HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) operating KPIs
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 10/301% below fair value
$473.19−4.89 (-1.02%)
Close on Oct 30, 2026Market cap $102.45BP/E 15.7Yield 0.61%
HCA Healthcare bed Capacity — Licensed Beds at End of Period
Total beds approved for operation by applicable state licensing agencies (50,424 beds at Q3 2026).
Latest, FY2025
50,436
Period ended Dec 31, 2025
Change on a year earlier
+0.9%
49,985 in FY2024
History
10 years
Since FY2016
Sources
9
Documents cited below
Annual history
Hover a value to see the sentence it was read from; calculated values show their formula
| Period | Ended | Bed Capacity — Licensed Beds at End of Period | Year on year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | 50,436 | +0.9% | HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2026-01-27) ↗ |
| FY2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | 49,985 | +0.8% | HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2025-01-24) ↗ |
| FY2023 | Dec 31, 2023 | 49,588 | +0.6% | HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2024-01-30) ↗ |
| FY2022 | Dec 31, 2022 | 49,281 | +1.0% | HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2023-01-27) ↗ |
| FY2021 | Dec 31, 2021 | 48,803 | -0.9% | HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2022-01-27) ↗ |
| FY2020 | Dec 31, 2020 | 49,265 | +0.5% | HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2021-02-02) ↗ |
| FY2019 | Dec 31, 2019 | 49,035 | +3.9% | HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2020-01-28) ↗ |
| FY2018 | Dec 31, 2018 | 47,199 | +1.0% | HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2019-01-29) ↗ |
| FY2017 | Dec 31, 2017 | 46,738 | +5.5% | HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2018-01-30) ↗ |
| FY2016 | Dec 31, 2016 | 44,290 | – | HCA Healthcare Form 8-K (2018-01-30) ↗ |
Breakdown
What makes up bed capacity — licensed beds at end of period
- Weighted Average Beds in Service42,901 · FY2025
- Weighted Average Licensed Beds (Legacy, through Q1 2021)42,246 · FY2020
- Occupancy Rate — Weighted Average Beds in Service (%)73.1% · FY2025
- Occupancy Rate — Weighted Average Licensed Beds (Legacy, %)58.0% · FY2019
- Average Daily Census (ADC — Admitted Inpatient Beds/Day, Form 10-Q/10-K)29,899 · FY2025
Cite this data
StockData. (2026). HCA Healthcare Bed Capacity — Licensed Beds at End of Period, annual FY2016–FY2025 [Data set]. Compiled from HCA Healthcare SEC filings and investor materials. https://stockdatahq.com/stocks/hca/kpis/op_licensed_beds_eop
See every metric in the HCA Healthcare KPI table. Data updated Oct 29, 2026.