Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer · HCA Healthcare, Inc. (HCA)

Jon Foster

A named executive officer of HCA Healthcare in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$10,992,786

FY2023: $8,699,360

2nd of 5 named executive officers at HCA Healthcare by FY2025 total.

5 named officers on file for HCA Healthcare, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 13, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Jon Foster compensation by year

HCA Healthcare Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as HCA Healthcare reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2025
Salary$814,667$845,920$864,199$815,264$899,113$917,095$1,000,000$1,043,375
Bonus$0$0$3,816$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$812,224$1,007,554$1,183,401$1,433,519$1,412,659$1,254,033$1,987,898$1,903,173
Option awards$786,464$1,047,496$1,130,372$1,288,013$1,472,828$1,254,064$2,069,379$1,911,848
Non-equity incentive$496,564$1,244,738$1,117,717$1,383,784$1,759,877$611,912$2,443,876$2,558,549
Pension and deferred compensation$1,282,039$349,939$3,407,537$3,560,526$414,896$0$1,058,648$3,422,029
All other$18,000$36,196$54,037$75,141$86,729$111,107$139,559$153,812
Total$4,209,958$4,531,843$7,761,079$8,556,247$6,046,102$4,148,211$8,699,360$10,992,786

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: HCA Healthcare, Inc. DEF 14A filed March 13, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-106142, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the HCA Healthcare, Inc. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-106142. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 13, 2026.

$4.2M
$4.5M
$7.8M
$8.6M
$6.0M
$4.1M
$8.7M
$11.0M
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY25
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU7,144$3,335,248—
PSU5,790$2,703,119—
Option16,756—$328.70
Option15,476—$304.90
Option11,840—$253.30
Option4,505—$236.61

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in HCA Healthcare, Inc.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

12 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 13, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-11-06Sale—1,066$496.9228,073
2026-11-06Sale—2,692$495.8525,381
2026-11-06Sale—7,595$494.9117,786
2026-11-06Sale—6,302$493.5811,484
2026-11-06Sale—1,484$491.9810,000
2026-11-06Sale—890$498.9730,823
2026-11-06Sale—1,684$498.0029,139
2026-11-04Exercise or conversion derivative—35,880$0.000

The 8 most recent of 12 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

HCA Healthcare’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Samuel HazenChief Executive Officer$26,456,606
Jon Foster · this pageExecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer$10,992,786
Michael MarksExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$10,355,111
Michael McAleveyExecutive Vice President - Chief Legal and Administrative Officer$5,710,335
Michael CuffeExecutive Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer$5,704,197

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