One of the largest US for-profit hospital operators, running about 190 hospitals and 2,500 ambulatory care sites across 19 states and the UK.
hcahealthcare.comLegal name
HCA Healthcare, Inc.
Founded
1968
Headquarters
One Park Plaza, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, United States
Industry
Hospitals and health systems (medical care facilities)
CEO
Samuel N. Hazen
Employees
320,000+ colleagues
Revenue (FY2025)
$75.60 billionMarket Cap
$82.50 billion (as of July 22, 2026)Listed on
NYSE: HCA
Website
hcahealthcare.com
HCA Healthcare, Inc. is a for-profit operator of hospitals and other healthcare facilities, founded in 1968 in Nashville, Tennessee by Thomas F. Frist Sr., Thomas F. Frist Jr. and Jack C. Massey. It trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker HCA and keeps its corporate offices at One Park Plaza in Nashville.
As of the end of 2025 the company ran about 190 hospitals and roughly 2,500 ambulatory sites of care, including surgery centers, freestanding emergency rooms, urgent care centers and physician clinics, across 19 US states and the United Kingdom. Its own about page puts the network at 189 hospitals and about 2,600 ambulatory sites, with more than 320,000 colleagues and roughly 47 million patient encounters a year.
Revenue for 2025 was $75.60 billion, up about 7% from $70.60 billion in 2024, with net income of $6.784 billion and diluted earnings of $28.33 a share. Management guided 2026 revenue to a range of $76.5 billion to $80.0 billion. The company reported about $4.5 billion in charity care and uncompensated services and $5 billion of capital investment in 2025.
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer
Interview experience
6/10, favourable
Interview difficulty
4/10, easy
Interview process length
About a week for most candidates
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Q: What would you put on your mayo stand to start a lap chole?
A: Walk the interviewer through your setup in the order you'd actually hand instruments, and say out loud why each item is there. They're checking that you've scrubbed the case before, not that you can recite a list.
Q: What do you know about us?
A: Show you did homework on the specific facility and on HCA overall. Mention the scale of the network, the kind of care your unit delivers, and one thing that genuinely drew you to this hospital.
Q: Why are you fit for this job?
A: Pick the two or three requirements from the posting that you match most strongly and back each with a short, concrete example from your own work rather than a general claim.
Q: What do you do in your free time?
A: Keep it short, genuine and workplace appropriate. Interviewers use this to gauge culture fit and how you recharge, so one real interest with a sentence of colour is plenty.
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April 24, 2026
HCA Healthcare reports first quarter 2026 results
Revenue rose 4.3% to $19.109 billion with net income of $1.620 billion and diluted EPS of $7.15, and the company reaffirmed its 2026 guidance. A January winter storm and a 42% drop in respiratory admissions weighed on volumes.
#Earnings #Hospitals #Guidance
View postJanuary 27, 2026
HCA Healthcare reports FY2025 results and issues 2026 guidance
Full year 2025 revenue reached $75.600 billion with net income of $6.784 billion and diluted EPS of $28.33. The company guided 2026 revenue to $76.5 billion to $80.0 billion and EPS of $29.10 to $31.50.
#Earnings #Guidance #NYSE
View postOctober 24, 2025
HCA Healthcare raises 2025 outlook after strong third quarter
Q3 2025 revenue climbed 9.6% to $19.161 billion and net income rose 29.4% to $1.643 billion. Management lifted full year revenue guidance to $75.0 billion to $76.5 billion.
#Earnings #Growth #Hospitals
View postJuly 25, 2025
HCA Healthcare posts second quarter 2025 revenue of $18.6 billion
Revenue grew 6.4% year over year and diluted EPS rose 23.5% to $6.83, prompting a raise in full year guidance. The company operated 191 hospitals as of June 30, 2025.
#Earnings #Hospitals #Guidance
View postMarch 1, 2024
HCA completes sale of West Hills Hospital to UCLA Health
HCA closed the sale of West Hills Hospital and Medical Center in Los Angeles to UCLA Health in March 2024. The divestiture was part of ongoing portfolio reshaping in California.
#Divestiture #Hospitals #California
View postHCA Healthcare is a for-profit operator of hospitals and other care facilities. It runs about 190 hospitals and roughly 2,500 ambulatory sites, including surgery centers, freestanding emergency rooms, urgent care centers and physician clinics, across 19 US states and the United Kingdom.
