Three of the five major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices fall last week.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw the largest decrease in share price, with shares falling 2.2 percent.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings saw its share price fall 0.9 percent, the least of any of the major for-profit hospital operators.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems and King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services saw their share prices rise last week.
Here is how the five operators' stock prices stacked up.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $12.24 per share (up 10.7 percent)
- HCA Holdings (Nashville, Tenn.): $75.29 per share (down 0.9 percent)
- LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $57.40 per share (down 1.5 percent)
- Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $23.09 per share (down 2.2 percent)
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $123.51 per share (up 2.8 percent)
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