HCA Healthcare (HCA) 10-Q 2017 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 Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, 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/ R. MILTON JOHNSON
	R. Milton Johnson
	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

August 4, 2017

By:	/S/ WILLIAM B. RUTHERFORD
	William B. Rutherford
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

August 4, 2017