HCA Healthcare

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2026-04-28 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA) CIK: 0000860730 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: FRIST THOMAS F III CIK: 0001223892 Role: Director, 10%+ Owner --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Date: 2026-04-28 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +1,041 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 15,858 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Represents shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Shares"), of HCA Healthcare, Inc. (the "Issuer") underlying 509 restricted share units attributable to an annual director equity award and 532 restricted share units received in lieu of annual cash retainers for service as a director and as Chairman of the Board. The restricted share units shall vest on the sooner of the date of the 2027 annual shareholders' meeting of HCA Healthcare, Inc. or the first anniversary of the grant date. Vested Shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person on the date the Reporting Person ceases to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer. --- Holdings --- [Holding #1] Security: Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Ownership: I (Indirect) Footnotes: [F2] Frisco Holding II ("Frisco") holds 36,557,141 Shares. Frisco is held by a private investor group, including affiliates of HCA Inc. founder Dr. Thomas F. Frist Jr. The Reporting Person may be deemed to exercise voting and investment control over the Shares held by Frisco, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, which may be deemed to include indirect interests in Shares through ownership of Frisco partnership units to the extent of: 1,172 Shares by the Reporting Person; and 11,868,140 Shares by trusts for the benefit of the Reporting Person's children of which the Reporting Person or his spouse is trustee. [Holding #2] Security: Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share Ownership: I (Indirect) Footnotes: [F3] Hercules Holding II ("Hercules") holds 32,282,889 Shares. Hercules is held by a private investor group, including affiliates of HCA Inc. founder Dr. Thomas F. Frist Jr. The Reporting Person may be deemed to exercise voting and investment control over the Shares held by Hercules, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, which may be deemed to include indirect interests in Shares through ownership of Hercules partnership units to the extent of: 3,590,022 Shares by the Reporting Person; 9,497 Shares by the Reporting Person's spouse; and 3,410,351 Shares by trusts for the benefit of the Reporting Person's children of which the Reporting Person or his spouse is trustee --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Represents shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Shares"), of HCA Healthcare, Inc. (the "Issuer") underlying 509 restricted share units attributable to an annual director equity award and 532 restricted share units received in lieu of annual cash retainers for service as a director and as Chairman of the Board. The restricted share units shall vest on the sooner of the date of the 2027 annual shareholders' meeting of HCA Healthcare, Inc. or the first anniversary of the grant date. Vested Shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person on the date the Reporting Person ceases to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer. F2: Frisco Holding II ("Frisco") holds 36,557,141 Shares. Frisco is held by a private investor group, including affiliates of HCA Inc. founder Dr. Thomas F. Frist Jr. The Reporting Person may be deemed to exercise voting and investment control over the Shares held by Frisco, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, which may be deemed to include indirect interests in Shares through ownership of Frisco partnership units to the extent of: 1,172 Shares by the Reporting Person; and 11,868,140 Shares by trusts for the benefit of the Reporting Person's children of which the Reporting Person or his spouse is trustee. F3: Hercules Holding II ("Hercules") holds 32,282,889 Shares. Hercules is held by a private investor group, including affiliates of HCA Inc. founder Dr. Thomas F. Frist Jr. The Reporting Person may be deemed to exercise voting and investment control over the Shares held by Hercules, but disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, which may be deemed to include indirect interests in Shares through ownership of Hercules partnership units to the extent of: 3,590,022 Shares by the Reporting Person; 9,497 Shares by the Reporting Person's spouse; and 3,410,351 Shares by trusts for the benefit of the Reporting Person's children of which the Reporting Person or his spouse is trustee --- Signature --- /s/ /s/ J. William B. Morrow, Attorney-in-Fact (2026-04-30)