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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * BOVENDER JACK O JR   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HCA INC/TN [NONE] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE PARK PLAZA 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/09/2009 (Street) NASHVILLE, TN 37203 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 09/09/2009   M   360,494 A $ 12.75 360,494 D   Common Stock 09/09/2009   F   172,154 D $ 71.68 188,340 I By GRAT (1) Common Stock               22,157 I By GRAT (2) Common Stock               99,625 I By GRAT (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$ 12.75	09/09/2009		M			143,058	(4)	01/25/2011	Common Stock	143,058	$ 0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$ 12.75	09/09/2009		M			53,882	(5)	01/24/2012	Common Stock	53,882	$ 0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$ 12.75	09/09/2009		M			69,411	(5)	01/29/2013	Common Stock	69,411	$ 0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$ 12.75	09/09/2009		M			53,751	(5)	01/29/2014	Common Stock	53,751	$ 0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$ 12.75	09/09/2009		M			13,113	(6)	01/27/2015	Common Stock	13,113	$ 0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$ 12.75	09/09/2009		M			2,953	(6)	01/27/2015	Common Stock	2,953	$ 0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$ 12.75	09/09/2009		M			8,483	(6)	01/27/2015	Common Stock	8,483	$ 0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$ 12.75	09/09/2009		M			1,919	(6)	01/26/2016	Common Stock	1,919	$ 0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$ 12.75	09/09/2009		M			10,330	(6)	01/26/2016	Common Stock	10,330	$ 0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$ 12.75	09/09/2009		M			2,443	(6)	01/26/2016	Common Stock	2,443	$ 0	0	D
Non-Qualified Stock Option	$ 12.75	09/09/2009		M			1,151	(6)	01/26/2016	Common Stock	1,151	$ 0	0	D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BOVENDER JACK O JR ONE PARK PLAZA NASHVILLE, TN 37203	X		Chairman

Signatures

/s/ Natalie Harrison Cline, Attorney-in-Fact		09/11/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Shares were contributed to a grantor retained annuity trust on September 9, 2009.
(2)	Shares were contributed to a grantor retained annuity trust on March 14, 2008.
(3)	Shares were contributed to a grantor retained annuity trust on March 17, 2009.
(4)	The option vested in four equal annual installments beginning on January 25, 2002.
(5)	On December 16, 2004, HCA announced the acceleration of vesting of all unvested options awarded to employees and officers under the HCA 2000 Equity Incentive Plan which had exercise prices greater than the closing price of HCA's common stock on December 14, 2004 of $40.89 per share, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange.
(6)	Immediately before the effective time of the merger of Hercules Acquisition Corporation with and into the issuer on November 17, 2006, pursuant to the Merger Agreement dated July 24, 2006 among Hercules Holding II, LLC, Hercules Acquisition Corporation and the issuer, all unvested options became fully vested and immediately exercisable.

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