HCA Healthcare

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HCA Healthcare, Inc.

Formerly	HCA Holdings, Inc.
Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: HCA S&P 500 component
Industry	Health care
Founded	1968; 56 years ago (1968) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Founders	Thomas F. Frist Sr., Thomas F. Frist Jr., Jack C. Massey
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee , U.S.
Number of locations	186 hospitals, approximately 2,000 sites of care located in 21 states and the United Kingdom[1]
Area served	United States and the United Kingdom
Key people	Sam Hazen (CEO) John Reay (CEO, HCA UK)[2]
Revenue	US$60.23 billion (2022)[3]
Net income	US$3.759 billion (2020)[4]
Number of employees	235,000 (2021)[5]
Website	hcahealthcare.com

HCA Healthcare, Inc. is an American for-profit operator of health care facilities that was founded in 1968. It is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and, as of May 2020, owned and operated 186 hospitals and approximately 2,000 sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding emergency rooms, urgent care centers and physician clinics in 21 states and the United Kingdom.^[6] As of 2023, HCA Healthcare is ranked #66 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.^[7]

The company engaged in illegal accounting and other crimes in the 1990s that resulted in the payment of more than $2 billion in federal fines and other penalties, and the dismissal of the CEO Rick Scott by the board of directors.^[8]