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 its shares up 9.33 percent to $33.88.
Here is how the five operators' stock prices stacked up last week.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $29.48 per share (up 8.22 percent).
- Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $69.28 per share (up 2.94 percent).
- LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $72.51 per share (up 3.78 percent).
- Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas): $33.88 per share (up 9.33 percent).
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $124.59 per share (up 1.71 percent).
More articles on healthcare finance:
4 ways Virginia hospitals are struggling financially
Turing refuses to lower price for drug with the 5000% price hike
Fla. Gov. Rick Scott's $79.3B budget plan stirs hospitals: 3 things to know