Three of the five major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices fall last week.
Shares of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare were down 1.54 percent last week, the most of any of the major for-profit hospital operators.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems and Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals saw their stock prices rise last week.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $52.59 per share (up 1.66 percent)
- Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $75.05 per share (down 1.35 percent)
- LifePoint Hospitals (Brentwood, Tenn.): $74.07 per share (up 0.50 percent)
- Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas): $49.15 per share (down 1.54 percent)
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $116.66 per share (down 1.19 percent)
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