---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-197278"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HCA"
cik: "0000860730"
company_name: "HCA Healthcare, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T01:23:34.471873+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HCA Inc. issues $3B in senior notes across three tranches maturing 2031-2036

## Summary
- Issued $1B of 4.700% notes due 2031, $750M of 5.000% notes due 2033, and $1.25B of 5.300% notes due 2036.
- Notes are senior unsecured obligations of HCA Inc., fully guaranteed by parent HCA Healthcare on a senior unsecured basis.
- Underwriting agreement signed April 27, 2026 with Citigroup, Barclays, BofA Securities, and J.P. Morgan as representatives.
- Interest payable semi-annually on May 15 and Nov 15, beginning Nov 15, 2026.
- Change-of-control put at 101% of principal plus accrued interest if accompanied by a qualifying ratings downgrade.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-197278
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HCA
- cik: 0000860730
- company_name: HCA Healthcare, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312526197278/0001193125-26-197278-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312526197278/hca-20260427.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: f1e7d4d8cbaf3361875b533232ca7ea7426a903d
  claim: HCA Healthcare, Inc. entered into Indentures with CSC Delaware Trust Company and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas valued at $3,000,000,000 (effective 2026-04-30).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 30, 2026, the Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of August 1, 2011 (the “Base Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor, CSC Delaware Trust Company (formerly known as Delaware Trust Company) (as successor to Law Debenture Trust Company of New York), as trustee (the “Trustee”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (the “Paying Agent”), as amended and supplemented by, (i) with respect to the 2031 Notes, the Supplemental Indenture No. 54, dated as of April 30, 2026, among the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor, the Trustee and the Paying Agent (together with the Base Indenture, the “2031 Notes Indenture”); (ii) with respect to the 2033 Notes, the Supplemental Indenture No. 55, dated as of April 30, 2026, among the Issuer, the Parent Guarantor, the Trustee and the Paying Agent (together with the Base Indenture, the “2033 Notes Indenture”); and (iii) with respect to the 2036 Notes, the Supplemental Indenture No
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312526197278/0001193125-26-197278-index.htm

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