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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;23, 2025 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#8195; </B></P>
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  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>HCA HEALTHCARE, INC. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">27-3865930</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Park Plaza </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Nashville, Tennessee, 37203 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and Its Affiliates </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>John M. Franck II, Esq. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vice President &#150; Legal and Corporate Secretary </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>HCA Healthcare, Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One
  Park Plaza </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Nashville, Tennessee 37203 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(615) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">344-9551</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>J.
  Allen Overby, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Bass, Berry&nbsp;&amp; Sims PLC </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>21 Platform Way South, Suite 3500 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Nashville, TN 37203 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(615) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">742-6200</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">HCA Healthcare, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) is filing this registration statement (this &#147;Registration
  Statement&#148;) on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), to register an additional 13,150,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (&#147;Common
  Stock&#148;), of the Registrant that are authorized for future issuance under the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and Its Affiliates, as amended (the &#147;2020 Stock Plan&#148;). These additional shares of Common
  Stock have become reserved for issuance as a result of the amendment to the 2020 Stock Plan, effective as of April&nbsp;24, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In
  accordance with General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Company&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8</FONT> registration
  statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on May&nbsp;1, 2020 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(File&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-237967).</FONT> </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant will provide documents containing the information specified by Part I of this
  Registration Statement to participants in the 2020 Stock Plan to which this Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act. The Registrant is not required to file and is not
  filing such documents with the Commission, but these documents constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of
  Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are hereby incorporated by reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000095017025020134/hca-20241231.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024 (SEC File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-11239),</FONT> filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;14, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000095017025061895/hca-20250331.htm">Form
   <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the period ended March&nbsp;31, 2025 (SEC File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-11239),</FONT> filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;1, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312525054832/d880090ddef14a.htm">Definitive
   Proxy Statement</A> for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held April&nbsp;24, 2025 (SEC File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-11239),</FONT> filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (SEC File <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-11239),</FONT> filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000095017025008608/hca-20250124.htm">January&nbsp;
  24, 2025</A> (Item 8.01 only), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312525028231/d830507d8k.htm">February&nbsp;
  18, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312525030833/d935546d8k.htm">February&nbsp;20, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312525031999/d843675d8k.htm">February&nbsp;
  21, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312525033430/d927974d8k.htm">February&nbsp;24, 2025</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000095017025058334/hca-20250425.htm">April&nbsp;25, 2025</A>
  (Item 8.01 only), <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312525103953/d899829d8k.htm">April&nbsp;29, 2025</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312525138463/d934028d8k.htm">June&nbsp;10, 2025</A>
  (in each case other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> unless expressly stated otherwise therein); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in
  Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000095012311022575/g26385e8va12b.htm">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A>, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;7, 2011, and
  including all other amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except to the extent
  that information therein is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a
  part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement
  contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so
  modified or replaced, to constitute a part hereof. </P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d93426dex41.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (restated for SEC filing purposes only). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312522308372/d385362dex31.htm">Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed December&nbsp;19, 2022 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-11239),</FONT> and incorporated herein by reference)</A>.</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312517164353/d327978dex41.htm">Specimen Certificate for shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly
   Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2017 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-11239),</FONT> and incorporated herein by reference)</A>.</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312520131082/d898777dex44.htm">2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company&#146;s Registration
   Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed May&nbsp;1, 2020 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-237967),</FONT> and incorporated herein by reference)</A>.</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860730/000119312525103953/d899829dex101.htm">First Amendment to 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#146;s
   Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed April&nbsp;29, 2025 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-11239),</FONT> and incorporated herein by reference)</A>.</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d93426dex51.htm">Opinion of Bass, Berry&nbsp;&amp; Sims PLC. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d93426dex51.htm">Consent of Bass, Berry&nbsp;&amp; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d93426dex232.htm">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm. </A></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>107*</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d93426dexfilingfees.htm">Filing Fee Table.</A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
  all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of
  Tennessee, on June&nbsp;23, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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  <TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>HCA Healthcare, Inc.</B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">By:</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ John M. Franck II</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
  <TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">John M. Franck II</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Vice President &#151; Legal and Corporate Secretary</TD></TR>
  </TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,</B> that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
  and appoints Michael A. Marks, Christopher F. Wyatt and John M. Franck II, and each of them, the true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents of the undersigned, with
  full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign in any and all capacities (including, without limitation, the capacities listed below), the registration statement, any and all
  amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the registration statement and any and all successor registration statements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection
  therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
  perform each and every act and anything necessary to be done to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and all the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
  could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
  lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
  has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></TD></TR>
  
  
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Samuel N. Hazen</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Samuel N. Hazen</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center">Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;23, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael A. Marks</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael A. Marks</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Executive&nbsp;Vice&nbsp;President&nbsp;and&nbsp;Chief&nbsp;Financial&nbsp;Officer</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;23, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Christopher F. Wyatt</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Christopher F. Wyatt</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Senior Vice President and Controller</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;23, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas F. Frist III</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas F. Frist III</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chairman and Director</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;23, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Robert J. Dennis</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Robert J. Dennis</P></TD>
  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;23, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Nancy-Ann</FONT> DeParle</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">June&nbsp;23, 2025</TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael W. Michelson</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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text: S-8
  As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 23, 2025
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  HCA HEALTHCARE, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  27-3865930
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  One Park Plaza
  Nashville, Tennessee, 37203
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and Its Affiliates
  (Full title of the plan)
  John M. Franck II, Esq.
  Vice President – Legal and Corporate Secretary
  HCA Healthcare, Inc.
  One
  Park Plaza
  Nashville, Tennessee 37203
  (615)
  344-9551
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copies to:
  J.
  Allen Overby, Esq.
  Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
  21 Platform Way South, Suite 3500
  Nashville, TN 37203
  (615)
  742-6200
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated
  filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule
  12b-2
  of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☑
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated
  filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
  EXPLANATORY NOTE
  HCA Healthcare, Inc. (the "Registrant" or the "Company") is filing this registration statement (this "Registration
  Statement") on Form
  S-8
  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), to register an additional 13,150,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value ("Common
  Stock"), of the Registrant that are authorized for future issuance under the 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and Its Affiliates, as amended (the "2020 Stock Plan"). These additional shares of Common
  Stock have become reserved for issuance as a result of the amendment to the 2020 Stock Plan, effective as of April 24, 2025.
  In
  accordance with General Instruction E to Form
  S-8,
  this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Company's
  Form S-8
  registration
  statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 1, 2020
  (File No. 333-237967).
  PART I
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  The Registrant will provide documents containing the information specified by Part I of this
  Registration Statement to participants in the 2020 Stock Plan to which this Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act. The Registrant is not required to file and is not
  filing such documents with the Commission, but these documents constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of
  Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document:
  (1)
  The Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form
  10-K
  for the year ended December 31, 2024 (SEC File
  No. 001-11239),
  filed with the Commission on February 14, 2025;
  (2)
  The Registrant's Quarterly Report on
  Form
  10-Q
  for the period ended March 31, 2025 (SEC File
  No. 001-11239),
  filed with the Commission on May 1, 2025;
  (3)
  The Registrant's
  Definitive
   Proxy Statement
  for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held April 24, 2025 (SEC File
  No. 001-11239),
  filed with the Commission on March 14, 2025;
  (4)
  The Registrant's Current Reports on Form
  8-K
  (SEC File
  No. 001-11239),
  filed with the Commission on
  January 
  24, 2025
  (Item 8.01 only),
  February 
  18, 2025
  ,
  February 20, 2025
  ,
  February 
  21, 2025
  ,
  February 24, 2025
  ,
  April 25, 2025
  (Item 8.01 only),
  April 29, 2025
  and
  June 10, 2025
  (in each case other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form
  8-K,
  unless expressly stated otherwise therein); and
  (5)
  The description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in
  Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form
  8-A
  , filed with the Commission on March 7, 2011, and
  including all other amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  Except to the extent
  that information therein is deemed furnished and not filed pursuant to the Exchange Act, all documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a
  part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement
  contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so
  modified or replaced, to constitute a part hereof.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  4.1*
  Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (restated for SEC filing purposes only).
  4.2
  Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed December 19, 2022 (File
  No. 001-11239),
  and incorporated herein by reference)
  .
  4.3
  Specimen Certificate for shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Quarterly
   Report on Form
  10-Q
  for the quarter ended March 31, 2017 (File
  No. 001-11239),
  and incorporated herein by reference)
  .
  4.4
  2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates (filed as Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration
   Statement on Form
  S-8
  filed May 1, 2020 (File
  No. 333-237967),
  and incorporated herein by reference)
  .
  4.5
  First Amendment to 2020 Stock Incentive Plan for Key Employees of HCA Healthcare, Inc. and its Affiliates (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's
   Current Report on Form
  8-K
  filed April 29, 2025 (File
  No. 001-11239),
  and incorporated herein by reference)
  .
  5.1*
  Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.
  23.1*
  Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
  23.2*
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
  24.1*
  Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
  107*
  Filing Fee Table.
  *
  Filed herewith.
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
  all of the requirements for filing on Form
  S-8
  and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of
  Tennessee, on June 23, 2025.
  HCA Healthcare, Inc.
  By:
  /s/ John M. Franck II
  John M. Franck II
  Vice President — Legal and Corporate Secretary
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
  that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
  and appoints Michael A. Marks, Christopher F. Wyatt and John M. Franck II, and each of them, the true and lawful
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents of the undersigned, with
  full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to sign in any and all capacities (including, without limitation, the capacities listed below), the registration statement, any and all
  amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the registration statement and any and all successor registration statements to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection
  therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
  perform each and every act and anything necessary to be done to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and all the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
  could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
  attorneys-in-fact
  and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
  lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
  has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Samuel N. Hazen
  Samuel N. Hazen
  Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
  June 23, 2025
  /s/ Michael A. Marks
  Michael A. Marks
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  June 23, 2025
  /s/ Christopher F. Wyatt
  Christopher F. Wyatt
  Senior Vice President and Controller
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  June 23, 2025
  /s/ Thomas F. Frist III
  Thomas F. Frist III
  Chairman and Director
  June 23, 2025
  /s/ Robert J. Dennis
  Robert J. Dennis
  Director
  June 23, 2025
  /s/
  Nancy-Ann
  DeParle
  Nancy-Ann
  DeParle
  Director
  June 23, 2025
  /s/ William R. Frist
  William R. Frist
  Director
  June 23, 2025
  /s/ Hugh F. Johnston
  Hugh F. Johnston
  Director
  June 23, 2025
  /s/ Michael W. Michelson
  Michael W. Michelson
  Director
  June 23, 2025
  /s/ Wayne J. Riley, M.D.
  Wayne J. Riley, M.D.
  Director
  June 23, 2025
  /s/ Andrea B. Smith
  Andrea B. Smith
  Director
  June 23, 2025