Three of the five major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices fall last week.
Shares of Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals were down 2.53 percent last week, the most of any of the major for-profit hospital operators.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw their stock prices rise last week.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $51.73 per share (down 2.51 percent)
- Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $76.08 per share (up 0.04 percent)
- LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.): $73.70 per share (down 2.53 percent)
- Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas): $49.92 per share (up 0.58 percent)
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $118.07 per share (down 1.24 percent)
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