HCA Healthcare (HCA) is a public company. HCA Healthcare is dedicated to giving people a healthier tomorrow.

As one of the nation’s leading providers of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare is comprised of 189 hospitals and approximately 2,600 sites of care in 19 states and the United Kingdom. In addition to hospitals, sites of care include surgery centers, freestanding ERs, urgent care centers, diagnostic and imaging centers, walk-in clinics and physician clinics.

Many things set HCA Healthcare apart from other healthcare organizations; however, at our core, our greatest strength is our people. Every day, more than 320,000 colleagues go to work with a collective focus: our patients. Our focus positively impacts the care experience at the bedside and beyond.

We are proud of the impact we have in our communities through employment, investment and charitable giving.

HCA Healthcare is a learning health system that uses our approximately 47 million annual patient encounters to advance science, improve patient care and save lives. At HCA Healthcare, we are excited about the future of medicine. We believe we are uniquely positioned to play a leading role in the transformation of care.

Note: Be alert for fraudulent job postings, emails, and phone calls. HCA Healthcare will never send you money or ask you to send money during the interview or hiring process. It has 154,158 employees.

Transcript

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the HCA Healthcare second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. Today's call is being recorded. At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the call over to Vice President of Investor Relations, Mr. Frank Morgan. Please go ahead, sir.

Frank Morgan — VP of Investor Relations

Good morning. Welcome to everyone on today's call. With me this morning is our CEO, Sam Hazen, and CFO, Mike Marks. Sam and Mike will provide some prepared remarks and then we'll take questions. Before I turn the call over to Sam, let me remind everyone that should today's call contain any forward-looking statements, they're based on management's current expectations. Numerous risks, uncertainties, and other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those that might be expressed today. More information on forward-looking statements and these factors are listed in today's press release and in our various SEC filings. On this morning's call, we