Exhibit 99.4

                      LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS HOLDINGS, INC.

                               OFFER TO EXCHANGE
                                      Its
              10 3/4% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009
                      for any and all of its outstanding
                  10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial
Banks, Trust Companies and
Other Nominees:

     We are enclosing herewith an offer by LifePoint Hospitals Holdings, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), to exchange its 10 3/4% Series B
Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (the "Exchange Notes") for any and all of
its outstanding 10 3/4% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 (the "Old Notes"),
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the accompanying
Prospectus, dated             , 1999 (the "Prospectus"), and related Letter of
Transmittal (which together with the Prospectus constitutes the "Exchange
Offer").

     The Exchange Offer provides a procedure for holders to tender the Old
Notes by means of guaranteed delivery.

     The Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
             , 1999, unless extended (the "Expiration Date"). Tendered Old
Notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the Expiration Date.

     Based on an interpretation by the staff of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Exchange Notes issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange
for Old Notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by
holders thereof (other than any such holder which is an "affiliate" of the
Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act or a "broker"
or "dealer" registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended)
without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of
the Securities Act provided that such Exchange Notes are acquired in the
ordinary course of such holders' business and such holders have no arrangement
with any person to participate in the distribution of such Exchange Notes. See
the discussion in the Prospectus under "The Exchange Offer--Purpose and Effect
of the Exchange Offer."

     The Exchange Offer is not conditioned on any minimum principal amount of
Old Notes being tendered.

     Notwithstanding any other term of the Exchange Offer, the Company will
not be required to accept for exchange, or exchange Exchange Notes for, any
Old Notes not theretofore accepted for exchange, and may terminate or amend
the Exchange Offer as provided herein before the acceptance of such Old Notes,
if any of the conditions described in the Prospectus under "The Exchange
Offer--Terms of the Exchange Offer" exist.

     The Company reserves the right not to accept tendered Old Notes from any
tendering holder if the Company determines, in its sole and absolute
discretion, that such acceptance could result in a violation of applicable
securities laws.


     For your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold
Old Notes registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, we are
enclosing the following documents:

         1. A Prospectus dated               , 1999.

         2.A Letter of Transmittal for your use and for the information of
    your clients.

         3.A printed form of letter which may be sent to your clients for
    whose accounts you hold Old Notes registered in your name or in the name
    of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients'
    instructions with regard to the Exchange Offer.

         4.Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on
    Substitute Form W-9 of the Internal Revenue Service (included in Letter
    of Transmittal).

                          WE URGE YOU TO CONTACT YOUR
                       CLIENTS AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE.

     Any inquiries you may have with respect to the Exchange Offer may be
addressed to, and additional copies of the enclosed materials may be obtained
from the Exchange Agent at the following telephone number: (800) 270-0808.

                                          Very truly yours,

                                          LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU AS
THE AGENT OF THE COMPANY, THE EXCHANGE AGENT OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR AUTHORIZE
YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF
ANY OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OFFER OTHER THAN THE DOCUMENTS
ENCLOSED HEREWITH AND THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN.

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