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HCA Healthcare, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 7/30/20, at 6:51pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1193125-20-204191   ·   File #:  1-11239

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 7/30/20  HCA Healthcare, Inc.              10-Q        6/30/20   67:8.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.08M 
 2: EX-3.1      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     58K 
 3: EX-3.2      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML    147K 
 4: EX-10.5     Material Contract                                   HTML     34K 
 5: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 6: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 7: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
14: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     73K 
15: R2          Condensed Consolidated Income Statements            HTML    100K 
16: R3          Condensed Consolidated Comprehensive Income         HTML     80K 
                Statements                                                       
17: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    120K 
18: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     29K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
19: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     84K 
                Deficit                                                          
20: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     23K 
                Deficit (Parenthetical)                                          
21: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    109K 
22: R9          Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML    152K 
                Policies                                                         
23: R10         Acquisitions and Dispositions                       HTML     25K 
24: R11         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
25: R12         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     56K 
26: R13         Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries               HTML     90K 
27: R14         Financial Instruments                               HTML     40K 
28: R15         Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value       HTML    107K 
29: R16         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     53K 
30: R17         Contingencies                                       HTML     27K 
31: R18         Share Repurchase Transactions and Other             HTML     51K 
                Comprehensive Loss                                               
32: R19         Segment and Geographic Information                  HTML    134K 
33: R20         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML    155K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
34: R21         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML    124K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
35: R22         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     55K 
36: R23         Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries (Tables)      HTML     89K 
37: R24         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML     39K 
38: R25         Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value       HTML    101K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R26         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     51K 
40: R27         Share Repurchase Transactions and Other             HTML     50K 
                Comprehensive Loss (Tables)                                      
41: R28         Segment and Geographic Information (Tables)         HTML    128K 
42: R29         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     77K 
                Policies - Additional Information (Detail)                       
43: R30         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     51K 
                Policies - Schedule of Revenues from Third Party                 
                Payers, Uninsured and Other Payers (Detail)                      
44: R31         Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting    HTML     28K 
                Policies - Schedule of Estimated Cost of                         
                Uncompensated Care (Detail)                                      
45: R32         Acquisitions and Dispositions - Additional          HTML     44K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
46: R33         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     36K 
47: R34         Earnings Per Share - Schedule of Computations of    HTML     48K 
                Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail)                    
48: R35         Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries - Schedule    HTML     38K 
                of Investments (Detail)                                          
49: R36         Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries - Schedule    HTML     47K 
                of Maturities of Investments (Detail)                            
50: R37         Investments of Insurance Subsidiaries - Additional  HTML     24K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
51: R38         Financial Instruments - Schedule of Interest Rate   HTML     32K 
                Swap Agreements Designated as Cash Flow Hedges                   
                (Detail)                                                         
52: R39         Financial Instruments - Additional Information      HTML     24K 
                (Detail)                                                         
53: R40         Financial Instruments - Effect of Interest Rate     HTML     30K 
                Swaps on Results of Operations (Detail)                          
54: R41         Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value -     HTML     53K 
                Schedule of Assets Measured at Fair Value on                     
                Recurring Basis (Detail)                                         
55: R42         Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value -     HTML     25K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
56: R43         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long-Term Debt         HTML     55K 
                (Detail)                                                         
57: R44         Long-Term Debt - Schedule of Long-Term Debt         HTML     34K 
                (Parenthetical) (Detail)                                         
58: R45         Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail)    HTML     54K 
59: R46         Share Repurchase Transactions and Other             HTML     30K 
                Comprehensive Loss - Additional Information                      
                (Detail)                                                         
60: R47         Share Repurchase Transactions and Other             HTML     58K 
                Comprehensive Loss - Components of Accumulated                   
                Other Comprehensive Loss (Detail)                                
61: R48         Share Repurchase Transactions and Other             HTML     32K 
                Comprehensive Loss - Components of Accumulated                   
                Other Comprehensive Loss (Parenthetical) (Detail)                
62: R49         Segment and Geographic Information - Additional     HTML     32K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
63: R50         Segment and Geographic Information - Schedule of    HTML     59K 
                Geographic Distributions of Revenues, Equity in                  
                Earnings of Affiliates, Adjusted Segment EBITDA,                 
                Depreciation and Amortization and Assets (Detail)                
65: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    117K 
13: XML         XBRL Instance -- d860029d10q_htm                     XML   1.97M 
64: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     70K 
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10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- hca-20200630_def                 XML    369K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- hca-20200630_lab                      XML    910K 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- hca-20200630_pre               XML    664K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- hca-20200630                          XSD    134K 
66: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              326±   472K 
67: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-20-204191-xbrl      Zip    218K

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