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HCA Healthcare, Inc.

HCANYSEServices-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, NECFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 29, 2026Score 10/304% below fair value
$467.73−5.46 (-1.15%)

Close on Nov 2, 2026Market cap $101.26BP/E 15.5Yield 0.62%

HCA Healthcare Hospital Cost Structure by Quarter

Hospital Cost Structure — Salaries and Benefits Expense ($M)

QuarterlyAnnual

HCA Healthcare Hospital Cost Structure: $8,581M in Q3 2026, up 2.6% from a year earlier. That is the highest of the 40 quarters on record here.

Latest, Q3 2026
8,581
Period ended Sep 30, 2026
Change on a year earlier
+2.6%
8,364 in Q3 2025
History
40 quarters
Since Q4 2016
Sources
36
Documents cited below

Where the Q3 2026 figure comes from

“|| Salaries and benefits | 8,581 | 43.2 | 8,364 | 43.6”

Source: HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2026-10-27) ↗

Quarterly history

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PeriodEndedHospital Cost Structure — Salaries and Benefits Expense ($M)Year on yearSource
Q3 2026Sep 30, 20268,581+2.6%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2026-10-27) ↗
Q2 2026Jun 30, 20268,290+1.9%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2026-07-24) ↗
Q1 2026Mar 31, 20268,283+3.6%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2026-04-24) ↗
Q4 2025Dec 31, 20258,360+5.6%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2026-01-27) ↗
Q3 2025Sep 30, 20258,364+6.4%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2025-10-24) ↗
Q2 2025Jun 30, 20258,138+5.9%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2025-07-25) ↗
Q1 2025Mar 31, 20257,997+3.8%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2025-04-25) ↗
Q4 2024Dec 31, 20247,917+4.6%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2025-01-24) ↗
Q3 2024Sep 30, 20247,861+4.0%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2024-10-25) ↗
Q2 2024Jun 30, 20247,685+5.6%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2024-07-23) ↗
Q1 2024Mar 31, 20247,707+8.8%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2024-04-26) ↗
Q4 2023Dec 31, 20237,570+7.3%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2024-01-30) ↗
Q3 2023Sep 30, 20237,556+9.5%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2023-10-24) ↗
Q2 2023Jun 30, 20237,277+7.1%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2023-07-27) ↗
Q1 2023Mar 31, 20237,084+2.1%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2023-04-21) ↗
Q4 2022Dec 31, 20227,055+0.8%HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2023-01-27) ↗

Breakdown

What makes up hospital Cost Structure

Cite this data

StockData. (2026). HCA Healthcare Hospital Cost Structure ($M), quarterly Q4 2016–Q3 2026 [Data set]. Compiled from HCA Healthcare SEC filings and investor materials. https://stockdatahq.com/stocks/hca/kpis/cost-salaries-benefits

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