Division, Inc.
	HCA Chattanooga Market, Inc.
	MidAmerica Division, Inc.
	TriStar Health System, Inc.
HCA Eastern Group, Inc.	Columbia Florida Group, Inc.
	South Atlantic Division, Inc.
HCA Health Services of Florida, Inc.	Bradenton Cardiology Physician Network, LLC
	Hilltop 408, LLC
	North Physician Services, Inc.
	North Florida Rehab Investments, LLC
	North River Physician Network, LLC
	Oak Hill Acquisition, Inc.
	Pinnacle Physician Network, LLC
	St. Lucie Medical Center Hyperbarics, LLC
	Surgicare of Bayonet Point, Inc.
	West Florida Physician Network, LLC
	West Florida Trauma Network, LLC
	West Florida Urgent Care Network, LLC

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HCA Health Services of Louisiana, Inc.	Cedar Creek Medical Group, LLC
	Foot & Ankle Specialty Services, LLC
	Goppert-Trinity Family Care, LLC
	Midwest Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, LLC
	Midwest Division - LSH, LLC
	Midwest Division - MCI, LLC
	Midwest Division - RBH, LLC
	Midwest Division - RMC, LLC
	Midwest Trauma Services, LLC
	Midwest Women’s Healthcare Specialists, LLC
	Raymore Medical Group, LLC
	RMC - Pulmonary, LLC
	Senior Health Associates, LLC
	Women’s Center at Brookside, LLC
HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.	2490 Church, LLC
	Centennial CyberKnife Center, LLC
	Centennial Neuroscience, LLC
	Centennial Surgical Clinic, LLC
	Central Tennessee Hospital Corporation
	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Hospitalists at Centennial Medical Center, LLC
	Judson Holdings, LLC
	Neuro Affiliates Company
	Old Fort Village, LLC
	Solis Mammography at StoneCrest Medical Center, LLC
	Southpoint, LLC
	Summit General Partner, Inc.
	Summit Walk-In Clinic, LLC
	Surgicare of Brentwood, LLC
	Surgicare of Southern Hills, Inc.
	TriStar Cardiovascular Surgery, LLC
	TriStar Medical Group - Centennial Primary Care, LLC
HCA Health Services of Virginia, Inc.	Columbia Arlington Healthcare System, L.L.C.
	Columbia/HCA John Randolph, Inc.
	Preferred Hospitals, Inc.
	Reston Hospital Center, LLC
	Retreat Hospital, LLC
	Spotsylvania Medical Center, Inc.
	West Creek Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

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HCA Inc.	HCA American Finance LLC HCA Property GP, LLC Healthtrust, Inc. – The Hospital Company HSS Holdco, LLC
HCA Management Services, L.P.	UR Services, LLC
HCA Pearland GP, Inc.	CHCA Pearland, L.P.
	Pearland Partner, LLC
HCA-HealthONE LLC	Altitude Mid Level Providers, LLC
	Center for Advanced Diagnostics LLC
	HCA-Solis Master, LLC
	HealthONE at Breckenridge, LLC
	HealthONE Aurora Investment, LLC
	HealthONE Care Partners, LLC
	HealthONE CareNow Urgent Care, LLC
	HealthONE Clear Creek, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Bariatric Medicine, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Behavioral Health, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Cancer Care LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Cancer Specialties, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Cardiovascular, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Medical Specialties, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Neurosciences, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Obstetrics and Gynecology, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Occupational Medicine, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Oncology Hematology, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Orthopedic Specialists, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Otolaryngology Specialists, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Pediatric Specialties, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Primary Care, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Spine Specialists, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Spine Surgeons LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Surgery Neurological, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Surgical Specialties, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Transplant Services, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Women’s Services, LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services - Youth Rehabilitation LLC
	HealthONE Clinic Services LLC
	HealthONE Heart Care LLC
	HealthONE High Street Primary Care Center, LLC
	HealthONE Institutes for Clinical Research, LLC

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	HealthONE IRL Pathology Services, LLC
	HealthONE Lincoln Investment, LLC
	HealthONE Lowry, LLC
	HealthONE Radiation Therapy at Red Rocks, LLC
	HealthONE Radiation Therapy at Thornton, LLC
	HealthONE Surgicare of Ridge View, LLC
	HealthONE Urologic, LLC
	HealthONE Westside Investment, LLC
	Hospital Cooperative Laundry, Inc.
	Hospital Based CRNA Services, Inc.
	HSS Inc.
	Lakewood Surgicare, Inc.
	Medical Care America Colorado, LLC
	Medical Imaging of Colorado LLC
	P/SL Hyperbaric Partnership
	Proaxis Therapy HealthONE LLC
	Rocky Mountain Pediatric Hematology Oncology, LLC
	Rose Health Partners, LLC
	Rose Medical Plaza, Ltd.
	Rose POB, Inc.
	Sky Ridge Spine Manager, LLC
	Solis Mammography at Rose Medical Center, LLC
	Spalding Rehabilitation, L.L.C.
	Surgicare of Denver Mid-Town, Inc.
	Surgicare of Rose, LLC
	Surgicare of Sky Ridge, LLC
	Surgicare of Southeast Denver, Inc.
	Surgicare of Swedish, LLC
	Surgicare of Thornton, LLC
	Swedish Medpro, Inc.
	Swedish MOB Acquisition, Inc.
	Swedish MOB II, Inc.
	Swedish MOB III, Inc.
	Swedish MOB IV, Inc.
HD&S Corp. Successor, Inc.	Plantation General Hospital, L.P.
Health Midwest Ventures Group, Inc.	Clinishare, Inc.
	Eye Care Surgicare, Ltd., a Missouri Limited Partnership
	HCA Midwest Comprehensive Care, Inc.
	Health Midwest Medical Group, Inc.
	Health Midwest Office Facilities Corporation
	HM OMCOS, LLC
	Johnson County Surgicenter, L.L.C.
	Surgicenter of Kansas City, L.L.C.

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HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, LLC	Martin Fletcher Associates Holdings, Inc.
hInsight-Mobile Heartbeat Holdings, LLC	Mobile Heartbeat, LLC
Hospital Development Properties, Inc.	Lafayette Medical Office Building, Ltd. (A partnership in Commendam)
HPG Enterprises, LLC	HCA Management Services, L.P.
	Healthtrust Purchasing Group, L.P.
	Valify, Inc.
HSS Holdco, LLC	HSS Virginia, L.P.
	Nashville Shared Services General Partnership
	Terre Haute MOB, L.P.
HSS Systems, LLC	HSS Virginia, L.P.
	Nashville Shared Services General Partnership
	Parallon Health Information Solutions, LLC
	Parallon Payroll Solutions, LLC
	Parallon Physician Services, LLC
	Texas HSS, LLC
HSS Virginia, L.P.	Nashville Shared Services General Partnership
HTI Memorial Hospital Corporation	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at Skyline Medical Center, LLC
HTI MOB, LLC	Healthtrust MOB Tennessee, LLC
	Medical Office Buildings of Kansas, LLC
Houston NW Manager, LLC	Houston Northwest Operating Company, L.L.C.
Integrated Regional Lab, LLC	Integrated Regional Laboratories, LLP
Integrated Regional Laboratories, LLP	Integrated Regional Laboratories Pathology Services, LLC
JFK Medical Center Limited Partnership	Palm Beach Hospitalists Program, LLC
	AR Holding 5, LLC
KPH-Consolidation, Inc.	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at Kingwood Medical Center, LLC
Las Encinas Hospital	L E Corporation
Las Vegas Surgicare, Inc.	Las Vegas Surgicare, Ltd., a Nevada Limited Partnership
Lewis-Gale Hospital, Incorporated	Columbia/Alleghany Regional Hospital, Incorporated
	Lewis-Gale Medical Center, LLC
	Lewis-Gale Physicians, LLC
	Roanoke Imaging, LLC
	Roanoke Neurosurgery, LLC
	Salem Hospitalists, LLC
Lewis-Gale Medical Center, LLC	Daleville Imaging Manager, LLC
	Daleville Imaging, L.P.
Los Robles Regional Medical Center	Los Robles Regional Medical Center MOB, LLC
	Los Robles Surgicenter, LLC
	TODIC, L.P.

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Management Services Holdings, Inc.	HPG Enterprises, LLC
	HPG Solutions, LLC
Marietta Surgical Center, Inc.	Marietta Outpatient Surgery, Ltd.
MCA Investment Company	Columbia ASC Management, L.P.
Medical Centers of Oklahoma, LLC	EPIC Properties, Inc.
	Medical Imaging, Inc.
	SWMC, Inc.
Memorial Healthcare Group, Inc.	Family Care Partners, LLC
	Jacksonville Surgery Center, Ltd.
	MHS Partnership Holdings JSC, Inc.
	MHS Partnership Holdings SDS, Inc.
	MSL Acquisition, LLC
MH Hospital Holdings, Inc.	MH Asheville Specialty Hospital, LLC
	MH Hospital Manager, LLC
	MH Master Holdings, LLLP
	Mission Employer Solutions, LLC
	Mission Health Partners, Inc.
MH Hospital Manager, LLC	MH Master Holdings, LLLP
MH Master Holdings, LLLP	Assuring Affordable, Quality Healthcare in North Carolina, LLC
	CarePartners HHA Holdings, LLLP
	CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital, LLLP
	Imaging Realty LLC
	MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP
	MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP
	MH Eckerd Living Center, LLLP
	MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP
	MH Master, LLC
	MH McDowell Imaging, LLLP
	MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP
	MH Mission Hospital, LLLP
	MH Mission Imaging, LLLP
	MH Transylvania Imaging, LLLP
	MH Transylvania Regional Hospital, LLLP
	Provider-Led, Patient-Centered Care, LLC
	Western North Carolina Healthcare Innovators, LLC
MH Master, LLC	CarePartners HHA Holdings, LLLP
	CarePartners HHA, LLLP
	CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital, LLLP
	MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP
	MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP
	MH Eckerd Living Center, LLLP
	MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP

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	MH McDowell Imaging, LLLP
	MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP
	MH Mission Hospital, LLLP
	MH Mission Imaging, LLLP
	MH Transylvania Imaging, LLLP
	MH Transylvania Regional Hospital, LLLP
MH Mission Hospital, LLLP	WNC Stone Center, LLC
Midwest Division - OPRMC, LLC	Forward Pathology Solutions Wichita, LLC
	Heartland Women’s Group at Wesley, LLC
	Neurology Associates of Kansas, LLC
	OPRMC-HBP, LLC
	Wesley Physician Services, LLC
	Wesley Physicians - Medical Specialties LLC
	Wesley Urgent Care, LLC
	Wichita CareNow Urgent Care, LLC
Midwest Division - RBH, LLC	Bone & Joint Specialists Physician Group, LLC
Midwest Division - RMC, LLC	RMC Transplant Physicians, LLC
Midwest Holdings, Inc.	Health Midwest Ventures Group, Inc.
	Medical Center Imaging, Inc.
	Midwest Division - ACH, LLC
	Midwest Division - LRHC, LLC
	Mill Creek Outpatient Services, LLC
Montgomery Regional Hospital, Inc.	Blacksburg Imaging, LLC
	Montgomery Cancer Center, LLC
Mountain View Hospital, Inc.	MVH Professional Services, LLC
	Timpanogos Regional Medical Services, Inc.
National Patient Account Services, Inc.	NPAS Solutions, LLC
	NPAS, Inc.
New Iberia Healthcare, LLC	HTI MOB, LLC
New Rose Holding Company, Inc.	HCA-HealthONE LLC
North Florida Regional Medical Center, Inc.	HCA Imaging Services of North Florida, Inc.
	Medical Partners of North Florida, LLC
North Houston - TRMC, LLC	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Solis Mammography at Houston Tomball, LLC
North Texas - MCA, LLC	Solis Mammography at Medical Center Alliance, LLC
Northern Utah Healthcare Corporation	Alta Internal Medicine, LLC
	St. Mark’s Investments, Inc.
Notami Hospitals of Louisiana, Inc.	EPIC Properties, Inc.
	Lakeview Medical Center, LLC
Notami Hospitals, LLC	CFC Investments, Inc.

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	Columbia Good Samaritan Health System Limited Partnership
	EPIC Properties, Inc.
	Good Samaritan Hospital, LLC
	Healdsburg General Hospital, Inc.
	Mission Bay Memorial Hospital, Inc.
	Samaritan, LLC
	San Jose Medical Center, LLC
	SJMC, LLC
	South Valley Hospital, L.P.
	West Lost Angeles Physicians’ Hospital, Inc.
Oklahoma Holding Company, LLC	Edmond General Surgery, LLC
	Edmond Hospitalists, LLC
	Healthcare Oklahoma, Inc.
	Medi Flight of Oklahoma, LLC
	Oklahoma Physicians - Medical Specialties LLC
	Oklahoma Physicians - Obstetrics and Gynecology LLC
	Oklahoma Physicians - Primary Care LLC
	Oklahoma Physicians - Surgical Specialties LLC
Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc.	Eastern Idaho Brachytherapy Equipment Manager, LLC
	HCA Outpatient Imaging Services Group, Inc.
	HCA Research Institute, LLC
	Healthcare Sales National Management Services Group, LLC
	MidAmerica Oncology, LLC
	Midtown Diagnostics, LLC
	National Contact Center Management Group, LLC
	National Transfer Center Management Services, LLC
	North Hills Catheterization Lab, LLC
	Ogden Tomotherapy Manager, LLC
	Red Rock Holdco, LLC
	Riverside CyberKnife Manager, LLC
Parallon Business Solutions, LLC	Central Shared Services, LLC
	HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, LLC
	HSS Systems, LLC
	National Patient Account Services, Inc.
	PTS Solutions, LLC
	U.S. Collections, Inc.
Parallon Holdings, LLC	Parallon Business Solutions, LLC
	Parallon Enterprises, LLC
Parallon Revenue Cycle Services, Inc.	MediCredit, Inc.
Pasadena Bayshore Hospital, Inc.	Bayshore Partner, LLC
	CHCA Bayshore, L.P.
Pearland Partner, LLC	CHCA Pearland, L.P.

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Primary Health, Inc.	Primary Health Asset Holdings, Ltd.
Redmond Park Hospital, LLC	Surgicare of Rome, Inc.
Regional Health System of Acadiana, LLC, The	RMCA Professionals Mgmt, LLC
	Women’s & Children’s Pulmonology Clinic, LLC
	Women’s and Children’s Professional Management, LLC
Reston Hospital Center, LLC	Ashburn Imaging, LLC
	Generations Family Practice, Inc.
	MRI of Reston Limited Partnership
	Pavilion 2 Condominium Property, LLC
	Reston Hospitalists, LLC
Retreat Hospital, LLC	Surgicare of Hanover, Inc.
Rio Grande Regional Hospital, Inc.	Columbia Rio Grande Healthcare, L.P.
	Rio Grande Healthcare MSO, Inc.
	Rio Grande NP, Inc.
Riverside Healthcare System, L.P.	Surgicare of Riverside, LLC
Riverside Hospital, Inc.	Bay Area Healthcare Group, Ltd.
Samaritan, LLC	Good Samaritan Hospital, L.P.
San Jose Medical Center, LLC	San Jose Hospital, L.P.
San Jose, LLC	San Jose Healthcare System, LP
	San Jose Pathology Outreach, LLC
Sarasota Doctors Hospital, Inc.	Columbia Midtown Joint Venture
Savannah Health Services, LLC	4600 Waters Avenue Professional Building Condominium Association, Inc.
	Georgie Eye Surgicenter, LLC
	Provident Professional Building Condominium Association, Inc.
	Savannah Center for Medical Education and Research, LLC
	Wilmington Island Partners, LLC
SCRI Holdings, LLC	GenoSpace, LLC
	Sarah Cannon Development Innovations, LLC
	Sarah Cannon Research Institute, LLC
	SCRI Global Services Limited
	SCRI Scientifics, LLC
	Summit Research Solutions, LLC
SJMC, LLC	San Jose Hospital, L.P.
Spotsylvania Medical Center, Inc.	Spotsylvania Condominium Property, LLC
SSHR Holdco, LLC	COSCORP, LLC
	HCA Human Resources, LLC
	Parallon Holdings, LLC
Surgicare of Brandon, Inc.	Bay Area Surgicenter, LLC

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Surgicare of Florida, Inc.	Belleair Surgery Center, Ltd.
Surgicare of Houston Women’s, Inc.	Outpatient Women’s and Children’s Surgery Center, Ltd.
Surgicare of Manatee, Inc.	Manatee Surgicare, Ltd.
Surgicare of Newport Richey, Inc.	New Port Richey Surgery Center, Ltd.
Surgicare of Palms West, LLC	Palms West Surgery Center, Ltd.
Terre Haute Hospital GP, Inc.	Terre Haute Regional Hospital, L.P.
Terre Haute Hospital Holdings, Inc.	Terre Haute Regional Hospital, L.P.
Terre Haute Regional Hospital, L.P.	Hospitalists of the Wabash Valley, LLC
	Terre Haute MOB, L.P.
	Terre Haute Obstetrics and Gynecology, LLC
Timpanogos Regional Medical Services, Inc.	MountainStar Intensivist Services, LLC
	Timpanogos Pain Specialists, LLC
Trident Medical Center, LLC	Trident Behavioral Health Services, LLC
	Trident Neonatology Services, LLC
U.S. Collections, Inc.	Parallon Revenue Cycle Services, Inc.
Utah Medco, LLC	Brigham City Community Hospital, Inc.
	Brigham City Health Plan, Inc.
	Columbia Ogden Medical Center, Inc.
	Healthtrust Utah Management Services, Inc.
	Hospital Corporation of Utah
	HTI Physician Services of Utah, Inc.
	Layton Family Practice, LLC
	Mountain View Hospital, Inc.
	MP Management, LLC
	ODP Manager, LLC
	Ogden Regional Health Plan, Inc.
	Park View Insurance Company
	WCP Properties, LLC
	West Jordan Hospital Corporation
VH Holdco, Inc.	VH Holdings, Inc.
VH Holdings, Inc.	Center for Advanced Imaging, LLC
	EMMC, LLC
	FHAL, LLC
	Galen GOK, LLC
	Galen KY, LLC
	Galen MCS, LLC
	Galen MRMC, LLC
	Galen NMC, LLC
	Galen NSH, LLC
	Galen SOM, LLC
	Galen SSH, LLC

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	HHNC, LLC
	HPI Hospital Systems Management, Inc.
	Notami, LLC
	POH Holdings, LLC
	Preferred Works WC, LLC
	RCH, LLC
	San Jose, LLC
	Springview KY, LLC
	Value Health Holdings, Inc.
	Value Health Management, Inc.
	WJHC, LLC
Virginia Psychiatric Company, Inc.	Columbia Arlington Healthcare System, L.L.C.
Vision Holdings, LLC	Vision Consulting Group LLC
Walterboro Community Hospital, Inc.	Colleton Medical Anesthesia, LLC
	Colleton Medical Hospitalists, LLC
Weatherford Health Services, LLC	HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.
	Weatherford Mammography JV, LLC
Wesley Medical Center, LLC	Care for Women, LLC
	Centerpoint Medical Specialists, LLC
	College Park Ancillary, LLC
	College Park Radiology, LLC
	Emergency Physicians at Wesley Medical Center, LLC
	Family Health Medical Group of Overland Park, LLC
	Galichia Anesthesia Services, LLC
	Galichia Emergency Physicians, LLC
	HCA Wesley Rehabilitation Hospital, Inc.
	Health Partners of Kansas, Inc.
	Hospitalists as Wesley Medical Center, LLC
	IRL Pathology Services MidAmerica, LLC
	Johnson County Neurology, LLC
	Kansas CareNow Urgent Care, LLC
	Kansas City Cardiac Arrhythmia Research LLC
	Kansas City Gastroenterology & Hepatology Physicians Group, LLC
	Kansas City Vascular & General Surgery Group, LLC
	Kansas City Women’s Clinic Group, LLC
	Kansas Pulmonary and Sleep Specialists, LLC
	Kansas Trauma and Critical Care Specialists, LLC
	Menorah Medical Group, LLC
	Menorah Urgent Care, LLC
	Midwest Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of Kansas, LLC
	Midwest Division Spine Care, LLC

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	Midwest Heart & Vascular Specialists, LLC
	Midwest Oncology Associates, LLC
	Overland Park Cardiovascular, Inc.
	Overland Park Medical Specialists, LLC
	Overland Park Orthopedics, LLC
	Overland Park Surgical Specialties, LLC
	Pediatric Specialty Clinic LLC
	Quivira Internal Medicine, Inc.
	Research Neurology Associates, LLC
	Research Neuroscience Institute, LLC
	Statland Medical Group, LLC
	The Medical Group of Kansas City, LLC
	Town Plaza Family Practice, LLC
	Wesley Physicians - Anesthesiologist, LLC
	Wesley Physicians - Cardiovascular, LLC
	Wesley Physicians - Obstetrics and Gynecology LLC
	Wesley Physicians - Primary Care LLC
	Wesley Select Network, LLC
West Florida - PPH, LLC	SSJ St. Petersburg Holdings, Inc.
West Valley Medical Center, Inc.	Saint Alphonsus Caldwell Cancer Treatment Center, L.L.C.
Western Plains Capital, Inc.	C/HCA Capital, Inc.
WHMC, Inc.	CHCA West Houston, L.P.
	West Houston, LLC
Woman’s Hospital of Texas, Incorporated	CHCA Woman’s Hospital, L.P
	Houston Woman’s Hospital Partner, LLC
	Woman’s Hospital Merger, LLC

The subsidiary guarantees discussed above are also secured by first-priority liens on substantially all indebtedness owing to HCA Inc. or to the subsidiary guarantors, including any and all intercompany indebtedness owed by HCA Healthcare, Inc. or any subsidiary thereof to HCA Inc., or any subsidiary guarantor.

Pursuant to the typical and customary cash management system established by HCA Healthcare, Inc., the affiliates of HCA Healthcare, Inc. listed below have entered into revolving promissory notes with Western Plains Capital, Inc., a subsidiary guarantor. The notes are pledged as collateral for the secured notes to the extent described above. Due to the revolving nature of the intercompany debt, the balance due from one party to another fluctuates based on cash activity from daily operations.

* Subsidiary guarantor.

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AC Med, LLC

Acadiana Care Center, Inc.

Acadiana Practice Management, Inc.

Acadiana Regional Pharmacy, Inc.

ACH, Inc.

Advanced Bundle Convener, LLC

All About Staffing, Inc.

Alleghany Primary Care, Inc.

Alliance Surgicare, LLC

Alternaco, LLC

Ambulatory Services Management Corporation of Chesterfield County, Inc.

*American Medicorp Development Co.

AOGN, LLC

AOSC Sports Medicine, Inc.

AR Holding 1, LLC

AR Holding 2, LLC

AR Holding 4, LLC

AR Holding 5, LLC

AR Holding 6, LLC

AR Holding 7, LLC

AR Holding 8, LLC

AR Holding 9, LLC

AR Holding 10, LLC

AR Holding 11, LLC

AR Holding 12, LLC

AR Holding 13, LLC

AR Holding 14, LLC

AR Holding 15, LLC

AR Holding 16, LLC

AR Holding 17, LLC

AR Holding 18, LLC

AR Holding 19, LLC

AR Holding 20, LLC

AR Holding 21, LLC

AR Holding 22, LLC

AR Holding 23, LLC

AR Holding 24, LLC

AR Holding 25, LLC

AR Holding 26, LLC

AR Holding 27, LLC

AR Holding 28, LLC

AR Holding 29, LLC

AR Holding 30, LLC

AR Holding 31, LLC

Arlington Diagnostic South, Inc.

Arlington Surgery Center, L.P.

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Arlington Surgicare, LLC

ASD Shared Services, LLC

Ashburn ASC, LLC

Ashburn Imaging, LLC

Athens Community Hospital, Inc.

Atlanta Healthcare Management, L.P.

Atlanta Market GP, Inc.

Atlanta Outpatient Surgery Center, Inc.

Atlantis Surgicare, LLC

Atrium Surgery Center, L.P.

Atrium Surgicare, LLC

Augusta Management Services, LLC

Austin Medical Center, Inc.

Aventura Cancer Center Manager, LLC

Aventura Comprehensive Cancer Research Group of Florida, Inc.

Bailey Square Outpatient Surgical Center, Inc.

BAMI Property, LLC

Basic American Medical, Inc.

Bay Area Healthcare Group, Ltd.

Bay Area Surgicare Center, Inc.

*Bay Hospital, Inc.

Bayshore Partner, LLC

Bedford-Northeast Community Hospital, Inc.

Bellaire Imaging, Inc.

Big Cypress Medical Center, Inc.

Bonita Bay Surgery Center, Inc.

Boynton Beach EFL Imaging Center, LLC

Bradenton Outpatient Services, LLC

Brandon Imaging Manager, LLC

Brandon Regional Cancer Center, LLC

*Brigham City Community Hospital, Inc.

Brigham City Health Plan, Inc.

*Brookwood Medical Center of Gulfport, Inc.

Broward Healthcare System, Inc.

Brownsville-Valley Regional Medical Center, Inc.

C/HCA Capital, Inc.

C/HCA Development, Inc.

C/HCA, Inc.

Calloway Creek Surgicare, LLC

Cancer Centers of North Florida, LLC

Cancer Services of Aventura, LLC

*Capital Division, Inc.

Capital Network Services, Inc.

CareOne Home Health Services, Inc.

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CareOne Home Health Services, Inc.

*CarePartners HHA Holdings, LLLP

*CarePartners HHA, LLLP

*CarePartners Rehabilitation Hospital, LLLP

Carolina Regional Surgery Center, Inc.

Cartersville Medical Center, LLC

Cartersville Occupational Medicine Center, LLC

CCH-GP, Inc.

Centennial CyberKnife Manager, LLC

Center for Advanced Imaging, LLC

*Centerpoint Medical Center of Independence, LLC

Central Florida Cardiology Interpretations, LLC

Central Florida Imaging Services, LLC

*Central Florida Regional Hospital, Inc.

Central Health Holding Company, Inc.

*Central Shared Services, LLC

*Central Tennessee Hospital Corporation

CFC Investments, Inc.

CH Systems

Chatsworth Hospital Corp.

Chattanooga Healthcare Network Partner, Inc.

CHC Finance Co.

CHC Holdings, Inc.

CHC Payroll Agent, Inc.

CHC Payroll Company

CHC Realty Company

CHC Venture Co.

*CHCA Bayshore, L.P.

CHCA Clear Lake, L.P.

*CHCA Conroe, L.P.

*CHCA Mainland, L.P.

*CHCA Pearland, L.P.

*CHCA West Houston, L.P.

*CHCA Woman’s Hospital, L.P.

CHC-El Paso Corp.

CHCK, Inc.

CHC-Miami Corp.

Chicago Grant Hospital, Inc.

Chino Community Hospital Corporation, Inc.

*Chippenham & Johnston-Willis Hospitals, Inc.

Chippenham Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

Chugach PT, Inc.

*Citrus Memorial Hospital, Inc.

*Citrus Memorial Property Management, Inc.

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CLASC Manager, LLC

Clear Lake Cardiac Catheterization Center, L.P.

Clear Lake Cardiac GP, LLC

Clear Lake Merger, LLC

Clear Lake Regional Medical Center, Inc.

Clear Lake Regional Partner, LLC

*Clinical Education Shared Services, LLC

ClinicServ, LLC

Clinishare, Inc.

Coastal Bend Hospital, Inc.

Coastal Carolina Home Care, Inc.

Coastal Healthcare Services, Inc.

Coastal Imaging Center of Gulfport, Inc.

Coliseum Health Group, Inc.

Coliseum Park Hospital, Inc.

College Park Endoscopy Center, LLC

Colleton Ambulatory Care, LLC

Colleton Diagnostic Center, LLC

Collier County Home Health Agency, Inc.

*Colorado Health Systems, Inc.

Columbia Ambulatory Surgery Division, Inc.

*Columbia ASC Management, L.P.

Columbia Bay Area Realty, Ltd.

Columbia Behavioral Healthcare of South Florida, Inc.

Columbia Behavioral Healthcare, Inc.

Columbia Call Center, Inc.

Columbia Central Florida Division, Inc.

Columbia Central Group, Inc.

Columbia Champions Treatment Center, Inc.

Columbia Chicago Division, Inc.

Columbia Coliseum Same Day Surgery Center, Inc.

Columbia Development of Florida, Inc.

Columbia Doctors Hospital of Tulsa, Inc.

*Columbia Florida Group, Inc.

Columbia GP of Mesquite, Inc.

Columbia Greater Houston Division Healthcare Network, Inc.

Columbia Health System of Arkansas, Inc.

*Columbia Healthcare System of Louisiana, Inc.

Columbia Hospital at Medical City Dallas Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Hospital Corporation at the Medical Center

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Arlington

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Bay Area

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Central Miami

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Corpus Christi

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Columbia Hospital Corporation of Fort Worth

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Houston

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Kendall

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Massachusetts, Inc.

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Miami

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Miami Beach

Columbia Hospital Corporation of North Miami Beach

Columbia Hospital Corporation of South Broward

Columbia Hospital Corporation of South Dade

Columbia Hospital Corporation of South Florida

Columbia Hospital Corporation of South Miami

Columbia Hospital Corporation of Tamarac

Columbia Hospital Corporation of West Houston

Columbia Hospital Corporation-Delaware

Columbia Hospital Corporation-SMM

Columbia Hospital-El Paso, Ltd.

Columbia Integrated Health Systems, Inc.

*Columbia LaGrange Hospital, LLC

Columbia Lake Worth Surgical Center Limited Partnership

Columbia Medical Arts Hospital Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center at Lancaster Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Medical Center Dallas Southwest Subsidiary, L.P.

*Columbia Medical Center of Arlington Subsidiary, L.P.

*Columbia Medical Center of Denton Subsidiary, L.P.

*Columbia Medical Center of Las Colinas, Inc.

*Columbia Medical Center of Lewisville Subsidiary, L.P.

*Columbia Medical Center of McKinney Subsidiary, L.P.

*Columbia Medical Center of Plano Subsidiary, L.P.

*Columbia North Hills Hospital Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia North Texas Healthcare System, L.P.

Columbia North Texas Subsidiary GP, LLC

Columbia North Texas Surgery Center Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Northwest Medical Center, Inc.

*Columbia Ogden Medical Center, Inc.

Columbia Oklahoma Division, Inc.

Columbia Palm Beach GP, LLC

Columbia Park Healthcare System, Inc.

Columbia Park Medical Center, Inc.

*Columbia Parkersburg Healthcare System, LLC

*Columbia Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Psychiatric Management Co.

Columbia Resource Network, Inc.

*Columbia Rio Grande Healthcare, L.P.

*Columbia Riverside, Inc.

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Columbia South Texas Division, Inc.

Columbia Specialty Hospital of Dallas Subsidiary, L.P.

Columbia Specialty Hospitals, Inc.

Columbia Surgery Group, Inc.

Columbia Tampa Bay Division, Inc.

*Columbia Valley Healthcare System, L.P.

Columbia West Bank Hospital, Inc.

*Columbia/Alleghany Regional Hospital, Incorporated

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation of Central Texas

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation of Northern Ohio

Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation of South Carolina

Columbia/HCA Heartcare of Corpus Christi, Inc.

Columbia/HCA International Group, Inc.

*Columbia/HCA John Randolph, Inc.

Columbia/HCA of Baton Rouge, Inc.

Columbia/HCA of Houston, Inc.

Columbia/HCA of New Orleans, Inc.

Columbia/HCA of North Texas, Inc.

Columbia/HCA San Clemente, Inc.

Columbia-Georgia PT, Inc.

Columbia-Osceola Imaging Center, Inc.

Columbia-Quantum, Inc.

Columbia-SDH Holdings, Inc.

*Columbine Psychiatric Center, Inc.

Columbus Cath Lab, Inc.

Columbus Cath Lab, LLC

Columbus Doctors Hospital, Inc.

Concept EFL Imaging Center, LLC

Concept West EFL Imaging Center, LLC

*Conroe Hospital Corporation

Conroe Partner, LLC

Continental Division I, Inc.

CoralStone Management, Inc.

Corpus Christi Surgery Center, L.P.

Corpus Surgicare, Inc.

COSCORP, LLC

CPS TN Processor 1, Inc.

Crewe Outpatient Imaging, LLC

CRMC-M, LLC

Cumberland Medical Center, Inc.

CVMC Property, LLC

Daleville Imaging Manager, LLC

Daleville Imaging, L.P.

Davie Medical Center, LLC

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Daytona Medical Center, Inc.

Deep Purple Investments, LLC

Delray EFL Imaging Center, LLC

Denver Surgicenter, LLC

Derry ASC, Inc.

Diagnostic Breast Center, Inc.

Diagnostic Mammography Services, G.P.

Doctors Hospital (Conroe), Inc.

Doctors Hospital Columbus GA-Joint Venture

Doctors Hospital of Augusta, LLC

Doctors Osteopathic Medical Center, Inc.

Doctors Same Day Surgery Center, Inc.

Doctors-I, Inc.

Doctors-II, Inc.

Doctors-III, Inc.

Doctors-IV, Inc.

Doctors-V, Inc.

Doctors-VIII, Inc.

DOMC Property, LLC

*Dublin Community Hospital, LLC

Dura Medical, Inc.

E.P. Physical Therapy Centers, Inc.

East Florida Division, Inc.

East Florida Imaging Holdings, LLC

East Pointe Hospital, Inc.

Eastern Idaho Brachytherapy Equipment Manager, LLC

Eastern Idaho Care Partners ACO, LLC

*Eastern Idaho Health Services, Inc.

Edmond Physician Hospital Organization, Inc.

*Edward White Hospital, Inc.

EHCA Eastside Occupational Medicine Center, LLC

El Paso Healthcare System, Ltd.

El Paso Nurses Unlimited, Inc.

*El Paso Surgicenter, Inc.

Emergency Providers Group LLC

EMMC, LLC

*Encino Hospital Corporation, Inc.

Endoscopy Surgicare of Plano, LLC

Englewood Community Hospital, Inc.

*EP Health, LLC

EP Holdco, LLC

EPIC Development, Inc.

EPIC Diagnostic Centers, Inc.

EPIC Healthcare Management Company

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EPIC Properties, Inc.

EPIC Surgery Centers, Inc.

*Fairview Park GP, LLC

*Fairview Park, Limited Partnership

Fairview Partner, LLC

Far West Division, Inc.

Fawcett Memorial Hospital, Inc.

FHAL, LLC

Florida Home Health Services-Private Care, Inc.

Flower Mound Surgery Center, Ltd.

*FMH Health Services, LLC

Forest Park Surgery Pavilion, Inc.

Fort Bend Hospital, Inc.

Fort Myers Market, Inc.

Fort Walton Beach Medical Center, Inc.

Fort Worth Investments, Inc.

*Frankfort Hospital, Inc.

Frankfort Wound Care, LLC

Frisco Surgicare, LLC

Frisco Warren Parkway 91, Inc.

Ft. Pierce Surgicare, LLC

Galen (Kansas) Merger, LLC

Galen BH, Inc.

Galen Center for Professional Development, Inc.

Galen Diagnostic Multicenter, Ltd.

Galen Global Finance, Inc.

Galen GOK, LLC

Galen Health Institutes, Inc.

Galen Holdco, LLC

Galen Hospital Alaska, Inc.

Galen Hospital of Baytown, Inc.

Galen Hospital-Pembroke Pines, Inc.

Galen International Holdings, Inc.

Galen KY, LLC

Galen MCS, LLC

Galen Medical Corporation

Galen MRMC, LLC

Galen NMC, LLC

Galen NSH, LLC

Galen of Aurora, Inc.

Galen of Florida, Inc.

Galen of Illinois, Inc.

Galen of Kentucky, Inc.

Galen of Mississippi, Inc.

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Galen of Virginia, Inc.

Galen of West Virginia, Inc.

*Galen Property, LLC

Galen SOM, LLC

Galen SSH, LLC

Galen Virginia Hospital Corporation

Galencare, Inc.

Galendeco, Inc.

Galen-Soch, Inc.

GalTex, LLC

Gardens EFL Imaging Center, LLC

General Hospitals of Galen, Inc.

*GenoSpace, LLC

Georgia Health Holdings, Inc.

Georgia Psychiatric Company, Inc.

Georgia, L.P.

GHC-Galen Health Care, LLC

*Good Samaritan Hospital, L.P.

Good Samaritan Hospital, LLC

Good Samaritan Surgery Center, L.P.

*GPCH-GP, Inc.

*Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, LLC

Greater Houston Preferred Provider Option, Inc.

*Green Oaks Hospital Subsidiary, L.P.

*Greenview Hospital, Inc.

Gulf Coast Division, Inc.

Gulf Coast Medical Ventures, Inc.

Gulf Coast Physician Administrators, Inc.

Gwinnett Community Hospital, Inc.

Hamilton Memorial Hospital, Inc.

HCA - Information Technology & Services, Inc.

*HCA - IT&S Field Operations, Inc.

*HCA - IT&S Inventory Management, Inc.

HCA - IT&S PBS Field Operations, Inc.

HCA - IT&S TN Field Operations, Inc.

HCA - Raleigh Community Hospital, Inc.

*HCA American Finance LLC

HCA ASD Financial Operations, LLC

HCA ASD Sales Services, LLC

*HCA Central Group, Inc.

HCA Chattanooga Market, Inc.

HCA Development Company, Inc.

*HCA Eastern Group, Inc.

HCA Endocrine Investor, LLC

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HCA Health Services of California, Inc.

*HCA Health Services of Florida, Inc.

HCA Health Services of Georgia, Inc.

*HCA Health Services of Louisiana, Inc.

HCA Health Services of Miami, Inc.

HCA Health Services of Midwest, Inc.

HCA Health Services of New Hampshire, Inc.

*HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.

HCA Health Services of Texas, Inc.

*HCA Health Services of Virginia, Inc.

HCA Health Services of West Virginia, Inc.

HCA Healthcare Mission Fund, LLC

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

HCA Holdco, LLC

HCA Human Resources, LLC

HCA Imaging Services of North Florida, Inc.

HCA Inc.

HCA Long Term Health Services of Miami, Inc.

*HCA Management Services, L.P.

HCA Midwest Comprehensive Care, Inc.

HCA North Texas GME PLLC

HCA Outpatient Imaging Services Group, Inc.

*HCA Pearland GP, Inc.

HCA Physician Services, Inc.

HCA Plano Imaging, Inc.

HCA Property GP, LLC

HCA Psychiatric Company

*HCA Realty, Inc.

HCA Squared, LLC

HCA Switzerland Holding GmbH

HCA Western Group, Inc.

*HCA-HealthONE LLC

HCA-Solis Holdings, Inc.

HCA-Solis Master, LLC

HCA-Urgent Care Holdings, LLC

HCOL, Inc.

*HD&S Corp. Successor, Inc.

Healdsburg General Hospital, Inc.

Health Care Indemnity, Inc.

Health Insight Capital, LLC

*Health Midwest Office Facilities Corporation

*Health Midwest Ventures Group, Inc.

Health Service Partners, Inc.

Health Services (Delaware), Inc.

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Health Services Merger, Inc.

Health to You, LLC

Healthcare Sales National Management Services Group, LLC

Healthcare Technology Assessment Corporation

Healthco, LLC

Healthnet of Kentucky, LLC

HealthONE Aurora Investment, LLC

HealthONE Clear Creek, LLC

HealthONE High Street Primary Care Center, LLC

HealthOne Lincoln Investment, LLC

HealthONE Lowry, LLC

HealthONE of Denver, Inc.

HealthONE Radiation Therapy at Red Rocks, LLC

HealthONE Radiation Therapy at Thornton, LLC

HealthONE Surgicare of Ridge View, LLC

HealthONE Urologic, LLC

HealthOne Westside Investment, LLC

Healthserv Acquisition, LLC

HealthTrust Locums, Inc.

Healthtrust MOB Tennessee, LLC

Healthtrust Utah Management Services, Inc.

*HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, LLC

Healthtrust, Inc. - The Hospital Company

Healthtrust, Inc. - The Hospital Company

Healthy State, Inc.

Heart of America Surgicenter, LLC

Hearthstone Home Health, Inc.

Heathrow Imaging, LLC

*Hendersonville Hospital Corporation

Henrico Doctors Hospital - Forest Campus Property, LLC

Heritage Hospital, Inc.

HHNC, LLC

hInsight-BMA Holdings, LLC

hInsight-Customer Care Holdings, LLC

hInsight-Digital Reasoning Holdings, LLC

hInsight-Healthbox Holdings, LLC

hInsight-I2 Holdings, LLC

hInsight-InVivoLink Holdings, LLC

hInsight-Loyale Healthcare Holdings, LLC

hInsight-LS Holdings, LLC

*hInsight-Mobile Heartbeat Holdings, LLC

hInsight-NX, LLC

hInsight-OTM Holdings, LLC

hInsight-Procured Holdings, LLC

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hInsight-PWS I Holdings, LLC

hInsight-VAI Holdings, LLC

HM Acquisition, LLC

Homecare North, Inc.

Hometrust Management Services, Inc.

Hospital Corp., LLC

Hospital Corporation of America

Hospital Corporation of Lake Worth

*Hospital Corporation of Tennessee

*Hospital Corporation of Utah

*Hospital Development Properties, Inc.

Hospital Partners Merger, LLC

Hospital Realty Corporation

*Houston - PPH, LLC

Houston Healthcare Holdings, Inc.

Houston Northwest Surgical Partners, Inc.

*Houston NW Manager, LLC

Houston Woman’s Hospital Partner, LLC

*HPG Enterprises, LLC

HPG Solutions, LLC

*HSS Holdco, LLC

*HSS Systems, LLC

*HSS Virginia, L.P.

HTI Gulf Coast, Inc.

HTI Health Services of North Carolina, Inc.

HTI Hospital Holdings, Inc.

*HTI Memorial Hospital Corporation

*HTI MOB, LLC

Illinois Psychiatric Hospital Company, Inc.

Imaging Services of Appomattox, LLC

Imaging Services of Jacksonville, LLC

Imaging Services of Louisiana Manager, LLC

Imaging Services of Louisiana, LLC

Imaging Services of Orlando, LLC

Imaging Services of West Boynton, LLC

IMX Holdings, LLC

Independence Surgicare, Inc.

Indian Path Hospital, Inc.

Indianapolis Hospital Partner, LLC

*Integrated Regional Lab, LLC

*Integrated Regional Laboratories, LLP

InVivoLink, Inc.

Isleworth Partners, Inc.

JDGC Management, LLC

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*JFK Medical Center Limited Partnership

Johnson County Surgicenter, L.L.C.

Jupiter EFL Imaging Center, LLC

KC Surgicare, LLC

Kendall Healthcare Group, Ltd.

Kendall Regional Medical Center, LLC

Kingwood Surgery Center, LLC

*KPH-Consolidation, Inc.

L E Corporation

LAD Imaging, LLC

Lake City Imaging, LLC

*Lakeview Medical Center, LLC

Lakewood Surgicare, Inc.

Laredo Medco, LLC

*Largo Medical Center, Inc.

*Las Encinas Hospital

Las Vegas ASC, LLC

*Las Vegas Surgicare, Inc.

*Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc.

Lebanon Surgicenter, LLC

*Lewis-Gale Hospital, Incorporated

*Lewis-Gale Medical Center, LLC

*Lone Peak Hospital, Inc.

*Los Robles Regional Medical Center

Loudoun Surgery Center, LLC

Louisiana Psychiatric Company, Inc.

Low Country Health Services, Inc. of the Southeast

*Management Services Holdings, Inc.

Marietta Outpatient Medical Building, Inc.

*Marietta Surgical Center, Inc.

*Marion Community Hospital, Inc.

Martin, Fletcher & Associates, L.P.

Maury County Behavioral Health, LLC

Mayhill Cancer Center, LLC

*MCA Investment Company

Meadows DME, LLC

Med Corp., Inc.

Med-Center Hosp./Houston, Inc.

Medi Flight of Oklahoma, LLC

Medical Arts Hospital of Texarkana, Inc.

Medical Care America, LLC

Medical Care Financial Services Corp.

Medical Care Real Estate Finance, Inc.

Medical Care Surgery Center, Inc.

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Medical Center - West, Inc.

Medical Center Imaging, Inc.

Medical Center of Baton Rouge, Inc.

Medical Center of Plano Partner, LLC

Medical Center of Port St. Lucie, Inc.

Medical Center of Santa Rosa, Inc.

*Medical Centers of Oklahoma, LLC

Medical City Dallas Hospital, Inc.

Medical City Dallas Partner, LLC

Medical Corporation of America

Medical Imaging, Inc.

*Medical Office Buildings of Kansas, LLC

Medical Specialties, Inc.

*MediCredit, Inc.

MediPurchase, Inc.

MediStone Healthcare Ventures, Inc.

MediVision of Mecklenburg County, Inc.

MediVision of Tampa, Inc.

MediVision, Inc.

Med-Point of New Hampshire, Inc.

*Memorial Healthcare Group, Inc.

Metroplex Surgicenters, Inc.

MGH Medical, Inc.

*MH Angel Medical Center, LLLP

MH Asheville Specialty Hospital, LLC

*MH Blue Ridge Medical Center, LLLP

MH Eckerd Living Center, LLLP

*MH Highlands-Cashiers Medical Center, LLLP

*MH Hospital Holdings, Inc.

*MH Hospital Manager, LLC

*MH Master Holdings, LLLP

*MH Master, LLC

MH McDowell Imaging, LLLP

*MH Mission Hospital McDowell, LLLP

*MH Mission Hospital, LLLP

*MH Mission Imaging, LLLP

MH Transylvania Imaging, LLLP

*MH Transylvania Regional Hospital, LLLP

MHS Partnership Holdings JSC, Inc.

MHS Partnership Holdings SDS, Inc.

Miami Beach EFL Imaging Center, LLC

Miami Beach Healthcare Group, Ltd.

MidAmerica Division, Inc.

MidAmerica Oncology, LLC

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Mid-America Surgery Center, LLC

Mid-Cities Surgi-Center, Inc.

Mid-Continent Health Services, Inc.

Midtown Diagnostics, LLC

*Midwest Division - ACH, LLC

Midwest Division - LRHC, LLC

*Midwest Division - LSH, LLC

*Midwest Division - MCI, LLC

*Midwest Division - MMC, LLC

*Midwest Division - OPRMC, LLC

*Midwest Division - RBH, LLC

*Midwest Division - RMC, LLC

*Midwest Holdings, Inc.

Millenium Health Care of Oklahoma, Inc.

Mission Bay Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Missouri Healthcare System, L.P.

MMC Sleep Lab Management, LLC

Mobile Corps., Inc.

*Mobile Heartbeat, LLC

Montgomery Cancer Center, LLC

*Montgomery Regional Hospital, Inc.

MOSC Sports Medicine, Inc.

*Mountain Division - CVH, LLC

Mountain Division, Inc.

*Mountain View Hospital, Inc.

Mountain West Surgery Center, LLC

MOVCO, Inc.

MP Management, LLC

MRT&C, Inc.

Nashville Psychiatric Company, Inc.

*Nashville Shared Services General Partnership

Nashville Surgicenter, LLC

Natchez Surgery Center, LLC

National Contact Center Management Group, LLC

*National Patient Account Services, Inc.

Navarro Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Network Management Services, Inc.

Network MS of Florida, Inc.

Nevada Surgery Center of Southern Hills, L.P.

Nevada Surgicare of Southern Hills, LLC

*New Iberia Healthcare, LLC

New Iberia Holdings, Inc.

*New Port Richey Hospital, Inc.

*New Rose Holding Company, Inc.

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Norman Clayman Endocrine Institute, LLC

North Augusta Imaging Management, LLC

North Augusta Imaging Services, LLC

North Augusta Rehab Health Center, LLC

North Brandon Imaging, LLC

North Central Florida Health System, Inc.

North Charleston Diagnostic Imaging Center, LLC

North Florida Cancer Center Lake City, LLC

North Florida Cancer Center Live Oak, LLC

North Florida Cancer Center Tallahassee, LLC

North Florida Division I, Inc.

North Florida GI Center GP, Inc.

North Florida Physician Services, Inc.

North Florida Regional Investments, Inc.

*North Florida Regional Medical Center, Inc.

North Florida Rehab Investments, LLC

North Hills Cardiac Catheterization Center, L.P.

North Hills Catheterization Lab, LLC

*North Houston - TRMC, LLC

North Miami Beach Surgical Center, LLC

North Tampa Imaging, LLC

*North Texas - MCA, LLC

North Texas Division, Inc.

North Texas General, L.P.

North Texas Medical Center, Inc.

North Transfer Center, LLC

Northeast Florida Cancer Services, LLC

*Northern Utah Healthcare Corporation

Northern Utah Imaging, LLC

*Northern Virginia Community Hospital, LLC

Northern Virginia Hospital Corporation

Northlake Surgicare, Inc.

Northwest Florida Healthcare Systems, Inc.

Northwest Medical Center, Inc.

Notami (Opelousas), Inc.

Notami Hospitals of Florida, Inc.

*Notami Hospitals of Louisiana, Inc.

Notami Hospitals of Missouri, Inc.

*Notami Hospitals, LLC

Notami, LLC

Notco, LLC

NPAS Solutions, LLC

NPAS, Inc.

NTGP, LLC

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NTMC Management Company

NTMC Venture, Inc.

Nuclear Diagnosis, Inc.

Ocala Health Imaging Services, LLC

Ocala Regional Outpatient Services, Inc.

Ocala Stereotactic Radiosurgery Partner, LLC

Ocala Stereotactic Radiosurgery, LLC

Occupational and Family Medicine of South Texas

ODP Holdings, LLC

ODP Manager, LLC

ODP Properties, LLC

Ogden Imaging, LLC

Ogden Tomotherapy Manager, LLC

OHH Imaging Services, LLC

*Okaloosa Hospital, Inc.

*Okeechobee Hospital, Inc.

Oklahoma Surgicare, Inc.

Oncology Services of Corpus Christi Manager, LLC

Oncology Services of Corpus Christi, LLC

OneSourceMed, Inc.

Orange Park Medical Center, Inc.

Orlando Outpatient Surgical Center, Inc.

Orthopaedic Sports Specialty Associates, Inc.

Osceola Regional Hospital, Inc.

*Outpatient Cardiovascular Center of Central Florida, LLC

Outpatient GP, LLC

Outpatient Services - LAD, LLC

*Outpatient Services Holdings, Inc.

*Oviedo Medical Center, LLC

Ozarks Medical Services, Inc.

Pacific Partners Management Services, Inc.

Palm Beach EFL Imaging Center, LLC

Palm Beach Healthcare System, Inc.

*Palms West Hospital Limited Partnership

Paragon of Texas Health Properties, Inc.

Paragon Physicians Hospital Organization of South Texas, Inc.

Paragon SDS, Inc.

Paragon Surgery Centers of Texas, Inc.

Paragon WSC, Inc.

*Parallon Business Solutions, LLC

*Parallon Enterprises, LLC

*Parallon Health Information Solutions, LLC

*Parallon Holdings, LLC

*Parallon Payroll Solutions, LLC

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*Parallon Physician Services, LLC

*Parallon Revenue Cycle Services, Inc.

Park View Insurance Company

Parkersburg SJ Holdings, Inc.

Parkridge Medical Center, Inc.

Parkside Surgery Center, Inc.

Parkway Cardiac Center, Ltd.

Parkway Hospital, Inc.

Parkway Surgery Services, Ltd.

Parthenon Insurance Company, Limited

*Pasadena Bayshore Hospital, Inc.

*PatientKeeper, Inc.

*Pearland Partner, LLC

Pediatric Surgicare, Inc.

Pinellas Medical, LLC

Pioneer Medical, LLC

Plains Healthcare System, Inc.

Plano Heart Institute, L.P.

Plano Heart Management, LLC

Plano Surgery Center - GP, LLC

*Plantation General Hospital, L.P.

PMM, Inc.

POH Holdings, LLC

*Poinciana Medical Center, Inc.

Preferred Works WC, LLC

Primary Health Asset Holdings, Ltd.

*Primary Health, Inc.

*PTS Solutions, LLC

*Pulaski Community Hospital, Inc.

*Putnam Community Medical Center of North Florida, LLC

Putnam Hospital, Inc.

Putnam Radiation Oncology Manager, LLC

Radiation Oncology Center of Thornton, LLC

Radiation Oncology Manager, LLC

RCH, LLC

Red Rock at Smoke Ranch, LLC

Red Rock Holdco, LLC

Redmond Park Health Services, Inc.

*Redmond Park Hospital, LLC

*Reston Hospital Center, LLC

*Retreat Hospital, LLC

Richmond Imaging Employer Corp.

Rio Grande Healthcare MSO, Inc.

*Rio Grande Regional Hospital, Inc.

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Riverside CyberKnife Manager, LLC

*Riverside Healthcare System, L.P.

Riverside Holdings, Inc.

*Riverside Hospital, Inc.

Riverside Imaging, LLC

Roanoke Imaging, LLC

Rosewood Medical Center, Inc.

Round Rock Hospital, Inc.

Royal Oaks Surgery Center, L.P.

S.A. Medical Center, Inc.

Salt Lake City Surgicare, Inc.

*Samaritan, LLC

San Antonio Division, Inc.

San Antonio Regional Hospital, Inc.

San Bernardino Imaging, LLC

San Joaquin Surgical Center, Inc.

*San Jose Healthcare System, LP

*San Jose Hospital, L.P.

*San Jose Medical Center, LLC

San Jose Pathology Outreach, LLC

*San Jose, LLC

Sarah Cannon Development Innovations, LLC

*Sarah Cannon Research Institute, LLC

*Sarasota Doctors Hospital, Inc.

*Savannah Health Services, LLC

*SCRI Holdings, LLC

SCRI Scientifics, LLC

*Sebring Health Services, LLC

Selma Medical Center Hospital, Inc.

Silicon Valley Health Holdings, LLC

*SJMC, LLC

Sky Ridge Spine Manager, LLC

South Atlantic Division, Inc.

South Austin Surgical Management, LLC

South Florida Division Practice, Inc.

South Texas Surgicare, Inc.

South Transfer Center, LLC

South Valley Hospital, L.P.

*Southeast Georgia Health Services, LLC

*Southern Hills Medical Center, LLC

*Southpoint, LLC

Southwest Florida Health System, Inc.

Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center, Inc.

*Spalding Rehabilitation L.L.C.

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*Spotsylvania Medical Center, Inc.

Spotsylvania Regional Surgery Center, LLC

*Spring Branch Medical Center, Inc.

*Spring Hill Hospital, Inc.

Spring Hill Imaging, LLC

Springview KY, LLC

*SSHR Holdco, LLC

St. David’s Quality Alliance, LLC

St. Mark’s Investments, Inc.

Stafford Imaging, LLC

Stiles Road Imaging LLC

Stones River Hospital, LLC

Suburban Medical Center at Hoffman Estates, Inc.

Sullins Surgical Center, Inc.

Summit General Partner, Inc.

Summit Outpatient Diagnostic Center, LLC

Summit Research Solutions, LLC

Sun Bay Medical Office Building, Inc.

*Sun City Hospital, Inc.

Sun City Imaging, LLC

Sun Towers/Vista Hills Holding Co.

Sun-Med, LLC

Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, LLC

*Sunrise Mountainview Hospital, Inc.

Sunrise Outpatient Services, Inc.

Surgical Center of Irving, Inc.

Surgical Facility of West Houston, L.P.

Surgicare America - Winter Park, Inc.

Surgicare Merger Company of Louisiana

Surgicare of Alpine, LLC

Surgicare of Altamonte Springs, Inc.

Surgicare of Anchorage, LLC

Surgicare of Arapahoe, LLC

Surgicare of Arlington, LLC

Surgicare of Ashburn, LLC

Surgicare of Augusta, Inc.

Surgicare of Aurora Endoscopy, LLC

Surgicare of Aventura, LLC

Surgicare of Bay Area Endoscopy, LLC

Surgicare of Bay Area, LLC

Surgicare of Bayonet Point, Inc.

Surgicare of Bayside, LLC

Surgicare of Bountiful, LLC

*Surgicare of Brandon, Inc.

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Surgicare of Brentwood, LLC

Surgicare of Brooksville, LLC

Surgicare of Brownsville, LLC

Surgicare of Central Florida, Inc.

Surgicare of Central San Antonio, Inc.

Surgicare of Chattanooga, LLC

Surgicare of Chippenham, LLC

Surgicare of Citrus, LLC

Surgicare of Clarksville, LLC

Surgicare of Corpus Christi, LLC

Surgicare of Countryside, Inc.

Surgicare of Dallas Specialty, LLC

Surgicare of Denton, Inc.

Surgicare of Denver Mid-Town, Inc.

Surgicare of Denver, LLC

Surgicare of Evans, Inc.

Surgicare of Fairfax, Inc.

*Surgicare of Florida, Inc.

Surgicare of Flower Mound, Inc.

Surgicare of Focus Hand, LLC

Surgicare of Fort Worth Co-GP, LLC

Surgicare of Fort Worth, Inc.

Surgicare of Ft. Pierce, Inc.

Surgicare of Good Samaritan, LLC

Surgicare of Gramercy, Inc.

Surgicare of Greenview, Inc.

Surgicare of Hanover, Inc.

*Surgicare of Houston Women’s, Inc.

Surgicare of Houston, LLC

Surgicare of Indianapolis, Inc.

Surgicare of Kansas City, LLC

Surgicare of Kingwood, LLC

Surgicare of Kissimmee, Inc.

Surgicare of Lakeview, Inc.

Surgicare of Las Vegas, Inc.

Surgicare of Laurel Grove, LLC

Surgicare of Lorain County, Inc.

Surgicare of Los Gatos, Inc.

Surgicare of Los Robles, LLC

Surgicare of Madison, Inc.

*Surgicare of Manatee, Inc.

Surgicare of McKinney, Inc.

Surgicare of Medical City Dallas, LLC

Surgicare of Memorial Endoscopy, LLC

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Surgicare of Merritt Island, Inc.

Surgicare of Miami Lakes, LLC

Surgicare of Mountain West, LLC

Surgicare of Mt. Ogden, LLC

Surgicare of Nashville, LLC

Surgicare of Natchez, LLC

*Surgicare of Newport Richey, Inc.

Surgicare of North San Antonio, Inc.

Surgicare of Northeast San Antonio, Inc.

Surgicare of Orange Park, Inc.

Surgicare of Orlando, Inc.

Surgicare of Overland Park, LLC

*Surgicare of Palms West, LLC

Surgicare of Park Ridge, LLC

Surgicare of Pasadena, Inc.

Surgicare of Pavilion, LLC

Surgicare of Physicians West El Paso, LLC

Surgicare of Pinellas, Inc.

Surgicare of Plano, Inc.

Surgicare of Plantation, Inc.

Surgicare of Port Charlotte, LLC

Surgicare of Port St. Lucie, Inc.

Surgicare of Portsmouth, LLC

Surgicare of Premier Orthopaedic, LLC

Surgicare of Reston, Inc.

Surgicare of Ridgeline, LLC

Surgicare of Riverwalk, LLC

Surgicare of Roanoke, LLC

Surgicare of Rome, Inc.

Surgicare of Rose, LLC

Surgicare of Round Rock, Inc.

Surgicare of Royal Oaks, LLC

Surgicare of Salem, LLC

Surgicare of Silicon Valley, LLC

Surgicare of Sky Ridge, LLC

Surgicare of South Austin, Inc.

Surgicare of Southeast Denver, Inc.

Surgicare of Southern Hills, Inc.

Surgicare of Southern Kentucky, LLC

Surgicare of Spotsylvania, LLC

Surgicare of St. Andrews, Inc.

Surgicare of St. David’s Austin, LLC

Surgicare of StoneSprings, LLC

Surgicare of Stuart, Inc.

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Surgicare of Sugar Land, Inc.

Surgicare of Swedish, LLC

Surgicare of Tallahassee, Inc.

Surgicare of Terre Haute, LLC

Surgicare of Thornton, LLC

Surgicare of Travis Center, Inc.

Surgicare of Tulsa, Inc.

Surgicare of Utah, LLC

Surgicare of Wasatch Front, LLC

Surgicare of West Hills, Inc.

Surgicare of Westlake, Inc.

Surgicare of Wichita, Inc.

Surgicare of Willis, LLC

Surgicare of Wilson County, LLC

Surgicare of Winchester, LLC

Surgicare Outpatient Center of Baton Rouge, Inc.

Surgicare Outpatient Center of Jackson, Inc.

Surgicenter of East Jefferson, Inc.

Surgico, LLC

SWMC, Inc.

Tallahassee Community Network, Inc.

*Tallahassee Medical Center, Inc.

Tampa Bay Health System, Inc.

Tampa Surgi-Centre, Inc.

TBHI Outpatient Services, LLC

*TCMC Madison-Portland, Inc.

Teays Valley Health Services, LLC

Tennessee Valley Outpatient Diagnostic Center, LLC

*Terre Haute Hospital GP, Inc.

*Terre Haute Hospital Holdings, Inc.

*Terre Haute MOB, L.P.

*Terre Haute Regional Hospital, L.P.

Texas HSS, LLC

Texas Psychiatric Company, Inc.

*The Regional Health System of Acadiana, LLC

The West Texas Division of Columbia, Inc.

*Timpanogos Regional Medical Services, Inc.

Total Imaging - Hudson, LLC

Total Imaging - North St. Petersburg, LLC

Total Imaging - Parsons, LLC

Tri Cities Health Services Corp.

Tri-County Community Hospital, Inc.

*Trident Medical Center, LLC

TriStar Health System, Inc.

Ultra Imaging Management Services, LLC

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Ultra Imaging of Tampa, LLC

University Hospital, Ltd.

Utah Imaging GP, LLC

*Utah Medco, LLC

Valify, Inc.

Value Health Holdings, Inc.

Value Health Management, Inc.

Venture Medical Management, LLC

*VH Holdco, Inc.

*VH Holdings, Inc.

Vidalia Health Services, LLC

Village Oaks Medical Center, Inc.

VIP, Inc.

Virginia Care Partners ACO LLC

Virginia Hematology & Oncology Associates, Inc.

*Virginia Psychiatric Company, Inc.

Virginia Quality Care Partners, LLC

*Vision Consulting Group LLC

*Vision Holdings, LLC

W & C Hospital, Inc.

*Walterboro Community Hospital, Inc.

Warren County Ambulance Service, LLC

*WCP Properties, LLC

*Weatherford Health Services, LLC

Wesley Cath Lab, LLC

Wesley Manager, LLC

*Wesley Medical Center, LLC

West Boynton Beach Open Imaging Center, LLC

West Creek Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

West Creek Medical Center, Inc.

*West Florida - MHT, LLC

*West Florida - PPH, LLC

West Florida Division, Inc.

West Florida HealthWorks, LLC

West Florida Imaging Services, LLC

West Florida PET Services, LLC

West Florida Professional Billing, LLC

*West Florida Regional Medical Center, Inc.

West Hills Hospital

West Houston ASC, Inc.

West Houston Outpatient Medical Facility, Inc.

West Houston Surgicare, Inc.

West Houston, LLC

West Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc.

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West Jordan Hospital Corporation

West Los Angeles Physicians’ Hospital, Inc.

West McKinney Imaging Services, LLC

West Paces Services, Inc.

West Valley Imaging, LLC

*West Valley Medical Center, Inc.

Westbury Hospital, Inc.

Westminster Community Hospital

WHG Medical, LLC

*WHMC, Inc.

Wildwood Medical Center, Inc.

Wilson County Outpatient Surgery Center, L.P.

WJHC, LLC

Woman’s Hospital Merger, LLC

*Woman’s Hospital of Texas, Incorporated

Women’s & Children’s Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Center, LLC

Women’s & Children’s Pulmonology Clinic, LLC

Women’s Hospital Indianapolis GP, Inc.

Women’s Hospital Indianapolis, L.P.

The affiliates of HCA Healthcare, Inc. listed below have entered into term promissory notes with Western Plains Capital, Inc., a subsidiary guarantor. The notes are owed to Western Plains Capital, Inc. and pledged as collateral for the secured notes.

Ambulatory Surgery Center Group, Ltd.

Arapahoe Surgicenter, LLC

Atlanta Surgery Center, Ltd.

Bay Area Surgicenter, LLC

Bayonet Point Surgery Center, Ltd.

Bayside Ambulatory Center, LLC

Belleair Surgery Center, Ltd.

Brownsville Surgicenter, LLC

Calloway Creek Surgery Center, L.P.

Carolina Regional Surgery Center, Ltd.

Centennial Surgery Center, L.P.

Centrum Surgery Center, Ltd.

Chippenham Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

Clarksville Surgicenter, LLC

Clear Creek Surgery Center, LLC

Clear Lake Surgicare, Ltd.

Coliseum Same Day Surgery Center, L.P.

Columbia Surgicare of Augusta, Ltd.

Coral Springs Surgi-Center, Ltd.

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Countryside Surgery Center, Ltd.

Denton Regional Ambulatory Surgery Center, L.P.

Denver Mid-Town Surgery Center, Ltd.

Denver Surgicenter, LLC

Doctors Hospital Surgery Center, L.P.

Doctors Same Day Surgery Center, Ltd.

El Paso Surgery Centers, L.P.

Fairfax Surgical Center, L.P.

Florida Outpatient Surgery Center, Ltd.

Gramercy Surgery Center, Ltd.

HealthONE Ridge View Endoscopy Center, LLC

Jacksonville Surgery Center, Ltd.

Johnson County Surgery Center, L.P.

KC Pain ASC, LLC

Kingwood Surgery Center, LLC

Las Colinas Surgery Center, Ltd.

Las Vegas Surgicare, Ltd.

Lincoln Surgery Center, LLC

Los Robles Surgicenter, LLC

Manatee Surgicare, Ltd.

Marietta Outpatient Surgery, Ltd.

MEC Endoscopy, LLC

Med City Dallas Outpatient Surgery Center, L.P.

Medical Plaza Ambulatory Surgery Center Associates, L.P.

Miami Lakes Surgery Center, Ltd.

Mountain West Surgery Center, LLC

Mt. Ogden Utah Surgical Center, LLC

New Port Richey Surgery Center, Ltd.

North Florida Regional Freestanding Surgery Center, L.P.

North Hills Surgicare, L.P.

North Miami Beach Surgery Center Limited Partnership

North Palm Beach County Surgery Center, LLC

North Suburban Spine Center, L.P.

Northlake Surgical Center, L.P.

ODP Manager, LLC

Oklahoma Outpatient Surgery Limited Partnership

Orlando Surgicare, Ltd.

Outpatient Surgical Services, Ltd.

Outpatient Women’s and Children’s Surgery Center, Ltd.

Palms West Surgery Center, Ltd.

Park Central Surgical Center, Ltd.

Park Ridge Surgery Center, LLC

Physicians Ambulatory Surgery Center, LLC

Physicians West Surgicenter, LLC

Plano Ambulatory Surgery Associates, L.P.

Port St. Lucie Surgery Center, Ltd.

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Portsmouth Regional Ambulatory Surgery Center, L.L.C.

Premier ASC, LLC

Putnam Radiation Oncology, LLC

Red Rocks Surgery Center, LLC

Reston Surgery Center, L.P.

Riverwalk ASC, LLC

Roanoke Surgery Center, L.P.

Rocky Mountain Surgery Center, LLC

Rose Ambulatory Surgery Center, L.P.

Sahara Outpatient Surgery Center, Ltd.

Sky Ridge Surgery Center, L.P.

Southern Kentucky Surgicenter, LLC

Specialty Surgicare of Las Vegas, LP

St. Mark’s Ambulatory Surgery Associates, L.P.

Sugar Land Surgery Center, Ltd.

Summit Surgery Center, L.P.

Surgery Center of Atlantis, LLC

Surgery Center of Aventura, Ltd.

Surgery Center of Independence, L.P.

Surgery Center of Overland Park, L.P.

Surgery Center of Rome, L.P.

Surgery Center of the Rockies, LLC

Surgical Park Center, Ltd.

Surgicare of St. Andrews, Ltd.

Surgicare of Wichita, LLC

Surgicenter of Kansas City, LLC

Tallahassee Orthopaedic Surgery Partners, Ltd.

Tarrant County Surgery Center, L.P.

University Healthcare System, L.C.

Urology Surgery Center of Colorado, LLC

Utah Surgery Center, L.P.

Wasatch Front Surgery Center, LLC

West Hills Surgical Center, Ltd.

West Park Surgery Center, L.P.

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EX-23

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements:

(1) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-197656) pertaining to the HCA Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan,

(2) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-172887) pertaining to the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates, as Amended and Restated,

(3) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-150714) pertaining to the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Inc. and its Affiliates,

(4) Registration Statement (Form S-3 No. 333- 226709) of HCA Healthcare, Inc., and

(5) Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-237967) pertaining to the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates

of our reports dated February 19, 2021, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of HCA Healthcare, Inc., included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of HCA Healthcare, Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2020.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Nashville, Tennessee

February 19, 2021

EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Samuel N. Hazen, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of HCA Healthcare, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit and compliance committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

By:	/S/ SAMUEL N. HAZEN
	Samuel N. Hazen Chief Executive Officer

Date: February 19, 2021

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, William B. Rutherford, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of HCA Healthcare, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit and compliance committee of the Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

By:	/S/ WILLIAM B. RUTHERFORD
	William B. Rutherford Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: February 19, 2021

EX-32

EXHIBIT 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of HCA Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

By:	/S/ SAMUEL N. HAZEN
	Samuel N. Hazen Chief Executive Officer

February 19, 2021

By:	/S/ WILLIAM B. RUTHERFORD
	William B. Rutherford Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

February 19, 2021

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	Dec. 31, 2020	Jan. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2020
Cover [Abstract]
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Document Fiscal Year Focus	2020
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Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
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Consolidated Income Statements - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 51,533	$ 51,336	$ 46,677
Salaries and benefits	23,874	23,560	21,425
Supplies	8,369	8,481	7,724
Other operating expenses	9,307	9,481	8,608
Equity in earnings of affiliates	(54)	(43)	(29)
Depreciation and amortization	2,721	2,596	2,278
Interest expense	1,584	1,824	1,755
Losses (gains) on sales of facilities	7	(18)	(428)
Losses on retirement of debt	295	211	9
Total expenses including equity in earnings of affiliates	46,103	46,092	41,342
Income before income taxes	5,430	5,244	5,335
Provision for income taxes	1,043	1,099	946
Net income	4,387	4,145	4,389
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	633	640	602
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.	$ 3,754	$ 3,505	$ 3,787
Per share data:
Basic earnings per share	$ 11.10	$ 10.27	$ 10.90
Diluted earnings per share	$ 10.93	$ 10.07	$ 10.66
Shares used in earnings per share calculations (in millions):
Basic	338,274	341,210	347,297
Diluted	343,605	348,226	355,303

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Consolidated Comprehensive Income Statements - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Statement of Comprehensive Income [Abstract]
Net income	$ 4,387	$ 4,145	$ 4,389
Other comprehensive income (loss) before taxes:
Foreign currency translation	18	5	(71)
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities	14	15	(7)
Defined benefit plans	(71)	(63)	44
Pension costs included in salaries and benefits	28	13	21
Total defined benefit plans	(43)	(50)	65
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments	(66)	(50)	23
Interest costs (benefits) included in interest expense	24	(17)	(10)
Total change in fair value of derivative financial instruments	(42)	(67)	13
Other comprehensive loss before taxes	(53)	(97)	0
Income taxes (benefits) related to other comprehensive income items	(11)	(18)	8
Other comprehensive loss	(42)	(79)	(8)
Comprehensive income	4,345	4,066	4,381
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	633	640	602
Comprehensive income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.	$ 3,712	$ 3,426	$ 3,779

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Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 1,793	$ 621
Accounts receivable	7,051	7,380
Inventories	2,025	1,849
Other	1,464	1,346
Total current assets	12,333	11,196
Property and equipment, at cost:
Land	2,269	2,178
Buildings	18,471	17,669
Equipment	27,082	25,756
Construction in progress	1,495	1,632
Property and equipment, at cost	49,317	47,235
Accumulated depreciation	(26,118)	(24,520)
Property and equipment, net	23,199	22,715
Investments of insurance subsidiaries	388	315
Investments in and advances to affiliates	422	249
Goodwill and other intangible assets	8,578	8,269
Right-of-use operating lease assets	2,024	1,834
Other	546	480
Total assets	47,490	45,058
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	3,535	2,905
Accrued salaries	1,720	1,775
Other accrued expenses	3,240	2,932
Long-term debt due within one year	209	145
Total current liabilities	8,704	7,757
Long-term debt, less debt issuance costs and discounts of $236 and $239	30,795	33,577
Professional liability risks	1,486	1,370
Right-of-use operating lease obligations	1,673	1,499
Income taxes and other liabilities	1,940	1,420
Stockholders' equity (deficit):
Common stock $0.01 par; authorized 1,800,000,000 shares; outstanding 339,425,600 shares — 2020 and 338,445,600 shares — 2019	3	3
Capital in excess of par value	294	0
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(502)	(460)
Retained earnings (deficit)	777	(2,351)
Stockholders' equity (deficit) attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.	572	(2,808)
Noncontrolling interests	2,320	2,243
Total stockholders' equity (deficit)	2,892	(565)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit)	$ 47,490	$ 45,058

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Statement of Financial Position [Abstract]
Debt issuance costs	$ 236	$ 239
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	1,800,000,000	1,800,000,000
Common stock, shares outstanding	339,425,600	338,445,600

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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Deficit - USD ($) $ in Millions	Total	Common Stock [Member]	Capital in Excess of Par Value [Member]	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss [Member]	Retained Earnings (Deficit) [Member]	Equity Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests [Member]
Balances at Dec. 31, 2017	$ (4,995)	$ 4		$ (278)	$ (6,532)	$ 1,811
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2017		350,092,000.000
Comprehensive income (loss)	4,381			(8)	3,787	602
Repurchase of common stock	$ (1,530)	$ (1)	$ (103)		(1,426)
Repurchase of common stock, shares	(14,070,000.000)	(14,070,000.000)
Share-based benefit plans	$ 115		115
Share-based benefit plans, shares		6,873,000
Cash dividends declared	(496)				(496)
Distributions	(441)					(441)
Reclassification of stranded tax effects				(95)	95
Other	48		(12)			60
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018	(2,918)	$ 3		(381)	(4,572)	2,032
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2018		342,895,000
Comprehensive income (loss)	4,066			(79)	3,505	640
Repurchase of common stock	$ (1,031)		(302)		(729)
Repurchase of common stock, shares	(7,949,000)	(7,949,000)
Share-based benefit plans	$ 313		313
Share-based benefit plans, shares		3,500,000
Cash dividends declared	(555)				(555)
Distributions	(542)					(542)
Other	102		(11)			113
Balance at Dec. 31, 2019	(565)	$ 3		(460)	(2,351)	2,243
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2019		338,446,000
Comprehensive income (loss)	4,345			(42)	3,754	633
Repurchase of common stock	$ (441)				(441)
Repurchase of common stock, shares	(3,287,000)	(3,287,000)
Share-based benefit plans	$ 265		300		(35)
Share-based benefit plans, shares		4,267,000
Cash dividends declared	(150)				(150)
Distributions	(626)					(626)
Other	64		(6)			70
Balance at Dec. 31, 2020	$ 2,892	$ 3	$ 294	$ (502)	$ 777	$ 2,320
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2020		339,426,000

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Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Deficit (Parenthetical) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]
Cash dividends declared, per share	$ 0.43	$ 1.60	$ 1.40

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 4,387	$ 4,145	$ 4,389
Increase (decrease) in cash from operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	327	(326)	(423)
Inventories and other assets	(304)	(158)	(242)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	1,255	396	698
Depreciation and amortization	2,721	2,596	2,278
Income taxes	41	250	74
Losses (gains) on sales of facilities	7	(18)	(428)
Losses on retirement of debt	295	211	9
Amortization of debt issuance costs	30	30	31
Share-based compensation	362	347	268
Other	111	129	107
Net cash provided by operating activities	9,232	7,602	6,761
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment	(2,835)	(4,158)	(3,573)
Acquisition of hospitals and health care entities	(568)	(1,682)	(1,253)
Sales of hospitals and health care entities	68	61	808
Change in investments	(20)	25	57
Other	(38)	34	60
Net cash used in investing activities	(3,393)	(5,720)	(3,901)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Issuances of long-term debt	2,700	6,451	2,000
Net change in revolving credit facilities	(2,480)	(560)	(640)
Repayment of long-term debt	(3,437)	(5,324)	(1,704)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(626)	(542)	(441)
Payment of debt issuance costs	(35)	(73)	(25)
Payment of dividends	(153)	(550)	(487)
Repurchase of common stock	(441)	(1,031)	(1,530)
Other	(205)	(142)	(248)
Net cash used in financing activities	(4,677)	(1,771)	(3,075)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	10	8	(15)
Change in cash and cash equivalents	1,172	119	(230)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	621	502	732
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	1,793	621	502
Interest payments	1,607	1,914	1,744
Income tax payments, net	$ 1,002	$ 849	$ 872

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Accounting Policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Accounting Policies

NOTE 1 — ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Reporting Entity

HCA Healthcare, Inc. is a holding company whose affiliates own and operate hospitals and related health care entities. The term “affiliates” includes direct and indirect subsidiaries of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and partnerships and joint ventures in which such subsidiaries are partners. At December 31, 2020 these affiliates owned and operated 185 hospitals, 121 freestanding surgery centers, 21 freestanding endoscopy centers and provided extensive outpatient and ancillary services. HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s facilities are located in 20 states and England. The terms “Company,” “HCA,” “we,” “our” or “us,” as used herein and unless otherwise stated or indicated by context, refer to HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its affiliates. The terms “facilities” or “hospitals” refer to entities owned and operated by affiliates of HCA and the term “employees” refers to employees of affiliates of HCA.

Basis of Presentation

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The consolidated financial statements include all subsidiaries and entities controlled by HCA. We generally define “control” as ownership of a majority of the voting interest of an entity. The consolidated financial statements include entities in which we absorb a majority of the entity’s expected losses, receive a majority of the entity’s expected residual returns, or both, as a result of ownership, contractual or other financial interests in the entity. The accounts of acquired entities are included in our consolidated financial statements for periods subsequent to our acquisition of controlling interests. Significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated. Investments in entities we do not control, but in which we have a substantial ownership interest and can exercise significant influence, are accounted for using the equity method.

The majority of our expenses are “cost of revenue” items. Costs that could be classified as general and administrative include our corporate office costs, which were $416 million, $370 million and $344 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

COVID-19 Pandemic and CARES Act Funding

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization designated COVID-19 as a global pandemic. Patient volumes and the related revenues for most of our services were significantly impacted during the latter portion of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter of 2020 and have continued to be impacted as various policies that were implemented by federal, state and local governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including policies that have caused many people to remain at home, forced the closure of or limitations on certain businesses, and suspended elective surgical procedures by health care facilities. While many of these restrictions have been eased across the U.S. and most states have lifted moratoriums on non-emergent procedures, restrictions remain in place or may be adopted or re-imposed, and the possibility exists that the public, particularly segments with a high mortality risk, could remain wary of real or perceived opportunities for exposure to the virus. We are unable to predict the future impact of the pandemic on our operations.

During 2020, we received approximately $4.4 billion of accelerated Medicare payments and approximately $1.8  billion in general and targeted distributions from the Provider Relief Fund, both as provided for and established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. During October 2020, we announced our decision to return, or repay early, all of our share of the Provider Relief Fund distributions and all of the Medicare accelerated payments. During the fourth quarter of 2020, we returned, or repaid early, approximately $6.1 billion of these funds. The unreturned Provider Relief Funds of $83 million, related to amounts received by certain of our partnership entities, are recorded under the caption “other accrued

expenses” in our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2020. Our share of these funds will be returned in 2021 after final determination of amounts earned and distributable to the members of each respective partnership.

The CARES Act also provides for a deferral of payments of the employer portion of Social Security tax incurred during the pandemic, allowing half of such payroll taxes to be deferred until December 2021 and the remaining half until December 2022. At December 31, 2020, the Company had deferred $688 million of Social Security taxes. Additionally, the CARES Act created a payroll tax credit designed to encourage companies to retain employees during the pandemic. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company evaluated its eligibility for this credit and recorded $60 million of employee retention payroll tax credits pursuant to the CARES Act. These tax credits were recorded as a reduction of salaries and benefits in our consolidated income statement.

We believe the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on our operating results and financial condition has been and will continue to be driven by many factors, most of which are beyond our control and ability to forecast. Such factors include, but are not limited to: the severity or duration of the pandemic, including whether there will be additional periods of increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in the areas in which we operate, the rollout and availability of effective medical treatments and vaccines, the efficacy of public health controls, including vaccines, and the impact of any mutations of the virus; the scope and duration of stay-at-home practices and business closures and restrictions; recommended or required suspensions of elective procedures; continued declines in patient volumes for an indeterminable length of time; increases in the number of uninsured and underinsured patients as a result of higher sustained rates of unemployment; incremental expenses required for supplies and personal protective equipment; and changes in professional and general liability exposure. Because of these and other uncertainties, we cannot estimate how long or how severely the pandemic will impact our business. If we experience declines in cash flows and results of operations, such declines could have an impact on the inputs and assumptions used in significant accounting estimates, including estimated implicit price concessions related to uninsured patient accounts, professional and general liability reserves, and potential impairments of goodwill and long-lived assets.

Revenues

Our revenues generally relate to contracts with patients in which our performance obligations are to provide health care services to the patients. Revenues are recorded during the period our obligations to provide health care services are satisfied. Our performance obligations for inpatient services are generally satisfied over periods that average approximately five days, and revenues are recognized based on charges incurred in relation to total expected charges. Our performance obligations for outpatient services are generally satisfied over a period of less than one day. The contractual relationships with patients, in most cases, also involve a third-party payer (Medicare, Medicaid, managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies, including plans offered through the health insurance exchanges) and the transaction prices for the services provided are dependent upon the terms provided by (Medicare and Medicaid) or negotiated with (managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies) the third-party payers. The payment arrangements with third-party payers for the services we provide to the related patients typically specify payments at amounts less than our standard charges. Medicare generally pays for inpatient and outpatient services at prospectively determined rates based on clinical, diagnostic and other factors. Services provided to patients having Medicaid coverage are generally paid at prospectively

determined rates per discharge, per identified service or per covered member. Agreements with commercial insurance carriers, managed care and preferred provider organizations generally provide for payments based upon predetermined rates per diagnosis, per diem rates or discounted fee-for-service rates. Management continually reviews the contractual estimation process to consider and incorporate updates to laws and regulations and the frequent changes in managed care contractual terms resulting from contract renegotiations and renewals.

Our revenues are based upon the estimated amounts we expect to be entitled to receive from patients and third-party payers. Estimates of contractual adjustments under managed care and commercial insurance plans are based upon the payment terms specified in the related contractual agreements. Revenues related to uninsured patients and uninsured copayment and deductible amounts for patients who have health care coverage may have discounts applied (uninsured discounts and contractual discounts). We also record estimated implicit price concessions (based primarily on historical collection experience) related to uninsured accounts to record these revenues at the estimated amounts we expect to collect. Our revenues by primary third-party payer classification and other (including uninsured patients) for the years ended December 31, are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	Years Ended December 31,
	2020		Ratio			2019		Ratio			2018		Ratio
Medicare	$	10,420		20.2	%	$	10,798		21.0	%	$	9,831		21.1	%
Managed Medicare		6,997		13.6			6,452		12.6			5,497		11.8
Medicaid		1,965		3.8			1,572		3.1			1,358		2.9
Managed Medicaid		2,621		5.1			2,450		4.8			2,403		5.1
Managed care and other insurers		26,535		51.5			26,544		51.6			24,467		52.4
International (managed care and other insurers)		1,120		2.2			1,162		2.3			1,156		2.5
Other		1,875		3.6			2,358		4.6			1,965		4.2
Revenues	$	51,533		100.0	%	$	51,336		100.0	%	$	46,677		100.0	%

Laws and regulations governing the Medicare and Medicaid programs are complex and subject to interpretation. Estimated reimbursement amounts are adjusted in subsequent periods as cost reports are prepared and filed and as final settlements are determined (in relation to certain government programs, primarily Medicare, this is generally referred to as the “cost report” filing and settlement process). The adjustments to estimated Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement amounts and disproportionate-share funds related primarily to cost reports filed during the respective year resulted in net increases to revenues of $70 million, $51 million and $29 million in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The adjustments to estimated reimbursement amounts related primarily to cost reports filed during previous years resulted in a net reduction to revenues of $5 million in 2020 and net increases to revenues of $13 million and $51 million in 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (“EMTALA”) requires any hospital participating in the Medicare program to conduct an appropriate medical screening examination of every person who presents to the hospital’s emergency room for treatment and, if the individual is suffering from an emergency medical condition, to either stabilize the condition or make an appropriate transfer of the individual to a facility able to handle the condition. The obligation to screen and stabilize emergency medical conditions exists regardless of an

individual’s ability to pay for treatment. Federal and state laws and regulations require, and our commitment to providing quality patient care encourages, us to provide services to patients who are financially unable to pay for the health care services they receive.

Patients treated at hospitals for non-elective care, who have income at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, were eligible for charity care, and we limit the patient responsibility amounts for these patients to a percentage of their annual household income, computed on a sliding scale based upon their annual income and the applicable percentage of the federal poverty level. Patients treated at hospitals for non-elective care, who have income above 400% of the federal poverty level, were eligible for certain other discounts which limit the patient responsibility amounts for these patients to a percentage of their annual household income, computed on a sliding scale based upon their annual income and the applicable percentage of the federal poverty level. We apply additional discounts to limit patient responsibility for certain emergency services. The federal poverty level is established by the federal government and is based on income and family size. Because we do not pursue collection of amounts determined to qualify as charity care, they are not reported in revenues. We provide discounts to uninsured patients who do not qualify for Medicaid or charity care. We may attempt to provide assistance to uninsured patients to help determine whether they may qualify for Medicaid, other federal or state assistance, or charity care. If an uninsured patient does not qualify for these programs, the uninsured discount is applied.

The collection of outstanding receivables for Medicare, Medicaid, managed care payers, other third-party payers and patients is our primary source of cash and is critical to our operating performance. The primary collection risks relate to uninsured patient accounts, including patient accounts for which the primary insurance carrier has paid the amounts covered by the applicable agreement, but patient responsibility amounts (deductibles and copayments) remain outstanding. Implicit price concessions relate primarily to amounts due directly from patients. Estimated implicit price concessions are recorded for all uninsured accounts, regardless of the age of those accounts. Accounts are written off when all reasonable collection efforts have been performed.

The estimates for implicit price concessions are based upon management’s assessment of historical writeoffs and expected net collections, business and economic conditions, trends in federal, state and private employer health care coverage and other collection indicators. Management relies on the results of detailed reviews of historical writeoffs and collections at facilities that represent a majority of our revenues and accounts receivable (the “hindsight analysis”) as a primary source of information in estimating the collectability of our accounts receivable. We perform the hindsight analysis quarterly, utilizing rolling twelve-months accounts receivable collection and writeoff data. We believe our quarterly updates to the estimated implicit price concession amounts at each of our hospital facilities provide reasonable estimates of our revenues and valuations of our accounts receivable. These routine, quarterly changes in estimates have not resulted in material adjustments to the valuations of our accounts receivable or period-to-period comparisons of our revenues. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, estimated implicit price concessions of $6.108 billion and $6.953 billion, respectively, had been recorded to adjust our revenues and accounts receivable to the estimated amounts we expect to collect.

To quantify the total impact of the trends related to uninsured patient accounts, we believe it is beneficial to view total uncompensated care, which is comprised of charity care, uninsured discounts and implicit price concessions. A summary of the estimated cost of total uncompensated care for the years ended December 31, follows (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019			2018
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$	44,271		$	44,118		$	40,035
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)		12.0	%		12.0	%		12.4	%
Total uncompensated care	$	29,029		$	31,105		$	26,757
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		12.0	%		12.0	%		12.4	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	3,483		$	3,733		$	3,318

The total uncompensated care amounts include charity care of $13.763 billion, $13.260 billion and $8.611 billion for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The estimated costs of charity care were $1.652 billion, $1.591 billion and $1.068 billion for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased. Our insurance subsidiaries’ cash equivalent investments in excess of the amounts required to pay estimated professional liability claims during the next twelve months are not included in cash and cash equivalents as these funds are not available for general corporate purposes. Carrying values of cash and cash equivalents approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

Our cash management system provides for daily investment of available balances and the funding of outstanding checks when presented for payment. Outstanding, but unpresented, checks totaling $495 million and $486 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, have been included in “accounts payable” in the consolidated balance sheets. Upon presentation for payment, these checks are funded through available cash balances or our credit facility.

Accounts Receivable

We receive payments for services rendered from federal and state agencies (under the Medicare and Medicaid programs), managed care health plans, commercial insurance companies, employers and patients. We recognize that revenues and receivables from government agencies are significant to our operations, but do not believe there are significant credit risks associated with these government agencies. We do not believe there are any other significant concentrations of revenues from any particular payer that would subject us to any significant credit risks in the collection of our accounts receivable. Days revenues in accounts receivable were 45 days, 50 days and 51 days at December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The five-day decline from December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2020 was primarily due to the combined impact of a $329 million decline in accounts receivable at December 31, 2020, compared to December 31, 2019, and a 5.7% increase in fourth

quarter 2020 revenues per day compared to fourth quarter 2019 revenues per day. Changes in general economic conditions, patient accounting service center operations, payer mix, or federal or state governmental health care coverage could affect our collection of accounts receivable, cash flows and results of operations.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market.

Property and Equipment

Depreciation expense, computed using the straight-line method, was $2.693 billion in 2020, $2.579 billion in 2019 and $2.262 billion in 2018. Buildings and improvements are depreciated over estimated useful lives ranging generally from 10 to 40 years. Estimated useful lives of equipment vary generally from four to 10 years.

When events, circumstances or operating results indicate the carrying values of certain long-lived assets expected to be held and used might be impaired, we prepare projections of the undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the assets and their eventual disposition. If the projections indicate the recorded amounts are not expected to be recoverable, such amounts are reduced to estimated fair value. Fair value may be estimated based upon internal evaluations that include quantitative analyses of revenues and cash flows, reviews of recent sales of similar assets and independent appraisals.

Long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of their carrying amounts or fair value less costs to sell or close. The estimates of fair value are usually based upon recent sales of similar assets and market responses based upon discussions with and offers received from potential buyers.

Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries

At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the investments of our 100% owned insurance subsidiaries were classified as “available-for-sale” as defined in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) No. 320, Investments — Debt Securities and are recorded at fair value. The investment securities are held for the purpose of providing a funding source to pay liability claims covered by the insurance subsidiaries. We perform quarterly assessments of individual investment securities to determine whether declines in fair value are due to credit-related or noncredit-related factors. Our investment securities evaluation process involves subjective judgments, often involves estimating the outcome of future events, and requires a significant level of professional judgment in determining whether a credit-related impairment has occurred. We evaluate, among other things, the financial position and near term prospects of the issuer, conditions in the issuer’s industry, liquidity of the investment, changes in the amount or timing of expected future cash flows from the investment, and recent downgrades of the issuer by a rating agency, to determine if, and when, a decline in the fair value of an investment below amortized cost is considered to be a credit-related impairment. The extent to which the fair value of the investment is less than amortized cost and our ability and intent to retain the investment, to allow for any anticipated recovery of the investment’s fair value, are important components of our investment securities evaluation process.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill is not amortized but is subject to annual impairment tests. In addition to the annual impairment review, impairment reviews are performed whenever circumstances indicate a possible impairment may exist.

Impairment testing for goodwill is done at the reporting unit level. Reporting units are one level below the business segment level, and our impairment testing is performed at the operating division level. We compare the fair value of the reporting unit assets to the carrying amount, on at least an annual basis, to determine if there is potential impairment. If the fair value of the reporting unit assets is less than their carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized. Fair value is estimated based upon internal evaluations of each reporting unit that include quantitative analyses of market multiples, revenues and cash flows and reviews of recent sales of similar facilities. No goodwill impairments were recognized during 2020, 2019 or 2018.

During 2020, goodwill increased by $279 million related to acquisitions, including the finalization of the accounting for certain prior year acquisitions, and declined by $9 million related to foreign currency translation and other adjustments. During 2019, goodwill increased by $332 million related to acquisitions and declined by $4 million related to foreign currency translation and other adjustments.

During 2020, identifiable intangible assets increased by $65 million related to acquisitions, including the finalization of the accounting for certain prior year acquisitions, and declined by $26 million due to amortization and other adjustments. During 2019, identifiable intangible assets declined by $12 million due to amortization, foreign currency translation and other adjustments. Identifiable intangible assets are amortized over estimated lives ranging generally from three to 10 years. The gross carrying amounts of identifiable intangible assets at December 31, 2020 and 2019 were $249 million and $184 million, respectively, and accumulated amortization was $149 million and $123 million, respectively. The gross carrying amount of indefinite-lived identifiable intangible assets at both December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $269 million. Indefinite-lived identifiable intangible assets are not amortized but are subject to annual impairment tests, and impairment reviews are performed whenever circumstances indicate a possible impairment may exist.

Debt Issuance Costs and Discounts

Debt issuance costs and discounts are amortized based upon the terms of the respective debt obligations. The gross carrying amount of debt issuance costs and discounts at December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $411 million and $413 million, respectively, and accumulated amortization was $175 million and $174 million, respectively. Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts is included in interest expense and was $30 million, $30 million and $31 million for 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Professional Liability Claims

Reserves for professional liability risks were $1.963 billion and $1.827 billion at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The current portion of the reserves, $477 million and $457 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, is included in “other accrued expenses” in the consolidated balance sheets. Provisions for losses related to professional liability risks were $435 million, $497 million and $447 million for 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and are included in “other operating expenses” in our consolidated income statements. Provisions for losses related to professional liability risks are based upon actuarially determined estimates. During 2020, 2019 and 2018, we recorded reductions to the provision for professional liability risks of $112 million, $50 million and $70 million, respectively, due to the receipt of updated actuarial information. Loss and loss expense reserves represent the estimated ultimate net cost of all reported and unreported losses incurred through the respective consolidated balance sheet dates. The reserves for unpaid losses and loss expenses are estimated using individual case-basis valuations and actuarial analyses. Those estimates are subject to the effects of trends in loss severity and

frequency. The estimates are continually reviewed and adjustments are recorded as experience develops or new information becomes known. Adjustments to the estimated reserve amounts are included in current operating results. The reserves for professional liability risks cover approximately 2,300 individual claims at both December 31, 2020 and 2019 and estimates for unreported potential claims. The time period required to resolve these claims can vary depending upon the jurisdiction and whether the claim is settled or litigated. During 2020 and 2019, $292 million and $408 million, respectively, of net payments were made for professional and general liability claims. The estimation of the timing of payments beyond a year can vary significantly. Although considerable variability is inherent in professional liability reserve estimates, we believe the reserves for losses and loss expenses are adequate; however, there can be no assurance the ultimate liability will not exceed our estimates.

A portion of our professional liability risks is insured through a 100% owned insurance subsidiary. Subject, in most cases, to a $15 million per occurrence self-insured retention, our facilities are insured by our 100% owned insurance subsidiary for losses up to $50 million per occurrence. The insurance subsidiary has obtained reinsurance for professional liability risks generally above a retention level of either $25 million or $35 million per occurrence, depending on the jurisdiction for the related claim. We also maintain professional liability insurance with unrelated commercial carriers for losses in excess of amounts insured by our insurance subsidiary.

The obligations covered by reinsurance and excess insurance contracts are included in the reserves for professional liability risks, as we remain liable to the extent the reinsurers and excess insurance carriers do not meet their obligations under the reinsurance and excess insurance contracts. The amounts receivable under the reinsurance contracts include $31 million and $37 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, recorded in “other assets,” and $8 million and $9 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, recorded in “other current assets.”

Financial Instruments

Derivative financial instruments are employed to manage interest rate risks, and are not used for trading or speculative purposes. We recognize our interest rate swap derivative instruments in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognized periodically in stockholders’ equity, as a component of other comprehensive income (loss), provided the derivative financial instrument qualifies for hedge accounting. Gains and losses on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, to the extent they are effective, are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss), and subsequently reclassified to earnings to offset the impact of the forecasted transactions when they occur. In the event the forecasted transaction to which a cash flow hedge relates is no longer likely, the amount in other comprehensive income is recognized in earnings and generally the derivative is terminated.

The net interest paid or received on interest rate swaps is recognized as adjustments to interest expense. Gains and losses resulting from the early termination of interest rate swap agreements are deferred and amortized as adjustments to interest expense over the remaining term of the debt originally associated with the terminated swap.

Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Entities

The consolidated financial statements include all assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of less than 100% owned entities that we control. Accordingly, we have recorded noncontrolling interests in the earnings and equity of such entities.

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Share-Based Compensation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Share-Based Compensation

NOTE 2 — SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2020 presentation.

Stock Incentive Plans

In May 2020, the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates (the “2020 Plan”) was established to replace the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Holdings, Inc. and its Affiliates (the “2006 Plan”). Our stock incentive plans are designed to promote the long term financial interests and growth of the Company by attracting and retaining management and other personnel, motivating them to achieve long range goals and aligning their interests with those of our stockholders through opportunities for stock-based compensation and stock ownership in the Company. Stock option, stock appreciation right (“SARs”) and restricted share unit (“RSUs”) grants vest solely based upon continued employment over a specific period of time, and performance share unit (“PSUs”) grants vest based upon both continued employment over a specific period of time and the achievement of predetermined financial targets over time. No further grants will be made under the 2006 Plan, and no shares under the 2006 Plan are available for grant under the 2020 Plan. At December 31, 2020 there were 20.274 million shares available for future grants under the 2020 Plan.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Our employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”) provides our participating employees an opportunity to obtain shares of our common stock at a discount (through payroll deductions over three-month periods). At December 31, 2020, 5.865 million shares of common stock were reserved for issuance under the ESPP provisions. During 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company recognized $13 million, $12 million and $10 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to the ESPP.

Stock Option, SAR, RSU and PSU Activity – All Plans

The fair value of each stock option and SAR award is estimated on the grant date, using valuation models and the weighted average assumptions indicated in the following table. Awards under our stock incentive plans generally vest based on continued employment (“Time Stock Options and SARs” and “Time RSUs”) and based upon continued employment and the achievement of certain financial targets (“Performance Stock Options and SARs”, “Performance RSUs” and “PSUs”). PSUs have a three-year cumulative earnings per share target, and the number of PSUs earned can vary from zero (for actual performance of less than 90% of target for 2020 and 2019 grants and less than 80% of target for 2018 and prior grants) to two times the original PSU grant (for actual performance of 110% or more of target for 2020 and 2019 grants and 120% or more of target for 2018 and prior grants). Each grant is valued as a single award with an expected term equal to the average expected term of the component vesting tranches. The expected term of the share-based award is limited by the contractual term. We use historical exercise behavior data and other factors to estimate the expected term of the options and SARs.

Compensation cost is recognized on the straight-line attribution method. The straight-line attribution method requires that total compensation expense recognized must at least equal the vested portion of the grant-date fair value. The expected volatility is derived using historical stock price information for our common stock and the volatility implied by the trading of options to purchase our stock on open-market exchanges. The risk-free interest rate is the approximate yield on United States Treasury Strips having a life equal to the expected share-based award life on the date of grant. The expected life is an estimate of the number of years a share-based award will be held before it is exercised. The expected dividend yield is estimated based on the assumption that the dividend yield at date of grant will be maintained over the expected life of the grant.

	2020			2019			2018
Risk-free interest rate		1.44	%		2.50	%		2.62	%
Expected volatility		27	%		27	%		29	%
Expected life, in years		6.15			6.18			6.15
Expected dividend yield		1.19	%		1.16	%		1.37	%

Information regarding Time Stock Options and SARs and Performance Stock Options and SARs activity during 2020, 2019 and 2018 is summarized below (share amounts in thousands):

	Time Stock Options and SARs			Performance Stock Options and SARs			Total Stock Options and SARs			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (dollars in millions)
Options and SARs outstanding, December 31, 2017		11,156			4,586			15,742		$	43.47
Granted		2,342			—			2,342			101.96
Exercised		(3,917	)		(1,774	)		(5,691	)		27.86
Cancelled		(221	)		(145	)		(366	)		68.43
Options and SARs outstanding, December 31, 2018		9,360			2,667			12,027			61.49
Granted		1,349			—			1,349			138.31
Exercised		(1,137	)		(523	)		(1,660	)		44.45
Cancelled		(522	)		—			(522	)		93.26
Options and SARs outstanding, December 31, 2019		9,050			2,144			11,194			71.79
Granted		1,120			—			1,120			144.47
Exercised		(2,159	)		(1,325	)		(3,484	)		44.07
Cancelled		(175	)		—			(175	)		111.69
Options and SARs outstanding, December 31, 2020		7,836			819			8,655		$	91.53		6.0 years	$	631
Options and SARs exercisable, December 31, 2020		4,562			819			5,381		$	71.25		4.8 years	$	502

The weighted average fair values of stock options and SARs granted during 2020, 2019 and 2018 were $35.98, $38.21 and $28.90 per share, respectively. The total intrinsic value of stock options and SARs exercised during 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $328 million, $153 million and $456 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, the unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested stock options and SARs was $53 million.

Stock Option, SAR, RSU and PSU Activity – All Plans (continued)

Information regarding Time RSUs, Performance RSUs and PSUs activity during 2020, 2019 and 2018 is summarized below (share amounts in thousands):

	Time RSUs			Performance RSUs			PSUs			Total RSUs and PSUs			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
RSUs and PSUs outstanding, December 31, 2017		3,465			227			3,562			7,254		$	72.05
Granted		1,464			—			1,261			2,725			101.85
Performance adjustment		—			—			1,250			1,250			69.27
Vested		(1,487	)		(136	)		(2,500	)		(4,123	)		67.33
Cancelled		(319	)		(91	)		(151	)		(561	)		78.82
RSUs and PSUs outstanding, December 31, 2018		3,123			—			3,422			6,545			86.32
Granted		973			—			796			1,769			138.45
Performance adjustment		—			—			227			227			69.94
Vested		(1,216	)		—			(1,251	)		(2,467	)		75.97
Cancelled		(260	)		—			(159	)		(419	)		103.27
RSUs and PSUs outstanding, December 31, 2019		2,620			—			3,035			5,655			105.23
Granted		1,048			—			808			1,856			144.17
Performance adjustment		—			—			206			206			81.89
Vested		(1,030	)		—			(1,364	)		(2,394	)		88.63
Cancelled		(162	)		—			(93	)		(255	)		124.50
RSUs and PSUs outstanding, December 31, 2020		2,476			—			2,592			5,068		$	125.40

The total fair value of RSUs and PSUs that vested during 2020, 2019 and 2018 was $349 million, $346 million and $413 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, the unrecognized compensation cost related to RSUs and PSUs was $330 million.

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Acquisitions and Dispositions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Acquisitions and Dispositions

NOTE 3 — ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS

During 2020, we paid $568 million to acquire a hospital in New Hampshire and other nonhospital health care entities. During 2019, we paid $1.384 billion to acquire a seven-hospital health system in North Carolina and $298 million to acquire nonhospital health care entities. During 2018, we paid $792 million to acquire two hospital facilities and $461 million to acquire nonhospital health care entities. Purchase price amounts have been allocated to the related assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their respective fair values. The purchase price paid in excess of the fair value of identifiable net assets of these acquired entities aggregated $279 million, $332 million and $636 million in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of the acquired entities subsequent to the respective acquisition dates. The pro forma effects of these acquired entities on our results of operations for periods prior to the respective acquisition dates were not significant.

During 2020, we received proceeds of $68 million and recognized a pretax loss of $7 million ($9 million after tax) related to the sale of a hospital facility from our American Group (Mississippi market) and sales of real estate and other investments. During 2019, we received proceeds of $61 million and recognized a pretax gain of $18 million ($13 million after tax) related to the sale of a hospital facility from our American Group (a Louisiana 

market) and sales of real estate and other investments. During 2018, we received proceeds of $758 million and recognized a pretax gain of $353 million ($265 million after tax) related to the sale of two hospital facilities from our American Group (Oklahoma market). During 2018, we also received proceeds of $50 million and recognized pretax gains of $75 million ($59 million after tax) related to sales of real estate and other investments.

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Income Taxes

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

NOTE 4 — INCOME TAXES

The provision for income taxes consists of the following (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019			2018
Current:
Federal	$	1,021		$	670		$	759
State		126			134			149
Foreign		5			17			23
Deferred:
Federal		(73	)		254			9
State		(39	)		29			13
Foreign		3			(5	)		(7	)
	$	1,043		$	1,099		$	946

The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”) significantly revised U.S. corporate income taxes, including lowering the statutory corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% beginning in 2018. We completed our analysis of the impact of the Tax Act during 2018, reducing our provision for income taxes for the year ended December 31, 2018 by $67 million related to a remeasurement of certain deferred tax assets and liabilities for which we were unable to make reasonable estimates in 2017.

Our provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 included tax benefits of $92 million, $65 million and $124 million, respectively, related to the settlement of employee equity awards. During 2018, we recorded a reduction to our provision for income taxes of $28 million for tax credits related to certain 2017 hurricane-related expenses. Our foreign pretax income was $9 million, $50 million and $86 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the effective income tax rate follows:

	2020			2019			2018
Federal statutory rate		21.0	%		21.0	%		21.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit		1.9			2.7			2.9
Change in liability for uncertain tax positions		(0.2	)		0.4			(0.1	)
Tax benefit from settlements of employee equity awards		(1.8	)		(1.3	)		(2.4	)
Impact of Tax Act on deferred tax balances		—			—			(1.6	)
Other items, net		0.8			1.1			0.2
Effective income tax rate on income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.		21.7			23.9			20.0
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests from consolidated partnerships		(2.5	)		(2.9	)		(2.3	)
Effective income tax rate on income before income taxes		19.2	%		21.0	%		17.7	%

A summary of the items comprising the deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31 follows (dollars in millions):

	2020				2019
	Assets		Liabilities		Assets		Liabilities
Depreciation and fixed asset basis differences	$	—	$	678	$	—	$	601
Allowances for professional liability and other risks		407		—		376		—
Accounts receivable		283		—		307		—
Compensation		487		—		292		—
Right-of-use lease assets and obligations		416		409		369		366
Other		485		606		461		538
	$	2,078	$	1,693	$	1,805	$	1,505

At December 31, 2020, federal and state net operating loss carryforwards (expiring in years 2023 through 2039) available to offset future taxable income approximated $56 million and $127 million, respectively. Utilization of net operating loss carryforwards in any one year may be limited.

The following table summarizes the activity related to our unrecognized tax benefits (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019
Balance at January 1	$	522		$	390
Additions (reductions) based on tax positions related to the current year		(3	)		29
Additions for tax positions of prior years		13			119
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(30	)		(3	)
Settlements		(22	)		—
Lapse of applicable statutes of limitations		(11	)		(13	)
Balance at December 31	$	469		$	522

Our liability for unrecognized tax benefits was $508 million, including accrued interest of $73 million and excluding $34 million that was recorded as reductions of the related deferred tax assets, as of December 31, 2020 ($550 million, $62 million and $34 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2019). Unrecognized tax benefits of $157 million as of December 31, 2020 ($160 million as of December 31, 2019) would affect the effective rate, if recognized.

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) was conducting an examination of the Company’s 2016, 2017 and 2018 federal income tax returns at December 31, 2020. We are also subject to examination by state and foreign taxing authorities. Depending on the resolution of any federal, state and foreign tax disputes, the completion of examinations by federal, state or foreign taxing authorities, or the expiration of statutes of limitation for specific taxing jurisdictions, we believe it is reasonably possible that our liability for unrecognized tax benefits may significantly increase or decrease within the next 12 months. However, we are currently unable to estimate the range of any possible change.

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Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

NOTE 5 — EARNINGS PER SHARE

We compute basic earnings per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. We compute diluted earnings per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the dilutive effect of outstanding stock options, SARs, RSUs and PSUs, computed using the treasury stock method. During 2020, 2019 and 2018, we repurchased 3.287 million shares, 7.949 million shares and 14.070 million shares, respectively, of our common stock. The following table sets forth the computations of basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts):

	2020		2019		2018
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.	$	3,754	$	3,505	$	3,787
Weighted average common shares outstanding		338.274		341.210		347.297
Effect of dilutive incremental shares		5.331		7.016		8.006
Shares used for diluted earnings per share		343.605		348.226		355.303
Earnings per share:
Basic earnings per share	$	11.10	$	10.27	$	10.90
Diluted earnings per share	$	10.93	$	10.07	$	10.66

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Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries

NOTE 6 — INVESTMENTS OF INSURANCE SUBSIDIARIES

A summary of the insurance subsidiaries’ investments at December 31 follows (dollars in millions):

	2020
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Amounts				Fair Value
			Gains		Losses
Debt securities	$	384	$	32	$	—	$	416
Money market funds and other		88		—		—		88
	$	472	$	32	$	—		504
Amounts classified as current assets								(116	)
Investment carrying value							$	388
	2019
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Amounts				Fair Value
			Gains		Losses
Debt securities	$	359	$	18	$	—	$	377
Money market funds and other		85		—		—		85
	$	444	$	18	$	—		462
Amounts classified as current assets								(147	)
Investment carrying value							$	315

At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the investments in debt securities of our insurance subsidiaries were classified as “available-for-sale.” Changes in unrealized gains and losses are recorded as adjustments to other comprehensive income (loss).

Scheduled maturities of investments in debt securities at December 31, 2020 were as follows (dollars in millions):

	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	4	$	4
Due after one year through five years		147		156
Due after five years through ten years		157		174
Due after ten years		76		82
	$	384	$	416

The average expected maturity of the investments in debt securities at December 31, 2020 was 5.2 years, compared to the average scheduled maturity of 9.4 years. Expected and scheduled maturities may differ because the issuers of certain securities have the right to call, prepay or otherwise redeem such obligations prior to their scheduled maturity date.

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Financial Instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Financial Instruments

NOTE 7 — FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. These swap agreements involve the exchange of fixed and variable rate interest payments between us and our counterparties based on common notional principal amounts and maturity dates. Pay-fixed interest rate swaps effectively convert variable rate obligations to fixed interest rate obligations. The interest payments under these agreements are settled on a net basis. The net interest payments, based on the notional amounts in these agreements, generally match the timing of the related liabilities for the interest rate swap agreements which have been designated as cash flow hedges. The notional amounts of the swap agreements represent amounts used to calculate the exchange of cash flows and are not our assets or liabilities. Our credit risk related to these agreements is considered low because the swap agreements are with creditworthy financial institutions.

The following table sets forth our interest rate swap agreements, which have been designated as cash flow hedges, at December 31, 2020 (dollars in millions):

	Notional Amount		Maturity Date		Fair Value
Pay-fixed interest rate swaps	$	2,000		December 2021	$	(27	)
Pay-fixed interest rate swaps		500		December 2022		(19	)

During the next 12 months, we estimate $37 million will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (“OCI”) and will be included in interest expense.

Derivatives — Results of Operations

The following table presents the effect of our interest rate swaps on our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 (dollars in millions):

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships	Amount of Loss Recognized in OCI on Derivatives, Net of Tax		Location of Loss Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Operations		Amount of Loss Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Operations
Interest rate swaps	$	51		Interest expense	$	24

Credit-risk-related Contingent Features

We have agreements with each of our derivative counterparties that contain a provision where we could be declared in default on our derivative obligations if repayment of the underlying indebtedness is accelerated by the lender due to our default on the indebtedness. As of December 31, 2020, we have not been required to post any collateral related to these agreements. If we had breached these provisions at December 31, 2020, we would have been required to settle our obligations under the agreements at their aggregate, estimated termination value of $46 million.

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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value

NOTE 8 — ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MEASURED AT FAIR VALUE

Accounting Standards Codification 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”) emphasizes fair value is a market-based measurement, and fair value measurements should be determined based on the assumptions market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities. ASC 820 utilizes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).

Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as inputs observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, which are typically based on an entity’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment.

Cash Traded Investments

Our cash traded investments are generally classified within Level 1 or Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency.

Derivative Financial Instruments

We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. The valuation of these instruments is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. We incorporate credit valuation adjustments to reflect both our own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements of these instruments.

The following tables summarize our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall (dollars in millions):

	December 31, 2020
	Fair Value			Fair Value Measurements Using
				Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)			Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Investments of insurance subsidiaries:
Debt securities	$	416		$	—		$	416		$	—
Money market funds and other		88			88			—			—
Investments of insurance subsidiaries		504			88			416			—
Less amounts classified as current assets		(116	)		(87	)		(29	)		—
	$	388			1		$	387		$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps (Income taxes and other liabilities)	$	46		$	—		$	46		$	—

	December 31, 2019
	Fair Value			Fair Value Measurements Using
				Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)			Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Investments of insurance subsidiaries:
Debt securities	$	377		$	—		$	377		$	—
Money market funds and other		85			85			—			—
Investments of insurance subsidiaries		462			85			377			—
Less amounts classified as current assets		(147	)		(83	)		(64	)		—
	$	315			2		$	313		$	—
Interest rate swaps (Other)	$	3		$	—		$	3		$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps (Income taxes and other liabilities)	$	7		$	—		$	7		$	—

The estimated fair value of our long-term debt was $35.814 billion and $37.026 billion at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, compared to carrying amounts, excluding debt issuance costs and discounts, aggregating $31.240 billion and $33.961 billion, respectively. The estimates of fair value are generally based upon the quoted market prices or quoted market prices for similar issues of long-term debt with the same maturities.

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Long-Term Debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt

NOTE 9 — LONG-TERM DEBT

A summary of long-term debt at December 31, including related interest rates at December 31, 2020, follows (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019
Senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility	$	—		$	2,480
Senior secured revolving credit facility		—			—
Senior secured 364-day term loan facility		—			—
Senior secured term loan facilities (effective interest rate of 2.8%)		3,671			3,725
Senior secured notes (effective interest rate of 5.1%)		13,850			13,850
Other senior secured debt (effective interest rate of 4.7%)		767			654
Senior secured debt		18,288			20,709
Senior unsecured notes (effective interest rate of 5.5%)		12,952			13,252
Net debt issuance costs		(236	)		(239	)
Total debt (average life of 8.9 years, rates averaging 5.0%)		31,004			33,722
Less amounts due within one year		209			145
	$	30,795		$	33,577

During February 2020, we issued $2.700 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.50% senior notes due 2030. During March 2020, we used the net proceeds for the redemption of all $1.000 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of HCA Healthcare, Inc.’s 6.25% senior notes due 2021 and, together with available funds, for the redemption of all $2.000 billion outstanding aggregate principal amount of HCA Inc.’s 7.50% senior notes due 2022. The pretax loss on retirement of debt was $295 million.

During March 2020 in response to the risks the COVID-19 pandemic presents to our business, we entered into a credit agreement that provides for a 364-day secured term loan facility for an aggregate principal amount of up to $2.000 billion. As of December 31, 2020 there was no amount outstanding or draw notices pending under the facility. We terminated this credit agreement during January 2021. 

Senior Secured Credit Facilities And Other Senior Secured Debt

We have entered into the following senior secured credit facilities: (i) a $3.750 billion asset-based revolving credit facility maturing on  June 28, 2022 with a borrowing base of  85% of eligible accounts receivable, subject to customary reserves and eligibility criteria  (none outstanding at December 31, 2020) (the “ABL credit facility”); (ii) a $2.000 billion senior secured revolving credit facility maturing on June 28, 2022 (none outstanding at December 31, 2020 without giving effect to certain outstanding letters of credit); (iii) a $2.000 billion senior secured 364-day term loan facility maturing on March 18, 2021 (none outstanding at December 31, 2020 and the 

facility was terminated during January 2021); (iv) a $1.078 billion senior secured term loan A-6 facility maturing on July 16, 2024; (v) a $1.459 billion senior secured term loan B-12 facility maturing on March 13, 2025; and (vi) a $1.134 billion senior secured term loan B-13 facility maturing on March 18, 2026. We refer to the facilities described under (ii) through (vi) above, collectively, as the “cash flow credit facility” and, together with the ABL credit facility, the “senior secured credit facilities.” 

Borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities bear interest at a rate equal to, at our option, either (a) a base rate determined by reference to the higher of (1) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% or (2) the prime rate of Bank of America or (b) a LIBOR rate for the currency of such borrowing for the relevant interest period, plus, in each case, an applicable margin. The applicable margin for borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities may be reduced subject to attaining certain leverage ratios.

The senior secured credit facilities contain a number of covenants that restrict, subject to certain exceptions, our (and some or all of our subsidiaries’) ability to incur additional indebtedness, repay subordinated indebtedness, create liens on assets, sell assets, make investments, loans or advances, engage in certain transactions with affiliates, pay dividends and distributions, and enter into sale and leaseback transactions. In addition, we are required to satisfy and maintain a maximum total leverage ratio covenant under the cash flow credit facility and, in certain situations under the ABL credit facility, a minimum interest coverage ratio covenant.

Senior secured notes consists of (i) $1.250 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.75% first lien notes due 2023; (ii) $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.00% first lien notes due 2024; (iii) $1.400 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.25% first lien notes due 2025; (iv) $1.500 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.25% first lien notes due 2026; (v) $1.200 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.50% first lien notes due 2027; (vi) $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 4 1/8% first lien notes due 2029; (vii) $1.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5 1/8% first lien notes due 2039; (viii) $1.500 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.50% first lien notes due 2047; and (ix) $2.000 billion aggregate principal amount of 5 1/4% first lien notes due 2049. Finance leases and other secured debt totaled $767 million at December 31, 2020.

We use interest rate swap agreements to manage the variable rate exposure of our debt portfolio. At December 31, 2020, we had entered into effective interest rate swap agreements, in a total notional amount of $2.500 billion, in order to hedge a portion of our exposure to variable rate interest payments associated with the senior secured credit facilities. The effect of the interest rate swaps is reflected in the effective interest rates for the senior secured credit facilities.

Senior Unsecured Notes

Senior unsecured notes consist of (i) $12.091 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes with maturities ranging from 2023 to 2033; (ii) an aggregate principal amount of $125 million medium-term notes maturing 2025; and (iii) an aggregate principal amount of $736 million debentures with maturities ranging from 2023 to 2095.

General Debt Information

The senior secured credit facilities and senior secured notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by substantially all existing and future, direct and indirect, 100% owned material domestic subsidiaries that are “Unrestricted Subsidiaries” under our Indenture (the “1993 Indenture”) dated December 16, 1993 (except for certain special purpose subsidiaries that only guarantee and pledge their assets under our ABL credit facility).

All obligations under the ABL credit facility, and the guarantees of those obligations, are secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, by a first-priority lien on substantially all of the receivables of the borrowers and each guarantor under such ABL credit facility (the “Receivables Collateral”).

All obligations under the cash flow credit facility and the guarantees of such obligations are secured, subject to permitted liens and other exceptions, by:

• a first-priority lien on the capital stock owned by HCA Inc., or by any guarantor, in each of their respective first-tier subsidiaries;

• a first-priority lien on substantially all present and future assets of HCA Inc. and of each guarantor other than (i) “Principal Properties” (as defined in the 1993 Indenture), (ii) certain other real properties and (iii) deposit accounts, other bank or securities accounts, cash, leaseholds, motor-vehicles and certain other exceptions; and

• a second-priority lien on certain of the Receivables Collateral.

Our senior secured notes and the related guarantees are secured by first-priority liens, subject to permitted liens, on our and our subsidiary guarantors’ assets, subject to certain exceptions, that secure our cash flow credit facility on a first-priority basis and are secured by second-priority liens, subject to permitted liens, on our and our subsidiary guarantors’ assets that secure our ABL credit facility on a first-priority basis and our other cash flow credit facility on a second-priority basis.

Maturities of long-term debt in years 2022 through 2025 are $233 million, $2.799 billion, $3.163 billion and $5.872 billion, respectively.

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Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Leases

NOTE 10 — LEASES

We adopted ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires leases with durations greater than 12 months to be recognized on the balance sheet, effective January 1, 2019, using the modified retrospective approach. We lease property and equipment under finance and operating leases. For leases with terms greater than 12 months, we record the related assets and obligations at the present value of lease payments over the term. Many of our leases include rental escalation clauses and renewal options that are factored into our determination of lease payments, when appropriate. We do not separate lease and nonlease components of contracts. Generally, we use our estimated incremental borrowing rate to discount the lease payments, as most of our leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit interest rate.

The following table presents our lease-related assets and liabilities at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	Balance Sheet Classification		2020			2019
Assets:
Operating leases		Right-of-use operating lease assets	$	2,024		$	1,834
Finance leases		Property and equipment		553			520
Total lease assets			$	2,577		$	2,354
Liabilities:
Current:
Operating leases		Other accrued expenses	$	379		$	350
Finance leases		Long-term debt due within one year		128			87
Noncurrent:
Operating leases		Right-of-use operating lease obligations		1,673			1,499
Finance leases		Long-term debt		494			470
Total lease liabilities			$	2,674		$	2,406
Weighted-average remaining term:
Operating leases				10.4 years			10.8 years
Finance leases				11.5 years			12.0 years
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating leases				4.8	%		5.3	%
Finance leases				5.4	%		6.0	%

The following table presents certain information related to lease expense for finance and operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	2020		2019
Finance lease expense:
Depreciation and amortization	$	106	$	93
Interest		31		32
Operating leases(1)		447		389
Short-term lease expense(1)		322		316
Variable lease expense(1)		154		150
	$	1,060	$	980

(1) Expenses are included in “other operating expenses” in our consolidated income statements.

The following table presents supplemental cash flow information for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	2020		2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows for operating leases	$	445	$	404
Operating cash flows for finance leases		31		32
Financing cash flows for finance leases		86		79

Maturities of Lease Liabilities

The following table reconciles the undiscounted minimum lease payment amounts to the operating and finance lease liabilities recorded on the balance sheet at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	2020						2019
	Operating Leases			Finance Leases			Operating Leases			Finance Leases
Year 1	$	431		$	155		$	411		$	110
Year 2		366			125			350			105
Year 3		307			81			285			99
Year 4		255			82			228			58
Year 5		207			51			182			60
Thereafter		1,136			353			1,074			368
Total minimum lease payments		2,702			847			2,530			800
Less: amount of lease payments representing interest		(650	)		(225	)		(681	)		(243	)
Present value of future minimum lease payments		2,052			622			1,849			557
Less: current lease obligations		(379	)		(128	)		(350	)		(87	)
Long-term lease obligations	$	1,673		$	494		$	1,499		$	470

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Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Contingencies

NOTE 11 — CONTINGENCIES

We operate in a highly regulated and litigious industry. As a result, various lawsuits, claims and legal and regulatory proceedings have been and can be expected to be instituted or asserted against us. We are also subject to claims and suits arising in the ordinary course of business, including claims for personal injuries or wrongful restriction of, or interference with, physicians’ staff privileges. In certain of these actions the claimants may seek punitive damages against us, which may not be covered by insurance. We are also subject to claims by various taxing authorities for additional taxes and related interest and penalties. The resolution of any such lawsuits, claims or legal and regulatory proceedings could have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position or liquidity.

Government Investigations, Claims and Litigation

Health care companies are subject to numerous investigations by various governmental agencies. Under the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”), private parties have the right to bring qui tam, or “whistleblower,” suits

against companies that submit false claims for payments to, or improperly retain overpayments from, the government. Some states have adopted similar state whistleblower and false claims provisions. Certain of our individual facilities have received, and from time to time, other facilities may receive, government inquiries from, and may be subject to investigation by, federal and state agencies. Depending on whether the underlying conduct in these or future inquiries or investigations could be considered systemic, their resolution could have a material, adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position or liquidity.

Texas operates a state Medicaid program pursuant to a waiver from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (“Program”). The Program includes uncompensated-care pools; payments from these pools are intended to defray the uncompensated costs of services provided by our and other hospitals to Medicaid eligible or uninsured individuals. Separately, we and other hospitals provide charity care services in several communities in the state. In 2018, the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas requested information about whether the Program, as operated in Harris County, complied with the laws and regulations applicable to provider related donations, and the Company cooperated with that request. On May 21, 2019, a qui tam lawsuit asserting violations of the FCA and the Texas Medicaid Fraud Prevention Act related to the Program, as operated in Harris County, was unsealed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Both the federal and state governments declined to intervene in the qui tam lawsuit. The Company believes that our participation is and has been consistent with the requirements of the Program and is vigorously defending against the lawsuit being pursued by the relator. We cannot predict what effect, if any, the qui tam lawsuit could have on the Company.

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Capital Stock

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Federal Home Loan Banks [Abstract]

Capital Stock

NOTE 12 — CAPITAL STOCK

The amended and restated certificate of incorporation authorizes the Company to issue up to 1,800,000,000 shares of common stock, and our amended and restated by-laws set the number of directors constituting the board of directors of the Company at not less than three members, the exact number to be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the total number of directors then in office.

Share Repurchase Transactions

During January 2020, January 2019 and October 2017, our Board of Directors authorized share repurchase programs for up to $6 billion ($2 billion for each authorization) of our outstanding common stock. During March 2020 in response to the risks the COVID-19 pandemic presents to our business, we announced the suspension of our share repurchase programs. During February 2021, our Board of Directors authorized the resumption of the share repurchase program, pursuant to which $2.8 billion of pre-suspension authorization remained available, and an additional $6 billion was authorized for repurchases of the Company’s outstanding common stock ($8.8 billion of total repurchase authorization).

During 2020, we repurchased 3.287 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $134.18 per share through market purchases pursuant to the $2.0 billion share repurchase program authorized during January 2019. At December 31, 2020, we had $2.800 billion of repurchase authorization available under the January 2019 and 2020 authorizations. During 2019, we repurchased 7.949 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $129.71 per share through market purchases pursuant to the October 2017 authorization (which was completed during the first quarter of 2019) and the January 2019 authorization. During 2018, we repurchased 14.070 million shares of our common stock at an average price of $108.74 per share through market purchases pursuant to the October 2017 authorization.

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Employee Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

NOTE 13 — EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

We maintain defined contribution benefit plans that are available to employees who meet certain minimum requirements. Certain of the plans require that we match specified percentages of participant contributions up to certain maximum levels (generally, 100% of the first 3% to 9%, depending upon years of vesting service, of compensation deferred by participants). The cost of these plans totaled $552 million for 2020, $532 million for 2019 and $499 million for 2018. Our matching contributions are funded during the year following the participant contributions. 

We maintain the noncontributory, nonqualified Restoration Plan to provide certain retirement benefits for eligible employees. Eligibility for the Restoration Plan is based upon earning eligible compensation in excess of a base amount and attaining 1,000 or more hours of service during the plan year. Company credits to participants’ hypothetical account balances (the Restoration Plan is not funded) depend upon participants’ compensation, years of vesting service, hypothetical investment returns (gains or losses) and certain IRS limitations. Benefits expense under this plan was $35 million for 2020, $44 million for 2019 and $22 million for 2018. Accrued benefits liabilities under this plan totaled $242 million at December 31, 2020 and $227 million at December 31, 2019.

We maintain a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) for certain executives (the SERP is not funded). The plan is designed to ensure that upon retirement the participant receives the value of a prescribed life annuity from the combination of the SERP and our other benefit plans. Benefits expense under the plan was $24 million for 2020, $19 million for 2019 and $26 million for 2018. Accrued benefits liabilities under this plan totaled $204 million at December 31, 2020 and $192 million at December 31, 2019.

We maintain defined benefit pension plans which resulted from certain hospital acquisitions in prior years. Benefits expense under these plans was $8 million for 2020, $11 million for 2019, and $9 million for 2018. Accrued benefits liabilities under these plans totaled $96 million at December 31, 2020 and $63 million at December 31, 2019. 

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Segment and Geographic Information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment and Geographic Information

NOTE 14 — SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

We operate in one line of business, which is operating hospitals and related health care entities. We operate in two geographically organized groups: the National and American Groups. At December 31, 2020, the National Group included 96 hospitals located in Alaska, California, Florida, southern Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, northern Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia, and the American Group included 82 hospitals located in Colorado, northern Georgia, Kansas, southern Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. We also operate seven hospitals in England, and these facilities are included in the Corporate and other group.

Adjusted segment EBITDA is defined as income before depreciation and amortization, interest expense, losses and gains on sales of facilities, losses on retirement of debt, income taxes and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests. We use adjusted segment EBITDA as an analytical indicator for purposes of allocating resources to geographic areas and assessing their performance. Adjusted segment EBITDA is commonly used as an analytical indicator within the health care industry, and also serves as a measure of leverage capacity and debt service ability. Adjusted segment EBITDA should not be considered as a measure of financial performance under generally accepted accounting principles, and the items excluded from adjusted segment EBITDA are significant components in understanding and assessing financial performance. Because adjusted segment EBITDA is not a measurement determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and is thus susceptible to varying calculations, adjusted segment EBITDA, as presented, may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. The geographic distributions of our revenues, equity in earnings of affiliates, adjusted segment EBITDA, depreciation and amortization, assets and goodwill and other intangible assets are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2020			2019			2018
Revenues:
National Group	$	25,694		$	25,913		$	22,581
American Group		23,593			23,173			21,959
Corporate and other		2,246			2,250			2,137
	$	51,533		$	51,336		$	46,677
Equity in earnings of affiliates:
National Group	$	(28	)	$	(2	)	$	(4	)
American Group		(42	)		(44	)		(40	)
Corporate and other		16			3			15
	$	(54	)	$	(43	)	$	(29	)
Adjusted segment EBITDA:
National Group	$	5,532		$	5,634		$	4,980
American Group		5,333			4,904			4,593
Corporate and other		(828	)		(681	)		(624	)
	$	10,037		$	9,857		$	8,949
Depreciation and amortization:
National Group	$	1,216		$	1,161		$	946
American Group		1,164			1,117			1,027
Corporate and other		341			318			305
	$	2,721		$	2,596		$	2,278

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2020		2019			2018
Adjusted segment EBITDA	$	10,037	$	9,857		$	8,949
Depreciation and amortization		2,721		2,596			2,278
Interest expense		1,584		1,824			1,755
Losses (gains) on sales of facilities		7		(18	)		(428	)
Losses on retirement of debt		295		211			9
Income before income taxes	$	5,430	$	5,244		$	5,335
	December 31,
	2020		2019			2018
Assets:
National Group	$	18,913	$	18,290		$	14,839
American Group		20,760		20,608			19,122
Corporate and other		7,817		6,160			5,246
	$	47,490	$	45,058		$	39,207

	National Group			American Group			Corporate and Other			Total
Goodwill and other intangible assets:
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	1,474		$	5,265		$	655		$	7,394
Acquisitions		132			504			—			636
Foreign currency translation, amortization and other		(9	)		(40	)		(28	)		(77	)
Balance at December 31, 2018		1,597			5,729			627			7,953
Acquisitions		155			39			138			332
Foreign currency translation, amortization and other		(13	)		(3	)		—			(16	)
Balance at December 31, 2019		1,739			5,765			765			8,269
Acquisitions		38			27			279			344
Foreign currency translation, amortization and other		(2	)		(17	)		(16	)		(35	)
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	1,775		$	5,775		$	1,028		$	8,578

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Other Comprehensive Loss

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Other Comprehensive Loss

NOTE 15 — OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows (dollars in millions):

	Unrealized Gains on Available- for-Sale Securities			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments			Defined Benefit Plans			Change in Fair Value of Derivative Instruments			Total
Balances at December 31, 2017	$	7		$	(149	)	$	(168	)	$	32		$	(278	)
Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, net of $2 income tax benefit		(5	)		—			—			—			(5	)
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of $8 income tax benefit		—			(63	)		—			—			(63	)
Defined benefit plans, net of $10 of income taxes		—			—			34			—			34
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of $5 of income taxes		—			—			—			18			18
Expense (income) reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, net of $5 income tax benefit and $2 of income taxes, respectively		—			—			16			(8	)		8
Reclassification of stranded tax effects		1			(71	)		(30	)		5			(95	)
Balances at December 31, 2018		3			(283	)		(148	)		47			(381	)
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of $4 of income taxes		11			—			—			—			11
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of $5 of income taxes		—			—			—			—			—
Defined benefit plans, net of $14 income tax benefit		—			—			(49	)		—			(49	)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of $13 income tax benefit		—			—			—			(37	)		(37	)
Expense (income) reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, net of $3 income tax benefit and $3 of income taxes, respectively		—			—			10			(14	)		(4	)
Balances at December 31, 2019		14			(283	)		(187	)		(4	)		(460	)
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of $3 of income taxes		11			—			—			—			11
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of $6 of income taxes		—			12			—			—			12
Defined benefit plans, net of $16 income tax benefit		—			—			(55	)		—			(55	)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of $15 income tax benefit		—			—			—			(51	)		(51	)
Expense reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, net of $6 and $5 income tax benefits, respectively		—			—			22			19			41
Balances at December 31, 2020	$	25		$	(271	)	$	(220	)	$	(36	)	$	(502	)

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Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Text Block [Abstract]

Accrued Expenses

NOTE 16 — ACCRUED EXPENSES

A summary of other accrued expenses at December 31 follows (dollars in millions):

	2020		2019
Professional liability risks	$	477	$	457
Defined contribution benefit plan		547		528
Right-of-use operating lease		379		350
Taxes other than income		343		325
Interest		315		368
Government stimulus refund liability		83		—
Other		1,096		904
	$	3,240	$	2,932

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Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The consolidated financial statements include all subsidiaries and entities controlled by HCA. We generally define “control” as ownership of a majority of the voting interest of an entity. The consolidated financial statements include entities in which we absorb a majority of the entity’s expected losses, receive a majority of the entity’s expected residual returns, or both, as a result of ownership, contractual or other financial interests in the entity. The accounts of acquired entities are included in our consolidated financial statements for periods subsequent to our acquisition of controlling interests. Significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated. Investments in entities we do not control, but in which we have a substantial ownership interest and can exercise significant influence, are accounted for using the equity method.

The majority of our expenses are “cost of revenue” items. Costs that could be classified as general and administrative include our corporate office costs, which were $416 million, $370 million and $344 million for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

COVID-19 Pandemic and CARES Act Funding

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization designated COVID-19 as a global pandemic. Patient volumes and the related revenues for most of our services were significantly impacted during the latter portion of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter of 2020 and have continued to be impacted as various policies that were implemented by federal, state and local governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including policies that have caused many people to remain at home, forced the closure of or limitations on certain businesses, and suspended elective surgical procedures by health care facilities. While many of these restrictions have been eased across the U.S. and most states have lifted moratoriums on non-emergent procedures, restrictions remain in place or may be adopted or re-imposed, and the possibility exists that the public, particularly segments with a high mortality risk, could remain wary of real or perceived opportunities for exposure to the virus. We are unable to predict the future impact of the pandemic on our operations.

During 2020, we received approximately $4.4 billion of accelerated Medicare payments and approximately $1.8  billion in general and targeted distributions from the Provider Relief Fund, both as provided for and established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. During October 2020, we announced our decision to return, or repay early, all of our share of the Provider Relief Fund distributions and all of the Medicare accelerated payments. During the fourth quarter of 2020, we returned, or repaid early, approximately $6.1 billion of these funds. The unreturned Provider Relief Funds of $83 million, related to amounts received by certain of our partnership entities, are recorded under the caption “other accrued

expenses” in our consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2020. Our share of these funds will be returned in 2021 after final determination of amounts earned and distributable to the members of each respective partnership.

The CARES Act also provides for a deferral of payments of the employer portion of Social Security tax incurred during the pandemic, allowing half of such payroll taxes to be deferred until December 2021 and the remaining half until December 2022. At December 31, 2020, the Company had deferred $688 million of Social Security taxes. Additionally, the CARES Act created a payroll tax credit designed to encourage companies to retain employees during the pandemic. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company evaluated its eligibility for this credit and recorded $60 million of employee retention payroll tax credits pursuant to the CARES Act. These tax credits were recorded as a reduction of salaries and benefits in our consolidated income statement.

We believe the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on our operating results and financial condition has been and will continue to be driven by many factors, most of which are beyond our control and ability to forecast. Such factors include, but are not limited to: the severity or duration of the pandemic, including whether there will be additional periods of increases in the number of COVID-19 cases in the areas in which we operate, the rollout and availability of effective medical treatments and vaccines, the efficacy of public health controls, including vaccines, and the impact of any mutations of the virus; the scope and duration of stay-at-home practices and business closures and restrictions; recommended or required suspensions of elective procedures; continued declines in patient volumes for an indeterminable length of time; increases in the number of uninsured and underinsured patients as a result of higher sustained rates of unemployment; incremental expenses required for supplies and personal protective equipment; and changes in professional and general liability exposure. Because of these and other uncertainties, we cannot estimate how long or how severely the pandemic will impact our business. If we experience declines in cash flows and results of operations, such declines could have an impact on the inputs and assumptions used in significant accounting estimates, including estimated implicit price concessions related to uninsured patient accounts, professional and general liability reserves, and potential impairments of goodwill and long-lived assets.

Revenues

Revenues

Our revenues generally relate to contracts with patients in which our performance obligations are to provide health care services to the patients. Revenues are recorded during the period our obligations to provide health care services are satisfied. Our performance obligations for inpatient services are generally satisfied over periods that average approximately five days, and revenues are recognized based on charges incurred in relation to total expected charges. Our performance obligations for outpatient services are generally satisfied over a period of less than one day. The contractual relationships with patients, in most cases, also involve a third-party payer (Medicare, Medicaid, managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies, including plans offered through the health insurance exchanges) and the transaction prices for the services provided are dependent upon the terms provided by (Medicare and Medicaid) or negotiated with (managed care health plans and commercial insurance companies) the third-party payers. The payment arrangements with third-party payers for the services we provide to the related patients typically specify payments at amounts less than our standard charges. Medicare generally pays for inpatient and outpatient services at prospectively determined rates based on clinical, diagnostic and other factors. Services provided to patients having Medicaid coverage are generally paid at prospectively

determined rates per discharge, per identified service or per covered member. Agreements with commercial insurance carriers, managed care and preferred provider organizations generally provide for payments based upon predetermined rates per diagnosis, per diem rates or discounted fee-for-service rates. Management continually reviews the contractual estimation process to consider and incorporate updates to laws and regulations and the frequent changes in managed care contractual terms resulting from contract renegotiations and renewals.

Our revenues are based upon the estimated amounts we expect to be entitled to receive from patients and third-party payers. Estimates of contractual adjustments under managed care and commercial insurance plans are based upon the payment terms specified in the related contractual agreements. Revenues related to uninsured patients and uninsured copayment and deductible amounts for patients who have health care coverage may have discounts applied (uninsured discounts and contractual discounts). We also record estimated implicit price concessions (based primarily on historical collection experience) related to uninsured accounts to record these revenues at the estimated amounts we expect to collect. Our revenues by primary third-party payer classification and other (including uninsured patients) for the years ended December 31, are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	Years Ended December 31,
	2020		Ratio			2019		Ratio			2018		Ratio
Medicare	$	10,420		20.2	%	$	10,798		21.0	%	$	9,831		21.1	%
Managed Medicare		6,997		13.6			6,452		12.6			5,497		11.8
Medicaid		1,965		3.8			1,572		3.1			1,358		2.9
Managed Medicaid		2,621		5.1			2,450		4.8			2,403		5.1
Managed care and other insurers		26,535		51.5			26,544		51.6			24,467		52.4
International (managed care and other insurers)		1,120		2.2			1,162		2.3			1,156		2.5
Other		1,875		3.6			2,358		4.6			1,965		4.2
Revenues	$	51,533		100.0	%	$	51,336		100.0	%	$	46,677		100.0	%

Laws and regulations governing the Medicare and Medicaid programs are complex and subject to interpretation. Estimated reimbursement amounts are adjusted in subsequent periods as cost reports are prepared and filed and as final settlements are determined (in relation to certain government programs, primarily Medicare, this is generally referred to as the “cost report” filing and settlement process). The adjustments to estimated Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement amounts and disproportionate-share funds related primarily to cost reports filed during the respective year resulted in net increases to revenues of $70 million, $51 million and $29 million in 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The adjustments to estimated reimbursement amounts related primarily to cost reports filed during previous years resulted in a net reduction to revenues of $5 million in 2020 and net increases to revenues of $13 million and $51 million in 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (“EMTALA”) requires any hospital participating in the Medicare program to conduct an appropriate medical screening examination of every person who presents to the hospital’s emergency room for treatment and, if the individual is suffering from an emergency medical condition, to either stabilize the condition or make an appropriate transfer of the individual to a facility able to handle the condition. The obligation to screen and stabilize emergency medical conditions exists regardless of an

individual’s ability to pay for treatment. Federal and state laws and regulations require, and our commitment to providing quality patient care encourages, us to provide services to patients who are financially unable to pay for the health care services they receive.

Patients treated at hospitals for non-elective care, who have income at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, were eligible for charity care, and we limit the patient responsibility amounts for these patients to a percentage of their annual household income, computed on a sliding scale based upon their annual income and the applicable percentage of the federal poverty level. Patients treated at hospitals for non-elective care, who have income above 400% of the federal poverty level, were eligible for certain other discounts which limit the patient responsibility amounts for these patients to a percentage of their annual household income, computed on a sliding scale based upon their annual income and the applicable percentage of the federal poverty level. We apply additional discounts to limit patient responsibility for certain emergency services. The federal poverty level is established by the federal government and is based on income and family size. Because we do not pursue collection of amounts determined to qualify as charity care, they are not reported in revenues. We provide discounts to uninsured patients who do not qualify for Medicaid or charity care. We may attempt to provide assistance to uninsured patients to help determine whether they may qualify for Medicaid, other federal or state assistance, or charity care. If an uninsured patient does not qualify for these programs, the uninsured discount is applied.

The collection of outstanding receivables for Medicare, Medicaid, managed care payers, other third-party payers and patients is our primary source of cash and is critical to our operating performance. The primary collection risks relate to uninsured patient accounts, including patient accounts for which the primary insurance carrier has paid the amounts covered by the applicable agreement, but patient responsibility amounts (deductibles and copayments) remain outstanding. Implicit price concessions relate primarily to amounts due directly from patients. Estimated implicit price concessions are recorded for all uninsured accounts, regardless of the age of those accounts. Accounts are written off when all reasonable collection efforts have been performed.

The estimates for implicit price concessions are based upon management’s assessment of historical writeoffs and expected net collections, business and economic conditions, trends in federal, state and private employer health care coverage and other collection indicators. Management relies on the results of detailed reviews of historical writeoffs and collections at facilities that represent a majority of our revenues and accounts receivable (the “hindsight analysis”) as a primary source of information in estimating the collectability of our accounts receivable. We perform the hindsight analysis quarterly, utilizing rolling twelve-months accounts receivable collection and writeoff data. We believe our quarterly updates to the estimated implicit price concession amounts at each of our hospital facilities provide reasonable estimates of our revenues and valuations of our accounts receivable. These routine, quarterly changes in estimates have not resulted in material adjustments to the valuations of our accounts receivable or period-to-period comparisons of our revenues. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, estimated implicit price concessions of $6.108 billion and $6.953 billion, respectively, had been recorded to adjust our revenues and accounts receivable to the estimated amounts we expect to collect.

To quantify the total impact of the trends related to uninsured patient accounts, we believe it is beneficial to view total uncompensated care, which is comprised of charity care, uninsured discounts and implicit price concessions. A summary of the estimated cost of total uncompensated care for the years ended December 31, follows (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019			2018
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$	44,271		$	44,118		$	40,035
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)		12.0	%		12.0	%		12.4	%
Total uncompensated care	$	29,029		$	31,105		$	26,757
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		12.0	%		12.0	%		12.4	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	3,483		$	3,733		$	3,318

The total uncompensated care amounts include charity care of $13.763 billion, $13.260 billion and $8.611 billion for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The estimated costs of charity care were $1.652 billion, $1.591 billion and $1.068 billion for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when purchased. Our insurance subsidiaries’ cash equivalent investments in excess of the amounts required to pay estimated professional liability claims during the next twelve months are not included in cash and cash equivalents as these funds are not available for general corporate purposes. Carrying values of cash and cash equivalents approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments.

Our cash management system provides for daily investment of available balances and the funding of outstanding checks when presented for payment. Outstanding, but unpresented, checks totaling $495 million and $486 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, have been included in “accounts payable” in the consolidated balance sheets. Upon presentation for payment, these checks are funded through available cash balances or our credit facility.

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable

We receive payments for services rendered from federal and state agencies (under the Medicare and Medicaid programs), managed care health plans, commercial insurance companies, employers and patients. We recognize that revenues and receivables from government agencies are significant to our operations, but do not believe there are significant credit risks associated with these government agencies. We do not believe there are any other significant concentrations of revenues from any particular payer that would subject us to any significant credit risks in the collection of our accounts receivable. Days revenues in accounts receivable were 45 days, 50 days and 51 days at December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The five-day decline from December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2020 was primarily due to the combined impact of a $329 million decline in accounts receivable at December 31, 2020, compared to December 31, 2019, and a 5.7% increase in fourth

Inventories

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market.

Property and Equipment

Property and Equipment

Depreciation expense, computed using the straight-line method, was $2.693 billion in 2020, $2.579 billion in 2019 and $2.262 billion in 2018. Buildings and improvements are depreciated over estimated useful lives ranging generally from 10 to 40 years. Estimated useful lives of equipment vary generally from four to 10 years.

When events, circumstances or operating results indicate the carrying values of certain long-lived assets expected to be held and used might be impaired, we prepare projections of the undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the assets and their eventual disposition. If the projections indicate the recorded amounts are not expected to be recoverable, such amounts are reduced to estimated fair value. Fair value may be estimated based upon internal evaluations that include quantitative analyses of revenues and cash flows, reviews of recent sales of similar assets and independent appraisals.

Long-lived assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of their carrying amounts or fair value less costs to sell or close. The estimates of fair value are usually based upon recent sales of similar assets and market responses based upon discussions with and offers received from potential buyers.

Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries

Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries

At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the investments of our 100% owned insurance subsidiaries were classified as “available-for-sale” as defined in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) No. 320, Investments — Debt Securities and are recorded at fair value. The investment securities are held for the purpose of providing a funding source to pay liability claims covered by the insurance subsidiaries. We perform quarterly assessments of individual investment securities to determine whether declines in fair value are due to credit-related or noncredit-related factors. Our investment securities evaluation process involves subjective judgments, often involves estimating the outcome of future events, and requires a significant level of professional judgment in determining whether a credit-related impairment has occurred. We evaluate, among other things, the financial position and near term prospects of the issuer, conditions in the issuer’s industry, liquidity of the investment, changes in the amount or timing of expected future cash flows from the investment, and recent downgrades of the issuer by a rating agency, to determine if, and when, a decline in the fair value of an investment below amortized cost is considered to be a credit-related impairment. The extent to which the fair value of the investment is less than amortized cost and our ability and intent to retain the investment, to allow for any anticipated recovery of the investment’s fair value, are important components of our investment securities evaluation process.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill is not amortized but is subject to annual impairment tests. In addition to the annual impairment review, impairment reviews are performed whenever circumstances indicate a possible impairment may exist.

Impairment testing for goodwill is done at the reporting unit level. Reporting units are one level below the business segment level, and our impairment testing is performed at the operating division level. We compare the fair value of the reporting unit assets to the carrying amount, on at least an annual basis, to determine if there is potential impairment. If the fair value of the reporting unit assets is less than their carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized. Fair value is estimated based upon internal evaluations of each reporting unit that include quantitative analyses of market multiples, revenues and cash flows and reviews of recent sales of similar facilities. No goodwill impairments were recognized during 2020, 2019 or 2018.

During 2020, goodwill increased by $279 million related to acquisitions, including the finalization of the accounting for certain prior year acquisitions, and declined by $9 million related to foreign currency translation and other adjustments. During 2019, goodwill increased by $332 million related to acquisitions and declined by $4 million related to foreign currency translation and other adjustments.

During 2020, identifiable intangible assets increased by $65 million related to acquisitions, including the finalization of the accounting for certain prior year acquisitions, and declined by $26 million due to amortization and other adjustments. During 2019, identifiable intangible assets declined by $12 million due to amortization, foreign currency translation and other adjustments. Identifiable intangible assets are amortized over estimated lives ranging generally from three to 10 years. The gross carrying amounts of identifiable intangible assets at December 31, 2020 and 2019 were $249 million and $184 million, respectively, and accumulated amortization was $149 million and $123 million, respectively. The gross carrying amount of indefinite-lived identifiable intangible assets at both December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $269 million. Indefinite-lived identifiable intangible assets are not amortized but are subject to annual impairment tests, and impairment reviews are performed whenever circumstances indicate a possible impairment may exist.

Debt Issuance Costs

Debt Issuance Costs and Discounts

Debt issuance costs and discounts are amortized based upon the terms of the respective debt obligations. The gross carrying amount of debt issuance costs and discounts at December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $411 million and $413 million, respectively, and accumulated amortization was $175 million and $174 million, respectively. Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts is included in interest expense and was $30 million, $30 million and $31 million for 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

Professional Liability Claims

Professional Liability Claims

Reserves for professional liability risks were $1.963 billion and $1.827 billion at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The current portion of the reserves, $477 million and $457 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, is included in “other accrued expenses” in the consolidated balance sheets. Provisions for losses related to professional liability risks were $435 million, $497 million and $447 million for 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and are included in “other operating expenses” in our consolidated income statements. Provisions for losses related to professional liability risks are based upon actuarially determined estimates. During 2020, 2019 and 2018, we recorded reductions to the provision for professional liability risks of $112 million, $50 million and $70 million, respectively, due to the receipt of updated actuarial information. Loss and loss expense reserves represent the estimated ultimate net cost of all reported and unreported losses incurred through the respective consolidated balance sheet dates. The reserves for unpaid losses and loss expenses are estimated using individual case-basis valuations and actuarial analyses. Those estimates are subject to the effects of trends in loss severity and

frequency. The estimates are continually reviewed and adjustments are recorded as experience develops or new information becomes known. Adjustments to the estimated reserve amounts are included in current operating results. The reserves for professional liability risks cover approximately 2,300 individual claims at both December 31, 2020 and 2019 and estimates for unreported potential claims. The time period required to resolve these claims can vary depending upon the jurisdiction and whether the claim is settled or litigated. During 2020 and 2019, $292 million and $408 million, respectively, of net payments were made for professional and general liability claims. The estimation of the timing of payments beyond a year can vary significantly. Although considerable variability is inherent in professional liability reserve estimates, we believe the reserves for losses and loss expenses are adequate; however, there can be no assurance the ultimate liability will not exceed our estimates.

A portion of our professional liability risks is insured through a 100% owned insurance subsidiary. Subject, in most cases, to a $15 million per occurrence self-insured retention, our facilities are insured by our 100% owned insurance subsidiary for losses up to $50 million per occurrence. The insurance subsidiary has obtained reinsurance for professional liability risks generally above a retention level of either $25 million or $35 million per occurrence, depending on the jurisdiction for the related claim. We also maintain professional liability insurance with unrelated commercial carriers for losses in excess of amounts insured by our insurance subsidiary.

The obligations covered by reinsurance and excess insurance contracts are included in the reserves for professional liability risks, as we remain liable to the extent the reinsurers and excess insurance carriers do not meet their obligations under the reinsurance and excess insurance contracts. The amounts receivable under the reinsurance contracts include $31 million and $37 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, recorded in “other assets,” and $8 million and $9 million at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, recorded in “other current assets.”

Financial Instruments

Financial Instruments

Derivative financial instruments are employed to manage interest rate risks, and are not used for trading or speculative purposes. We recognize our interest rate swap derivative instruments in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognized periodically in stockholders’ equity, as a component of other comprehensive income (loss), provided the derivative financial instrument qualifies for hedge accounting. Gains and losses on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, to the extent they are effective, are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss), and subsequently reclassified to earnings to offset the impact of the forecasted transactions when they occur. In the event the forecasted transaction to which a cash flow hedge relates is no longer likely, the amount in other comprehensive income is recognized in earnings and generally the derivative is terminated.

The net interest paid or received on interest rate swaps is recognized as adjustments to interest expense. Gains and losses resulting from the early termination of interest rate swap agreements are deferred and amortized as adjustments to interest expense over the remaining term of the debt originally associated with the terminated swap.

Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Entities

Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Entities

The consolidated financial statements include all assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses of less than 100% owned entities that we control. Accordingly, we have recorded noncontrolling interests in the earnings and equity of such entities.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2020 presentation.

Earning Per Share

We compute basic earnings per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. We compute diluted earnings per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the dilutive effect of outstanding stock options, SARs, RSUs and PSUs, computed using the treasury stock method.

Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures

Accounting Standards Codification 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”) emphasizes fair value is a market-based measurement, and fair value measurements should be determined based on the assumptions market participants would use in pricing assets or liabilities. ASC 820 utilizes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity (observable inputs classified within Levels 1 and 2 of the hierarchy) and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions (unobservable inputs classified within Level 3 of the hierarchy).

Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as inputs observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, which are typically based on an entity’s own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Our assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment.

Cash Traded Investments

Cash Traded Investments

Our cash traded investments are generally classified within Level 1 or Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency.

Derivative Financial Instruments

Derivative Financial Instruments

We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. The valuation of these instruments is determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. This analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. We incorporate credit valuation adjustments to reflect both our own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements of these instruments.

Interest Rate Swaps [Member]

Financial Instruments

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to manage our exposure to fluctuations in interest rates. These swap agreements involve the exchange of fixed and variable rate interest payments between us and our counterparties based on common notional principal amounts and maturity dates. Pay-fixed interest rate swaps effectively convert variable rate obligations to fixed interest rate obligations. The interest payments under these agreements are settled on a net basis. The net interest payments, based on the notional amounts in these agreements, generally match the timing of the related liabilities for the interest rate swap agreements which have been designated as cash flow hedges. The notional amounts of the swap agreements represent amounts used to calculate the exchange of cash flows and are not our assets or liabilities. Our credit risk related to these agreements is considered low because the swap agreements are with creditworthy financial institutions.

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Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Revenues from Third Party Payers, Uninsured and Other Payers

Our revenues by primary third-party payer classification and other (including uninsured patients) for the years ended December 31, are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	Years Ended December 31,
	2020		Ratio			2019		Ratio			2018		Ratio
Medicare	$	10,420		20.2	%	$	10,798		21.0	%	$	9,831		21.1	%
Managed Medicare		6,997		13.6			6,452		12.6			5,497		11.8
Medicaid		1,965		3.8			1,572		3.1			1,358		2.9
Managed Medicaid		2,621		5.1			2,450		4.8			2,403		5.1
Managed care and other insurers		26,535		51.5			26,544		51.6			24,467		52.4
International (managed care and other insurers)		1,120		2.2			1,162		2.3			1,156		2.5
Other		1,875		3.6			2,358		4.6			1,965		4.2
Revenues	$	51,533		100.0	%	$	51,336		100.0	%	$	46,677		100.0	%

Schedule of Estimated Cost of Uncompensated Care

A summary of the estimated cost of total uncompensated care for the years ended December 31, follows (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019			2018
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$	44,271		$	44,118		$	40,035
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)		12.0	%		12.0	%		12.4	%
Total uncompensated care	$	29,029		$	31,105		$	26,757
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio		12.0	%		12.0	%		12.4	%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$	3,483		$	3,733		$	3,318

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Share-Based Compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Value of Each Stock Option Award is Estimated on Grant Date, Using Option Valuation Models

The expected dividend yield is estimated based on the assumption that the dividend yield at date of grant will be maintained over the expected life of the grant.

	2020			2019			2018
Risk-free interest rate		1.44	%		2.50	%		2.62	%
Expected volatility		27	%		27	%		29	%
Expected life, in years		6.15			6.18			6.15
Expected dividend yield		1.19	%		1.16	%		1.37	%

Schedule of Stock Option Activity

Information regarding Time Stock Options and SARs and Performance Stock Options and SARs activity during 2020, 2019 and 2018 is summarized below (share amounts in thousands):

	Time Stock Options and SARs			Performance Stock Options and SARs			Total Stock Options and SARs			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value (dollars in millions)
Options and SARs outstanding, December 31, 2017		11,156			4,586			15,742		$	43.47
Granted		2,342			—			2,342			101.96
Exercised		(3,917	)		(1,774	)		(5,691	)		27.86
Cancelled		(221	)		(145	)		(366	)		68.43
Options and SARs outstanding, December 31, 2018		9,360			2,667			12,027			61.49
Granted		1,349			—			1,349			138.31
Exercised		(1,137	)		(523	)		(1,660	)		44.45
Cancelled		(522	)		—			(522	)		93.26
Options and SARs outstanding, December 31, 2019		9,050			2,144			11,194			71.79
Granted		1,120			—			1,120			144.47
Exercised		(2,159	)		(1,325	)		(3,484	)		44.07
Cancelled		(175	)		—			(175	)		111.69
Options and SARs outstanding, December 31, 2020		7,836			819			8,655		$	91.53		6.0 years	$	631
Options and SARs exercisable, December 31, 2020		4,562			819			5,381		$	71.25		4.8 years	$	502

Schedule of Restricted Stock Units Activity

Stock Option, SAR, RSU and PSU Activity – All Plans (continued)

Information regarding Time RSUs, Performance RSUs and PSUs activity during 2020, 2019 and 2018 is summarized below (share amounts in thousands):

	Time RSUs			Performance RSUs			PSUs			Total RSUs and PSUs			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
RSUs and PSUs outstanding, December 31, 2017		3,465			227			3,562			7,254		$	72.05
Granted		1,464			—			1,261			2,725			101.85
Performance adjustment		—			—			1,250			1,250			69.27
Vested		(1,487	)		(136	)		(2,500	)		(4,123	)		67.33
Cancelled		(319	)		(91	)		(151	)		(561	)		78.82
RSUs and PSUs outstanding, December 31, 2018		3,123			—			3,422			6,545			86.32
Granted		973			—			796			1,769			138.45
Performance adjustment		—			—			227			227			69.94
Vested		(1,216	)		—			(1,251	)		(2,467	)		75.97
Cancelled		(260	)		—			(159	)		(419	)		103.27
RSUs and PSUs outstanding, December 31, 2019		2,620			—			3,035			5,655			105.23
Granted		1,048			—			808			1,856			144.17
Performance adjustment		—			—			206			206			81.89
Vested		(1,030	)		—			(1,364	)		(2,394	)		88.63
Cancelled		(162	)		—			(93	)		(255	)		124.50
RSUs and PSUs outstanding, December 31, 2020		2,476			—			2,592			5,068		$	125.40

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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Provision for Income Taxes

The provision for income taxes consists of the following (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019			2018
Current:
Federal	$	1,021		$	670		$	759
State		126			134			149
Foreign		5			17			23
Deferred:
Federal		(73	)		254			9
State		(39	)		29			13
Foreign		3			(5	)		(7	)
	$	1,043		$	1,099		$	946

Schedule of Reconciliation of Federal Statutory Rate to Effective Income Tax Rate

A reconciliation of the federal statutory rate to the effective income tax rate follows:

	2020			2019			2018
Federal statutory rate		21.0	%		21.0	%		21.0	%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit		1.9			2.7			2.9
Change in liability for uncertain tax positions		(0.2	)		0.4			(0.1	)
Tax benefit from settlements of employee equity awards		(1.8	)		(1.3	)		(2.4	)
Impact of Tax Act on deferred tax balances		—			—			(1.6	)
Other items, net		0.8			1.1			0.2
Effective income tax rate on income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.		21.7			23.9			20.0
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests from consolidated partnerships		(2.5	)		(2.9	)		(2.3	)
Effective income tax rate on income before income taxes		19.2	%		21.0	%		17.7	%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

A summary of the items comprising the deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31 follows (dollars in millions):

	2020				2019
	Assets		Liabilities		Assets		Liabilities
Depreciation and fixed asset basis differences	$	—	$	678	$	—	$	601
Allowances for professional liability and other risks		407		—		376		—
Accounts receivable		283		—		307		—
Compensation		487		—		292		—
Right-of-use lease assets and obligations		416		409		369		366
Other		485		606		461		538
	$	2,078	$	1,693	$	1,805	$	1,505

Schedule of Activity Related to Unrecognized Tax Benefits

The following table summarizes the activity related to our unrecognized tax benefits (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019
Balance at January 1	$	522		$	390
Additions (reductions) based on tax positions related to the current year		(3	)		29
Additions for tax positions of prior years		13			119
Reductions for tax positions of prior years		(30	)		(3	)
Settlements		(22	)		—
Lapse of applicable statutes of limitations		(11	)		(13	)
Balance at December 31	$	469		$	522

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Earnings Per Share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Computations of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

 The following table sets forth the computations of basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 (dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts):

	2020		2019		2018
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.	$	3,754	$	3,505	$	3,787
Weighted average common shares outstanding		338.274		341.210		347.297
Effect of dilutive incremental shares		5.331		7.016		8.006
Shares used for diluted earnings per share		343.605		348.226		355.303
Earnings per share:
Basic earnings per share	$	11.10	$	10.27	$	10.90
Diluted earnings per share	$	10.93	$	10.07	$	10.66

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Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Schedule of Investments

A summary of the insurance subsidiaries’ investments at December 31 follows (dollars in millions):

	2020
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Amounts				Fair Value
			Gains		Losses
Debt securities	$	384	$	32	$	—	$	416
Money market funds and other		88		—		—		88
	$	472	$	32	$	—		504
Amounts classified as current assets								(116	)
Investment carrying value							$	388
	2019
	Amortized Cost		Unrealized Amounts				Fair Value
			Gains		Losses
Debt securities	$	359	$	18	$	—	$	377
Money market funds and other		85		—		—		85
	$	444	$	18	$	—		462
Amounts classified as current assets								(147	)
Investment carrying value							$	315

Schedule of Maturities of Investments

Scheduled maturities of investments in debt securities at December 31, 2020 were as follows (dollars in millions):

	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
Due in one year or less	$	4	$	4
Due after one year through five years		147		156
Due after five years through ten years		157		174
Due after ten years		76		82
	$	384	$	416

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Financial Instruments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Interest Rate Swap Agreements Designated as Cash Flow Hedges

The following table sets forth our interest rate swap agreements, which have been designated as cash flow hedges, at December 31, 2020 (dollars in millions):

	Notional Amount		Maturity Date		Fair Value
Pay-fixed interest rate swaps	$	2,000		December 2021	$	(27	)
Pay-fixed interest rate swaps		500		December 2022		(19	)

Effect of Interest Rate on Results of Operations

The following table presents the effect of our interest rate swaps on our results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 (dollars in millions):

Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships	Amount of Loss Recognized in OCI on Derivatives, Net of Tax		Location of Loss Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Operations		Amount of Loss Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Operations
Interest rate swaps	$	51		Interest expense	$	24

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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule of Assets Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis

The following tables summarize our assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall (dollars in millions):

	December 31, 2020
	Fair Value			Fair Value Measurements Using
				Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)			Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Investments of insurance subsidiaries:
Debt securities	$	416		$	—		$	416		$	—
Money market funds and other		88			88			—			—
Investments of insurance subsidiaries		504			88			416			—
Less amounts classified as current assets		(116	)		(87	)		(29	)		—
	$	388			1		$	387		$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps (Income taxes and other liabilities)	$	46		$	—		$	46		$	—

	December 31, 2019
	Fair Value			Fair Value Measurements Using
				Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)			Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)			Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets:
Investments of insurance subsidiaries:
Debt securities	$	377		$	—		$	377		$	—
Money market funds and other		85			85			—			—
Investments of insurance subsidiaries		462			85			377			—
Less amounts classified as current assets		(147	)		(83	)		(64	)		—
	$	315			2		$	313		$	—
Interest rate swaps (Other)	$	3		$	—		$	3		$	—
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps (Income taxes and other liabilities)	$	7		$	—		$	7		$	—

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Long-Term Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-Term Debt

A summary of long-term debt at December 31, including related interest rates at December 31, 2020, follows (dollars in millions):

	2020			2019
Senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility	$	—		$	2,480
Senior secured revolving credit facility		—			—
Senior secured 364-day term loan facility		—			—
Senior secured term loan facilities (effective interest rate of 2.8%)		3,671			3,725
Senior secured notes (effective interest rate of 5.1%)		13,850			13,850
Other senior secured debt (effective interest rate of 4.7%)		767			654
Senior secured debt		18,288			20,709
Senior unsecured notes (effective interest rate of 5.5%)		12,952			13,252
Net debt issuance costs		(236	)		(239	)
Total debt (average life of 8.9 years, rates averaging 5.0%)		31,004			33,722
Less amounts due within one year		209			145
	$	30,795		$	33,577

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Leases (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Leases [Abstract]

Schedule of lease-related assets and liabilities

The following table presents our lease-related assets and liabilities at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	Balance Sheet Classification		2020			2019
Assets:
Operating leases		Right-of-use operating lease assets	$	2,024		$	1,834
Finance leases		Property and equipment		553			520
Total lease assets			$	2,577		$	2,354
Liabilities:
Current:
Operating leases		Other accrued expenses	$	379		$	350
Finance leases		Long-term debt due within one year		128			87
Noncurrent:
Operating leases		Right-of-use operating lease obligations		1,673			1,499
Finance leases		Long-term debt		494			470
Total lease liabilities			$	2,674		$	2,406
Weighted-average remaining term:
Operating leases				10.4 years			10.8 years
Finance leases				11.5 years			12.0 years
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating leases				4.8	%		5.3	%
Finance leases				5.4	%		6.0	%

Schedule of lease expense for finance and operating leases

The following table presents certain information related to lease expense for finance and operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	2020		2019
Finance lease expense:
Depreciation and amortization	$	106	$	93
Interest		31		32
Operating leases(1)		447		389
Short-term lease expense(1)		322		316
Variable lease expense(1)		154		150
	$	1,060	$	980

(1) Expenses are included in “other operating expenses” in our consolidated income statements.

Schedule of supplemental cash flow information

The following table presents supplemental cash flow information for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	2020		2019
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
Operating cash flows for operating leases	$	445	$	404
Operating cash flows for finance leases		31		32
Financing cash flows for finance leases		86		79

Schedule of undiscounted cash flows to the finance lease liabilities and operating lease liabilities recorded on balance sheet

The following table reconciles the undiscounted minimum lease payment amounts to the operating and finance lease liabilities recorded on the balance sheet at December 31, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in millions):

	2020						2019
	Operating Leases			Finance Leases			Operating Leases			Finance Leases
Year 1	$	431		$	155		$	411		$	110
Year 2		366			125			350			105
Year 3		307			81			285			99
Year 4		255			82			228			58
Year 5		207			51			182			60
Thereafter		1,136			353			1,074			368
Total minimum lease payments		2,702			847			2,530			800
Less: amount of lease payments representing interest		(650	)		(225	)		(681	)		(243	)
Present value of future minimum lease payments		2,052			622			1,849			557
Less: current lease obligations		(379	)		(128	)		(350	)		(87	)
Long-term lease obligations	$	1,673		$	494		$	1,499		$	470

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Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Geographic Distributions of Revenues, Equity in Earnings of Affiliates, Adjusted Segment EBITDA, Depreciation and Amortization, Assets and Goodwill and other intangible assets.

The geographic distributions of our revenues, equity in earnings of affiliates, adjusted segment EBITDA, depreciation and amortization, assets and goodwill and other intangible assets are summarized in the following table (dollars in millions):

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2020			2019			2018
Revenues:
National Group	$	25,694		$	25,913		$	22,581
American Group		23,593			23,173			21,959
Corporate and other		2,246			2,250			2,137
	$	51,533		$	51,336		$	46,677
Equity in earnings of affiliates:
National Group	$	(28	)	$	(2	)	$	(4	)
American Group		(42	)		(44	)		(40	)
Corporate and other		16			3			15
	$	(54	)	$	(43	)	$	(29	)
Adjusted segment EBITDA:
National Group	$	5,532		$	5,634		$	4,980
American Group		5,333			4,904			4,593
Corporate and other		(828	)		(681	)		(624	)
	$	10,037		$	9,857		$	8,949
Depreciation and amortization:
National Group	$	1,216		$	1,161		$	946
American Group		1,164			1,117			1,027
Corporate and other		341			318			305
	$	2,721		$	2,596		$	2,278

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2020		2019			2018
Adjusted segment EBITDA	$	10,037	$	9,857		$	8,949
Depreciation and amortization		2,721		2,596			2,278
Interest expense		1,584		1,824			1,755
Losses (gains) on sales of facilities		7		(18	)		(428	)
Losses on retirement of debt		295		211			9
Income before income taxes	$	5,430	$	5,244		$	5,335
	December 31,
	2020		2019			2018
Assets:
National Group	$	18,913	$	18,290		$	14,839
American Group		20,760		20,608			19,122
Corporate and other		7,817		6,160			5,246
	$	47,490	$	45,058		$	39,207

	National Group			American Group			Corporate and Other			Total
Goodwill and other intangible assets:
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	1,474		$	5,265		$	655		$	7,394
Acquisitions		132			504			—			636
Foreign currency translation, amortization and other		(9	)		(40	)		(28	)		(77	)
Balance at December 31, 2018		1,597			5,729			627			7,953
Acquisitions		155			39			138			332
Foreign currency translation, amortization and other		(13	)		(3	)		—			(16	)
Balance at December 31, 2019		1,739			5,765			765			8,269
Acquisitions		38			27			279			344
Foreign currency translation, amortization and other		(2	)		(17	)		(16	)		(35	)
Balance at December 31, 2020	$	1,775		$	5,775		$	1,028		$	8,578

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Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Equity [Abstract]

Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The components of accumulated other comprehensive loss are as follows (dollars in millions):

	Unrealized Gains on Available- for-Sale Securities			Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments			Defined Benefit Plans			Change in Fair Value of Derivative Instruments			Total
Balances at December 31, 2017	$	7		$	(149	)	$	(168	)	$	32		$	(278	)
Unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, net of $2 income tax benefit		(5	)		—			—			—			(5	)
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of $8 income tax benefit		—			(63	)		—			—			(63	)
Defined benefit plans, net of $10 of income taxes		—			—			34			—			34
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of $5 of income taxes		—			—			—			18			18
Expense (income) reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, net of $5 income tax benefit and $2 of income taxes, respectively		—			—			16			(8	)		8
Reclassification of stranded tax effects		1			(71	)		(30	)		5			(95	)
Balances at December 31, 2018		3			(283	)		(148	)		47			(381	)
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of $4 of income taxes		11			—			—			—			11
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of $5 of income taxes		—			—			—			—			—
Defined benefit plans, net of $14 income tax benefit		—			—			(49	)		—			(49	)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of $13 income tax benefit		—			—			—			(37	)		(37	)
Expense (income) reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, net of $3 income tax benefit and $3 of income taxes, respectively		—			—			10			(14	)		(4	)
Balances at December 31, 2019		14			(283	)		(187	)		(4	)		(460	)
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of $3 of income taxes		11			—			—			—			11
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of $6 of income taxes		—			12			—			—			12
Defined benefit plans, net of $16 income tax benefit		—			—			(55	)		—			(55	)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of $15 income tax benefit		—			—			—			(51	)		(51	)
Expense reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, net of $6 and $5 income tax benefits, respectively		—			—			22			19			41
Balances at December 31, 2020	$	25		$	(271	)	$	(220	)	$	(36	)	$	(502	)

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Accrued Expenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Text Block [Abstract]

Summary of Other Accrued Expenses

A summary of other accrued expenses at December 31 follows (dollars in millions):

	2020		2019
Professional liability risks	$	477	$	457
Defined contribution benefit plan		547		528
Right-of-use operating lease		379		350
Taxes other than income		343		325
Interest		315		368
Government stimulus refund liability		83		—
Other		1,096		904
	$	3,240	$	2,932

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Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Claim State Surgery_Center Endoscopy_Center Hospital	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Claim State Surgery_Center Endoscopy_Center Hospital	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Claim	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of owned and operated hospitals | Hospital		185	185
Number of freestanding surgery centers | Surgery_Center		121	121
Number of freestanding endoscopy centers | Endoscopy_Center		21	21
Number of facilities locations | State		20	20
General and administrative expense			$ 416,000	$ 370,000	$ 344,000
Adjustments to estimated reimbursement filed during respective year			70,000	51,000	29,000
Adjustments to estimated reimbursement filed during previous years			(5,000)	13,000	51,000
Estimated implicit price concessions recorded as reductions to revenues and accounts receivable			6,108,000	6,953,000
Charity care amount			13,763,000	13,260,000	8,611,000
Estimated costs of charity care			1,652	1,591	$ 1,068,000
Outstanding checks unpresented for payment		$ 495,000	$ 495,000	$ 486,000
Days revenues in accounts receivable			45 days	50 days	51 days
Depreciation expense			$ 2,693,000	$ 2,579,000	$ 2,262,000
Goodwill impairments			0	0	0
Goodwill acquired during period			279,000	332,000
Intangible assets decreased			26,000	12,000
Gross carrying amount of intangible assets			249,000	184,000
Accumulated amortization of intangible assets		149,000	149,000	123,000
Gross carrying amount of indefinite-lived intangible assets		269,000	269,000	269,000
Deferred loan costs		411,000	411,000	413,000
Deferred loan costs, accumulated amortization		175,000	175,000	174,000
Amortization of debt issuance costs			30,000	30,000	31,000
Reserves for professional liability risks		1,963,000	1,963,000	1,827,000
Current portion of professional liability risks reserves		$ 477,000	477,000	457,000
Provisions for losses related to professional liability risks			435,000	497,000	447,000
Decrease in provision for professional liability risks			$ 112,000	$ 50,000	70,000
Reserves for professional liability risks cover individual claims | Claim		2,300	2,300	2,300
Net payments of professional and general liability claims			$ 292,000	$ 408,000
Self-insured retention amount per occurrence					15,000
Maximum amount losses per occurrence					$ 50,000
Reinsurance for professional liability risks retention minimum level of amount per occurrence			25,000
Reinsurance for professional liability risks retention level of amount per occurrence			35,000
Amounts receivable under reinsurance contracts recorded in other assets		$ 31,000	31,000	37,000
Amounts receivable under reinsurance contracts recorded in other current assets		8,000	8,000	9,000
Government stimulus refund liability		83,000	83,000
Increase decrease in accounts receivable			$ 329,000
Percentage increase in fourth quarter revenues per day			5.70%
CARES Act Provider Relief Fund [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Accelerated Medicare payments received			$ 4,400,000
General and targeted distributions recived			1,800,000
Deferred social security taxes		688,000	688,000
Employee retention payroll tax credits			60,000
Repayments of provider relief funds		6,100,000
Government stimulus refund liability		$ 83,000	83,000
Foreign Currency Translation And Other [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Goodwill increase (decrease)			$ 9,000	$ 4,000
Insurance Subsidiary [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Insurance subsidiary ownership percentage				100.00%
Inpatient Services [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Performance obligations for inpatient/ outpatient services satisfied period			Our performance obligations for inpatient services are generally satisfied over periods that average approximately five days
Maximum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of income of federal poverty level eligible for charity care	400.00%
Finite lived intangible asset useful life			10 years
Maximum [Member] | Outpatient Services [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Performance obligations for inpatient/ outpatient services satisfied period			Our performance obligations for outpatient services are generally satisfied over a period of less than one day
Maximum [Member] | Building and Improvements [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives in years			40 years
Maximum [Member] | Equipment [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives in years			10 years
Minimum [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Finite lived intangible asset useful life			3 years
Minimum [Member] | Building and Improvements [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives in years			10 years
Minimum [Member] | Equipment [Member]
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated useful lives in years			4 years

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Accounting Policies - Schedule of Revenues from Third Party Payers, Uninsured and Other Payers (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Revenues From Third Party Payers [Line Items]
Revenues from third party payers	$ 51,533	$ 51,336	$ 46,677
Revenues ratio from third party payers	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Medicare [Member]
Revenues From Third Party Payers [Line Items]
Revenues from third party payers	$ 10,420	$ 10,798	$ 9,831
Revenues from third party payers, Ratio	20.20%	21.00%	21.10%
Managed Medicare [Member]
Revenues From Third Party Payers [Line Items]
Revenues from third party payers	$ 6,997	$ 6,452	$ 5,497
Revenues from third party payers, Ratio	13.60%	12.60%	11.80%
Medicaid [Member]
Revenues From Third Party Payers [Line Items]
Revenues from third party payers	$ 1,965	$ 1,572	$ 1,358
Revenues from third party payers, Ratio	3.80%	3.10%	2.90%
Managed Medicaid [Member]
Revenues From Third Party Payers [Line Items]
Revenues from third party payers	$ 2,621	$ 2,450	$ 2,403
Revenues from third party payers, Ratio	5.10%	4.80%	5.10%
Managed Care and Other Insurers [Member]
Revenues From Third Party Payers [Line Items]
Revenues from third party payers	$ 26,535	$ 26,544	$ 24,467
Revenues from third party payers, Ratio	51.50%	51.60%	52.40%
International (Managed Care and Other Insurers) [Member]
Revenues From Third Party Payers [Line Items]
Revenues from third party payers	$ 1,120	$ 1,162	$ 1,156
Revenues from third party payers, Ratio	2.20%	2.30%	2.50%
Product and Service, Other [Member]
Revenues From Third Party Payers [Line Items]
Revenues from third party payers	$ 1,875	$ 2,358	$ 1,965
Other, Ratio	3.60%	4.60%	4.20%

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Accounting Policies - Schedule of Estimated Cost of Uncompensated Care (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Patient care costs (salaries and benefits, supplies, other operating expenses and depreciation and amortization)	$ 44,271	$ 44,118	$ 40,035
Cost-to-charges ratio (patient care costs as percentage of gross patient charges)	12.00%	12.00%	12.40%
Total uncompensated care	$ 29,029	$ 31,105	$ 26,757
Multiply by the cost-to-charges ratio	12.00%	12.00%	12.40%
Estimated cost of total uncompensated care	$ 3,483	$ 3,733	$ 3,318

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Share-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted Average Fair Value of Stock Options Granted	$ 35.98	$ 38.21	$ 28.90
Total Intrinsic Value of Stock Options	$ 328	$ 153	$ 456
Unrecognized Compensation Cost Related to Nonvested Awards	$ 53
Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP") [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock were reserved for issuance	5,865,000
Compensation expense	$ 13	12	10
Stock Appreciation Rights (SARs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares Available for Future Grants	20,274,000
Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSUs and PSUs, Vested, value	$ 349	$ 346	$ 413
Unrecognized Compensation Cost Related to Nonvested Awards	$ 330

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Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of Fair Value of Each Stock Option Award is Estimated on Grant Date, Using Option Valuation Models (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Risk-free interest rate	1.44%	2.50%	2.62%
Expected volatility	27.00%	27.00%	29.00%
Expected life, in years	6 years 1 month 24 days	6 years 2 months 4 days	6 years 1 month 24 days
Expected dividend yield	1.19%	1.16%	1.37%

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Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of Stock Option Activity (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Options outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price, Beginning Balance	$ 71.79	$ 61.49	$ 43.47
Granted, Weighted Average Exercise Price	144.47	138.31	101.96
Exercised, Weighted Average Exercise Price	44.07	44.45	27.86
Cancelled, Weighted Average Exercise Price	111.69	93.26	68.43
Stock Options outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price, Ending Balance	91.53	$ 71.79	$ 61.49
Options exercisable, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 71.25
Options outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	6 years
Options exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	4 years 9 months 18 days
Options outstanding, Aggregate Intrinsic Value	$ 631
Options exercisable, Aggregate Intrinsic Value	$ 502
Time Based Stock Options and SARs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Options Outstanding, Beginning Balance	9,050	9,360	11,156
Granted, Stock Options	1,120	1,349	2,342
Exercised, Stock Options	(2,159)	(1,137)	(3,917)
Cancelled, Stock Options	(175)	(522)	(221)
Stock Options Outstanding, Ending Balance	7,836	9,050	9,360
Stock Options Exercisable, Ending Balance	4,562
Performance Stock Options and SARs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Options Outstanding, Beginning Balance	2,144	2,667	4,586
Exercised, Stock Options	(1,325)	(523)	(1,774)
Cancelled, Stock Options			(145)
Stock Options Outstanding, Ending Balance	819	2,144	2,667
Stock Options Exercisable, Ending Balance	819
Total Stock Options and Stock SARs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Options Outstanding, Beginning Balance	11,194	12,027	15,742
Granted, Stock Options	1,120	1,349	2,342
Exercised, Stock Options	(3,484)	(1,660)	(5,691)
Cancelled, Stock Options	(175)	(522)	(366)
Stock Options Outstanding, Ending Balance	8,655	11,194	12,027
Stock Options Exercisable, Ending Balance	5,381

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Share-Based Compensation - Schedule of Restricted Stock Units Activity (Detail) - $ / shares shares in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSUs and PSUs Outstanding, Beginning Balance	5,655	6,545	7,254
RSUs and PSUs, Granted	1,856	1,769	2,725
Performance adjustment	206	227	1,250
RSUs and PSUs, Vested	(2,394)	(2,467)	(4,123)
RSUs and PSUs, Cancelled	(255)	(419)	(561)
RSUs and PSUs Outstanding, Ending Balance	5,068	5,655	6,545
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, RSUs and PSUs, Beginning balance	$ 105.23	$ 86.32	$ 72.05
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, RSUs and PSUs, Granted	144.17	138.45	101.85
Performance adjustment	81.89	69.94	69.27
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, RSUs and PSUs, Vested	88.63	75.97	67.33
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, RSUs and PSUs, Cancelled	124.50	103.27	78.82
Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value, RSUs and PSUs, Ending balance	$ 125.40	$ 105.23	$ 86.32
Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units [Member] | Time Based Stock Options and SARs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSUs and PSUs Outstanding, Beginning Balance	2,620	3,123	3,465
RSUs and PSUs, Granted	1,048	973	1,464
RSUs and PSUs, Vested	(1,030)	(1,216)	(1,487)
RSUs and PSUs, Cancelled	(162)	(260)	(319)
RSUs and PSUs Outstanding, Ending Balance	2,476	2,620	3,123
Restricted Stock Units and Performance Stock Units [Member] | Performance Based Stock Options and RSUs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSUs and PSUs Outstanding, Beginning Balance			227
RSUs and PSUs, Vested			(136)
RSUs and PSUs, Cancelled			(91)
Performance Shares PSUs [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
RSUs and PSUs Outstanding, Beginning Balance	3,035	3,422	3,562
RSUs and PSUs, Granted	808	796	1,261
Performance adjustment	206	227	1,250
RSUs and PSUs, Vested	(1,364)	(1,251)	(2,500)
RSUs and PSUs, Cancelled	(93)	(159)	(151)
RSUs and PSUs Outstanding, Ending Balance	2,592	3,035	3,422

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Acquisitions and Dispositions - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) Hospital	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) Hospital	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) Hospital
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of hospitals purchased | Hospital	1	7	2
Proceeds from sale of business	$ 68	$ 61	$ 808
Real Estate and Other Investments [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pretax gain (loss) before tax			75
Pretax gain (loss) after tax			59
Proceeds from sale of business			50
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale [Member] | Oklahoma [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pretax gain (loss) before tax			353
Pretax gain (loss) after tax			265
Proceeds from sale of business			$ 758
Number of hospitals sold | Hospital			2
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale [Member] | Louisiana [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pretax gain (loss) before tax		18
Pretax gain (loss) after tax		13
Proceeds from sale of business		$ 61
Number of hospitals sold | Hospital		1
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale [Member] | Mississippi [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pretax gain (loss) before tax	(7)
Pretax gain (loss) after tax	(9)
Proceeds from sale of business	$ 68
Number of hospitals sold | Hospital	1
Hospitals [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price		$ 1,384	$ 792
Nonhospital Health Care [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price		298	461
Other [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 279	$ 332	$ 636
Hospital and other nonhospital health care entities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Aggregate purchase price	$ 568

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Income Taxes - Schedule of Provision for Income Taxes (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Current, Federal	$ 1,021	$ 670	$ 759
Current, State	126	134	149
Current, Foreign	5	17	23
Deferred, Federal	(73)	254	9
Deferred, State	(39)	29	13
Deferred, Foreign	3	(5)	(7)
Provision for income taxes	$ 1,043	$ 1,099	$ 946

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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Provisional amount related to remeasurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities, recorded as a component of provision for income taxes			$ 67
Effective tax rate	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%	35.00%
Reduction to provision for income taxes for tax credits			$ (28)
Provision for tax benefits related to settlement of employee awards	$ 92	$ 65	124
Foreign pretax income	9	50	$ 86
State net operating loss carryforwards	56
Federal net operating loss carryforwards	127
Liability for unrecognized tax benefits	508	550
Unrecognized tax benefits, accrued interest	73	62
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate	157	160
Deferred tax assets, reductions	$ 34	$ 34
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards, expiration date	2023
State and Local Jurisdiction [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]
Net operating loss carryforwards, expiration date	2039

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Income Taxes - Schedule of Reconciliation of Federal Statutory Rate to Effective Income Tax Rate (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Federal statutory rate	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%	35.00%
State income taxes, net of federal tax benefit	1.90%	2.70%	2.90%
Change in liability for uncertain tax positions	(0.20%)	0.40%	(0.10%)
Tax benefit from settlements of employee equity awards	(1.80%)	(1.30%)	(2.40%)
Impact of Tax Act on deferred tax balances			(1.60%)
Other items, net	0.80%	1.10%	0.20%
Effective income tax rate on income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.	21.70%	23.90%	20.00%
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests from consolidated partnerships	(2.50%)	(2.90%)	(2.30%)
Effective income tax rate on income before income taxes	19.20%	21.00%	17.70%

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Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Depreciation and fixed asset basis differences, Assets	$ 0	$ 0
Allowances for professional liability and other risks, Assets	407	376
Accounts receivable, Assets	283	307
Compensation, Assets	487	292
Right-of-use lease obligations	416	369
Other, Assets	485	461
Deferred tax assets	2,078	1,805
Depreciation and fixed asset basis differences, Liabilities	678	601
Allowances for professional liability and other risks, Liabilities	0	0
Accounts receivable, Liabilities	0	0
Compensation, Liabilities	0	0
Right-of-use lease assets and obligations	409	366
Other, Liabilities	606	538
Deferred tax liabilities	$ 1,693	$ 1,505

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Income Taxes - Schedule of Activity Related to Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Beginning Balance	$ 522	$ 390
Additions (reductions) based on tax positions related to the current year	(3)	29
Additions for tax positions of prior years	13	119
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	(30)	(3)
Settlements	(22)	0
Lapse of applicable statutes of limitations	(11)	(13)
Ending Balance	$ 469	$ 522

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Earnings Per Share - Additional information (Detail) - shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Common stock repurchased	3,287,000	7,949,000	14,070,000.000

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Earnings Per Share - Schedule of Computations of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Net income attributable to HCA Healthcare, Inc.	$ 3,754	$ 3,505	$ 3,787
Weighted average common shares outstanding	338,274	341,210	347,297
Effect of dilutive incremental shares	5,331	7,016	8,006
Shares used for diluted earnings per share	343,605	348,226	355,303
Basic earnings per share	$ 11.10	$ 10.27	$ 10.90
Diluted earnings per share	$ 10.93	$ 10.07	$ 10.66

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Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries - Schedule of Investments (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amounts classified as current assets	$ (116)	$ (147)
Investment carrying value	388	315
Amortized Cost	472	444
Unrealized Amounts, Gains	32	18
Fair Value	504	462
Money Market Funds and Other [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	88	85
Fair Value	88	85
Debt Securities [Member] | States and Municipalities [Member]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Amortized Cost	384	359
Unrealized Amounts, Gains	32	18
Fair Value	$ 416	$ 377

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Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries - Schedule of Maturities of Investments (Detail) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Due in one year or less, Amortized Cost	$ 4
Due after one year through five years, Amortized Cost	147
Due after five years through ten years, Amortized Cost	157
Due after ten years, Amortized Cost	76
Amortized Cost, Total	384
Due in one year or less, Fair Value	4
Due after one year through five years, Fair Value	156
Due after five years through ten years, Fair Value	174
Due after ten years, Fair Value	82
Fair Value, Total	$ 416

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Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]
Available for sale securities expected maturity of debt securities	5 years 2 months 12 days
Available for sale securities average scheduled maturity	9 years 4 months 24 days

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Financial Instruments - Schedule of Interest Rate Swap Agreements Designated as Cash Flow Hedges (Detail) - Pay-Fixed Interest Rate Swaps [Member] $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Maturity Date, 2021 [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 2,000
Fair Value	$ (27)
Maturity Date	2021-12
Maturity Date, 2022 [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Notional Amount	$ 500
Fair Value	$ (19)
Maturity Date	2022-12

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Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]
Estimated amount reclassified from other comprehensive income and reduce interest expense	$ 37
Estimated termination value	$ 46

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Financial Instruments - Effect of Interest Rate Swaps on Results of Operations (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Amount of Loss Recognized in OCI on Derivatives, Net of Tax	$ 51	$ 37	$ (18)
Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Amount of Loss Recognized in OCI on Derivatives, Net of Tax	51
Interest Rate Swaps [Member] | Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member]
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Interest rate swaps	$ 24

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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value - Schedule of Assets Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 504	$ 462
Less amounts classified as current assets	(116)	(147)
Investments of insurance subsidiaries, noncurrent	388	315
Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Derivative Asset		3
Derivative Liability	46	7
Money Market Funds and Other [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	88	85
Debt Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale Securities	416	377
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1) [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	88	85
Less amounts classified as current assets	(87)	(83)
Investments of insurance subsidiaries, noncurrent	1	2
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1) [Member] | Money Market Funds and Other [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	88	85
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure	416	377
Less amounts classified as current assets	(29)	(64)
Investments of insurance subsidiaries, noncurrent	387	313
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Derivative Asset		3
Derivative Liability	46	7
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member] | Debt Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Net Derivative Asset (Liability) Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale Securities	$ 416	$ 377

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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]
Estimated fair value of long-term debt	$ 35,814	$ 37,026
Carrying amounts of long-term debt	$ 31,240	$ 33,961

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Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long-Term Debt (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured debt	$ 18,288	$ 20,709
Net debt issuance costs	(236)	(239)
Total debt (average life of 8.9 years, rates averaging 5.0%)	31,004	33,722
Less amounts due within one year	209	145
Long-term debt	30,795	33,577
Senior Secured Asset-Based Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term line of credit		2,480
Senior Secured Term Loan Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured debt	3,671	3,725
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured debt	13,850	13,850
Other Senior Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other senior secured debt	767	654
Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior unsecured notes	$ 12,952	$ 13,252

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Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long-Term Debt (Parenthetical) (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt average term	8 years 10 months 24 days
Total debt average rate	5.00%
Senior Secured Term Loan Facilities [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	2.80%
Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	5.10%
Other Senior Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	4.70%
Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Effective interest rate	5.50%

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Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Feb. 29, 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Pretax loss on retirement of debt		$ 295,000,000	$ 211,000,000	$ 9,000,000
Capital leases and other secured debt		767,000,000
Maturity of long-term debt in 2022		233,000,000
Maturity of long-term debt in 2023		2,799,000,000
Maturity of long-term debt in 2024		3,163,000,000
Maturity of long-term debt in 2025		$ 5,872,000,000
Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, maturities range		2022
Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, maturities range		2025
Interest Rate Swaps [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Notional amount, total		$ 2,500,000,000
Federal Fund Rate [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument basis spread		0.50%
Asset-Based Revolving Credit Facility Maturing on June 28, 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 3,750,000,000
Debt instrument maturity date		Jun. 28, 2022
Percentage of senior secured credit facility over eligible accounts receivable		85.00%
Line of credit outstanding		$ 0
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Maturing On June 28, 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 2,000,000,000.000
Debt instrument maturity date		Jun. 28, 2022
Line of credit outstanding		$ 0
Senior Secured Term Loan A-6 Facility Maturing On July 16, 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 1,078,000,000.000
Debt instrument maturity date		Jul. 16, 2024
Senior Secured Term Loan B-12 Facility Maturing On March 13, 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 1,459,000,000
Debt instrument maturity date		Mar. 13, 2025
Senior Secured Term Loan B-13 Facility Maturing On March 18, 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 1,134,000,000
Debt instrument maturity date		Mar. 18, 2026
Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility Maturing On March 19, 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 2,000,000,000.000
Debt instrument maturity date		Mar. 18, 2021
Line of credit outstanding		$ 0
Senior Unsecured Note Maturities Ranging 2021 to 2033 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount		$ 12,091,000,000.000
Senior Unsecured Note Maturities Ranging 2021 to 2033 [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, maturities range		2023
Senior Unsecured Note Maturities Ranging 2021 to 2033 [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, maturities range		2033
Senior Unsecured Note Maturity Year 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount		$ 125,000,000
Senior Unsecured Note Maturities Ranging 2023 to 2095 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount		$ 736,000,000
Senior Unsecured Note Maturities Ranging 2023 to 2095 [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, maturities range		2023
Senior Unsecured Note Maturities Ranging 2023 to 2095 [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, maturities range		2095
Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Pretax loss on retirement of debt		$ 295,000,000
6.25% Senior Notes Due 2021 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early Repayment of Senior Debt	$ 1,000,000,000.000
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage	6.25%
7.50% Senior Notes Due 2022 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Early Repayment of Senior Debt	$ 2,000,000,000.000
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage	7.50%
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes Due 2023 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount		$ 1,250,000,000
Debt instrument, stated interest		4.75%
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes Due 2024 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount		$ 2,000,000,000.000
Debt instrument, stated interest		5.00%
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes Due 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount		$ 1,400,000,000
Debt instrument, stated interest		5.25%
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes Due 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount		$ 1,500,000,000
Debt instrument, stated interest		5.25%
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes Due 2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount		$ 1,200,000,000
Debt instrument, stated interest		4.50%
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes Due 2029 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount		$ 2,000,000,000.000
Debt instrument, stated interest		4.125%
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes Due 2047 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount		$ 1,500,000,000
Debt instrument, stated interest		5.50%
Senior Notes [Member] | Senior Secured Notes Due 2049 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount		$ 2,000,000,000.000
Debt instrument, stated interest		5.25%
Senior Notes [Member] | 5.13% Senior Notes Due 2039 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount		$ 1,000,000,000.000
Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount					$ 2,700,000,000
Debt instrument, stated interest					3.50%
Senior Secured Three Six Four Day Term Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 2,000,000,000.000

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Leases - Schedule Of Lease-Related Assets And Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Assets:
Operating leases	$ 2,024	$ 1,834
Finance leases	553	520
Total lease assets	2,577	2,354
Liabilities
Operating leases	379	350
Finance leases	128	87
Operating leases	1,673	1,499
Finance leases	494	470
Total lease liabilities	$ 2,674	$ 2,406
Weighted-average remaining term:
Operating leases	10 years 4 months 24 days	10 years 9 months 18 days
Finance leases	11 years 6 months	12 years
Weighted-average discount rate:
Operating leases	4.80%	5.30%
Finance leases	5.40%	6.00%

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Leases - Schedule Of Lease Expense For Finance And Operating Leases (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Finance lease expense:
Depreciation and amortization		$ 106	$ 93
Interest		31	32
Operating leases	[1]	447	389
Short-term lease expense	[1]	322	316
Variable lease expense	[1]	154	150
Total lease expense		$ 1,060	$ 980

[1] Expenses are included in “other operating expenses” in our consolidated income statements.

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Leases - Schedule Of Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Cash Paid For Amounts Included In Measurement Of Lease Liabilities [Abstract]
Operating cash flows for operating leases	$ 445	$ 404
Operating cash flows for finance leases	31	32
Financing cash flows for finance leases	$ 86	$ 79

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Leases - Schedule of undiscounted cash flows to the finance lease liabilities and operating lease liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Operating Lease Liabilities, Payments Due [Abstract]
Year 1	$ 431	$ 411
Year 2	366	350
Year 3	307	285
Year 4	255	228
Year 5	207	182
Thereafter	1,136	1,074
Total minimum lease payments	2,702	2,530
Less: amount of lease payments representing interest	(650)	(681)
Present value of future minimum lease payments	2,052	1,849
Less: current obligations under leases	(379)	(350)
Long-term lease obligations	1,673	1,499
Finance Lease Liabilities, Payments, Due [Abstract]
Year 1	155	110
Year 2	125	105
Year 3	81	99
Year 4	82	58
Year 5	51	60
Thereafter	353	368
Total minimum lease payments	847	800
Less: amount of lease payments representing interest	(225)	(243)
Present value of future minimum lease payments	622	557
Less: current obligations under leases	(128)	(87)
Long-term lease obligations	$ 494	$ 470

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Capital Stock - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares Directors shares	Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2018 $ / shares shares	Feb. 01, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Capital Structure [Line Items]
Common stock, shares authorized | shares	1,800,000,000	1,800,000,000
Repurchase of common stock, shares | shares	3,287,000	7,949,000	14,070,000.000
Repurchase price of common stock, per share | $ / shares	$ 134.18	$ 129.71	$ 108.74
Share repurchase program authorized amount					$ 6,000,000,000	$ 6,000,000,000	$ 6,000,000,000
Share repurchase program, remaining authorized repurchase amount	$ 2,800,000,000				$ 2,000,000,000	$ 2,000,000,000	$ 2,000,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Capital Structure [Line Items]
Share repurchase program authorized amount				$ 8,800,000,000
Share repurchase program, remaining authorized repurchase amount				2,800,000,000
Stock repurchase program additional authorized amount				$ 6,000,000,000
Minimum [Member]
Capital Structure [Line Items]
Number of directors as per the amended and restated by-laws | Directors	3

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Employee Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Defined Contribution Benefit Plans [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Percentage of employer contribution to match participant contribution in defined contribution plan, net	100.00%
Cost of defined benefit plans	$ 552	$ 532	$ 499
Defined benefit plan cost	8	11	9
Defined benefit plan obligation	$ 96	63
Defined Contribution Benefit Plans [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Percentage of employer contribution to match participant contribution in defined contribution plan	3.00%
Defined Contribution Benefit Plans [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Percentage of employer contribution to match participant contribution in defined contribution plan	9.00%
Restoration Plan [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Number of hours of service required to qualify for the plan	1,000 or more hours
Noncontributory and nonqualified plan, benefit expense	$ 35	44	22
Noncontributory and nonqualified plan, accrued benefits liabilities	242	227
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan [Member]
Pension Plans, Postretirement and Other Employee Benefits [Line Items]
Defined benefit plan cost	24	19	$ 26
Defined benefit plan obligation	$ 204	$ 192

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Segment and Geographic Information - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020 Hospital
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of geographically organized groups	2
Number of owned and operated hospitals	185
Reorganization Group [Member] | National Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of owned and operated hospitals	96
Reorganization Group [Member] | American Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of owned and operated hospitals	82
Reorganization Group [Member] | Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of owned and operated hospitals	7

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Segment and Geographic Information - Schedule of Geographic Distributions of Revenues, Equity in Earnings of Affiliates, Adjusted Segment EBITDA, Depreciation and Amortization and Assets (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 51,533	$ 51,336	$ 46,677
Equity in earnings of affiliates	(54)	(43)	(29)
Adjusted segment EBITDA	10,037	9,857	8,949
Depreciation and amortization	2,721	2,596	2,278
Interest expense	1,584	1,824	1,755
Losses (gains) on sales of facilities	7	(18)	(428)
Losses on retirement of debt	295	211	9
Income before income taxes	5,430	5,244	5,335
Assets	47,490	45,058	39,207
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Beginning Balance	8,269	7,953	7,394
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Acquisitions	344	332	636
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Foreign currency translation and other		(16)	(77)
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Foreign currency translation, amortization and other	(35)
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Ending Balance	8,578	8,269	7,953
National Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	25,694	25,913	22,581
Equity in earnings of affiliates	(28)	(2)	(4)
Adjusted segment EBITDA	5,532	5,634	4,980
Depreciation and amortization	1,216	1,161	946
Assets	18,913	18,290	14,839
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Beginning Balance	1,739	1,597	1,474
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Acquisitions	38	155	132
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Foreign currency translation and other		(13)	(9)
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Foreign currency translation, amortization and other	(2)
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Ending Balance	1,775	1,739	1,597
American Group [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	23,593	23,173	21,959
Equity in earnings of affiliates	(42)	(44)	(40)
Adjusted segment EBITDA	5,333	4,904	4,593
Depreciation and amortization	1,164	1,117	1,027
Assets	20,760	20,608	19,122
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Beginning Balance	5,765	5,729	5,265
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Acquisitions	27	39	504
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Foreign currency translation and other		(3)	(40)
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Foreign currency translation, amortization and other	(17)
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Ending Balance	5,775	5,765	5,729
Corporate and Other [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	2,246	2,250	2,137
Equity in earnings of affiliates	16	3	15
Adjusted segment EBITDA	(828)	(681)	(624)
Depreciation and amortization	341	318	305
Assets	7,817	6,160	5,246
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Beginning Balance	765	627	655
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Acquisitions	279	138
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Foreign currency translation and other			(28)
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Foreign currency translation, amortization and other	(16)
Goodwill and other intangible assets, Ending Balance	$ 1,028	$ 765	$ 627

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Other Comprehensive Loss - Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Equity [Abstract]
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, beginning balances	$ 14	$ 3	$ 7
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities	11	11	(5)
Reclassification of stranded tax effects, unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities			1
Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, ending balances	25	14	3
Foreign currency translation adjustments, beginning balances	(283)	(283)	(149)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	12		(63)
Reclassification of stranded tax effects, foreign currency translation adjustments			(71)
Foreign currency translation adjustments, ending balances	(271)	(283)	(283)
Defined benefit plans, beginning balances	(187)	(148)	(168)
Defined benefit plans	(55)	(49)	34
Defined benefit plans, (income) expense reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income	22	10	16
Reclassification of stranded tax effects, defined benefit plans			(30)
Defined benefit plans, ending balances	(220)	(187)	(148)
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, beginning balances	(4)	47	32
Change in fair value of derivative instruments	(51)	(37)	18
Change in fair value of derivatives instruments, (income) expense reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income	19	(14)	(8)
Reclassification of stranded tax effects, change in fair value of derivative instruments			5
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, ending balances	(36)	(4)	47
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, beginning balances	(460)	(381)	(278)
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, net of income taxes	11	11	(5)
Foreign currency translation adjustments	12		(63)
Defined benefit plans	(55)	(49)	34
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, net of income tax benefit	(51)	(37)	18
Expense (income) reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income, Total	41	(4)	8
Reclassification of stranded tax effects, total			(95)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax, ending balances	$ (502)	$ (460)	$ (381)

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Other Comprehensive Loss - Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Equity [Abstract]
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, tax benefit			$ 2
Unrealized gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, tax expense	$ 3	$ 4
Foreign currency translation adjustments, income tax benefit			8
Foreign currency translation adjustments, income tax expense	6	5
Defined benefit plans, income tax benefit	16	14
Defined benefit plans, income tax expense			10
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, income tax benefit	15	13
Change in fair value of derivative instruments, income tax expense			5
Defined benefit plans, benefit reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income	6	3	5
Interest expense on derivative instruments, benefit reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income	$ 5
Interest benefit on derivative instruments, expense reclassified into operations from other comprehensive income		$ 3	$ 2

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Accrued Expenses - Summary of Other Accrued Expenses (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]
Professional liability risks	$ 477	$ 457
Defined contribution benefit plan	547	528
Right-of-use operating lease	379	350
Taxes other than income	343	325
Interest	315	368
Government stimulus refund liability	83
Other	1,096	904
Other accrued expenses	$ 3,240	$ 2,932