Three major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices rise last week.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare saw the greatest increase, 21.7 percent.
Here's how the operators stacked up as of July 26:
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $2.15 per share (down 1.8 percent)
- HCA Healthcare (Nashville, Tenn.): $145.06 per share (up 4 percent)
- Tenet Healthcare: $22.01 per share (up 21.7 percent)
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $151.89 per share (up 14.5 percent)
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