All five major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices rise last week.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw the largest increase in share price, with shares rising 5.1 percent.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems saw its share price rise 0.6 percent last week, the least of any of the major for-profit hospital operators.
Here is how the five operators' stock prices stacked up.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $12.98 per share (up 0.6 percent)
- HCA Holdings (Nashville, Tenn.): $80.35 per share (up 2.6 percent)
- LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $66.33 per share (up 1.1 percent)
- Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $31.46 per share (up 5.1 percent)
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $138.23 per share (up 2.2 percent)
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