HCA Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results(penditurestotaled $409 million. HCA expe...),Health

Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2008 totaled $14.107 billion compared to $13.406 billion for the same period of 2007. Adjusted EBITDA totaled $2.284 billion for the first half of 2008 compared to $2.456 billion for the same period of 2007. HCA's net income was $311 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008 compared to $296 million in the prior year. Results for the six months ended June 30, 2008 include gains on sales of facilities of $40 million compared to $16 million of gains on sales of facilities for the same period of 2007 and an impairment of long-lived assets of $9 million in the current year compared to a $24 million asset impairment in the first half of 2007.

As of June 30, 2008, HCA operated 169 hospitals and 107 freestanding surgery centers, including eight hospitals and eight freestanding surgery centers operated through equity method joint ventures.

Earnings Conference Call

HCA will host a conference call for investors at 9:00 a.m. Central Daylight Time today. All interested investors are invited to access a live audio broadcast of the call via webcast. The broadcast also will be available on a replay basis beginning this afternoon. The webcast can be accessed at: http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=49883 or through the Company's Investor Relations web page, http://www.hcahealthcare.com .

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current management expectations. Those forward-looking statements include all statements other than those made solely with respect to historical fact. Numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-loo
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