All five major for-profit hospital operators saw their stock prices rise last week.
Up 13.8 percent last week, shares of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems rose the most of any of the for-profit hospital operators.
Here is how the five operators stack up.
- Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.): $64.32 per share(up 13.8 percent).
- Hospital Corporation of America (Nashville, Tenn.): $91.98 per share (up 8.98 percent).
- LifePoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.): $85.08 per share (up 10.25 percent).
- Tenet Healthcare Corp. (Dallas): $58.02 per share (up 10.22 percent).
- Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.): $143.41 per share (up 6.45 percent).