Three of the five major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices rise last week.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health saw the largest increase in share price, with shares rising 3.7 percent last week.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings saw its share price rise 1.8 percent last week, the least of any of the major for-profit hospital operators.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services saw their stock prices fall.
Here is how the five operators' stock prices stacked up.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $14.19 per share (up 3.2 percent)
- HCA Holdings (Nashville, Tenn.): $79.55 per share (up 1.8 percent)
- LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $69.29 per share (up 3.7 percent)
- Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $28.90 per share (down 0.03 percent)
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $135.17 per share (down 0.2 percent)
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