UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

HCA INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		001-11239 (Commission File Number)		75-2497104 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

One Park Plaza, Nashville, Tennessee (Address of Principal Executive Offices)		37203 (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (615) 344-9551

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01. Other Events

     The consent attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K relates to the prospectus supplement filed by HCA Inc. pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) on March 1, 2010.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

     Exhibit 99.1     Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 1, 2010

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number		Exhibit
Exhibit 99.1		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.