HCA Healthcare (HCA) 10-Q 2006 Q2 Quarterly report

EXHIBIT 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of HCA Inc. (the “Company”) onForm 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), each of the undersigned certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

By:  /s/  Jack O. Bovender, Jr.

Jack O. Bovender, Jr.

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

August 4, 2006

By:  /s/  R. Milton Johnson

R. Milton Johnson

Executive Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

August 4, 2006