Among the major for-profit hospital operators, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw the largest increase in share price, with shares rising 3.4 percent.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health saw its share price rise 0.7 percent, the least of any of the major for-profit hospital operators.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings and King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services saw their share prices fall last week.
Here is how the five operators stacked up.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $9.01 per share (up 1.7 percent)
- HCA Holdings (Nashville, Tenn.): $87.72 per share (down 0.2 percent)
- LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $63.95 per share (up 0.7 percent)
- Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $17.58 per share (up 3.4 percent)
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $121.81 per share (down 1.2 percent)
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