‘Another period of long-term growth’: HCA’s financial performance over the past 5 years 

HCA CEO Sam Hazen said on the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report that the first half of the decade “proved to be another period of long-term growth for the company and resulted in operational improvements across key performance indicators and greater value for our patients, employees and shareholders.”

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Here is a look at how the Nashville, Tenn.-based for-profit health system performed financially in the first half of the decade:

2020

  • Revenue: $51.5 billion
  • Operating expenses: $46.1 billion
  • Operating income: $5.4 billion
  • Operating margin: 10.5%
  • Net income: $3.8 billion

2021

  • Revenue: $58.8 billion
  • Operating expenses: $48.9 billion
  • Operating income: $9.8 billion
  • Operating margin: 16.7%
  • Net income: $7 billion

2022

  • Revenue: $60.2 billion
  • Operating expenses: $51.7 billion
  • Operating income: $8.6 billion
  • Operating margin: 14.2%
  • Net income: $5.6 billion

2023

  • Revenue: $65 billion
  • Operating expenses: $57.3 billion
  • Operating income: $7.7 billion
  • Operating margin: 11.9%
  • Net income: $5.2 billion

2024

  • Revenue: $70.6 billion
  • Operating expenses: $62.1 billion
  • Operating income: $8.5 billion
  • Operating margin: 12.1%
  • Net income: $5.8 billion

 

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