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: Riley Wayne Joseph CIK: 0001432895 Role: Director --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2026-04-28 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +509 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 15,029 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Represents common stock underlying 509 restricted share units attributable to an annual director equity award, which shall vest on the sooner of the date of the Issuer's 2027 annual shareholders' meeting 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. --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Represents common stock underlying 509 restricted share units attributable to an annual director equity award, which shall vest on the sooner of the date of the Issuer's 2027 annual shareholders' meeting 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. --- Signature --- /s/ /s/ Natalie Harrison Cline, Attorney-in-Fact (2026-04-30)