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: Johnston Hugh F CIK: 0001377489 Role: Director --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-04-28 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +809 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 4,475 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Represents common stock underlying 509 restricted share units attributable to an annual director equity award and 300 restricted share units received in lieu of an annual cash retainer for service as a director. 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 HCA Healthcare, Inc. --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Represents common stock underlying 509 restricted share units attributable to an annual director equity award and 300 restricted share units received in lieu of an annual cash retainer for service as a director. 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 HCA Healthcare, Inc. --- Signature --- /s/ /s/ Kevin A. Ball, Attorney-in-Fact (2026-04-30)