---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-167000"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CYH"
cik: "0001108109"
company_name: "COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:03:20.254660+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Community Health Systems Q1 net loss widens to $58M; same-store admissions down 1.3%

## Summary
- Net loss attributable to stockholders $(58)M ($0.43 diluted) vs $(13)M ($0.10) a year ago.
- Net operating revenues $2.965B, down 6.1% YoY; same-store revenue up 3.1%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $309M vs $376M in prior year; adjusted EPS loss $(0.48) vs $(0.03).
- Redeemed ~$223M of 10.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2032 at 103%, recording $8M loss on debt extinguishment.
- Agreed to sell four Arkansas hospitals to Freeman Health System for $112M cash, subject to adjustments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-167000
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CYH
- cik: 0001108109
- company_name: COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312526167000/0001193125-26-167000-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312526167000/cyh-20260421.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC reported financial results for first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 21, 2026, Community Health Systems, Inc. (the “Company”) announced operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312526167000/0001193125-26-167000-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC reported three months ended March 31, 2026 results: net income Net loss attributable to Community Health Systems, Inc. stockholders was $(58) million, or $(0.43) per share (diluted), EPS $(0.43) per share (diluted).
  - Period: three months ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: Net loss attributable to Community Health Systems, Inc. stockholders was $(58) million, or $(0.43) per share (diluted)
  - EPS: $(0.43) per share (diluted)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: results for the three months ended March 31, 2026. • Net operating revenues totaled $2.965 billion. • Net loss attributable to Community Health Systems, Inc. stockholders was $(58) million, or $(0.43) per share (diluted), compared to $(13) million, or $(0.10) per share (diluted), for the same period in 2025. Excluding the adjusting items as presented in
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312526167000/0001193125-26-167000-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC reported three months ended March 31, 2026 results: net income Net loss attributable to Community Health Systems, Inc. stockholders was $(58) million, or $(0.43) per share (diluted), EPS $(0.43) per share (diluted).
  - Period: three months ended March 31, 2026
  - Net income: Net loss attributable to Community Health Systems, Inc. stockholders was $(58) million, or $(0.43) per share (diluted)
  - EPS: $(0.43) per share (diluted)
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Net loss attributable to Community Health Systems, Inc. stockholders was $(58) million, or $(0.43) per share (diluted), compared to $(13) million, or $(0.10) per share (diluted), for the same period in 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108109/000119312526167000/0001193125-26-167000-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.