HCA Healthcare (HCA) Operating Expenses (2017 - 2026)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) has 10 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $16.8 billion in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 5.18% year-over-year to $16.8 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $66.6 billion (up 5.74% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $65.8 billion, up 5.94% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses held at $16.8 billion in Q1 2026 per HCA's latest filing, from $16.8 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $16.8 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $12.2 billion in Q4 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $15.1 billion (2024), against an average of $14.9 billion.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses decreased 2.27%; it then advanced 22.66% in 2023.
• Tracing HCA's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $12.2 billion in 2022, then climbed by 22.66% to $15.0 billion in 2023, then gained by 7.98% to $16.2 billion in 2024, then climbed by 4.27% to $16.8 billion in 2025, then declined by 0.11% to $16.8 billion in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest HCA Operating Expenses figures stand at $16.8 billion (Q1 2026), $16.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $16.7 billion (Q3 2025).

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