Three of the five major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices fall last week.
Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health saw the largest decrease in share price, with shares falling 2.8 percent last week.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw their share price rise.
Here is how the five operators' stock prices stacked up last week.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $20.00 per share (down 0.2 percent)
- Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $65.82 per share (up 2.4 percent)
- LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $67.44 per share (down 2.8 percent)
- Tenet Healthcare (Dallas): $25.07 per share (up 8.7 percent)
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $107.52 per share (down 1.5 percent)
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