Four of the five major for-profit hospital operators saw their stocks rise last week.
Shares of Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals were up 2.52 percent last week, the most of any of the major for-profit hospital operators.
Shares of King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services fell 0.06 percent last week.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $48.14 per share (up 1.67 percent)
- Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $68.55 per share (up 0.85 percent)
- LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.): $69.04 per share (up 2.52 percent)
- Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas): $44.31 per share (up 1.44 percent)
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $104.91 per share (down 0.06 percent)
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